Comments Thread For: HBO, K2 Unable To Work Out Deal For Golovkin-Adama

[Hougigo]

I'm looking forward to seeing Mkabu back in action and though a Clev fight mighta been entertaining I think it woulda been a very bad idea for Clevs prospective CW career. I'm not sure if the opponent they have on Boxrec is correct, but if so Minu is an untested Argentine, but is 20(20) - 0 so a KO is virtually guarenteed.

And it looks like Murray's been replaced by Bursak so we could be in for a decent fight there also. Max ain't the biggest ****er but he's a tough MFer and should be able to take 'Left Jab' Fletchers deadly jab () all night long.

Jarrod was able to get a decent replacement for the fight.... Makabu's replacement is going to be awful.

[Citizen Koba]

Jarrod was able to get a decent replacement for the fight.... Makabu's replacement is going to be awful.

Well - yeah...though I'm guessing Jarrod ain't going to be as happy as we are at ending up with Bursak.

This Argentine kid - if he's the one who ends up fighting Mkabu, will likely indeed be awful, but with a 20(20)-0 guy you just never know - perhaps a diamond in the rough? ...nah...maybe not then.

[Hougigo]

Well - yeah...though I'm guessing Jarrod ain't going to be as happy as we are at ending up with Bursak.

This Argentine kid - if he's the one who ends up fighting Mkabu, will likely indeed be awful, but with a 20(20)-0 guy you just never know - perhaps a diamond in the rough? ...nah...maybe not then.

He has a better chance with Bursak than Murray, plus they're in neutral territory....just no interim title at the end. IMO... Chudinov will probably target them next.

As for the Argentine guy.... I saw a vid on youtube.... this guy is dead

[johnnycontrolet]

Klitschko and Golovkin shouldn`t fight on HBO. HBO always does cherry picking...go to Showtime!

[Hougigo]

[Russian Crushin]

yeah because Ken Hershman is running the show now. I was just using Andre Berto as an example of the philosophy at HBO under Greenburg.

Hershman wouldn't have the job if he continued Greenburg's policies

He just paid 3.15 mil for Ward-Rodriguez

[US Dirk Killer]

He just paid 3.15 mil for Ward-Rodriguez

He got more **** for his buck paying almost 1/4th of that for the entire Nov. 2nd card!
Hahaha

[US Dirk Killer]

He just paid 3.15 mil for Ward-Rodriguez

Steve Kim @stevemaxboxing 3m
Im told by various sources that Ward-Rodriguez on HBO peaked at 1.2 million. Which is less than Garcia-Lopez, Bradley-Provo and GGG-Stevens

Steve Kim @stevemaxboxing 2m
And Ward-Rodriguez had a whopping license fee of $3.15 million. And yes, the rest of the #boxing industry is aware that figure

Probably the most expensive fight got beat out by cheaper fights.
And Ward thinks he's big money, lol.

And that's not average viewing... that's peak. GGG/Stevens had a 1.5 million peak

[sergey.smith]

HBO is getting their butt's kicked by Showtime and Hershman is completely ruining it. Buying easy fights for their supposed stars. GGG, Stevenson and Kovalev haven't fought anyone descent. Showtimes ratings are up 51 percent from 2011 when Hershman ran Showtime. That is unheard of in sports networks while HBO is stagnant and they have 25% more viewers. They would have probably picked up this bs fight of GGG's if they could have.

[King_]

HBO is getting their butt's kicked by Showtime and Hershman is completely ruining it. Buying easy fights for their supposed stars. GGG, Stevenson and Kovalev haven't fought anyone descent. Showtimes ratings are up 51 percent from 2011 when Hershman ran Showtime. That is unheard of in sports networks while HBO is stagnant and they have 25% more viewers. They would have probably picked up this bs fight of GGG's if they could have.

And yet I bet you LOVED HBO and thought they were the greatest when was paying Berto 1mill to headline events and matching Broner against the oh-so dangerous..... Gavin Rees