Comments Thread For: Showtime's Espinoza: November 17 Date is Still Open

[badnewsbrown]

Hopefuly we can get better quality cards with more competition now.

[Cubanborn87]

Agreed that the frst TMT show is going to be a HUGE deal. HBO will go all out to try and stage this card.
They will do a broadcast triple header with Gamboa, Dirrell, and the Pacquiao replay. And probably even tie it in to a potential May-Pac fight finally happening April, 2013.

I can see Golden Boy trying to exert their influence with Espinoza to lock up that date on Showtime and using that as leverage to try and finalize a deal with TMT for the date. But, I expect HBO to pull out all the financial stops to get that TMT card.

hbo said it will be a while before they buy another gamboa fight , so we'll see maybe they have changed opinions

[Cubanborn87]

this espinoza guy is gbp affiliated, i expect gbp to get the date. But the TMT card looks great, i hope they buy it

[4Corners]

If Showtime goes with the GBP card, than HBO should jump all over having Gamboa-Salgado and Dirrell-Magee with a Pac replay. There will be interest in it being TMT's first show alone, as well as Gamboa's return.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

hbo said it will be a while before they buy another gamboa fight , so we'll see maybe they have changed opinions

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If Showtime goes with the GBP card, than HBO should jump all over having Gamboa-Salgado and Dirrell-Magee with a Pac replay. There will be interest in it being TMT's first show alone, as well as Gamboa's return.

HBO is not very happy with what Gamboa after the Rios fiasco even tho he was looking for his best interest and was looking to get screwed.