Comments Thread For: Haymon's Continued Rise Will Challenge HBO's Rule

[Left Hook Tua]

Some salty people in here, man. It's mind boggling that the idea of boxing gaining larger exposure leads people to say it's going to ruin the sport. Because obviously the move to cable sent it to soaring levels.

cable was fine for me. i have showtime, i have hbo.

i don't care about exposure. i care about sho/hbo cards i pay for.

him having his fighters even partially on other networks hurts my showtime cards.

[Pigeons]

cable was fine for me. i have showtime, i have hbo.

i don't care about exposure. i care about sho/hbo cards i pay for.

him having his fighters even partially on other networks hurts my showtime cards.

Cancel them.

[IMDAZED]

cable was fine for me. i have showtime, i have hbo.

i don't care about exposure. i care about sho/hbo cards i pay for.

him having his fighters even partially on other networks hurts my showtime cards.

Your Showtime cards? Are you a promoter? Because the fighters will be featured on all networks so you lose nothing. Garcia and Thurman will be on Showtime later this year. I'm still waiting for you to explain how the sport (not your cable bill) will be diluted.

[Left Hook Tua]

Right. So Showtime was affected. Which brings us to TODAY. For the third time, please tell me how PBC is going to ruin the sport? Or "dilute" it? Since as it stands TODAY, Showtime and CBS are gaining by this move?

i'm trying but you're not listening. or not comprehending.

example:

say haymon can put on 10 good fights and 10 ok fights this year.

if he was just working with showtime.

i'm gonna get 20 good/ok fights on sho.

now if he's doing deals with nbc, spike, etc. too

showtime is not gonna get all those fights and have to fill the rest with lesser quality fights.

instead of 4 good fights on sho that night, i might get 2 good fights and 2 lesser ones.

[IMDAZED]

i'm trying but you're not listening. or not comprehending.

example:

say haymon can put on 10 good fights and 10 ok fights this year.

if he was just working with showtime.

i'm gonna get 20 good/ok fights on sho.

now if he's doing deals with nbc, spike, etc. too

showtime is not gonna get all those fights and have to fill the rest with lesser quality fights.

instead of 4 good fights on sho that night, i might get 2 good fights and 2 lesser ones.

Are you ok? Has you debased yourself to this argument? In both scenarios, it's 20 fights. 10 good, 10 ok. In BOTH scenarios. So how does it dilute the sport (the sport, not your cable bill) when the result doesn't change?

You're grasping at straws and really bitter too, like he took money out of your pocket or something. And you sound like a real hater, as much as I "hate" to use that term. Read the headline of this thread. You know what your first sentence was on the first page? major networks will drop boxing in a year or so.

[Nay_Sayer]

Challenge how?

I for one like seeing rink walks, inbetween rounds and uncensored post fight interviews.

HBO will always be a superior product because they have decades of experience presenting fights. How many years does Haymon and NBC?

NBC was broadcasting prize fights long before HBO was in existence...

[Left Hook Tua]

Your Showtime cards? Are you a promoter? Because the fighters will be featured on all networks so you lose nothing. Garcia and Thurman will be on Showtime later this year. I'm still waiting for you to explain how the sport (not your cable bill) will be diluted.

are the fighters gonna be fighting more?

that's the only way to keep quality up.

my cable bill doesn't dilute. it's the same price. the fights i'm getting might get diluted. which is what i'm worried about.

there's a set amount of quality fighters and quality matchups.

spreading it out on more dates/networks means less quality cards.

[Left Hook Tua]

are you ok? Has you debased yourself to this argument? In both scenarios, it's 20 fights. 10 good, 10 ok. In both scenarios. So how does it dilute the sport (the sport, not your cable bill) when the result doesn't change?

You're grasping at straws and really bitter too, like he took money out of your pocket or something. And you sound like a real hater, as much as i "hate" to use that term. Read the headline of this thread. You know what your first sentence was on the first page? major networks will drop boxing in a year or so.

20/1 = 20

20/2 = 10

[IMDAZED]

are the fighters gonna be fighting more?

that's the only way to keep quality up.

my cable bill doesn't dilute. it's the same price. the fights i'm getting might get diluted. which is what i'm worried about.

there's a set amount of quality fighters and quality matchups.

spreading it out on more dates/networks means less quality cards.

Really? Please, share with me this formula/calculation that you use to reach this set amount and then tell me what that set amount is.

[The Big Dunn]

i'm trying but you're not listening. or not comprehending.

example:

say haymon can put on 10 good fights and 10 ok fights this year.

if he was just working with showtime.

i'm gonna get 20 good/ok fights on sho.

now if he's doing deals with nbc, spike, etc. too

showtime is not gonna get all those fights and have to fill the rest with lesser quality fights.

instead of 4 good fights on sho that night, i might get 2 good fights and 2 lesser ones.

Tua that's on showtime to take their budget and go out and find programming to air.

For example-FW fights, cruiser fights, inexpensive to do but should yield great fights since both divisions are deep.

Networks decide what comes on their airwaves, not fighters or their managers.