How long before HBO drops boxing from their network altogether?

[-PBP-]

They ain't going anywhere any time soon. Kovalev/Pascal just did 1.1 million views. GGG gets views fighting bums too.

I think they've done a good job of carving out a niche of marketing power punchers and international fighters in response to Haymon's growing U.S. stable of fighters.

[HandSpeed303]

Agreed. I see no reason for HBO to drop boxing given they get decent ratings with this formula. This was the point I made that he responded to.

As a boxing fan, I just hope they make much better matchups, same expectation I have for PBC/Haymon.

IMHO they better put a huge push behind the Krusher, and TC. That will set the stage for productive years for HBO. I use to have questions about Krusher, but dude can bang, period. TC is the goods imo.

[bigdunny1]

U have to be a dummy to think HBO boxing will disapear within a year lol. Now we got to deal with network groupies Cant believe this ****. lol Even saw a dummy vote within a couple of months lol.

Hbo boxing aint going nowhere...

Exactly no clue what the purpose of this thread other then a butt hurt Haymon fanboy upset that PBC has been in the news the last few weeks because it's in trouble with investors having lost hundreds of millions and now there are lawsuits according to the LA times so Haymon fanboys trying to divert the attention anyway

A NY investment fraud Atty compiling claims against Waddell & Reed told me the @premierboxing losses are part of potential class action suit

— Lance Pugmire (@latimespugmire) February 5, 2016

The NY Atty told me these are "mom and pop individual investors, not institutions, damaged by investments," to @premierboxing

— Lance Pugmire (@latimespugmire) February 5, 2016

HBO Boxing saw increase in ratings last year and they have all the top fighters in the game signed. They have the entire top 10 P4P rankings. They have a rock solid profitable business model. Meanwhile their top competition Showtime has seen their entire business crippled by Haymon. Showtime boxing is down 50% in ratings from just last year despite paying Haymon fighters more then HBO pays for their fights. Wilder did 500K viewers, Jacobs vs Quillin did 300k viewers, Broner did 500k viewers. People need to worry about Showtime and not HBO.

If and when HBO stops airing boxing it will be because of Netflix, cord cutting, people getting rid of cable bills and cable boxes all together and them not adapting to the dynamic shift in how people are consuming Shows, Movies, ect digitally via streaming. It will have nothing to do with Haymon or because Haymon robbed PBC investors blind.

[The plunger man]

Anybody that compares a GOT or sopranos show to a sports broadcast is either ******ed or just a troll....not everybody watches sport programmes and boxing is a specialist sport that attracts fans of the sport and maybe a few casuals outside of .....you can bet on one particular episode of GOT you will find a football fan, a basketball fan, a boxing fan, a woman who hates sport and a kid who just watches fantasy shows....that's what kind of audience it attracts........omowale is probably the biggest troll on this site.....p.s on a side note....canelo Alvarez, gennady golovkin , manny pacquaio , terrence Crawford ,sergey kovalev , Timothy Bradley , lomachencko and ward and Im sure your agree most of them are in the p4p top 10 in current boxing....what a troll

[The Big Dunn]

IMHO they better put a huge push behind the Krusher, and TC. That will set the stage for productive years for HBO. I use to have questions about Krusher, but dude can bang, period. TC is the goods imo.

Both are good, the only problem is lack of opposition. Having defeated Bhop and Pascal, now Kov needs more challenges going forward. Once the Ward fight is over, who does HBO have, unless he moves up.

TC has talent but should be fighting guys better than Lundy at this point.

[HandSpeed303]

Both are good, the only problem is lack of opposition. Having defeated Bhop and Pascal, now Kov needs more challenges going forward. Once the Ward fight is over, who does HBO have, unless he moves up.

TC has talent but should be fighting guys better than Lundy at this point.

Agreed on all points.

[KeyboardWarrior]

It shouldn't be a shock to anyone if (or should I say when) HBO drops boxing from their network. They are making absolutely zero profits from their boxing shows. Especially now since Haymon's PBC is in full swing. The executives are probably debating right now when they should go through with the cancellation.

