Broner vs Gary Sykes official

[The Gambler1981]

Well obviously they can do what they wish I'm just saying its a waste of their place in boxing to be so into making names over making good fights with a matchup like this. I think HBO would be better off if they just put the best fights on TV & left the star making to the fans, luck or the promoter.

HBO's thing has always been building stars.

There are a couple ways to do it, one is great fights that one is obvious but another way is to allow a guy to look good because people hardly know the opposition anyway and because not every fight can be great. A guy they build can either make it or they can fall on their face but if the guy falls on their face all that building is not wasted because they can shift to the guy that made their man fall.

HBO is what it is, I don't get stressed about what they do and enjoy any boxing.

[Heavy Hitter]

Good points being made by some posters on both side of the argument here.
Broner vs Sykes, my opinion of it is more to do with the principal of the issue to me than that exact fight.

For Broner, if he plans to fight 4 times this year, and wants an easy touch for the 2nd of the year, I honestly don't have a problem with it.

Maybe HBO does have an interest in "building the fighter." But my sense it's more of the promoter/manager leveraging its stars against the network. Haymon and Arum can get HBO/Showtime/whoever to take deals on lesser fights/fighters for a handshake/wink deal for their bigger fighters(pacquiao/mayweather/etc).

Like I said at the beginning I am just tired of HBO completely mismanaging their fights budget to "showcase" fighters, after the huge bungle they had last year. The screwed up so bad giving out big money to crap fights, that they literally had no money to pay for Bernard Hopkins vs Dawson in October, which was an absolute meaningful fight. Instead we had, Chavez vs Zbik, Canelo vs Rhodes, Paul Williams(off a loss) vs Lara etc etc. When I look back on HBO 2011, with out looking over there schedule, I can remember 2-3 fights that REALLY mattered. And thats a shame, thats not what I pay for. There were more than 2-3 really important fights on the network, but since they are so few in far between I cant think of more examples.

[4Corners]

What a crappy fight. Why not Beltran Jr???

At least Broner is fighting 2 more times this year, one that's sure to be Escobedo. Still, a s**t fight for sure.

[kiaba360]

Before I even start readin other comments, I'll make my own: Broner by KO. If Buckland can TKO you, then wtf can I say? lol. This won't go 6 rounds.

[Simply Zyzz]

im a fan of his, not his fault the division he's fighting in is dry... also is it me or does dan have a hard on for this guy, lol

[Cloud]

Why Gary Sykes?

I like the bloke but he's getting sparked out big time.

[D-MiZe]

I'll be surprised if Sykes lasts a minute.