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Do you think it's SHOTIME and Golden Boy or HBO and Top Rank who have been faring better over the last year? In terms of finances, entertainment value, compelling match ups, and fan reception - what do you think?
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30HBO & Top Rank by a wide margin10.00%3HBO & Top Rank by a small margin6.67%2Tie10.00%3SHO & Golden Boy by a small margin23.33%7SHO & Golden Boy by a wide margin50.00%15Last edited by Augustane; 02-28-2014, 10:26 AM. -
showtime and its not even close. i -
Showtime all the way....top rank undercard's are hilariousComment
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What an absolute joke of a thread...
You mustn't care much for the sport if you feel either side needs to 'win' more so than ease conflict..
Neither are going to come out of it any better, it's going to be up and down, up and down.Comment
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This is gossip crapComment
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GBP will only win when Mayweather retires.
Right now they're too focus on Mayweather's fights.
In reality, GBP is really not making much because
they have to support him with strong undercards.
Most of the profits go to Haymon and Mayweather.
Even Showtime subscribers are getting ripped off.
Regular fights are very rare. PPVs are not for subscribers.
When's the last time you saw Bernstein and others
on regular fights?Comment
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Mayweather/Canelo, 'nuff said.Comment
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I would say Showtime, they have gained on HBO a lot over this period.
As for GBP and Top Rank I wold say GBP is ahead at the moment but boxing promotion is a fickle business and the shoe could totally be on the foot in fairly short order (or it could shift even more to GBP who knows)
Showtime over HBO big given how HBO just gave Showtime GBP who they helped build
GBP over Top Rank smallLast edited by The Gambler1981; 02-28-2014, 01:06 PM.Comment
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Since the beginning of 2012, Shotime has dominated HBO (outside of this Top Rank Golden Boy thing). I might even say that NBCSports and HBO are about even. HBO has been consistently showing 1 and 2 fight cards. Shotime has shown 3-4 fights on a card. We get to see rising stars on Shotime, wow on HBO we are force fed fighters who they want us to like. Here is the best example I can give you, ShoBox the New Generation, this was the fight card
http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=636301
I became a fan of all Del Valle, Pedraza, Tommy Gun (and I even became a fan of Gil Garcia). This was one of the best nights of boxing for me that year. HBO will show one fight and the ppv from last week and thats all we get.Comment
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The fans, in a way.
No more crap fights as TR and HBO are forced to keep up with the quality of GBP and Showtime.
TR PPV still suck though but im in 10%Comment
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