Is HBO boxing finished?

[darius45]

Who do they have left really? Canelo and Kovalev and GGG? And after the Canelo-GGG fight, there isn't any big superfight on the horizon for HBO. Losing Crawford and Loma is a huge loss, not to mention Manny.

HBO already was barely putting on fights and now they've lost nearly all their star power.

[WarMaidana]

i hope not, but it's not looking good

[A.K]

Al haymon could save them but they wouldn't give him the budget so yeah by next year they will be rip

[Eff Pandas]

Its been looking bleak for damn near a decade at this point. The trend as been a downward one for almost 2 decades & its been looking really bad the last few years when their budget has been near the bottom for any yearly budget for elite level fights.

Boxing will outlast HBO so ultimately its whatever doe, but it'll seem weird when HBO is out of the boxing business or its only on HBO PPV &/or HBO Latino or something like that.

[Mammoth]

Berchelt headliners will save them

[TheCell8]

It would be in their best interest if Canelo wins.

[iamboxing]

Like Elf Panda said it will outlive HBO. Before HBO it was ABC, NBC, US Sports network. Also, I think branding alone will carry them through till they get their **** together - HBO is the network of champions, it's still what every aspiring boxer wants to get on. HBO execs know what works and what doesn't. On a side note, HBO has produced some of the greatest TV shows of all time: Deadwood, Carnivale, The Wire, Sopranos, Oz, Game of Thrones - even when I'm watching boxing, the HBO logo still resonates and tells me I'm watching a quality product. It sounds dumb, but it;s true.

[Mad Master]

Showtime, ESPN, seems taking over but I don't think HBO is finished.

[Scipio2009]

Who do they have left really? Canelo and Kovalev and GGG? And after the Canelo-GGG fight, there isn't any big superfight on the horizon for HBO. Losing Crawford and Loma is a huge loss, not to mention Manny.

HBO already was barely putting on fights and now they've lost nearly all their star power.

HBO will now have Alvarez/Golden Boy as their main provider of boxing content. Add in featuring the little guys, and likely Usyk (depending on how the WBSS turns out), and HBO has more than enough fighters to fill their reduced schedule. Three Alvarez PPVs, and 8 of the smaller HBO shows.

[Eddy Current]

It sucks because their crew calling the fights is superb. RJJ is awesome to listen to during fights.