Comments Thread For: Alvarez vs. Kovalev Rematch Officially Heading To ESPN

[markther]

Awesome can’t wait to see him get knocked out again. He needs to go see the Wizard of Oz and get a heart, some courage, and a damn brain!

[Willy Wanker]

I think all those guys go to ESPN. To be honest, I'm not sad. I feel like HBO fell so hard in recent years. Was nothing like what I grew up watching and loving. I was sad when Larry Merchant was booted. But listening to Lampley made me hate them. Showtime, Fox and ESPN ain't too bad to me.

I agree man. Used to be a fan of Lampley, he was THE voice of the sport until about this decade when he decided to be obviously biased towards cash cows or HBO contracted fighters.

Had great memories of watching HBO since I was a kid and I wish they could go back to their glory days.

It all went downhill when Merchant left

[IMDAZED]

I agree man. Used to be a fan of Lampley, he was THE voice of the sport until about this decade when he decided to be obviously biased towards cash cows or HBO contracted fighters.

Had great memories of watching HBO since I was a kid and I wish they could go back to their glory days.

It all went downhill when Merchant left

Yup. Maybe Merchant was the voice of reason who kept Lampley chill. I don’t know

[lanker rom]

I think all those guys go to ESPN. To be honest, I'm not sad. I feel like HBO fell so hard in recent years. Was nothing like what I grew up watching and loving. I was sad when Larry Merchant was booted. But listening to Lampley made me hate them. Showtime, Fox and ESPN ain't too bad to me.

I believe that they will go to ESPN also. I think theyre promoters have to much pride to see their fighters work with haymon and PBC. After all PBC hurt their business

[Vlad_]

It should be a good rematch.

Good riddance to HBO Boxing and their garbage commentary.

[deanrw]

I just find it weird how they are going about it. It is almost like they are trying to get out of boxing on the sly, hoping their subscription base doesn't notice LOL.

Top Rank and ESPN seem to be gobbling up random fights. It seems ESPN has a ton of dates to fill. First prograis, then Warren fighters, and now this. ESPN is tossing some money around.

[deanrw]

It should be a good rematch.

Good riddance to HBO Boxing and their garbage commentary.

I always liked Roy. I hope he lands somewhere like Fox or ESPN.

[champion4ever]

Well, I guess with three losses on his record, Kovalev's stock has substantially dropped. Therefore, Main Events would have had to take a substantial pay cut from HBO in order to remain on their network.

[Hatesrats]

HBO just making room for their NEXT project Jaime Munguia.
Not done 100% just yet... They should try and get Vergil Ortiz on contract ASAP aswell.

[thekenneth]

Something shady will happen and Kovalev gets his belt back unless the fights in Quebec.