HBO vs. Showtime: The Network Wars Begin

[juancho]

HBO wins this weekend in my book. I mean you get alot better commentary from HBO announcers and just a better boxing show. I mean Showtime is for fighters who can't get on HBO. Showtime compared to HBO is sort of like going from a Community College to One of the Top Ten University's in the country for a fighter I mean if you fail and don't get good grades or kicked out you go back down to Showtime/Community College. Look at Joe Calzaghe first time I actually seen him fight was on Showtime he cleaned out Jeff Lacy and afterwards he's been on HBO ever sense then. Another Example Antonio Tarver he lost to Hopkins and he's been back on showtime ever sense. I just think showtime is for fighters that are being groomed to one day play in the Big Leagues which is HBO. You can definitely make a name for yourself no matter what network a fighter is on. Not to say that Showtime doesn't have great fights but it has to be a great fight for me to watch a showtime fight there crew just don't interest me enough. But I'm not only picking HBO this weekend because of announcers I'm picking it because I like Juan Diaz the way he fights is entertaining and also I like Samuel Peter for his Power and i think both of those guys are the future of boxing and will be on top of there divisions in the near future.

thats biased commentary most of the time ,and your implyin marquez,vazquez,corrales ,castillo aren't good enough for hbo ?

[ferocity]

Showtime is on par with Hbo and somtimes even better.

[ferocity]

thats biased commentary most of the time ,and your implyin marquez,vazquez,corrales ,castillo aren't good enough for hbo ?

Exactly, and not to mention Showtime had both Calzaghe and Hamed first. Seems like Showtime recognizes the talent then Hbo steals the stars.

[PBDS]

.....The answer is simple. I'm going to watch both fights at the same time on two different HD TV's. Picture in picture is crap. I'm going to have the sound up and the full view of both cards. God bless America!!!!!

[Sportin' Wood]

HBO & Showtime feature "stars".

Two stars do not neccesarily make a good fight.

Quality of the actual fight goes to Showtime.
Quality of star-power goes to HBO.

but if you want to get technical, you can throw Telefutura and Telemundo in the mix, and this discussion will become even more complicated.

[KILLA RIGHT]

Can someone pleeeeeaaassseeeeee tell me what channel the j.l castillo fight is gonna be on?if he even makes weight that is