The thing is, HBO is a movie and TV show channel. They just aren't suited for sports. Look at their hit show, Game of Thrones. It's such a popular show and damn near everyone watches it. They make tons and tons of profit from it's popularity alone. But what about boxing? What do they get from that? Zero, squat, nada.

My only hope is that PBC opens its door to 3 guys in particular from HBO, them being Roy Jones, Hopkins and Max Kellerman. 3 superb commentators who don't deserve to lose their jobs because HBO can't seem to produce profits any longer. It's not their fault that HBO refuses to make good fights anymore.

If you were an actual fan of Boxing you would watch the fights regardless of what platform they air on.

[The Big Dunn]

Exactly no clue what the purpose of this thread other then a butt hurt Haymon fanboy upset that PBC has been in the news the last few weeks because it's in trouble with investors having lost hundreds of millions and now there are lawsuits according to the LA times so Haymon fanboys trying to divert the attention anyway

A NY investment fraud Atty compiling claims against Waddell & Reed told me the @premierboxing losses are part of potential class action suit

— Lance Pugmire (@latimespugmire) February 5, 2016

The NY Atty told me these are "mom and pop individual investors, not institutions, damaged by investments," to @premierboxing

— Lance Pugmire (@latimespugmire) February 5, 2016

HBO Boxing saw increase in ratings last year and they have all the top fighters in the game signed. They have the entire top 10 P4P rankings. They have a rock solid profitable business model. Meanwhile their top competition Showtime has seen their entire business crippled by Haymon. Showtime boxing is down 50% in ratings from just last year despite paying Haymon fighters more then HBO pays for their fights. Wilder did 500K viewers, Jacobs vs Quillin did 300k viewers, Broner did 500k viewers. People need to worry about Showtime and not HBO.

If and when HBO stops airing boxing it will be because of Netflix, cord cutting, people getting rid of cable bills and cable boxes all together and them not adapting to the dynamic shift in how people are consuming Shows, Movies, ect digitally via streaming. It will have nothing to do with Haymon or because Haymon robbed PBC investors blind.

ARe you satisfied with the fights HBO has lined up for its house fighters so far this year?

Kov v Pascal 2
Manny v Bradley 3
Crawford v Lundy
GGG v Wade
Canelo v Khan

[bigdunny1]

ARe you satisfied with the fights HBO has lined up for its house fighters so far this year?

Kov v Pascal 2
Manny v Bradley 3
Crawford v Lundy
GGG v Wade
Canelo v Khan

What good fights are lined up in boxing period right now? Not just HBO. Plus it's only 1 month into the the year. Out of those fights I liked Kov vs Pascal and Canelo vs Khan. Both are decent stay busy fights if everything goes according to plans and we get Kov vs Ward and Canelo vs GGG later in the year everyone will be talking about what a monster year for boxing. Way too early to criticize their 2016 lineup. I'm sure many said the same thing last year in Feb and HBO ended up with 2 of the top 3 candidates for fight of the year. The fight of the year. Manny vs Floyd mega fight, Cotto vs Canelo and Fury upsetting Klitch. It's the beginning of Feb people.

[BlakBread904]

It shouldn't be a shock to anyone if (or should I say when) HBO drops boxing from their network. They are making absolutely zero profits from their boxing shows. Especially now since Haymon's PBC is in full swing. The executives are probably debating right now when they should go through with the cancellation.

The thing is, HBO is a movie and TV show channel. They just aren't suited for sports. Look at their hit show, Game of Thrones. It's such a popular show and damn near everyone watches it. They make tons and tons of profit from it's popularity alone. But what about boxing? What do they get from that? Zero, squat, nada.

My only hope is that PBC opens its door to 3 guys in particular from HBO, them being Roy Jones, Hopkins and Max Kellerman. 3 superb commentators who don't deserve to lose their jobs because HBO can't seem to produce profits any longer. It's not their fault that HBO refuses to make good fights anymore.

I know you trolling...but Where are the facts to support your claim that HBO isn't making a profit on boxing?