Perhaps HBO Should Watch Showtime More Often!

[Sir_Jose]

NO...like I said "another ****** article by G Leon"

My bad.

I mistook your post for sarcasm.

[PRboxingfan]

It was sarcasm

[PRboxingfan]

Greg is such a ****ing dumbass its not even funny. How anyone can read one of his articles and not fall out laughing is beyond me.

HBO is hands down HANDS DOWN the best boxing network on the planet.

Is he actually trying to compare what network has better fights?

I find it funny as hell he brought up some bad matchup's but seemed to leave out the great ones HBO has had during the year. Has Showtime done anything on the level of DLH/Hopkins?, Tito/Mayorga?, Morales/MAB 3?, Pac/JMM?, Winky/Shane?

Undisputed Light Heavyweight Championship of the world is gonna be on?...you guessed it HBO(Tarver/Johnson).

Undisputed Featherweight Championship of the World is gonna be on?...you guessed it HBO(Pac/JMM 2).

Undisputed Middlewight Championship of the World gonna be on?...you guessed it HBO(Hopkins/Eastman).

The dominate Heavyweight on the planet fights on?...you guessed it HBO.

The two best prospects in the world Miguell Cotto and Jermain Taylor fight on what network?...you guessed it HBO.

The two biggest draws in boxing outside of the heavyweight division DLH and Tito fight on what network?...you guessed it HBO.

Every single Ring Magazine Fight Of the Year outside of one(Ward/Burton ESPN) from 1997 to now happend on what network?...you guessed it HBO.

G Leon is the biggest kissass in the boxing world, I wouldn't doubt that he has some new connection over at Showtime cause no one in the boxing world who doesn't have an agenda will tell you Showtime is or has ever been better than HBO.

just laughable.

You have to see this for what it is. G. Leon is brilliant in his timing for this article. He is criticizing HBO for not making better match-ups. While the showtime anouncers blow and the fights usually aren't of the stature of those on HBO, they still have better match-ups (meaning competitive fights).

How is Gatti - Leija competitive? How is Mayweather - Bruseles competitive? How was Navarro - Sanchez competitive? The fact is that they weren't/aren't. He is calling for HBO to do better match-ups like Mayweather - Harris/Gatti, for example, instead of Leija (a gatekeeper at best) and Bruseles (a journeyman). Contrast these upcoming fights with some from Showtime: Lacy/Sheika, Jose Luis Castillo/Casamayor, Tszyu/Mitchell, and Corrales/Freitas. Look at the fight they have this Friday: Ebo Elder vs. Courtney Burton. Yes, Burton just got a gift (to put it lightly) against Augustus but this style match-up is great and will make for an exciting fight. I wish HBO would make match-ups like these.

[marvdave]

Leon is probably in the middle of lobbying for an interview with a showtime fighter or something.
"It's not what you know, it's whose ASS you kiss"

[Sir_Jose]

WTF,is this a joke?

G Leon and the term "Brilliant" should never be used together. Im sorry but to even suggest Showtime has better fights and more competative matchups is a joke.

Look at the upcoming schedule for HBO

JJM/Pac 2 the two best Featherweights on the planet

Tarver/Johnson the two best Lightheavyweights on the planet

Hopkins/Eastman

Tito/Sturm

I dare you to show me anything Showtime has lined up that can compete with that. I flat out dare you.

Yes Tszyu/Mitchell was good, but what about Mitchell vs guys like Bernard Harris, Frank Houghtaling, Carlos Wilfredo Vilches, Michael Stewart and Moises Pedroza that Showtime has been showing over the last few years?

Yes Spinks/Judah is coming up, but I find it funny when praising Showtime he leaves out Spinks vs Miguel Ángel González from a few months back one of the worst mismatches in recent memory.

Lets not forget about the undercard for that fight that featured Lamon Brewster vs Kali Mehann.

Yes Corrales/Frietas was good, but what about all the crap fights they telavised from Frietas before that? you just gonna leave that out?

please keep that joke of a writer and webmasters stuff to his own site.

[abdiel2k3]

You have to see this for what it is. G. Leon is brilliant in his timing for this article. He is criticizing HBO for not making better match-ups. While the showtime anouncers blow and the fights usually aren't of the stature of those on HBO, they still have better match-ups (meaning competitive fights).

How is Gatti - Leija competitive? How is Mayweather - Bruseles competitive? How was Navarro - Sanchez competitive? The fact is that they weren't/aren't. He is calling for HBO to do better match-ups like Mayweather - Harris/Gatti, for example, instead of Leija (a gatekeeper at best) and Bruseles (a journeyman). Contrast these upcoming fights with some from Showtime: Lacy/Sheika, Jose Luis Castillo/Casamayor, Tszyu/Mitchell, and Corrales/Freitas. Look at the fight they have this Friday: Ebo Elder vs. Courtney Burton. Yes, Burton just got a gift (to put it lightly) against Augustus but this style match-up is great and will make for an exciting fight. I wish HBO would make match-ups like these.

funny how u mention that they are putting mayweather with brussles a journey men
then u go and brag about lacy vs sheika
what the hell do u think sheika is?
a prospect?

so just goes to show u, cuz appearently u enjoyed that fight
just becuz a fighter is a journeymen it doesnt mean a fight wont be good

[Sir_Jose]

and how you even dare suggest Burton vs anybody at this point is a good matchup is beyond me considering Burton has been flat out DESTROYED his last two times out.

and Lacy/Shieka was not a competative matchup on paper that was a suppossed to be nothing more than a showcase for Lacy

[vB Martin]

I think the point he's trying to make is that the FREE fights on Showtime, while they have lesser-known fighters, are by and large more exciting and competitive than the snorefests that HBO has been having on PPV.

Yes, there have been a few good ones this past year, but there are a lot more boring ones than interesting.

[cmason]

it comes down to what you want to watch. major fighters who alot of the time are protected or good fighters in competitive fights. some HBO fights are good matchups (pac/jmm, mab/morales for instance) but some just take the piss, i mean what did mosley do to deserve a second fight with winky when a far better fighter (kassim ouma), who is no1 contender, kicks his heels?. what did de la hoya do to deserve his shot at hopkins, lose his last 2? anybody who knows boxing could have told you hopkins would win. showtime and espn might not have the major stars but they do show good matchups and don't rip people off charging ppv for second rate fights.

[neils7147933]

The author of the article is correct about THIS PARTICULAR CARD. The last time I saw both Ramirez and Bailey, they were losing on ShoBox, hardly an endorsement for HBO PPV.

Overall, HBO is a better boxing network but Showtime made tremendous strides in 2004, with Freitas-Corrales and all Lacy's fights, Tszyu's return, Castill-Casamayor, Corrales-Casamoyor II, Tyson's return, and an effort to get a "big" card at the first of every month.

HBO's still got the big names, but when DLH, Gatti, Roy leave, I wonder if Showtime will have gotten big enough to be paying some big bucks to keep some of this talent from jumping ship.

HBO showed a card featuring Rocky Juarez, Kermit Cintron, and Juan Diaz this year - all ShoBox alums. And Acelino Freitas next fights for HBO, too.