Comments Thread For: Arum Shreds Canelo-GGG PPV: Time For HBO To Leave Boxing!

[BigStomps]

Him going to Robert Garcia was one of the better ideas I've heard. He should take a page from David Benavidez and go train with good fighters between fights. Maybe after a year start slowing down his activity and get more gym time.

That wouldn't be a bad idea.
Train more with other top level fighters and fight less... He already fought 5-6 times this year and I'm sure he'll fight again before the year is out...
I've always wondered why more top level Fighters don't seek out the services of Floyd Mayweather Sr...
I know Oscar calls him the best trainer be ever had and we all know how he developed his son...
Makes me wonder why he isn't more active as a trainer....??

[Eff Pandas]

If boxing followed UFC's blueprint, a 2015 PBC card would have looked something like:

Adrien Broner-Shawn Porter
Deontay Wilder-Bermane Stiverne
Keith Thurman-Luis Collazo
Robert Guerroro-Aaron Martinez

In the words of whoever is the Roger Mayweather of MMA, you don't know sh^t about mixed martial arts.

That is not what the UFC does. Granted you are right that the UFC has branded itself well. Hell most people interchange UFC with MMA & MMA with UFC still. They are among the most well branded leagues in all of sports.

What the UFC does do is make evenly matched fights from the guys at the tip top down to the guys having their first fight in the UFC.

I would say there are cards that are more top heavy like you are suggesting, but typically those are 2 times a year max with one almost always being International Fight Week in July which you could equate to being like the big May & September fights boxing has become known for in recent times. Thing is there are also nothing cards like this weekends card that basically had Mark Hunt on it & no one else even plenty semi-hardcore MMA fans know of, but the thing they all have in common is there are more 50/50, 60/40 type fights than virtually any boxing card I've watched in my entire life has had.

This non-competitive, build up names strategy has hurts its entertainment value on a regular basis & creates a main event is all that matters sport for most people who enjoy boxing. Boxing would be better overall if it took an approach that was less about mountains in May & Sept. & valleys the rest of the year that could keep the more casual fans interest all year long better.

[saintpat]

My brother said they had Lampley and whoever talking for about an hour wasting time before the main event.

[Mammoth]

That wouldn't be a bad idea.
Train more with other top level fighters and fight less... He already fought 5-6 times this year and I'm sure he'll fight again before the year is out...
I've always wondered why more top level Fighters don't seek out the services of Floyd Mayweather Sr...
I know Oscar calls him the best trainer be ever had and we all know how he developed his son...
Makes me wonder why he isn't more active as a trainer....??

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[jdp28tx]

HBO Unparalleled Production Values

One thing about HBO it has unparalleled production values. Everything about it is better than ESPN, Showtime, and other networks. The camera angles, in between rds corner stuff. HBO just has no peer when it comes to its production values. I can tolerate Lampley and Kellerman and am willing to in order to have a much better quality, view, sound, and picture of the matches.

Do you recall how awful PBC was? That new technology of theirs which looked like early 1990s stuff. Showtime does a terrible job regarding the corners in-between rds. The camera view of the fighters also seem further away than HBO. Plus Showtime and other networks do not have detailed punch stats or detailed info on what % of punches landed to the body or head.

I do not care for Lampley, Kellerman, or Harold, but I will tolerate them for better film quality of the matches.

[TheBigLug]

HBO has the worst Panel around. Jim lampely lost his mind in the late 1990s yet hes still on. Hes an emotional wreck.

Roy has cte and is a mumbling mess.

AWFUL.

i'm sure i can only understand Roy Jones because we're used to hearing him

i bet people tuning in for the first time have no idea what he's saying

[BigStomps]

Lol check it out


https://mobile.twitter.com/danrafaelespn/status/1042119880097648643

I've never even heard of Dennis Douglas ..

[Mammoth]

I've never even heard of Dennis Douglas ..

He's a tough journeyman. The fights I saw him in were at super Middleweight. He lost to David Benavidez and had gave Anthony Dirrell a tough fight.

[Chuckguy]

1 hour of talking to get to the main event

Why couldn’t they show the preliminary fights instead.? That could have filled 30-45 mins easy

[The3]

Why couldn’t they show the preliminary fights instead.? That could have filled 30-45 mins easy

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