Being on HBO gives immediate credibility to a boxer?!?

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  • Cuauhtémoc1520
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    #11
    I don't know if it gives credability from the boxing community but it makes him a bigger draw. HBO is the "Big Show" for boxing, nothing gets better than that.

    Once you made HBO, you have made it to the big leagues. Boxing is a business and if you finally make HBO, it means promoters think you can be a draw.

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      #12
      Originally posted by cuauhtemoc1496
      I don't know if it gives credability from the boxing community but it makes him a bigger draw. HBO is the "Big Show" for boxing, nothing gets better than that.

      Once you made HBO, you have made it to the big leagues. Boxing is a business and if you finally make HBO, it means promoters think you can be a draw.
      For example, if they put a guy like Brandeis Prescott on an HBO card, he would get tons of buzz and would slowly start showing up on people lightweight top 10 lists. People would assume he's a sick prospect, However Prescott goes and annihilates a Khan off HBo and he's already slipped back into obscurity for the time being. I'm just saying being on HBO skews people's opinions of fighters.

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      • Little guys rul
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        #13
        I agree with you totally; they dominate the sport. Not sure whether that is good or bad though.

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          #14
          The only guy I remember thinking was real good before I ever saw him on HBO was Jermain Taylor on ESPN

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            #15
            Originally posted by Little guys rul
            I agree with you totally; they dominate the sport. Not sure whether that is good or bad though.
            There isn't a doubt in my mind, and its not to discredit Chris John cause he's definitely a good fighter. The Chris John Hype-train/bandwagon is gonna get a lot of new members after he appears on HBO. The boxing world is going to really try and make him a big big deal and very quickly.

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              #16
              Originally posted by DiegoFuego
              The only guy I remember thinking was real good before I ever saw him on HBO was Jermain Taylor on ESPN
              I do think for the most part HBO gets it right on their picks. Sometimes it just makes it hard to acknowledge fighters that aren't on their shows.

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