HBO, Just Plain Better Than Showtime

[M.I.C.]

pacquiao is on showtime now and mayweather has always been on hbo. so maybe mayweather is better?

Pac has been demoted, lol

[Pullcounter]

Your like that little kid who still wants to play after the bell rings

you're reply to ModernTalking was equally as childish

[Pullcounter]

Pac has been demoted, lol

arum dumped hbo 4 showtime, not the other way around

[M.I.C.]

arum dumped hbo 4 showtime, not the other way around

To even suggest HBO needs Arum is lunacy, there are other pomotional companies out there and if HBO wants to put them on and make stars they can.

[PR Boxer]

I was thinking of this when watching Cotto-Mayorga's pre show on Showtime. They made the fight seem dull (not that this is a fantastic matchup but it's a garanteed good action fight) and repeated the same thing like a 100 times, and showed the same clips 50 times. On HBO they show the training of the fighters and address different subjects.

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To even suggest HBO needs Arum is lunacy, there are other pomotional companies out there and if HBO wants to put them on and make stars they can.

I don't know about that.. history has shown Arum bringing in the most money to HBO since its inception. There is a reason that heads will roll at HBO sports.. you can count on it. Arum brings in $$$$ and that's the bottom line in any business.

[M.I.C.]

I was thinking of this when watching Cotto-Mayorga's pre show on Showtime. They made the fight seem dull (not that this is a fantastic matchup but it's a garanteed good action fight) and repeated the same thing like a 100 times, and showed the same clips 50 times. On HBO they show the training of the fighters and address different subjects.

I didnt even watch it, didn't know SHO was even promoting it, I've only read about that fight in the press.

[Noy]

big boxing events need to happen on basic cable networks. Fugg HBO and Showtime. ESPN needs to grab one of these events - make some cash and get boxing into more living rooms at the same time.

[ny123]

I was thinking of this when watching Cotto-Mayorga's pre show on Showtime. They made the fight seem dull (not that this is a fantastic matchup but it's a garanteed good action fight) and repeated the same thing like a 100 times, and showed the same clips 50 times. On HBO they show the training of the fighters and address different subjects.

I agree the preview show ****** for Cotto Mayorga.

[M.I.C.]

I don't know about that.. history has shown Arum bringing in the most money to HBO since its inception. There is a reason that heads will roll at HBO sports.. you can count on it. Arum brings in $$$$ and that's the bottom line in any business.

HBO made a good penny off of GBP as well, and Don King during the Chavez, Tyson, and Tito years, HBO is greater than Bob Arum