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

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

The landscape changes. Spending big money on boxing doesn't really make sense for HBO anymore because their long term battle is going to be with Netflix. Every dollar HBO spends on a fight is a dollar that adds zero to their library.

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Fake Facts Showtime has no rughts to the Parker/Joshua

http://www.boxingscene.com/espinoza-confident-showtime-air-joshua-fights-long-time--123855

“We have continuing rights to Anthony”

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HBO didn't invent this way to track ratings That's just the correct way to track ratings info All TV networks work that way

Right, but HBO and SHO don't have to impress advertisers. They have to satisfy subscribers. SHO chooses to offer their subscribers as many options as possible to watch their fights, even though it causes the published ratings to be extremely misleading. HBO chooses to offer their subscribers as few options as possible to watch their fights, to protect the published number.

So when trolls on this site are comparing HBO & SHO viewership, they need to keep in mind how misleading the numbers are. HBO does everything possible to artificially prop up the public number. SHO does everything possible to make alternate viewing methods as convenient and appealing as possible.

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That's your crazy Opinion

That's actually not an opinion. Do you not know the difference between a fact and an opinion?

If you think we're lying, that's fine. That's a different story. But an opinion? No.

Is English not your first language?

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Who is "our points"??

This account is operated by multiple people.

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

SHO has additional rights to Joshua-Parker that they didn't have to Joshua-Pulev. Whether they exercise them or not, we don't know.

You don't expect Matchroom to reveal the nitty gritty of private contractual details in a press release do you?

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HBO doesn't invest the same amount of $$$$ doesn't mean they have given up on boxing

We didn't say they've given up. We said they will give up eventually.

It's a different era Game of thrones tv series pays the bills nowadays soo that's life

Correct. Which is why eventually they'll realize it's a waste of time.

Or, if they get UFC, they'll choose to allocate those funds.

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so u're telling me showtime went for garcia vs lipinets over adonis jack? man that is some BS...that is failing boxing fans

Both fights will happen both Stevenson needed to get the WBC on board for it to happen so it took longer to make. Venues for that date were also a factor.

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Both fights will happen both Stevenson needed to get the WBC on board for it to happen so it took longer to make. Venues for that date were also a factor.

inside info? or are you just putting this together in your head?
no disrespect meant

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inside info? or are you just putting this together in your head?
no disrespect meant

If you are talking about the venues that has been posted on an article on this site. His promoter was trying to make the fight last year and that was one of the reasons it didn't happen yet (aside from the WBC issue).