Comments Thread For: Showtime to Air Joshua-Klitschko Live; HBO Gets Delayed Telecast

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Showtime announced a considerable boxing victory over HBO on Monday. After a long battle between the premium-cable rivals, Showtime essentially revealed it won a bidding war with HBO to secure the U.S. rights to televise the Anthony Joshua-Wladimir Klitschko heavyweight title fight live April 29 from a sold-out Wembley Stadium in London. HBO will air a same-day replay of the Joshua-Klitschko fight April 29.
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[SkillspayBills]

Lmao wtf they are double dipping and getting money from both networks.

[Pigeons]

Lmao wtf they are double dipping and getting money from both networks.

Fat Dan said they're getting about $3M total between the two. Showtime paying more for the live rights.

[THEFRESHBRAWLER]

Good fight. It would be ****ed up if HBO delayed telecast gets more views then Shotime

[Butch.McRae]

Good fight. It would be ****ed up if HBO delayed telecast gets more views then Shotime

That's almost a certainty in the US. A mid at Saturday scrap will not outperform Saturday night unless there's some huge captive audience like the post olympics Spence card

I had to watch Fury v VK mid day. That's not happening this time.

[Butch.McRae]

Didn't we know this already?

[bigjavi973]

if hbo gets the delayed replay....

woudlnt they get more vieweres anyway here in usa since it would be at night time instead of 4 pm et?

[JASON SHAW]

good fight. It would be ****ed up if hbo delayed telecast gets more views then shotime

hbo is in 25% more homes than showtime so they should do more viewers

[BoxingFan85]

Got to get my Showtime subscription renewed this month..

[OctoberRed]

Hearn doing a money grab from both networks