Comments Thread For: HBO Might Not Air Kovalev-Alvarez Rematch; Negotiations Ongoing

[mrlopez]

Man, DAZN really should get this match, and put the winner against the winner of Beterbiev/Johnson.

Exactly what I was thinking

[Lemonhead_Jeff]

More and more, HBO is showing us that they're becoming
increasingly disinterested in making an effort to remain among
the top boxing networks. It's not as simple as it used to be
for them to throw money around and lock-up the top fighters.
As their ratings suffer and they tighten their purse strings
the competitive playing field is just getting bigger. The execs
at HBO don't know how to navigate the new landscape, and
they don't even seem to care anymore.
It's a shame because I miss the glory days, 20 years ago,
when Lampley, Merchant, and George Foreman were calling the
action, and Harold actually had fair and reasonable scorecards.
They'd wear tuxedos for big fights, and they made boxing seem
dignified and classy compared to what Showtime was presenting.
Col Bob Sheridan was like Boxing's version of the WWF's Jim Ross
and Ferdie Pacheco disn't always make much sense. Jim Grey has
ALWAYS been amusing, though.
Rant Over.

[thekenneth]

Duva only have 34 days left to set a date and the date has to be before feb. 4 and Alvarez has to get a set amount of money (they cant just tell him to fight for free)

[Gillie]

More and more, HBO is showing us that they're becoming
increasingly disinterested in making an effort to remain among
the top boxing networks. It's not as simple as it used to be
for them to throw money around and lock-up the top fighters.
As their ratings suffer and they tighten their purse strings
the competitive playing field is just getting bigger. The execs
at HBO don't know how to navigate the new landscape, and
they don't even seem to care anymore.
It's a shame because I miss the glory days, 20 years ago,
when Lampley, Merchant, and George Foreman were calling the
action, and Harold actually had fair and reasonable scorecards.
They'd wear tuxedos for big fights, and they made boxing seem
dignified and classy compared to what Showtime was presenting.
Col Bob Sheridan was like Boxing's version of the WWF's Jim Ross
and Ferdie Pacheco disn't always make much sense. Jim Grey has
ALWAYS been amusing, though.
Rant Over.

Yeah bro. I remember back in the day looking at Ring magazine and on one of the pages you would have the HBO poster with "The best fighters fight here" tag line and it was Oscar, Floyd, Lennox, Roy Jones (always in the middle) Hopkins, Vlad etc....Those were the days.

[mp1110]

If DAZN wants to overpay for that fight, HBO should let them.

[yoshik]

Of course hbo doesn't wanna air the rematch, they know it will be the same outcome and they want a white guy as the winner and face of boxing...they don't want Alvarez to get that much exposure again and all because he's not white

YOU are the dumbest koksuker ever.

[MEXfistology]

YOU are the dumbest koksuker ever.

Lmao typically when a internet gangster cannot dispute a fact they go into insulting ...so I get it , but if you wanna talk about sucking koks , then come suck this one.

[JuniorTorres720]

HBO stingy with that boxing haha

[Lemonhead_Jeff]

Yeah bro. I remember back in the day looking at Rung magazine and on one of the pages you would have the HBO poster with "The best fighters fight here" tag line and it was Oscar, Floyd, Lennox, Roy Jones (always in the middle) Hopkins, Vlad etc....Those were the days.

I guess we got some good times, still,
but it would be better if HBO still cared about boxing.

[Lemonhead_Jeff]

One day, boxing fans will talk about HBO like wrestling fans talk
about WCW. It's a different thing, but they were both powerhouses
that died because of mismanagement. WCW were at least trying to
hang on. HBO is content to let their boxing empire slowly fade away.