Is the Top Rank HBO partnership starting to show some cracks?

[sicko]

But Top Rank don't need HBO money because Arum is the new King of Macau, doe.

I'm sure Arum is calling around looking for a Network that is interested in getting into covering boxing. I doubt he will find any takers especially since the TruTV stuff was Canceled!

[Cinci Champ]

Eh. I didn't really read it like he was saying HBO is trying to be a monopoly like he's saying it about PBC. He was mainly saying he has options is how I took the remark.

ya i took it both ways i also took it like these guys think they can just run a monopoly well not on my watch

[Cinci Champ]

Is Showtime really an option as long as Espinoza is in place at Showtime?

i think so because of arum now getting along with the higher ups

[Mitchell Kane]

Showtime should still be an option. Their money is as green as anybody else's.

How much is Showtime is willing to spend on non-Haymon cards?

[Mitchell Kane]

i think so because of arum now getting along with the higher ups

I haven't heard much about that.

[Eff Pandas]

Top Rank nust be hurting, because Uncle Bob's gone from this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOjTPa8O4Xs

to this (LINK):

Oh ****. But for real "can't we all get along".

Was this on the Boxing Junkies podcast?

[Sweet Jones]

Oh ****. But for real "can't we all get along".

Was this on the Boxing Junkies podcast?

I believe so, but I don't think it's been posted yet.

[Heru]

HBO's stance and the lack of available dates are going to force Top Rank to move their top prospects (Verdejo, Ramirez, Valdez) before they would like. If either one of them can capture a title, they have a great chance of becoming stars because of their ability and nationalities supporting boxing in the US.

For all of their ability, Lomachenko and Postol don't move the needle and their fights are boring to the casual viewer. HBO seems to only want to put on top matchups unless it's their pet projects (GGG, Gonzalez, Kovalev, Ward, Crawford, Canelo) and Loma and Postol's need a lot more exposure against top fighters to gain the traction Verdejo, Ramirez, and Valdez can get if they captured a title.

[Eff Pandas]

How much is Showtime is willing to spend on non-Haymon cards?

I think $0 in the last 12 months or so. Or at least if they are throwing money at non-Haymon cards they are still throwing money at guys like DiBella who are friends of PBC type promoters.

[about.thousands]

Anyone got the video or article where Arum said this? That seems like a really odd thing for him to say with his nice position with HBO + him saying PBC is doing the same. Although I would agree that his nice position with HBO (pre-Peter Nelson) might not be as nice now so maybe he's just throwing rocks trying to hit as many victims as possible idk.

I think many people foresaw this with Arum's previous remarks about Nelson. I thought perhaps Arum would change his tune since Nelson was just a favored son previously & now he's a guy with real power with HBO, but seems that didn't or at least hasn't happened yet.

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=700441

.@BobArum tells us on podcast @StephenEspinoza is a great boxing guy and he's interested in bringing fights to @SHOsports

— Mike Coppinger (@MikeCoppinger) February 24, 2016