Comments Thread For: GreenBurg Officially Announces Resignation From HBO

[RSBonos]

Some obvious steps should be taken:

1. Major paycuts across the board. If the fighters don't like it then they can go somewhere else.

2. More frequent shows with a smaller budget. If ESPN can manage decent shows every week for $50k then i'm sure that HBO can put something together with a few hundred thousands.

3. No guaranteed slots for fighters or promoters.

4. Major bonus incentives for fighters fighting 3+ times a year on the network and also incentives based on attendance figures for promoters.

5. Cross-promote on TNT and other stations.

[StrangerInTown]

Racket Squad: Greenburg Factor-A Man On The Ropes

I find it interesting that there is nothing positive of note written here about Ross Greenburg.
A Producers craft is not a simplistic task.
Whatever problems HBO is currently engaged in cannot be neatly placed at Greenburg's feet.
His 3 decades of contributions have been illuminating.
These efforts, when taken within a full portrait of a career spent in two brutal rackets ( Television and Prizefighting), represent factual advances in the sport of boxing as well as educational, literate programming.
Fight promotion requires dedication, inspiration and risk.
Documentary film making requires the very same.
Without films such as the recent Curt Flood bio, many tales of historical and social enlightenment would be lost.
Without Greenburg these sagas may never have been created, let alone so brilliantly defined
At the end of the day, Greenburg advanced both pugilism and the art of documenting important sporting tales. He should be applauded for his service.

It wasn't Greenburg throwing all those softballs at Saul Alvarez.
But it was Greenburg, among others, who attempted to talk dollars and common sense to a Floyd Mayweather who simply wanted no part of Pacquiao.
Had that fight landed when and where the big brass thought it should, Ross would have continued his HBO journey a bit longer.
For my money, his experienced breed will be sorely missed.

[RSBonos]

I find it interesting that there is nothing positive of note written here about Ross Greenburg.
A Producers craft is not a simplistic task.
Whatever problems HBO is currently engaged in cannot be neatly placed at Greenburg's feet.
His 3 decades of contributions have been illuminating.
These efforts, when taken within a full portrait of a career spent in two brutal rackets ( Television and Prizefighting), represent factual advances in the sport of boxing as well as educational, literate programming.
Fight promotion requires dedication, inspiration and risk.
Documentary film making requires the very same.
Without films such as the recent Curt Flood bio, many tales of historical and social enlightenment would be lost.
Without Greenburg these sagas may never have been created, let alone so brilliantly defined
At the end of the day, Greenburg advanced both pugilism and the art of documenting important sporting tales. He should be applauded for his service.

It wasn't Greenburg throwing all those softballs at Saul Alvarez.
But it was Greenburg, among others, who attempted to talk dollars and common sense to a Floyd Mayweather who simply wanted no part of Pacquiao.
Had that fight landed when and where the big brass thought it should, Ross would have continued his HBO journey a bit longer.
For my money, his experienced breed will be sorely missed.

It's all right Greenie, you'll find another job.

[delpilar]

Nobody is indispensable!

Greenburg has just proven that nobody is indispensable.

[Chex31]

Some obvious steps should be taken:

1. Major paycuts across the board. If the fighters don't like it then they can go somewhere else.

2. More frequent shows with a smaller budget. If ESPN can manage decent shows every week for $50k then i'm sure that HBO can put something together with a few hundred thousands.

3. No guaranteed slots for fighters or promoters.

4. Major bonus incentives for fighters fighting 3+ times a year on the network and also incentives based on attendance figures for promoters.

5. Cross-promote on TNT and other stations.

Co-sign!

[Medved]

I find it interesting that there is nothing positive of note written here about Ross Greenburg.
A Producers craft is not a simplistic task.
Whatever problems HBO is currently engaged in cannot be neatly placed at Greenburg's feet.
His 3 decades of contributions have been illuminating.
These efforts, when taken within a full portrait of a career spent in two brutal rackets ( Television and Prizefighting), represent factual advances in the sport of boxing as well as educational, literate programming.
Fight promotion requires dedication, inspiration and risk.
Documentary film making requires the very same.
Without films such as the recent Curt Flood bio, many tales of historical and social enlightenment would be lost.
Without Greenburg these sagas may never have been created, let alone so brilliantly defined
At the end of the day, Greenburg advanced both pugilism and the art of documenting important sporting tales. He should be applauded for his service.

It wasn't Greenburg throwing all those softballs at Saul Alvarez.
But it was Greenburg, among others, who attempted to talk dollars and common sense to a Floyd Mayweather who simply wanted no part of Pacquiao.
Had that fight landed when and where the big brass thought it should, Ross would have continued his HBO journey a bit longer.
For my money, his experienced breed will be sorely missed.

Heya Greenburg, can you teach me how to have no skills in my life but steal other peoples work and get promoted to the top?

I know it must be hard being useless at everything and still somehow getting promoted on the backs of ******. Does it run in the family?

Im sure you will get a nice severance package and at your next job you will find more people to screw over and steal their work and take credit for it.

You were such an innovator signing those check's and doing nothing.

Ps: How much cash did Al-Haymon bribe you with to pay his BUM's to be on HBO?

[paulf]

what does this mean for hbo boxing ? is this a bad thing ?

Probably bad for HBO Sports in general, but very good for HBO Boxing. We'll have to wait and see...

[paulf]

Some obvious steps should be taken:

1. Major paycuts across the board. If the fighters don't like it then they can go somewhere else.

2. More frequent shows with a smaller budget. If ESPN can manage decent shows every week for $50k then i'm sure that HBO can put something together with a few hundred thousands.

3. No guaranteed slots for fighters or promoters.

4. Major bonus incentives for fighters fighting 3+ times a year on the network and also incentives based on attendance figures for promoters.

5. Cross-promote on TNT and other stations.

There seriously need to be bonuses given for the KO.

[William Blake]

Now Pacquaio has knocked out Greenburg, too.

The man has retired the two biggest revenue streams from Golden Boy, De La Hoya and Hatton. He ran Floyd into retirement. Kerry Davis will most likely be KOed next. And after November, Marquez will be doing a Shame Mosley and taking a long vacation in South America.

Pacquiao is truly the King of Boxing. Enjoy him while he remains in The Game.

[komandante]

Manny Pacquiao carried the sport of boxing> Muhammad Mustafa.