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

[jso416]

What fools HBO are. You sensitive ****ing morons have just shunned yourself from 100s of fighters who could bring you big money. Showtimes is going to take over now.

Take over what exactly??.. Showtime will never surpass HBO as far as subscribers, ratings or profit goes.. Never.

[gbonafide]

Take over what exactly??.. Showtime will never surpass HBO as far as subscribers, ratings or profit goes.. Never.

Absolutely right. Boxing is not really moving the needle for either network. The number of subscribers who subscribe just for boxing is probably less than 3% of their overall subscriber base.

[_original_]

I really hope this gets sorted out, Showtime is okay, but the big fights always feel right when they're broadcasted by HBO/.

[edgarg]

Do you remember when flod was going to prison in February that Bob arum said many pac will fight on may 5th, and then mayweather got the judge to push his time up to june?

Then bob arum changed many pacs fight date availability to june?? do you remember that or do you want me to post the article from ESPN SPORTS??

ARUM IS A PROVEN LIER!!! and he is a cheat!!! and convicted for bribing!!! and had his offices raided by the F.B.I. and you still back him?? your a ride or die top rank fan wrong or right? that seems pretty biased of you!!!

Just to chip in here...sap... Arum was asked if he could fight on May 5th. Arum said that he hardly thought he's be ready before THE END OF MAY OR EARLY JUNE. This was in line with what was already issued by the doctor.

This interview was in December, shortly after Pacquiao had suffered a bone-deep cut, which NORMALLY required 6 months to heal. His DOCTOR said that there were 28 stitches in THREE layers from the bone upward, and the top layer was 9 stitches. (I'm paraphrasing). His doctor also said that he would not be even able to begin training until mid April the soonest. May 5th was never considered for Pacquiao, it was only mentioned because of Cinquo de Mayo.

I don't think you even saw the fight. Do you recall when Kellerman was interviewing him he had to stop the interview because of the blood dripping from the huge cut??

All this is on record. Wherever you get your info from, it's not from the record. I'd stop the "subscription" if I were you.....

[edgarg]

[whatever you know arum is a proven lier a snake!!

If I'd known that you are a scum of a *** hater, I'd never have dirtied my hands with posting to you. You and all your kind will deservedly rot in hell. Dirt like you gives human-kind a bad name.

[Scarcaztic]

Lol, Good luck with that bro. Other then boxing, everything on Showtime is utter s-h-i-t. Really all HBO would have to do is bring back The Wire or The Sopranos and air it whenever Showtime airs a GBP event and HBO would easily smash Showtime into irrelevancy as far as ratings go.

Good Lord. If HBO brought back The Wire/Sopranos, GAME OVER.

[Scarcaztic]

Just to chip in here...sap... Arum was asked if he could fight on May 5th. Arum said that he hardly thought he's be ready before THE END OF MAY OR EARLY JUNE. This was in line with what was already issued by the doctor.

This interview was in December, shortly after Pacquiao had suffered a bone-deep cut, which NORMALLY required 6 months to heal. His DOCTOR said that there were 28 stitches in THREE layers from the bone upward, and the top layer was 9 stitches. (I'm paraphrasing). His doctor also said that he would not be even able to begin training until mid April the soonest. May 5th was never considered for Pacquiao, it was only mentioned because of Cinquo de Mayo.

I don't think you even saw the fight. Do you recall when Kellerman was interviewing him he had to stop the interview because of the blood dripping from the huge cut??

All this is on record. Wherever you get your info from, it's not from the record. I'd stop the "subscription" if I were you.....

This is exactly what I told another Flowmo, when I was was arguing with him about the Manny/Floyd negotiations at this particular juncture. He kept saying, "what happened to that stadium that Bob wanted to build?".

I told his goofy ass, that there weren't any negotiations in the first place. It was all bravado from Floyd on Twitter, knowing about Pacquiao's cut situation.

[edgarg]

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

Does your name stand for "ridiculous"?. I'm asking just because Hershman was hired the moment his Showtime contract was up. He'd been there for many years. The HBO Sports head Ross Greenburg and his deputy Kery Davis were both fired, because they had lost Arum and Pacquiao to Hershman who was the Showtime Exec Vice-President then.

One thing about this site. The amount of actual knowledge shown by most of the posters is slight, althoguh that doesn't prevent them from showing their ignorance. I'm grateful for this as it gives me lots of laughs.....

[edgarg]

Where did you get that wrong information??

In the best place, he makes it up, and it costs him nothing.....

[ROSS CALIFORNIA]

Funny how things turn out.