Three HBO PPVs in 6 months?!? HBO budget shrinking again?

[BennyBlanco]

So far HBO has the following tentative schedule/plan:

January: Kovalev-Pascal on HBO
February/March: Golovkin? On HBO? Or GGG staying on PPV?
April: HBO PPV - Pacquiao
May: HBO PPV - Canelo
June: HBO PPV - Kovalev vs Stevenson - tentative (Duva says HBO & Main Events want to make that fight on PPV)

PPVs in three consecutive months? Three PPVs in the first 6 months of the year (FOUR if GGG stays on PPV)? NOT GOOD for us boxing fans and paying customers.

Seems like HBO's budget is shrinking again. Why else would they try to do Kovalev-Stevenson on PPV?

[deanrw]

Yeah it is a bunch of hogwash. Seems like anything is PPV worthy to them these days.

[soul_survivor]

So far HBO has the following tentative schedule/plan:

January: Kovalev-Pascal on HBO
February/March: Golovkin? On HBO? Or GGG staying on PPV?
April: HBO PPV - Pacquiao
May: HBO PPV - Canelo
June: HBO PPV - Kovalev vs Stevenson - tentative (Duva says HBO & Main Events want to make that fight on PPV)

PPVs in three consecutive months? Three PPVs in the first 6 months of the year (FOUR if GGG stays on PPV)? NOT GOOD for us boxing fans and paying customers.

Seems like HBO's budget is shrinking again. Why else would they try to do Kovalev-Stevenson on PPV?

I'm against all PPVs but Pacquiao and Canelo are now "PPV stars", all you American idiots paying for their fights have made them that way. Plus, as Kovalev v Stevenson is between the top 2 guys in the division, of course it's PPV, for the exact same reason.

[Eastcoast]

So far HBO has the following tentative schedule/plan:

January: Kovalev-Pascal on HBO
February/March: Golovkin? On HBO? Or GGG staying on PPV?
April: HBO PPV - Pacquiao
May: HBO PPV - Canelo
June: HBO PPV - Kovalev vs Stevenson - tentative (Duva says HBO & Main Events want to make that fight on PPV)

PPVs in three consecutive months? Three PPVs in the first 6 months of the year (FOUR if GGG stays on PPV)? NOT GOOD for us boxing fans and paying customers.

Seems like HBO's budget is shrinking again. Why else would they try to do Kovalev-Stevenson on PPV?

Nope.

Golovkin's team already said he was going back to regular HBO unless it was a Canelo or Froch fight.

Canelo's fight in May could be regular HBO like it was vs Kirkland depending on the opponent.

Haymon won't let Stevenson fight on HBO period.

[OnePunch]

I dont think its so much a "shrinking" of the budget, as it is the financial demands of those fights cant be met with the typical HBO rights fee.

[AddiX]

Haymon has driven prices up so high, what other option does hbo have? Showtime just paid 3+ million for less than 300k in ratings. So imagine what happens when fighters see that snd consistently bring in 1 million plus in ratings?

Pacquiao, Canelo being ppv shouldn't be a surprise to anyone though.

The boxing market is completely fcked right now.

[OnePunch]

Haymon has driven prices up so high, what other option does hbo have? Showtime just paid 3+ million for less than 300k in ratings. So imagine what happens when fighters see that snd consistently bring in 1 million plus in ratings?

Pacquiao, Canelo being ppv shouldn't be a surprise to anyone though.

The boxing market is completely fcked right now.

nah, hogwash!! Big Dunn tells us inflated purses have NO EFFECT on the rest of the market!!

lol

[AddiX]

I'm against all PPVs but Pacquiao and Canelo are now "PPV stars", all you American idiots paying for their fights have made them that way. Plus, as Kovalev v Stevenson is between the top 2 guys in the division, of course it's PPV, for the exact same reason.

I'm going to guess it's not a smart idea for a ****** to call people "American Idiots" over the Internet.

***** drops bombs on people for that ****. But do as you like...

[Eff Pandas]

Seems like HBO's budget is shrinking again. Why else would they try to do Kovalev-Stevenson on PPV?

HBO's budget could be shrinking again, I mean f#ck its been shrinking since the 90's so its nothing new if it is, but I think the money demands for that fight have always put it at the PPV level.

[soul_survivor]

I'm going to guess it's not a smart idea for a ****** to call people "American Idiots" over the Internet.

***** drops bombs on people for that ****. But do as you like...

I'm going to guess you too are a ****** American.

Did you know ,America has one of the lowest literacy rates in the entirety of the "civilised" world?

Hats off to the greatest nation LMAO