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

[Dubious-Dutch]

They should still show the ****ing fight.

Wlad/Chagaev will be a much better fight than Wlad/Ibragimov

Chagaev is tougher and more agressive than the faster defensive Ibragimov. He is willing to walk through fire, take big punches and he will be going for the KO.

I absolutely agree with you on this. You do not pass up a potential great bout in which the winner is crowned "The Ring Champion". If an American network doesn't pick this up then I will agree with you completely about America being biased towards Eastern European Heavyweights.

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Wlad hasn't put on an exciting fight in a while and on paper this shapes up to be a snoozer. They probably paid for Thompson because he was an American so it would interest people in the U.S. to see if one of their own fighters get it done. I can't see HBO picking up any more Wlad fights unless he starts getting quicker KO's or its against Haye/Arreola.