Comments Thread For: Lemieux To Face Cristian Rios, Stevens Out Due To HBO Budget

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Eye of The Tiger Management was hoping to land Curtis Stevens as the opponent for IBF middleweight champion David Lemieux, but that won't happen according to Canadian outlet RDS.

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[285Kid]

Boxing on premium tv is dying, HBO checking its money, Showtime losing boxing views....

Its all now on basic/regular tv

[Larry the boss]

Whats the point of this fight?

[PACnPBFsuck]

Just waiting for HBO to officially cancel boxing, so that I can cancel my HBO subscription.

[Pain~Lucy]

Then they should have fought in showtime, is lemule obligated to fight in hbo? How much is stevens' purse? Downfall of hbo, that was a trash fight

[BobU]

HBO boxing is being run into the gutter.
Current Boxing director needs to go

[Guest]

Just waiting for HBO to officially cancel boxing, so that I can cancel my HBO subscription.

Yep, boxing is the only reason I have HBO or Showtime as well.

[LOCOMEX89]

Damn shame. Pointless fight. Lemieux should be fighting Top 10 Middleweight not a no name fighter.

This is an embarrassing fight for HBO. Sad thing is that instead of investing 100 million in a show that you cancelled after one year they should put at some of that towards HBO Boxing.

Golden Boy Promotions needs to have a sit down with the head of the sports division and figure out if this will continue next year. If so they need to start searching other avenues to showcase their talent.

[JASON SHAW]

Hahah pbc and haymon have totally destroyed hbo boxing

HAHAHA HAYMON AND PBC HAVE TOTALLY DESTROYED HBO BOXING WITH COUNTLESS FREE BOXING SHOWS ON MULTIPLE MAJOR NETWORKS THE PAST 3 YEARS..... THE ARROGANCE OF HBO TO BOYCOTT HAYMON AND HIS HUGE STABLE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AS THE NAIL IN THE COFFIN FOR HBOLD BOXINGS BEAUTIFUL DEMISE.... #FreeBoxing4All

[PunchyPotorff]

This will be my last year of having premium TV anyway, but how offbeat is it to deflate a boxing budget? Pick the right fights, and they would have no problems getting viewers. As it is, they have little cashish to work with, and then have to force the commentators to fluff up the fighters in boring matchups.