Why the hell is HBO passing on Wlad-Chagaev when they paid for Wlad-Thompson....

[TheManchine]

no one knows who chagaev is.

That is true. Chagaev is not well known in America. It's not like Tony Thompson and others were well known either though.

I expect for another American network to pick this up.

[mrpain81]

Ever hear the phrase "don't throw good money after bad". Pretty much what every writer bitches about HBO overpaying for ****ty fights, is what HBO is not doing here (overpaying for a fight they view as not worth it).

You should be happy, HBO can put on a lot better fights down the road because they passed on this fight(I assume they pay Wlad atleast a couple million for this rights that is enough money to put on several cards), since the fight more then likely will get shown in the US anyways.

Agree 100%

This is a win/win for Boxing fans, we will still get to see the fight on either ESPN or Showtime and HBO will have that money for better fights down the road.

[Shadow boxer 3]

They are passing because they've been burnt repeatedly over Wlad's awful fights that no one in the US cares about.

exactly .

[egreezy]

Because they wanted to see Haye and an exciting fight, this is veryu far from that despite his resume/ranking. Maybe they thought rejecting it would persuade them to wait for Haye

[hammerhiem]

Why the hell is HBO passing on Wlad-Chagaev when they paid for Wlad-Thompson....

If you bought a Brown Mr Whippy Ice cream only to find out it was really dog **** stuck on a cone, would you buy the next brown Mr Whippy you where offered?

Wlads fights are snooze enducing and only the Hayemaker was selling the deal, so why would they pay for it?

[M.I Truth ?]

Seriously.....

fair point

[MissDeeCole]

they have such an unabashed contempt for the Klitschkos its really hurting boxing

[#1Assassin]

bcuz its a boring fight, we all know whats gon happen and what type of fight its gon be. haye vs klitschko promised excitement, this promises yawns. hbo did the right thing imo

[KILLA RIGHT]

because they were obligated to. It had to do something with the klits contract. Dan rafael talked about it yesterday on his chat. I'm sure hbo didnt want to show it after the klits boring ass fights but it was on there contract

[AndyShitHot]

Seriously.....

Cos Wlad-Thompson made them realise how boring Wlad-Chagaev probably will be.