I miss HBO boxing

[A.K]

Peter Nelson. The media loves him because he's an ex media member. He sucks. They give him a pass because he's an ex media member. Remember how they treated Espinoza after PBC started? They've given Nelson a pass. Nelson is horrible. He let Top Rank go and didn't replace them with another Promoter. Hearn was sniffing around for US TV around that time. He signed Jacobs to HBO and gave them a chance to sign Joshua.

HBO has a arrogance to them where they think whatever they put on is gold no matter the fighters. Its their brand not the fights and that’s just a disaster.

[amuroray]

You have to be kidding me right? HBOs broadcasting of boxing is arguably the worst coverage of any sport on any station ever.

Max kellerman is bonafide moron who speaks like hes buffering. Jim lamply is the worst offender by a mile though. Hes a nut case. Hes cries on every broadcast aswell.


Horrid service.

[Scipio2009]

Peter Nelson. The media loves him because he's an ex media member. He sucks. They give him a pass because he's an ex media member. Remember how they treated Espinoza after PBC started? They've given Nelson a pass. Nelson is horrible. He let Top Rank go and didn't replace them with another Promoter. Hearn was sniffing around for US TV around that time. He signed Jacobs to HBO and gave them a chance to sign Joshua.

With HBO shorting the money the way they have, I'm not sure what you expected.

[Motorcity Cobra]

With HBO shorting the money the way they have, I'm not sure what you expected.

According to the emails released by Yvon Michel it was Nelson decision to allow Stevenson to go to Showtime & that was before the skinny budget. And Arum was also complaining about Nelson in 2015.

[Curt Henning]

i still keep my hbo subscription but their boxing program is on life support...i keep it mostly for the programming....and even showtimes regular programming is catching up...i guess hbo still has way better movies they premiere....but showtimes boxing program is leaps ahead....i keep both....but i refuse to do espn+, even though theres fights i want to see, out of principal because i used to get that stuff with my cable subscription.....probably wont do DAZN either but i do want to see AJ/povetkin but ill prob just find another way to see that one

[Manlikefemi]

i still keep my hbo subscription but their boxing program is on life support...i keep it mostly for the programming....and even showtimes regular programming is catching up...i guess hbo still has way better movies they premiere....but showtimes boxing program is leaps ahead....i keep both....but i refuse to do espn+, even though theres fights i want to see, out of principal because i used to get that stuff with my cable subscription.....probably wont do DAZN either but i do want to see AJ/povetkin but ill prob just find another way to see that one

AJ-Povetkin you can watch that on a free trial on DAZN

[Curt Henning]

AJ-Povetkin you can watch that on a free trial on DAZN

ya..might do that or might just stream it somewhere on the net too...not srue

[champion4ever]

Yes HBO boxing sucks awfully bad these days. I am surprised that they are not off the air. Al Haymon and Eddie Hearn is where to go as far as the future of boxing is concerned.

[Scipio2009]

According to the emails released by Yvon Michel it was Nelson decision to allow Stevenson to go to Showtime & that was before the skinny budget. And Arum was also complaining about Nelson in 2015.

HBO was cheap with Stevenson, but it's not like Arum wasn't selling garbage and calling it fillet mignon, lol.

Once Nelson saw what it was, he could've made better choices (hindsight is whatever, but abandoning Top Rank and simply choosing to rebuild around the Stevenson-Kovalev rivalry, Andre Ward, the Golovkin shakeout, and the lighter weights, would've given HBO a good fight schedule, with likely some money to still work with).

[abracada]

What I mean is that there are never good boxing cards on HBO. Even tonight's card that I called for the free trial on is nothing to call home about.
It would just rule to have RJJ as a commentator for more big fights.

Wait a few months until Pac-Man v Money May II is announced