why are people celebrating hbo pulling out of boxing?

[chrisJS]

Most boxing fans aren't really boxing fans in case you hadn't realized.

I've honestly not enjoyed HBO for years. Kellerman and Lampley ruined it for me and obviously boxing isn't the bis business it used to be so I can live without them but I don't feel like celebrating. It's not that personal to me.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

its because most of them are Floyd's illegitimate online children and they're still butthurt

[mcdonalds]

yeah cause showtime/pbc have done such a fantastic job of building a profile for their fighters and keeping them active.

and HBO has? They can't even compete with showtime anymore when it comes to consistently giving us great fights. Just look at both of their schedules this year.

Now with the emergence of ESPN and FOX, HBO threw in the towel.

[Madison Boxing]

hbo just made the biggest ppv of the year with a fighter they heavily invested in (GGG) so they obviously must have a good platform to reach out for viewers, but people would rather they werent involved in the sport. very strange

[mcdonalds]

hbo just made the biggest ppv of the year with a fighter they heavily invested in (GGG) so they obviously must have a good platform to reach out for viewers, but people would rather they werent involved in the sport. very strange

They only sold that much because of canelo who became a star on SHOWTIME first. HBO is dead without Canelo

GGG couldn't even sell out the stub hub center and he's 36 years old.GGG would be just as successful on Showtime or ESPN

[Boxing Goat]

wow what amazing news, a company with a long, proud history in the sport no longer feels boxing is a good area to invest in, despite recently showing the biggest fight of the year. get the champagne out people....

That's what I'm asking......

I wonder if it's just a coincidence that most of these people celebrating are FMJ fans

[paulf]

they just showed the biggest fight of the year lol, from the figures ive been seeing fighters on showtime and espn have hardly been getting amazing exposure. 'continue to thrive' is a real stretch when you consider the garcia/porter viewing figures from a few weeks back.

There's more money in boxing than ever. It's just not coming from HBO, whose pocketbooks all but dried up when the merger began.

More boxing will move to basic cable or broadcast (free) TV. The fans win here.

[paulf]

You ever heard the term ***** or get off the pot? They've been sitting on the pot the last couple of years

Exactly. If K2 and/or Main Events end up throwing their hat in with Uncle Bob on ESPN, everybody wins. More eyes on boxing, lower cost of entry to fans.

[uppercut510]

but the two foreigners they backed just made the biggest fight of the year by far lol. im not seeing all these american ppv superstars that have emerged elsewhere which slipped through the hbo net. again hbo pulled out on their own accord im assuming because the sport isnt being watched by many people in the states anymore and people seem happy for this. lots of posters are all delighted hbo has moved on and wanting DAZN to fail aswell, its ridiculous.

this has been going on since mike Tyson days they always downed their own product, made no sense imo.

[New England]

pathetic people searching for an identity.