Comments Thread For: Showtime Invests Further Into The Middleweight Division

[Eastcoast]

Saunders said he's not gonna face GGG, win or lose.

BJS said he'd need 18 months to be ready for Golovkin. I don't think Alvarez is fighting Golovkin anytime soon either. But BJS/Canelo could happen sooner than Golovkin vs either.

[bigdunny1]

Showtime continuing to invest in the wrong divisions and wrong fighters... the only fighters that matter at Middleweight are named Triple G and Canelo...

HBO has a stranglehold on Showtime now... Al Haymon destroyed the Network and the Network banked on Mayweather and only really got 2 successful PPVs for Mayweather-standards..

<~~Al Haymon to Showtime

Showtime sold their soul to Haymon to try and compete with HBO. They lost Canelo and had to share the Mayweather fight with HBO. Now mayweather is retired and Haymon flirting with taking all their fighters to PBC. Showtime is in complete shambles for the future. No fighters under contract and burned bridges with many top promoters and fighters to keep Haymon happy when any day now he could make PBC it's on league and completely cut Showtime out. Showtime boxing was actually in better shape years ago before they got in bed with Haymon. lol

[Fetta]

Showtime sold their soul to Haymon to try and compete with HBO. They lost Canelo and had to share the Mayweather fight with HBO. Now mayweather is retired and Haymon flirting with taking all their fighters to PBC. Showtime is in complete shambles for the future. No fighters under contract and burned bridges with many top promoters and fighters to keep Haymon happy when any day now he could make PBC it's on league and completely cut Showtime out. Showtime boxing was actually in better shape years ago before they got in bed with Haymon. lol

HBO for life esse

[bigdunny1]

From the outside looking in it appears to be that HBO is transitioning out of boxing. I wouldn't be surprised to see some big HBO names on other networks in a few years.

How so? They literally spent the entire year locking up all the top fighters in the game. They virtually own the entire top 10 p4p fighters in the game. And are airing 5 hours of boxing on the same day as the Lee fight.

[-PBP-]

How so? They literally spent the entire year locking up all the top fighters in the game. They virtually own the entire top 10 p4p fighters in the game. And are airing 5 hours of boxing on the same day as the Lee fight.

Because their budget isn't close to what it once was. They went months with no fights this year.

[bigjavi973]

Well, I just went from wanting Lee to win to now wanting Saunders. Haymon's trying buy back the WBO so he can keep it for his guys w/o having to fight Golovkin. Atleast if Saunders wins he could end up fighting Alvarez prior to Golovkin.

[deanrw]

Everything is so damn fractured and it feels like HBO vs everyone else at this point.

GGG will never see himself as undisputed champion. One opponent he could fight, is hiding in his own weight class and the other belt will be held by HBOs enemy LOL

[bigdunny1]

Because their budget isn't close to what it once was. They went months with no fights this year.

I have no clue what their budget was prior but they went like what like a month without fights after a jam packed first half while showtime had virtually no boxing content the entire first half of the year. Not because of budget but because haymon took all his fighters to PBC and they have no fighter of significance signed to a exclusive contract. Meaning if haymon feels like it again he can yank his fighters away. who would you rather be right now showtime or HBO? Who would of rather been this year showtime or HBO? HBO is light years better and has all the top fighters and biggest stars signed. They got the Lee fight because HBO said we have 5 hours of boxing that night no thanks we don't want it. If not for that this fight would be on HBO not showtime. They are the ugly red headed step daughter when it comes to boxing getting the hand me downs and left overs HBO doesn't want. And now they are hand cuffed to Haymon meanwhile haymon is openly planning to cut them out of the business but they have no choice and have to surrender their dignity and still take his fights that he don't want or can't put on PBC. LOL

[Hougigo]

and all it takes is for Canelo to show the slightest bit of interest in the winner for them to disregard showtime in the future

[bigdunny1]

Everything is so damn fractured and it feels like HBO vs everyone else at this point.

GGG will never see himself as undisputed champion. One opponent he could fight, is hiding in his own weight class and the other belt will be held by HBOs enemy LOL

It's Haymon vs HBO. HBO literally works with every promoter, manager, entity in boxing except haymon. Lee has fought on HBO in the past and this fight was destined to air on HBO until they pulled out because they already have a loaded card with 5 hours of boxing that night and stretching that to 7 hours of boxing was just too much for any network so they passed and gave it to showtime. Saunders just said he wants to fight the 3 biggest names at 160 all of which are on HBO. There is no reason either Lee or Saunders can't fight next on HBO. Neither are signed with haymon so the fight is possible. If they don't fight GGG it's more out of fear they can't win that fight then anything to do with HBO. If Canelo says he wants to fight either they will sell their first born child and fight Canelo on HBO.