Comments Thread For: Kery Davis Denies That He Was Pushed Out of HBO

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Kery Davis, the longtime HBO Sports executive who played a key role to bringing some of the biggest fights of the past decade to the airwaves but also fairly or unfairly came to represent the network’s fixation with certain fighters and difficulty in always putting on competitive fights, disputed the idea that he was pushed out at HBO when he announced his decision to resign from his position as senior vice president last Thursday. Whatever the reason behind his departure- and Davis claims he wanted to pursue other opportunities outside of boxing- Davis’ exit represents the first public shake-up of the Ken Hershman era in his time as president of HBO Sports.
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[nycsmooth]

whatever he's taling about Showtime has taken his game away,period....

[liuj88]

I wish this former employee were more candid about his experiences at HBO. I suppose he doesn't want to burn bridges, but legitimate disagreements do happen, and expressing them doesn't necessarily blackball the people that express them.

Assuming that we all love the sport and want it to improve, journalists should try harder to extract the opinions of an industry veteran, and his take on the decline or rise of one organization or another.

[liuj88]

whatever he's taling about Showtime has taken his game away,period....

Sure, but wouldn't you want to know how? I would.