Comments Thread For: DiBella: Network Issues Linger For Golovkin-Jacobs

[Hougigo]

HBO approved Quillin/Korobov and Stieverne/Ortiz, Haymon was the one to deny them.

For their best interests I guess

Big 2015 for Quillin and Stiverne didn't catch that L, keeping his career afloat-ish

[Eastcoast]

Lose the weight and fight Canelo or get in there with Lara. Idk what else for Golovkin to do. Ward is moving up to meet Sergey soon, Jacobs is gonna fight Lee most likely next.

Golovkin would have the same issues fighting Lara as he would fighting Jacobs. If he could fight Lara, then there'd be no reason not to fight Jacobs asap.

[DreamerUSA]

Lose the weight and fight Canelo or get in there with Lara. Idk what else for Golovkin to do. Ward is moving up to meet Sergey soon, Jacobs is gonna fight Lee most likely next.

I still don't see how Andy fights Jacobs. Any scenario you run it comes out Lee/Canelo/GGG. Any combination of those guys is a unification fight and would make Jacobs being GGG's mandatory a moot point, at least for now, and that is assuming they even order the fight and what kind of timeline they set. If the Canelo fight does'nt happen for GGG, you are going to get Johnson in February and Andy in May/June, and then maybe Jacobs. If the Canelo fight happens, Lee likely takes a bit of a soft touch somewhere around April/May and waits for the winner late next year. Why would Andy risk hitting the jackpot, for a fight with Jacobs? It makes absolutely no sense.

The most likely scenario of Jacobs getting a crack at the WBO title is if Saunders beats Lee. Even that, given BJS interviews, is highly unlikely. Unless someone is willing to break the bank to bring BJS over for a big fight, he will be hiding out for a while.

[kiaba360]

He just signed a new deal with them starting with the Mohammedi fight. Didn't see any details reported though.

Well, gotta take the good with the bad i guess. Maybe we'll actually get GGG/Jacobs on PBC and Kovalev/Stevenson on HBO.

[The Big Dunn]

I could see him going for Lee/Jacobs for St Paddy, of course he'd have to vacate his regular title since the WBO don't recognize the WBA regular as a real title

That makes sense. Or he could make a deal for a Canelo fight. It's better for dibella and his fighters money wise to pursue either of these fights rather than a GGG fight, especially given HBO has reduced its budget.

Johnson and Hieland will come very cheap.

[Eastcoast]

Well, gotta take the good with the bad i guess. Maybe we'll actually get GGG/Jacobs on PBC and Kovalev/Stevenson on HBO.

We'll find out tomorrow which direction Golovkin takes.

[bigjavi973]

HBO approved Quillin/Korobov and Stieverne/Ortiz, Haymon was the one to deny them.

"Don King went back on his word," Estephan told ESPN.com. "He changed his mind and pulled out of the agreement. He claims that he has [another] fight in October for Stiverne."

http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/p...ght-is-a-no-go

and we know about quillin his wife giving birth etc etc or whatever excuse he used. & korobov is a bum btw who hasn't fought since getting stopped by lee.

but again...
HBO are the ones who approve & deny fights... way more times than Haymon.

[Eastcoast]

That makes sense. Or he could make a deal for a Canelo fight. It's better for dibella and his fighters money wise to pursue either of these fights rather than a GGG fight, especially given HBO has reduced its budget.

Johnson and Hieland will come very cheap.

Any source for that? Their viewership for boxing is up.

GROWTH 2015 HBO World Championship Boxing main events in prime time are up 10% in viewership vs. 2014.

— Michael Woods (@Woodsy1069) December 10, 2015

[Eastcoast]

"Don King went back on his word," Estephan told ESPN.com. "He changed his mind and pulled out of the agreement. He claims that he has [another] fight in October for Stiverne."

http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/p...ght-is-a-no-go

and we know about quillin his wife giving birth etc etc or whatever excuse he used. & korobov is a bum btw who hasn't fought since getting stopped by lee.

but again...
HBO are the ones who approve & deny fights... way more times than Haymon.

King works under Haymon and they scrambled to put together that last second fight vs Rossy. King said some bs that he wanted Stieverne on tv, and then the Rossy fight got moved off tv, lol.

Quillin was gun ho about Jay-Z getting his fight for that money, then Roc Nation reported that they were unable to get Quillin to return their calls. Quillin admitted on TBV that he had a meeting with Haymon and took some step aside money for turning down the fight. All his excuses came out later. Quillin never even tried to negotiate a later date like a fighter would with an injury, he simply dropped the title.

[Kagami Taiga]

Any source for that? Their viewership for boxing is up.

GROWTH 2015 HBO World Championship Boxing main events in prime time are up 10% in viewership vs. 2014.

— Michael Woods (@Woodsy1069) December 10, 2015

HBO has been operating with a reduced budget for at least a year. Everyone knows that.