Why isnt Showtime televising the Taylor vs Abraham fight live???

**Shattered Jaw** · 10-17-2009, 07:40 AM

Wow, watch Froch Dirrell then Taylor Abraham? It's not hard is it.

How about not going on the internet for a few hours? Not going to kill you is it?

FFS. ****ing disgraceful post.

**Queen_Leia** · 10-17-2009, 08:42 AM

How can anyone complain about THIS tourney and say Showtime dropped the ball? Nothing will be perfect, it close to it.

The Taylor/Abraham fight starts at 5 pm EST here in the States so just stay of the internet and avoid watching ESPN sports for 3 hours to avoid spoilers.

I never in all my years as a boxing fan stayed off the computer during taped delayed fights because there was never no taped delayed fight worth staying spoiler free but this is a fight worth not knowing and I will be logging off all boxing sites at 4:30 pm EST and returning after tonight Super Six is over.

I want to be spoiler free. Both fight couldn't be live at the same time anyone because they are emulating from different parts of the world.

**Benny Leonard** · 10-17-2009, 08:46 AM

I agree; it should be live. If you are a boxing fan and want to watch the fight, you will be home to watch the fight (live) even during the day. Why not? After all, many stay home to watch Football during the day.

They should have it live. A Fan wants to see it live because they want to witness history in the making before their eyes. They want to cheer their fighter as he is fighting (live).
How many cheer fighters when the fight already happened?
If I want to watch a fight that already happened, I can just was ESPN classics or go to youtube. It doesn't have the same effect.

**Freddy Krueger** · 10-17-2009, 08:49 AM

Because showtime is ******ed, now where is the live-stream to Taylor vs AA?

**aristotlemoses** · 10-17-2009, 08:53 AM

Yea don't watch ESPN(although it' be great if they didn't report anything until after the replay)
And I can stay off the internet for hours at a time...I know this sounds crazy....but I tried stuff like hanging out with friends..eating food...walking around...and I found I didn't need the internet...it was dumbfounding.

**bustabuh** · 10-17-2009, 08:54 AM

At least we get to watch the fight, although I would perfer to watch it live. It could be worst we could only have the option to watch MMA.

**mathed** · 10-17-2009, 09:10 AM

Well, if you think about it Showtime has to compete with college football around the time that the fights come on. If they showed the fights live, there is a chance that they could wind up losing some of their viewers and thus, wasting the money they invested in the tourney. Had both the fights taken place in the US, it would have been no problem but this is not the case.

Having the fights take place in the fighters' hometowns will undoubtedly increase the number of TV buys (as I understand it, the fights are offered as PPV in some countries) as well as the overall gate buys.

There are very few times when a foreign fighter has the international TV exposure that allows them to be showcased in the States without them having to come to America to fight. I can wait for the fights tonight but I can understand if others don't wish to do so. I'll bide my time and watch some college football.

**Benny Leonard** · 10-17-2009, 09:20 AM

Originally posted by mathed

Well, if you think about it Showtime has to compete with college football around the time that the fights come on. If they showed the fights live, there is a chance that they could wind up losing some of their viewers and thus, wasting the money they invested in the tourney. Had both the fights taken place in the US, it would have been no problem but this is not the case.

Having the fights take place in the fighters' hometowns will undoubtedly increase the number of TV buys (as I understand it, the fights are offered as PPV in some countries) as well as the overall gate buys.

There are very few times when a foreign fighter has the international TV exposure that allows them to be showcased in the States without them having to come to America to fight. I can wait for the fights tonight but I can understand if others don't wish to do so. I'll bide my time and watch some college football.

HBO showed Wlad's fight around 5-6 PM in the States, live, and then showed a replay later on around 10-11 PM. HBO, like Showtime, have several channels so nobody can complain about not being able to watch a movie at that time (for those that don't want to watch boxing).

I don't see why a "live feed" would cost more than a replay but maybe it does. I still think if you are a boxing fan you are going to pass up Football for boxing. And even if you are betting on the game, that's why you have more than one TV or just a TV that has split-screen (or more stations at once going on).

**Aracibo04** · 10-17-2009, 09:22 AM

damn people are sensitive..stop crying...

Why isnt Showtime televising the Taylor vs Abraham fight live???