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

[Santa_]

Kovalev-Stevenson is not going to do good pay per view numbers. I hope the promoters realize this.

[Jsmooth9876]

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?

Pac fight will bomb..Canelo fight will bomb... GGG will be on HBO... Kovalev Stevenson won't ever happen.

[Santa_]

Pac fight will bomb..Canelo fight will bomb... GGG will be on HBO... Kovalev Stevenson won't ever happen.

You think so? It'll do more than Mayweather-Berto that's for sure.

[Boxtime]

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

Number 1, you are racist bigot. Number 2, in reference to your criteria bull underneath your post, Khan didn't lose a single round against Judah or Malignaggi, and the same cannot be said for Danny Garcia.

[Jsmooth9876]

You think so? It'll do more than Mayweather-Berto that's for sure.

I think it will if it's against Bradley again..probably do right around the 400k Floyd-Berto did. I just don't think people want to see it again..and who's Canelo gonna fight in May? Shirt of a Cotto rematch I can't see a big sell there either.

[Santa_]

I think it will if it's against Bradley again..probably do right around the 400k Floyd-Berto did. I just don't think people want to see it again..and who's Canelo gonna fight in May? Shirt of a Cotto rematch I can't see a big sell there either.

Well Bradley is coming off a big KO win and he has his new Fireman coach Teddy Atlas, that right there will be a huge part of the build up. On top of that it's going to be Pacquiao's last fight so I'm sure all his long time fans are going to buy.

I think Pac VS Bradley III does 500-600k.

Canelo's next opponent depends on if he's stripped in the coming weeks or not.

[AddiX]

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

Trump not looking like such a bad idea after all...

[about.thousands]

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

lol

Purses have deflated. A lot of the top fighters are underpaid. Gatti's purse vs Mayweather was the same amount as Golovkin's and Lemieux's combined. And Mayweather, as the B-side, got $3.2 mil. And they fought in front of half the people that GGG and Lemieux fought in front of. And neither was an HBO feature fighter at the time.

[soul_survivor]

Number 1, you are racist bigot. Number 2, in reference to your criteria bull underneath your post, Khan didn't lose a single round against Judah or Malignaggi, and the same cannot be said for Danny Garcia.

Lil man, you might want to re-read my sig. It really doesn't prove me wrong about my comment if you can't understand something so simple.

Btw, why am I bigoted? Am I wrong in saying the US has one of the worst, if not the worst literacy rate in the so called "civilised" or "developed" world. If I'm wrong, back your argument up with facts and then prove it to me. I'd be more than happy to change my statement if I am, indeed, wrong.

[Jsmooth9876]

Well Bradley is coming off a big KO win and he has his new Fireman coach Teddy Atlas, that right there will be a huge part of the build up. On top of that it's going to be Pacquiao's last fight so I'm sure all his long time fans are going to buy.

I think Pac VS Bradley III does 500-600k.

Canelo's next opponent depends on if he's stripped in the coming weeks or not.

I'm a Pac fan and I'm sure I'll chip in and watch with friends but I'm really not interested in the fight again. I would rather have seen Khan or a passing of the torch fight with Crawford.

Canelo should just fight Lemieux and set up a September fight with GGG. But he will choose God knows who from 154. Now I'd rather see the Bradley - Canelo fight so Pac could choose someone else lol.