If you had to pick between HBO or Showtime to watch fights which would it be?

[Verstyle]

to ****in easy HBO. 1. hbo has a more lively cast,2 they have the more exciting fighters,3 the atmosphere on there is exciting,4.they have great lighting where u can see all the fans and everything else and its not obvious that there tryin to center the attention to the fighters like showtime does on how they pretty much block out the audience into the darkness, also hbo's crowds r louder cause they turn up the volume of the audience instead of turning it down like showtime does,and they have legendary commentators unlike showtime,plus they got michael buffer there ya go all in a nutshell

[Verstyle]

Showtime always seemed to of been far better -
Hagler, Benn, McClellan, Prime Hamed, Tyson, Holyfield, Hatton, Tszyu, Calzaghe, etc. Great fights like Benn-McClellan, Castillo-Corrales, etc. Great occasions like Benn-Eubank II, Tyson-Holyfield II.

hbo had the prime tyson. showtime jus got the left overs. ohhhhhhhhhh that was bad

[knucks]

hbo is the better visual experiecence by far, but except for mayweather and 1 or 2 others ,all of hbo boxers are flirting with father time,for the new and up and coming prospects, and overall exciting fights,gotta go with showtime

[MetalVomit]

HBO by a mile. Showtime doesnt show enough fights.

[Dempseyistheman]

Showtime for Al Bernstein's analysis

[Verstyle]

Showtime for Al Bernstein's analysis

soooooooo. hbo does a ****ty job at analysing i guess lederman suxs huh

[Dempseyistheman]

soooooooo. hbo does a ****ty job at analysing i guess lederman suxs huh

I actually like Lederman, he's entertaining and I always crack up at his delivery, I guess I look at HBO as being more entertaining what with Merchant's seemingly drunk ramblings and Lampley's snide side winding comments, but bernstein tips it to Showtime for me.

[suberstar_zx6R]

i like when lederman says the rules "the fighter can not be saved by the bell in any round including the 12th and final round Jim"

[Dempseyistheman]

That would be a big loss to HBO if Lederman retired....

[keystone30pack]

hbo's commentary would be enhanced with the termination or retirement of merchant and the addition of bernstein, atlas, or even farhood