Comments Thread For: Showtime To Slot in More Fights To 2018 Schedule

[greeneye99]

It's not a question of youtube. It's a question of the following:

#1 - SHO subscribers can watch boxing live on SHO's app. Computer, tablet, phone, anything, you can watch boxing live. People who watch this way are not included in the publicly released number, but SHO doesn't care because they'd rather keep subscribers happy than worry about public relations. HBO refuses to allow subscribers to watch boxing live on their app because they're determined to preserve the publicly released number.

#2 - SHO replays their fights later the same night. People who watch this way are not included in the publicly released number, but SHO doesn't care because they'd rather keep subscribers happy than worry about public relations. HBO refuses to allow a late night replay because they're determined to preserve the publicly released number.

#3 - SHO adds their fights to their app very quickly. Sometimes within hours. People who watch this way are not included in the publicly released number, but SHO doesn't care because they'd rather keep subscribers happy than worry about public relations. HBO makes subscribers wait several days before they can watch on their app because they're determined to preserve the publicly released number.

#4 - SHO includes the ENTIRE BROADCAST on their app. People who watch this way are not included in the publicly released number, but SHO doesn't care because they'd rather keep subscribers happy than worry about public relations. HBO, after making fans wait several days, still only posts fights to their app bell to bell, with all the pomp and circumstance cut out because they're determined to preserve the publicly released number.

Ratings count on the night the fight is watched live Not by the Apps or the replay later or how many different ways you can watch it on Showtime HBO beats Sho hands down eveytime Stop hating and just watch boxing

[greeneye99]

Don't Showtime only have an option on Joshua's next fight?
Just like in his last time I think they can match any offer as they have the first and final offer for the Parker fight.

I think HBO will bid massively for a potential Joshua vs. Parker unification fight.
If Showtime don't match an eventual HBO offer, then there is no guarantee Showtime gets the Joshua fight.

www.the******.com get the facts on the Showtime option on Joshua fights

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Ratings count on the night the fight is watched live Not by the Apps or the replay later

That is precisely our point. HBO wants to make sure you watch the fights in a way that will be counted in the ratings. So they make it as inconvenient as possible to watch other ways.

SHO would rather be consumer friendly and make the fights as accessible as possible to their subscribers, even if it results in trolls on the internet criticizing their artificially low numbers.

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Mr Know it all............all these post are your Opinion also you don;t work for no networks you don't see the contracts and you're soo biased against HBO is soo pathetic it's unreal stop troling boxing

Never worked for HBO. Worked for SHO, but that was a long time ago. Have no horse in the race at this point, network wise at least. It's just very clear SHO is extremely committed to boxing and HBO's commitment is halfhearted at best.

Many of us here grew up in the era where HBO boxing was king. A budget nearly 10x what the budget is now. HBO boxing was the shining light of the industry for many many years. It's just not that way anymore.

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Your post are crazy with misinformation lol btw Daniel Jacobs is signed and only fights on HBO

If our posts were really crazy with misinformation, you would have been able to prove it instead of lazily throwing out unfounded accusations.

Jacobs is signed to HBO now, but wasn't when he fought GGG. It was a mandatory fight ordered by the WBA. Haymon had a stranglehold on welter & superwelter, but little to no power at middle. Jacobs-GGG was a low risk high reward bet on trying to steal complete control of middle from HBO. There was no rematch clause. Had Jacobs eked out a win, Haymon would have instantly had full control of another division. It would have been crippling to HBO. It was a chance worth taking.

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I'm Sorry but HBO is gonna be around for a loooong time lol

Care to wager on that? They're already planning to make a run at UFC and if they get UFC, they're getting out of boxing instantly.

[Pigeons]

So Wilder-Ortiz, Joshua-Parker, Thurman-Vargas, and LSC-Mares 2.

[greeneye99]

That is precisely our point. HBO wants to make sure you watch the fights in a way that will be counted in the ratings. So they make it as inconvenient as possible to watch other ways.

SHO would rather be consumer friendly and make the fights as accessible as possible to their subscribers, even if it results in trolls on the internet criticizing their artificially low numbers.

Like the Trolls thinking about the demise of HBO who's invested in boxing over the last 30 yrs

[greeneye99]

Never worked for HBO. Worked for SHO, but that was a long time ago. Have no horse in the race at this point, network wise at least. It's just very clear SHO is extremely committed to boxing and HBO's commitment is halfhearted at best.

Many of us here grew up in the era where HBO boxing was king. A budget nearly 10x what the budget is now. HBO boxing was the shining light of the industry for many many years. It's just not that way anymore.

HBO doesn't invest the same amount of $$$$ doesn't mean they have given up on boxing It's a different era Game of thrones tv series pays the bills nowadays soo that's life

[greeneye99]

If our posts were really crazy with misinformation, you would have been able to prove it instead of lazily throwing out unfounded accusations.

Jacobs is signed to HBO now, but wasn't when he fought GGG. It was a mandatory fight ordered by the WBA. Haymon had a stranglehold on welter & superwelter, but little to no power at middle. Jacobs-GGG was a low risk high reward bet on trying to steal complete control of middle from HBO. There was no rematch clause. Had Jacobs eked out a win, Haymon would have instantly had full control of another division. It would have been crippling to HBO. It was a chance worth taking.

Who is "our points"??
Anyway i proved already that Showtime has to bid on the Joshua/Parker fight A fight YOU stated Showtime has already copped
Matchroom Boxing in a press release said both HBO and SHO can bid