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

[Kigali]

Showtime's got the Joshua fight, will likely have Danny Garcia's next fight, Jack-Degale (which, seeing how folks talk on this board, has waning interest to some), and will be the TV partner for Lou DiBella in the coming Golovkin-Jacobs purse bid.

You add the coming junior middleweight fights (Charlo-Williams, and the likely afternoon broadcast for Demetrius Andrade, etc), Stevenson-Alvarez (likely to close out the year, with anticipation of Ward's pending free agency), the spillover of fights beyond what PBC can cover, and a pretty regular supply of fights through ShoBox, and I'm not sure what you're looking at.

They want Showtime to fold like HBO.

They want PBC to fail.

They don't like fighters getting paid well.

They don't like boxing.

[Sadiqkingofko]

damn HBO sucks, we want good fights, the best 3 fights this year have all been by pbc Thurman/Porter, Frampton/Cruz, Stevenson/Williams

[PACnPBFsuck]

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

Exactly, Showtime is trying a little, but it seems like HBO only has money for GGG and Roman. Hopefully they come up with a better line up for 2017, when networks compete, we usually win.

[PACnPBFsuck]

I didn't even wait, I canceled my HBO subscription a few months back!

I still have hope for them, we really need them to compete with PBC.

[betmen]

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

but how about game of thrones??

pirate it like i always do??

[PACnPBFsuck]

but how about game of thrones??

pirate it like i always do??

Naw, I haven't watched anything like that on HBO since Band of Brothers and the wire, Game of Thrones isn't my type of stuff. I will say, I do love Silicon Valley, but not enough to keep the channel.

[DinoCop]

Thats what happens when HBO commentors belittle their own fighters for ages. They made ppl hate technical boxing, technical is what Ali had been doing when rocking the world.

[bronx7]

New HBO mgmt not good. Crawford postol should have been on boxing after dark. Lemioux good against fellow no D ****er he will not draw against no name cab driver. HBO now penny wise dollar foolish. Showtime will take over

[Strych9]

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

Me too. Whoever is running boxing for them needs to get canned.

[BoxingIsGreat]

I still have hope for them, we really need them to compete with PBC.

It shows that they can't when they can't even pay for the caliber of Stevens. Good riddance then.

Hopefully, uncle Al employs Max, Roy, and Lampley when HBO goes the way of the dinosaur soon.