HBO hurts itself by shunning Pacquiao

[soul_survivor]

It has to do with Pac's stance on gays.

sadly this is probably true

[Mike D]

Nah, I don't think it's his stance on gays. I mean it doesn't help, but as long as you're bringing in bank then these motherf**ker's don't care. Hell Floyd is a known woman beater yet Showtime still jumped at the chance to give him like the most lucrative deal in professional sports history.

I think it's more or less MP isn't near the draw he used to be. Hell that Pacquiao/Bradley fight, profit wise was an absolute bomb. And Pac/Vargas is guaranteed to be even worse. Therefor HBO doesn't want any part of it.

If Manny was still the draw he was back 5-ish years ago then HBO would be down with it gay remarks or not.

[MrRolltide91]

Nah, I don't think it's his stance on gays. I mean it doesn't help, but as long as you're bringing in bank then these motherf**ker's don't care. Hell Floyd is a known woman beater yet Showtime still jumped at the chance to give him like the most lucrative deal in professional sports history.

I think it's more or less MP isn't near the draw he used to be. Hell that Pacquiao/Bradley fight, profit wise was an absolute bomb. And Pac/Vargas is guaranteed to be even worse. Therefor HBO doesn't want any part of it.

If Manny was still the draw he was back 5-ish years ago then HBO would be down with it gay remarks or not.

True remember pacquiao said some gay remarks back in 2012 before the 1st bradley fight

[Mike D]

And how about the **** Tyson used to say? Lmao

"I want to rip out his heart and feed it to him. I want to kill people. I want to rip their stomachs out and eat their children."

"I try to catch [other boxers] on the tip of the nose, because i try to pust the bone into the brain."

"They called me a 'rapist' and a 'recluse.' I'm not a recluse."

"White boy, f*ggot, you can't touch me you're not man enough, I eat your ass all alive, you b*tch, can't anybody in here **** with this, this is the ultimate. **** you, you hoe! Come say it to my face, you b*tch. Come on you b*tch, you're a scared coward, you're not man enough to **** with me, you can't last two minutes in my world b*tch. (At this point the reporter backs away deeper into the crowd) Look you scared now, you hoe. Scared like a little cracker b*tch. Scared of the real man! I'll **** you till you love me."



Mike was one of the biggest sideshow draws on earth...he coulda said that he supported Hitler and the networks still would've been lining up to air his fights

[hoe_train]

dem west LA chico boys got ther way

[big_james10]

There are plenty of quality fights that HBO can make. Very few of them are PPV worthy, but quality mid-level fights are still good for fans, the network and the sport. The problem is that promoters are not willing to work with each other as they did 20 years ago and fighters are not willing to fight quality completion unless they get paid more money than most of them will make in their entire career.

It wouldn't surprise me if HBO got out of the boxing business within the next two years.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Is hbo really not going to carry manny pac's fights? I hadn't heard that..


Hbo is getting out of boxing because of the lack of PPv star power and boxing's General decline in popularity.. Back in the 80s when boxing was still huge, boxing was probably responsible for 40-50% of the subscribers,, but decades later it's probably less than 5%. And they use to have tons of PPV caliber fighters, just look back 10 years ago, you had guys like Oscar, hopkins, roy, tito, shane, manny, morales, barrera, floyd, gatti. Now it's only canelo that can really draw a PPv for them

[b00g13man]

People have the right to form an opinion of you based on those beliefs, HBO has the right to drop you for those beliefs if they believe it will impact their brand.

This is something I don't get. People who cry out about their "freedom of speech" so they can be hateful don't want others to exercise theirs when in criticising them.

[HeroBando]

I don't know if you gave noticed but HBO's boxing viewership is at an all time low this year. People are tired of mismatches.

Yet HBO's worst ratings rival Shos best, even prorated for number of subscribers, right?

Hey weren't you saying Sho is **** and you hope they die, just last week? What changed?

[PACnPBFsuck]

HBO leaves the game, then I'm leaving HBO, channel is useless to me without boxing.