Comments Thread For: Sources: Ross Greenburg Parting Ways With HBO Sports

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Bob arum, top prank and Pacroid lost

The article wasn't even about Pac or Top rank you ***ing idiot!!

Seriously do you read articles on ESPN about the Chicago Bears and go "haha sux to be you Bob Arum"?

[Check_hooks]

If HBO opened up their books for this year vs previous years its obvious someone was getting fired.

HBO let go of the top 2 out of 3 draws in boxing (Pacquiao and Cotto) earlier this year and for what? Less than 50k ppvs combined total for this year and its already almost August. HBO is so broke there gonna put BHop vs Dawson on PPV.

If it wasn't for Top Rank HBO Boxing would be bankrupt.

[BennyBlanco]

5. limit the amount of PPVs and do not be held hostage to having a PPV just because a promoters contract with said fighter is too high for regular HBO. Case in point no way should Hopkins vs Dawson be on PPV but considering the lack of a true budget left and both guys having high minimums forces their hands

Spoken like someone who doesn't have a clue about the boxing business.

Hopkins vs. Dawson going to PPV has absolutely NOTHING to do with their minimum purses. It's going to PPV because HBO doesn't have money left to pay a license fee. When a fight is on PPV, it essentially pays for itself through the PPV revenues and distribution fees.

[Eaner0919]

Do you really think whoever ends up with the job will have your intentions, or end up being another Greenberg clone? Someone with 0 interest in the sport who is only looking at the bottom line?

remember Greenburg held the position of sports period not just boxing so the risk that another guy disinterested in boxing could happen again

had Davis been let go then I could see it

[Eaner0919]

Spoken like someone who doesn't have a clue about the boxing business.

Hopkins vs. Dawson going to PPV has absolutely NOTHING to do with their minimum purses. It's going to PPV because HBO doesn't have money left to pay a license fee. When a fight is on PPV, it essentially pays for itself through the PPV revenues and distribution fees.

you sure about that?

[ShoguNinja]

Damn, Pac's stardom got the dude fired.

Yeah! Because Greenburg plays favors with Haymon & GBP when Top Rank has the "Trump Card" in Pacquiao.

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Yeah! Because Greenburg plays favors with Haymon & GBP when Top Rank has the "Trump Card" in Pacquiao.

It's good to have a business colleague to help you but sometimes helping them out can cost you.

[Zocalo]

Well fact is that the status quo at HBO Sports isn't at the level that it used to be. It goes beyond Boxing. They lost the longest sport series in the Inside the NFL to Showtime. The fact that Greenburg assumed that he can get the biggest fights and still be buddy buddy with certain promoters proves that he wasn't fit for the job that he was entrusted in.

[paulf]

Kery Davis and IMO he is the guy who should go as well as he is the one who has brokered most of the contracts HBO fell into

I don't like that Ross is being fired in that 24/7, the Lombardi, Magic/Bird, and Borg/McEnroe documentaries as well as Real Sports have been excellent as always the past year.

However, it is Ross' job to make sure the Boxing program stays the best in the business, and if that meant firing Kerry Davis then i'm sure that's what was expected.

I do feel that HBO will take a hit in some aspects, but HBO's Boxing program has been run into the ****ing ground the past five-six years and it's made it difficult for me to enjoy being a Boxing fan the past couple years.

I just want some ****ing changes at HBO, and if firing Ross is what it's going to take, then I have to welcome HBO firing him.

[BennyBlanco]

you sure about that?

HBO doesn't give a f*** what the boxers' minimums are. When HBO forces something to PPV, it's because of HBO's budget, not the boxer's financial demands.