Adamek vs. Johnson is Turned Down By HBO

[millcitymauler]

GOOD! I'm glad I won't have to rush for the mute button everytime that windbag Lederman barfs into the mic for 3-5 minutes straight. America's network Showtime will now swipe it up at a better price... (Or, at worst, Versus).

[YoungMind20]

Adamek should fight cunnigham again..hell of a fight.. HBO picks n chooses who's bandwagon they hop on and how long they ride it

[Piggu]

HBO are a bunch of dumbasses.........

[Ch@mpBox@PR]

Men **** HBO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Allucard]

Adamek is hardly protected or undefeated, and he has fought in the US a bunch of times.

yeah i know and he took a big risk more than once, but you know, sometimes fighters just go back home and don't comeback... HBO makes characters, that's their business, they need people who are charismatic AND will stay for more than a year.

[Dave Rado]

At the Wlad Haye press confrence they said they want to show the best fights.

They lied.

[Dave Rado]

HBO shows Tarver-Dawson II and a mismatch like Lopez-Penalosa, but turns down great matchups like Froch vs. Taylor and Adamek vs. Johnson?

Ross Greenberg is an idiot.

And they also turned down Williams-Clottey. Their recent track record is appalling.

[Dave Rado]

HBO is really blowing it lately. They refuse to go beyond their set stable of fighters and it gets annoying.

It doesn't seem to be that simple - Taylor was in their stable but he had to go to Showtime in order to be able to fight Froch, even though it was for the WBC belt. Williams is in their stable, but they turned down Williams-Clottey.

[The Hammer]

According to Dan Rafael, the fight between Adamek and Johnson was 5 minutes away from being made, but now will not happen. Showtime has no Saturday date in July available. HBO has a date available, but rejected the fight.

So Adamek will now fight someone else on ShoBox on July 10, since Johnson required more money than they can pay for a Friday night ShoBox event.

[Steak]

HBO is being really ****** right now. this is an outstanding fight.

a thumbs up to Adamek and Johnson both for signing up to fight one another, they have no fear of tough competition.