HBO Cutting Its Boxing Budget In 2012

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  • ThePrince
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    HBO Cutting Its Boxing Budget In 2012

    And Berto-Ortiz II is in play for SHOWTIME. Some major developments.

    stevemaxboxing Steve Kim
    Word is that HBO is cutting their #boxing budget, and from this point forward, Showtime will be in play for more fights...
    6 hours ago


    stevemaxboxing Steve Kim
    Showtime is very much in the running to televise Ortiz-Berto II, according to multiple sources.... #boxing
    7 hours ago


    Thoughts?
  • Canelo Phresh
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    #2
    dumbass management. hbo goofed.

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    • WARQUEZ
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      #3
      I think that's a good thing imo. All the over paid fighters can just go over to Showtime. While HBO focuses on giving fights the fans wanna see. I love how they're starting off the year with Gamboa-Rios too.

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      • Phil Ivey
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        #4
        Sigh, most likely the bad run of PPV fights recently besides Pac-Marquez 4. Upside is you have Al commentating.

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        • ThePrince
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          #5
          Hershman turned Showtime into the little engine that could with a fraction of HBO's budget, even a diminished one. Will be interesting to see if he can right that sinking ship. This could be a good thing if played correctly.

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          • onechance87
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            #6
            Theres to many fighters getting overpaid.Fighters like berto,martinez,williams
            dawson,now u got donaire making close to 1 million bucks a fight??WTF
            People talk about canelo being a bum and hype job and yet he still has a
            bigger fan base with all those guys combined.

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            • sdcluser
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              #7
              **** cable tvs. Put fights on network TV.

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              • #CaneloKhan
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                #8
                Originally posted by sdcluser
                **** cable tvs. Put fights on network TV.
                this would put teh figth back into people

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                • Pactards GTFO
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                  #9
                  Hate to say it but i wish boxing was ran like UFC in many ways

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                  • GoogleMe
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                    #10
                    Competition is good - all I can say.

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