Comments Thread For: Arum Aims To Bring Fights To Showtime, Requests Meeting

[Pain~Lucy]

Lmao pete ****ed up big time here, all those investment especially to loma and crawford have gone to waste!

[Eff Pandas]

They might just be waiting out Al Haymon and PBC.

If that venture goes belly up then HBO will be in a prime position to sign up the top fighters afterwards, since they have been saving their money while everyone else is spending like crazy.

I got a contact high from this post. Wtf you talking about?

HBO's budget for boxing has been dropping for 15ish years. PBC has been around since 2015. HBO isn't doing anything different budget-wise due to PBC.

And HBO will sign the top fighters if PBC folds???? Go look at the P4P rankings. They HAVE the top fighters brother. Cmon man I expect better from you. You aren't the average momo around here.

[ShoulderRoll]

HBO isn't doing anything different budget-wise due to PBC.

They aren't televising Pacquiao's ppv, are they? That alone is different from what they've done in the past.

Admittedly it's just speculation on my part...but it's very possible that the powers that be over there saw that Haymon was going to affect the boxing industry. And until they are sure of how everything is going to shake out they want to play it safe and pinch their pennies.

If Haymon's money runs out (and for the record I hope he succeeds, not that he fails) then they will be the biggest player in town again and can swoop in to pick up the pieces.

[Fetta]

They aren't televising Pacquiao's ppv, are they? That alone is different from what they've done in the past.

Dont think its the fighters. Its Arum

[HURTFEELINGS]

So to the Arum,Manny,Top Rank fans who were slamming Showtime..is Showtime still ****?

LOL, LOL, LOL...now they have to eat that sh**, see what that fanboyism gets you...

[Boxfan83]

Boxing is dying a slow death gents...

[Fetta]

Boxing is dying a slow death gents...

Then enjoy the last days

[Eff Pandas]

They aren't televising Pacquiao's ppv, are they? That alone is different from what they've done in the past.

To me that is HBO saying hey knucklehead that isn't even a PPV fight. And there seems to be wayyyyy more going on with Nelson & Arum than with HBO boxing in regards to the many issues HBO & TR have been having as of late. Arum was ****ting on Nelson well before Nelson took his position as the head of sports.

Admittedly it's just speculation on my part...but it's very possible that the powers that be over there saw that Haymon was going to affect the boxing industry. And until they are sure of how everything is going to shake out they want to play it safe and pinch their pennies.

Again did they see it 15 years ago? They Tom Crusie Minority Reported this situation a decade before? There is a trend that is easy to see. HBO has bigger fish to fry than Showtime Boxing or PBC. They are major players in a bigger game. People talking about HBO Boxing like they do are like guys who talk about the lil corner deli section in high regard of a huge popular grocery store chain that gives few f#cks about that lil corner deli of their huge store. HBO Boxing can be severely reconstructed cuz its a tiny piece of the HBO puzzle & its become a tinier part over the last decade & a half.

If Haymon's money runs out (and for the record I hope he succeeds, not that he fails) then they will be the biggest player in town again and can swoop in to pick up the pieces.

If PBC fails bet on it that HBO's budget isn't changing much. The writing has been on the wall well before PBC was in play. HBO is bigger than boxing & their competitors are bigger than boxing. If anything I foresee Netflix throwing $20M+ on boxing before I see us going back to HBO having a $50M+ budget.

[ShoulderRoll]

We'll see, Eff Pandas. Maybe you are right.

But in an uncertain time in the industry HBO has played it safe and isn't overextending their resources. That may end up being very smart in the long run.

[The plunger man]

Get rid of the ***boat that's what I say