The HBO Budget Crisis and What it Means

[PKing]

That's pretty interesting.

Makes sense... they're looking to crank up the heat just when HBO goes dead for boxing from June to September.

[Mooshashi]

Cable subscription channels are dinosaurs ... there is a ton of free entertainment out there and let's be honest with ourselves: boxing and all other sports is just entertainment. It has to compete with discretionary income just like movies and concerts. With HBO out of the picture I bet you will see the sport on non-sports channels like Bravo or Spike.

[Luiz]

@BoxingVoice_Vic changes would be welcomed. Could do much better with this brand. Should have made fights like Thurman/Porter in year 1

— HG (@KD4PRESIDENT) February 13, 2016

@BoxingVoice_Vic Good, he needs to prove his product more b4 getting another 200 mil. Tho someone said he will get or is trying to get a big

— HG (@KD4PRESIDENT) February 13, 2016

[SplitSecond]

@BoxingVoice_Vic changes would be welcomed. Could do much better with this brand. Should have made fights like Thurman/Porter in year 1

— HG (@KD4PRESIDENT) February 13, 2016

@BoxingVoice_Vic Good, he needs to prove his product more b4 getting another 200 mil. Tho someone said he will get or is trying to get a big

— HG (@KD4PRESIDENT) February 13, 2016

Haymon is the one that has put boxing in a coma, now he needs to resuscitate it. Sooner the better otherwise the sport is dead and will require major personalities to pull it out of the depths of hell. Need big fights and hype now while people still give it a glance.

[PKing]

Haymon is the one that has put boxing in a coma, now he needs to resuscitate it. Sooner the better otherwise the sport is dead and will require major personalities to pull it out of the depths of hell. Need big fights and hype now while people still give it a glance.

LOL. Yeah... Haymon is the reason HBOS boxing budget went from $100 million in 1999 to $25 million in 2015.

Keep telling yourself that.

[SplitSecond]

LOL. Yeah... Haymon is the reason HBOS boxing budget went from $100 million in 1999 to $25 million in 2015.

Keep telling yourself that.

This isn't about HBO, it's about boxing. The network wouldn't matter if the sport was still healthy.
Boxing was fine till Haymon stole from GBP and completely halted all the progress and hype alot of fighters had. Don't act like we all on here weren't hyped and excited for Danny Garcia, we were closely following Thurmans progress etc, the hype was for real. He's also killed the progress of everyone else outside of his faction like Rigondeaux and Golovkin refusing to have his fighters fight these guys while overpaying them grossly. It's been said before, alot of people thought this was Haymon's strategy, to stranglehold the other promoters and HBO into unconsciousness.

Hell, since Haymons take over he's also had showtime in the fetal position by giving them nothing to showcase, showtime was a force when GBP were at their peak.

What do people say, that he has like 200 fighters? He took 200 fighters and has done nothing with them except put them in obscure venues against sht comp and has done no hype building. So like I said, he's got majority of the fighters, alot of these guys wil tell you I'll fight who Haymon tells me to fight, he can build the sport back up by putting on consistently good matchups to slowly bring peoples attention back. Everywhere I look it's UFC, it's thoroughly beating the crap outta boxing at the moment, but boxing has twice the potential of UFC with a ton more talent, the fights just need to happen.

[about.thousands]

@BoxingVoice_Vic changes would be welcomed. Could do much better with this brand. Should have made fights like Thurman/Porter in year 1

— HG (@KD4PRESIDENT) February 13, 2016

@BoxingVoice_Vic Good, he needs to prove his product more b4 getting another 200 mil. Tho someone said he will get or is trying to get a big

— HG (@KD4PRESIDENT) February 13, 2016

His source was a guy with fighters advised by Haymon. Do you think a managers of fighters know what's going on with budgets of a company? Do you think Duncan, Koncz or Monica Bradley knows the financials of HBO? They don't even know the financials of top rank. And Haymon is way more secretive.

@mrdurham25 he has fighters advised by haymob

— Victor M. Salazar Jr (@BoxingVoice_Vic) February 13, 2016

[Mitchell Kane]

@BoxingVoice_Vic changes would be welcomed. Could do much better with this brand. Should have made fights like Thurman/Porter in year 1

— HG (@KD4PRESIDENT) February 13, 2016

@BoxingVoice_Vic Good, he needs to prove his product more b4 getting another 200 mil. Tho someone said he will get or is trying to get a big

— HG (@KD4PRESIDENT) February 13, 2016

He also tweeted this:

Victor M. Salazar Jr @BoxingVoice_Vic ˇ Feb 13

@KD4PRESIDENT guy told me haymon wanted another 200 mil but was denied until further notice..

[bballchump11]

I'm told the 2016 #PBConESPN debut, delayed from January to April, has been pushed back again. No shows until June at this point. #boxing

— Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) March 1, 2016

Like others said. It's boxing in US.

I read about how they're trying to learn from last year's fights and schedule their fights around college football and basketball as competition. They were very careful not to put anything on during the NFL playoffs. I'm guessing this could have something to do with it. The NBA playoffs will be over in June.

[mathed]

the divide thawing would be the worst thing for boxing. HBO is finally on the ropes. we have a legitimate shot in the next 5-10 years of all the top fighters ending up under the same umbrella.

this is what the sport has desperately needed for decades.

once HBO is out of the equation and haymon controls everything, the sport will finally be able to deliver whatever fights the fans want whenever the fans want them.

the NFL & AFL merged for a reason. the NBA & ABA merged for a reason. the public wants one league, not two.

the best thing for boxing is one winner in this war, not a "thawing" that brings us right back where we were.

SMH.....right. That's why it takes two years to make a fight that should happen in week one. PBC lost half a billion in the first year, if all were under that umbrella, the sport would be toast in 2 years.