Comments Thread For: HBO Sports Issues Statement on Decision To Drop Boxing

[fanofbox]

Correct. Pretty soon there will be no reason for Canelo to stay with GBP, which means pretty soon, there won't be a GBP. Good riddance.

You actually make an interesting point. GBP has no TV deal.

[N/A]

You actually make an interesting point. GBP has no TV deal.

Depending on how much longer they have Canelo under contract, they'll be able to get some sort of TV deal, but it's tricky because Canelo doesn't fight on TV. He only fights on PPV. GBP has nobody that matters besides Canelo. So what network is going to pony up the cash for their stable when the only member of their stable anybody cares about is only going to fight on PPV?

[whoseyourdaddy]

You actually make an interesting point. GBP has no TV deal.

What does that has anything to do with it? if I remember correctly Canelo just re-signed with GBP 3 or 4 months ago. Since when being affiliated with a TV network prevents a fighter from signing with certain promoters? plus Canelo has always said that GBP has been great to them (him and his team) the hate is real in this site, a bunch of losers always wishing ill will on others.

[whoseyourdaddy]

Its just incredibly strange that we have people who are fans of networks and promoters and managers, instead of fights, fighters, and boxing.

HBO is the most storied brand in boxing. They had great production value. They have been slowly stepping out of the industry for years.

That a brand that has been in boxing for 45 years is deciding to get out of the game isnt good for anyone.

People are in denial, is obvious it has a lot to do with race and upbringing of ethnicities, nothing more nothing less, you can see it here right now people defending Showtime and craping on HBO and vise versa, People is so dumb I concurred.

[whoseyourdaddy]

Hbo wants to drop boxing, well boxing fans need to send a message back that we won't pay subscription fees for their shītty hōmō****** programming. This is a sad day for the sport even if they had terrible boxing broadcasts it was at least good for the sport.

And that sir. is why I will never get HBO don't care for any of their ****** shows, boxing was the only thing that kept me coming back to them. Showtimes shows are just as crappy but oh well.

[mathed]

Sucks to lose boxing because that and GOT are the only reasons I even have the channel on Sling. Once GOT ends, I'm gone because they don't have anything else.

[mathed]

Blame biased guys like Max Kellerman, who know nothing about boxing and act like experts. This dweeb is in the boxing hall of fame? What a joke. He sucks. Killed HBO. Oh well. Also Peter Nelson was an incompetent cuckold. Arum crushed him!!

The fool goes on ESPN with these BS political rants spewing off about "white privilege". I'm like bro, you are a geeky, millionaire white guy who went to Columbia University - STFU.

He's a hypocritical idiot who thinks he is smarter than everyone else.

[BoxingIsGreat]

Times change. No nostalgia for HBO here!