End the Cold War

[Chiboxing123]

Froch adonis kovalev ward pascal are all with hbo. B hop needs to tell gb to let him fly solo for his next fights

[King_]

Oh, thought it was the other one.
Well the two on HBO would love to fight him

Showtime/GBP want Stevenson and that fight isn't happening so long as Adonis is with HBO, IMO. They rejected Hopkins-Kovalev, why would HBO approve Adonis-Hopkins?

[BafanaBafana]

Really. The only thing I can think of here is to cancel your entire HBO and ShowTime subscriptions.

But from 154 and up, the Cold War doesn't bother me. 147 and below is where its really hurting the sport.

Although I wouldn't do this (I subscribe to both networks), I would recommend boycotting GBP/Showtime/Floyd PPVs, and then maybe GBP will agree to have some of their fighters fight on HBO like they used to. HBO kicked them out for getting too greedy.

[thebowtod]

these promoters have so many fighters they could start their own boxing company if they combined, all they would need is a sanctioning body at that point.

I wish thats how it worked :/

[dc3383]

Although I wouldn't do this (I subscribe to both networks), I would recommend boycotting GBP/Showtime/Floyd PPVs, and then maybe GBP will agree to have some of their fighters fight on HBO like they used to. HBO kicked them out for getting too greedy.

HBO stopped working with them because Golden Boy took there biggest stars to Showtime when they couldn't get the dates they wanted.

[ladiesman217]

The last TR-GBP event was Pac-Hatton, correct?

[Light_Speed]

It's the Golden Boy/HBO feud that's killing boxing
It's killing some great fights at 122-130, 140-47, 160 and 168-175.


Titleholders in bold.

Showtime:
Golden Boy Stable:
122-130: Santa Cruz, Mares
140-147: Mayweather, Garcia, Matthysse, Broner, Maidana, Alexander, Thurman,
154: Mayweather, Canelo, Lara, Trout, Angulo, Molina
160: Quillin
175: B. Hop

HBO:
Top Rank & Other Promoters:
122-130: Donaire, Rigondeaux, K. Martinez, Mikey Garcia, Lomachenko, Salido, Roman Martinez
140-147: Pacquiao, Marquez, Bradley, Rios, Provodnikov, Alvarado
154: Cotto, Martirosyan/Andrade (future WBO)
160: Martinez, Golovkin, Barker, Geale, Macklin
168-175: Andre Ward, Stevenson, Kovalev, Froch,

It's over, boxing is no longer about the best fighting the best. It's pure entertainment now, every company pushing their product. We just need to treat it like it's a different sport.

Oh, thought it was the other one.
Well the two on HBO would love to fight him

I'm pretty sure Stevenson and Kovalev have multi-fight contracts with HBO, so they can't switch networks.

[-PBP-]

Although I wouldn't do this (I subscribe to both networks), I would recommend boycotting GBP/Showtime/Floyd PPVs, and then maybe GBP will agree to have some of their fighters fight on HBO like they used to. HBO kicked them out for getting too greedy.

Boycotting the PPVs is enough. That's where the big money is. Me not watching Alexander vs Porter won't change anything.

[dc3383]

I'm not boycotting anything because two cable or promotional companies aren't getting along. If it isn't a fight I want to see I just won't watch it but I wont go out my way to do it.

[BafanaBafana]

The last TR-GBP event was Pac-Hatton, correct?

Lara v. Martirosyan (November 10, 2012)

It wasn't impossible for GBP and Top Rank to work together before the GBP/HBO feud. GBP low-blowed HBO by sending their top stars (who HBO invested millions promoting) to Showtime and tried forcing HBO into overpaying for mismatches and turning down big competitor PPV fights for mismatches (see: Martinez v. Chavez Jr PPV/Canelo v. Josesito September 14 date feud).