HBO boxing on 2.5 month hiatus!

[maguirre]

those are 2013 numbers. its 2014.

And we're still in the 3rd quarter of 2014. HBO rallied in the last quarter of last year producing fights every week, which SHO wasn't able to answer. And I expect them to do it again before the end of the year.

Showtime should be murdering HBO with the number of fighters they have. But it's not happening.

[The Big Dunn]

And we're still in the 3rd quarter of 2014. HBO rallied in the last quarter of last year producing fights every week, which SHO wasn't able to answer. And I expect them to do it again before the end of the year.

Showtime should be murdering HBO with the number of fighters they have. But it's not happening.

No they didn't. Maidana v Broner wasn't on HBO.

You, JoeMan and a host of others yapping about lost money have no idea what is really going on. If dan is right, HBO has exhausted all of their budget. Likely what happened is they didn't plan on B hop/Kov and had to use resources for that fight.

[lazy]

HBO is king, but we will miss their shows.

[Check_hooks]

A similar thing happened last year but not as bad. HBO finished the year off strong doe

And if the Cotto fight is on PPV, I think hes gonna fight Bradley. Thats the only fight that makes it PPV worthy

[Chiboxing123]

This was cause by Haymon. When u really think about it.

[ElMeroChingon]

Cotto Chavez is the only fight left to make. Rather see Chavez in there than Lee.

[The Gambler1981]

It is sad to see HBO throwing nickles around like manhole covers they are still doing pretty good all things considered but that used to not be enough for HBO.

That is poor planning though HBO is a well financed operation there is no reason they should be running out of cash even if something pops up they have to spend on. I can't even buy that Kovalev-Hopkin broke them because they intended on making Kovalev-Stevenson which was going to be pricey. It is not like HBO went all out when they found out they lost out on that fight.


I just hope HBO starts adding a little to their boxing budget instead of dropping it~

[sicko]

In case you haven't noticed or for those that is NEW to the Sport of boxing, Boxing Schedule usually slows down a bit once American Football Seasons get started. It is hard to compete with Saturday Night College Football especially when it is TOP COLLEGE TEAMS going head to head

HBO is just a better Platform and a better Presentation overall for some reason, maybe because most are just COMFORTABLE with with HBO for all these years

Showtime play by play team is solid, Brian Kenny is a host for a boxing event and All Access is good especially the finally Epilogue but it is something about HBO! Regardless of how annoying Lampley and Kellerman can be

[jose.sooto]

Yeah, I think Marquez-Alvarado and Crawford-Gamboa are the two highest rated fights this year and they both did around 1.3 million. It's really been a down year for both networks, but at least the November lineup looks really promising for HBO. Crawford-Beltran and Hopkins-Kovalev should do really good numbers and are good fights on paper

Showtime can EASILY counter Crawford-Beltran and Hopkins-Kovalev with Khan-Guerrero and Garcia-Peterson.

No. Showtime does not only do Rod Salka kind of fights. Let's not forget the biggest boxing event of all time was a Showtime production. Canelo/Mayweather. Enough said.

[jmrf4435]

i honestly prefer HBO fights...