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HBO never dropped him, that's the point.
And who cares about being a PPV draw apart from accountants? From the point of view of real boxing fans, the more regular non-PPV fights, the better.
HBO have stayed loyal to loads of fighters who were no more entertaining than the Klitschkos and who were far lower in terms of quality - but the difference is that those fighters were American.
Did you honestly find the aptly named Tony Tubbs entertaining? HBO had no problem showing his snore-fests.
They had no problem showing Hopkins' fights either, even his fights against third rate opposition.
Stop trying to pretend the fact they're not American has nothing to do with it - that just makes you look ******. British fight fans are mostly interested in seeing British fighters, German fight fans are mostly interested in seeing German-based fighters, and the American fight fans are no different - in fact they're a lot worse, because most Americans are notorious for thinking the whole world revolves around the US and for taking little or no interest in the rest of the world. That's not just true of boxing but of everything. It's partly due to the fact that the US is so huge that most Americans never travel outside their country, and partly due to the culture. It's common knowledge and it's ridiculous to deny it.
Shows how little you know - there are a lot of German-based fighters ranked in the top 10 at one weight or another. Proportionate to their population, they have as many as any other country does and more than most. Admittedly most of them are Eastern Europeans rather than German nationals, but that's besides the point.
And who cares about being a PPV draw apart from accountants? From the point of view of real boxing fans, the more regular non-PPV fights, the better.
HBO have stayed loyal to loads of fighters who were no more entertaining than the Klitschkos and who were far lower in terms of quality - but the difference is that those fighters were American.
Did you honestly find the aptly named Tony Tubbs entertaining? HBO had no problem showing his snore-fests.
They had no problem showing Hopkins' fights either, even his fights against third rate opposition.
Stop trying to pretend the fact they're not American has nothing to do with it - that just makes you look ******. British fight fans are mostly interested in seeing British fighters, German fight fans are mostly interested in seeing German-based fighters, and the American fight fans are no different - in fact they're a lot worse, because most Americans are notorious for thinking the whole world revolves around the US and for taking little or no interest in the rest of the world. That's not just true of boxing but of everything. It's partly due to the fact that the US is so huge that most Americans never travel outside their country, and partly due to the culture. It's common knowledge and it's ridiculous to deny it.
Shows how little you know - there are a lot of German-based fighters ranked in the top 10 at one weight or another. Proportionate to their population, they have as many as any other country does and more than most. Admittedly most of them are Eastern Europeans rather than German nationals, but that's besides the point.
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