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  • Motorcity Cobra
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    #1

    Where does HBO go from here?

    Top Rank is gone

    Kovalev and GGG talking about retirement.

    Klitschko is retired. They have no heavyweights

    Cotto is done after this year

    Andre Ward doesn't have an HBO deal and there are rumors he's signing with Top Rank

    Super flyweights are good but you aren't building a fanbase or PPV star off of those guys.

    If Canelo beats GGG who's next for him? Are people gonna pay to see him fight the winner of Saunders/Monroe or Derevyanchenko?

    Peter Nelson was supposed to be the savior of HBO boxing. He's killed boxing on HBO.
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    #2
    I couldn't pick Peter Nelson out of a lineup but he killed boxing because guys are retiring??

    What fighters should HBO have right now??

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    • The Gambler1981
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      #3
      The exit door?

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      • Motorcity Cobra
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        #4
        Originally posted by Holystroke3
        I couldn't pick Peter Nelson out of a lineup but he killed boxing because guys are retiring??

        What fighters should HBO have right now??
        He killed boxing by betting on the wrong horses. He pushed Top Rank away


        He probably thought Arum had no other options because he'd burned his bridges at Showtime. He never put a serious offer in for Joshua according to Hearn.

        He invested the future of HBO boxer in super flyweights and mid 30 year old fighters who don't speak english or barely speaks english.

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        • hectari
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          Hbos only option is to make a deal with haymon, or scrap the entire boxing broadcast.

          They have nobody left, they will just try to bank on canelo fight scraps like kirkland

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            #6
            I hope they leave the boxing game for good. Boxing will be much better off without them trying to shoehorn every half decent match up onto PPV because they're not invested into the sport anymore. Ward vs Kov 1 and 2, Crawford vs Postol, etc... all fights that should have been on regular HBO but fans had to shell out extra to watch them on PPV. Hopefully they decide GoT is enough and they don't need boxing anymore

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            • Motorcity Cobra
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              #7
              Originally posted by hectari
              Hbos only option is to make a deal with haymon, or scrap the entire boxing broadcast.

              They have nobody left, they will just try to bank on canelo fight scraps like kirkland
              So HBO boxing will consist of 2 Canelo PPV's a year and a cpl super flyweight fights in between?

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              • Beercules
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                I dont know but they killed one of the ****ing dragons on GoT


                Mother****ers man

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                • Motorcity Cobra
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Beercules
                  I dont know but they killed one of the ****ing dragons on GoT


                  Mother****ers man
                  I dont watch that ****!!!!

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                  • Beercules
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Motorcity Cobra
                    I dont watch that ****!!!!
                    Too many whiteys?

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