Comments Thread For: Golden Boy's CEO on HBO's Decision To End Relationship

[deanrw]

I just cannot believe there are those in here who think the escalated splintering of the sport into factions is a good thing.

[Los Zetas]

Bradley vs prod was exciting. Pac vs jmm was. Rios vs alvarado. Nonaire vs rigo could be. I actually like top rank


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[Mikhnienko]

It's every promoters wish to have a monopoly, that's the way that business works. Arum won the battle between him and King and now GB is trying to push Arum out.

The bottom line is, a monopoly would be good for boxing, look what it's done for the UFC. Since promoters don't want to work with each other and in recent history it seems GB has been more willing to work with TR and been refused, can you blame them?

I want to see the best fights and if that means they are all coming from one stable, what do I care?

A UFC model would NOT be good for boxing!

This, Cuauhtemoc clearly doesnt know what he's talking about. The UFC's monopoly has made MMA worse after they eliminated PRIDE, EliteXC, Strikeforce. Alot of the elite MMA fighters are shut out because Dana White simply doesnt want them, has a personal grudge, or doesnt want them as competition to a hyped up fighter.

A monopoly would allow them to cherrypick fights and protect whatever "superstars" they want to artificially manufacture.

I don't think this is necessarily bad for boxing. TR and GB will for sure have to put on the best fights possible (within their stable). We may not get Rios vs Garcia but we can get Garcia vs Matthysse. We may not get Donaire vs Mares but will get Donaire vs Rigondeaux... This move will force all four companies to up their product [HBO, SHO, TR, & GB].

This is a good example. GB clearly doesn't want Garcia to face Matthysse and with a monopoly (which they'll have at Showtime) they can pick and choose whatever they want and avoid placing their favourite sons in tough fights.

Seems like Hershman is trying to take a stand and let Golden Boy know he won't be strong armed into letting the promoters dictate the who, what, when, where, and how.

[TheSurgeonMDMPH]

Uh-oh.

Game on!!I am so pumped to bring all the great fights to @shosports and CBS. Good luck With your captain sailing you through the Dead Sea

— Oscar De La Hoya (@OscarDeLaHoya) March 18, 2013

This drag queen is a ****ing idiot. Schaefer did the classy thing but he goes and turns it into some schoolyard BS!

[gbonafide]

[QUOTE=rey guey;13160503]good for HBO. Hershman isn't buy crap anymore and that's what boxing needs. people forget but it was Golden Boy who sank HBO boxing to a level of medoricity. /QUOTE] Spot on Rey. HBO suffered for years because of those BS GBP package output deals that resulted in big license fees for crap fights (Berto anyone?). Hershman was brought in to sort that situation out. The GBP Showtime relationship with Espinoza is a conflict of interests for the overall good of boxing. They're basically trying to monopolize the business and have their former lawyer on the inside making sweetheart deals. The best fights I saw last year were on HBO or HBO PPV and they didn't involve any GBP fighters.

[Bullrider]

I would think that Schaefer (GBP) had been gradually moving their stuff to Showtime while in the meantime give HBO some crumbs like Reese/Broner, Broner/Malignaggi, then save the best for Showtime.

[TaurusJ27]

Very interesting to see if all this will get mentioned by the commentators at the next HBO fight or that show Jim Lampley hosts.

[Pocket Dogs!]

The turning point in the Golden Boy/HBO relationship took place in September 2012. Golden Boy was looking to do a major card on September 15th with WBC junior middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. HBO refused to give Golden Boy the date. The network would instead reserve the previously mentioned September date for a pay-per-view event, which was headlined by Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Sergio Martinez and promoted by Golden Boy's main rival, Top Rank.

That was kinda ****** on Golden Boy's part to get pissed over a date. Martinez vs. Chavez was an anticipated fight years in the making, Canelo vs. Lopez was a mismatch. This stuff is just petty.

[ddeg10]

Showtime will continue to show mediocre low-profile fights in which an unexpected gem of a fight comes out of the woodwork once in awhile. Mayweather will be on PPV anyway so unless you are a huge Canelo fan this will only hurt GBP. It'll be interesting to see where things go when Arum retires.

[rckdees]

the guy just got fired from showtime now he's going to get fired from hbo. all in all it's two pretty good severance packages