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Great soundbite from Teddy on how powerful ESPN can be when they actually get behind something and promote it -- like they are with Pacquiao/Horn.
Start at 5:15 and he talks about it all the way up until 9:05.
ESPN is in 120 million homes. And they have MANY platforms. And they're promoting this **** on every one of their platforms (ESPN2, ESPN News, ESPN U, ESPN.com).
I had it on ESPN for a few hours today and they were constantly leading into segments by mentioning Pacquiao/Horn. Then they did segments on it. Hell they got a f**king little countdown clock for it now that's perpetually on the damn TV screen.
They're all in on this.
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HBO is done without Haymon and Arum.Comment
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That's a quote from the article, but not from Nelson.
Frankly, both the Rafael ESPN article and this BoxingScene article based off the ESPN article, are more or less nothing burgers...with one tiny little quote from Peter Nelson that says:
This is what Rafael then wrote:"Our fight lineup includes an array of 50-50 competitive fights, culminating with the best fight of 2017 in Canelo Alvarez versus Gennady Golovkin on Sept. 16," HBO Sports executive vice president Peter Nelson told ESPN on Friday. "We, however, cannot show every fight, though we remain fans of Terence and Vasyl, and proud of what we did for their careers together with Top Rank. We wish them the best."
BoxingScene changed the wording oh so closely to come up with this....HBO still works with Golden Boy Promotions, K2 Promotions, Roc Nation Sports and Main Events, and has fighters such as Golovkin, Alvarez, Andre Ward, Wladimir Klitschko, Roman Gonzalez and Sergey Kovalev as part of its roster.
HBO will continue forward by working closely with Golden Boy Promotions, Main Events, Roc Nation, K2 Promotions, and several others.Comment
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Just typical BS positive spin statements
If Peter Nelson isn't worried about HBO losing TRs stable then he shouldn't even have his job. I honestly don't think he should have it right now
Nelson has done a sh.it job since he took over and now he is going to lean on 4 promoters with 1 of those likely being on the way out
That leaves HBO with Canelo, GGG 1 of which will be coming off a loss in Sept killing some of their hype . Kovalev riding a 2 figt losing streak, Choco fresh off a loss & maybe Cotto for another year. Not only that but they're going to have problems matching up their stars with worthwhile fighters that aren't associated with Arum or Haymon. ( Looks like BJS might just cash in )
I've been saying it for years that Boxing fans are just witnessing the slow demise of HBO boxing and no amount of biased coverage/ positive spin or Lampmey yelling **** **** **** is going to change that.Comment
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I'd rather networks pay hard ball and push for fights like Pac v Crawford than accept garbage like Pac v Horn.
HBO just want the most enticing fights which will attract the biggest interest. Ward v Kovalev, GGG v Alvarez, Wlad v Joshua are those sort of fights. Pac v Horn isn't.Comment
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Well looks like I can cancel HBO and stream Game of Thrones and just watch my boxing elsewhere..
HBO Will be fine without boxing, that's the sad truth. We've seen the budget dwindling for a few years and they're putting that money into original programming instead of a niche sport that only attracts hardcore fans.. I bet they'd jump all over that UFC garbage if they had the chance. Max Kellerman would be sucking off some fighter talking about how beautiful his ground game is as they roll around together in their unitards.Comment
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I don't think he's concerned with boxing at all.Comment
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