HBO putting their foot down in 09 - "NO MORE MISMATCHES"

[Queen_Leia]

allan green/ miranda vs ward isnt bad.... id pay to see that.. ward has to take a step up sometime.

Yeah but I think ther logic is that Miranda beat Green and Abrahan ****ted on Miranda so neither is viable.

[-Swizzy-]

Apparently with the economy the way it is...they are looking for quality fights in 09 and have sent promoters scrambling.

They won't approve Rubio for Pavlik..
They won't approve Jenning for Cotto..
They allegedly rejected Taylor vs Froch (telling Taylor it either Wright or Kessler)
They allegedly told Kessler people it either Dawson or Taylor if he wants back on HBO
They (along with Showtime) rejected Edison Miranda and Allan Green for Andre Ward.
They allegedly informed Winky if he want to keep his 3/14 date....it either Kessler, Abraham, Taylor or Williams...Wright wanted a tune-up first.

HBO is not paying for no more mis-matches

I like the intiative that HBO is taking but alot of that doesn't make sense. Like how is Taylor-Wright better than Taylor-Froch? and why reject Miranda-Green? that would be such a great fight. I like the Pavlik-Rubio rejection though.

[El Dominicano]

I like this. HBO is kicking ass, and rightly so.

I agree man...This is good news to us fans

[The_Visitation]

I'm not sure if they think those will be mismatches or fighters that people don't know.

There's certainly an element of the latter. How the **** is Taylor v. Froch a 'mismatch'?

[J.R.]

Hmmm.. sounds good, but where the hell did you hear about this? I need to see an article to believe such a thing is true.

[The_Italian]

this is great...

HBO is finally stepping up to the plate.

i thought they did a few things right this last year...like not making calzaghe v. hopkins a ppv fight.

they are definately going in the right direction.

[KILLA RIGHT]

Why u believing this? Theirs no proof

[MissDeeCole]

No source, a bull**** topic.

[KILLA RIGHT]

^^exactly someone post a link because im really hoping this is true

[Queen_Leia]

If anyone needs source verification....my info is from several sources and..

go to...

talk at boxing
boxing at e s p n
confidential at boxing
hype at fight
.
One of the sources were told to me verbally as well...just put the piece together once you visit the sites.