Comments Thread For: Lampley on HBO's Exit: I Probably Would Have Made Same Call

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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Jim Lampley got a call last week that he didn't want to hear. But he knew that it would come. After spending 45 years as the gold standard of premium cable boxing, HBO execs pulled the plug on the "Network of Champions" saying it would pivot away from the ring at the close of 2018. It's a shock to those unfamiliar with corporate backstories...
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[kushking]

What an absolutely selfish windbag this guy is. He showed to the very end that he only cares about his generation of broadcasters careers & now that hes too old,he has no problem with Hbo stepping away from a sport he supposedly loves & yet boxing will likely never again reach the same heights without Hbo. But old Lampley has been 1 of the main reasons for Hbo's downfall,instead of them promoting their biggest boxing stars like Canelo/Mayweather who are also the most proven,highest ratings bringers; they instead let Lampley the good old boy run his own bias sht show,where hypejobs were worshipped for can crushing abilities & they would time & time again allow hypejobs like ggg to cherrypick on their Network which brought shtty ratings.

[Pandur]

Ehh the interview is about him and they asked him questions.
So not that stange that he is talking about him self and gives his own opinion.

[Robbie Barrett]

HBO could put anything on and it would do the same/better numbers than boxing. Why pay millions for boxing? Cost to views ratio just wasn't good enough.

[DeadLikeMe]

HBO could put anything on and it would do the same/better numbers than boxing. Why pay millions for boxing? Cost to views ratio just wasn't good enough.

this. I think the Babar the Elephant reruns they used to show at 6 AM were doing the same numbers as GGG vs random cans

[elfag]

What an absolutely selfish windbag this guy is. He showed to the very end that he only cares about his generation of broadcasters careers & now that hes too old,he has no problem with Hbo stepping away from a sport he supposedly loves & yet boxing will likely never again reach the same heights without Hbo. But old Lampley has been 1 of the main reasons for Hbo's downfall,instead of them promoting their biggest boxing stars like Canelo/Mayweather who are also the most proven,highest ratings bringers; they instead let Lampley the good old boy run his own bias sht show,where hypejobs were worshipped for can crushing abilities & they would time & time again allow hypejobs like ggg to cherrypick on their Network which brought shtty ratings.

Everyone that has met Lampley in person says that hes an *******.

[mrpain81]

They probably quit boxing because they were paying Lampley and Kellerman so much, I remember Teddy Atlas was getting paid more by ESPN than the license fee paid to promoters.

[jdp28tx]

HBO could put anything on and it would do the same/better numbers than boxing. Why pay millions for boxing? Cost to views ratio just wasn't good enough.

I don't believe that. HBO no longer does 2,3-5 million views on its shows. No more Sopranos, Deadwood, etc. Those days are over. The only one that does huge ratings GOT and it only has 6 episodes left. The big fights do better than most of their shows other than GOT and sometimes WestWorld, which its ratings keep falling and for how much the show costs the ratings are not great.
HBO has had big show failure after failure in the recent years.

I recall Lampley pretty much blowing the Tyson ko by Douglas too, as usual talking about something else. Surprised he did not mention Chavez vs Taylor.

[Robbie Barrett]

I don't believe that. HBO no longer does 2,3-5 million views on its shows. No more Sopranos, Deadwood, etc. Those days are over. The only one that does huge ratings GOT and it only has 6 episodes left. The big fights do better than most of their shows other than GOT and sometimes WestWorld, which its ratings keep falling and for how much the show costs the ratings are not great.

I recall Lamply pretty much blowing the Tyson ko by Douglas too, as usual talking about something else. Surprised he did not mention Chavez vs Taylor.

Most HBO boxing shows weren't even breaking a mil. But was costing them well over 1 mil. Any TV show would be cancelled with those numbers.

[dibzvincent143]

HBO wants to be number 1 at one thing and they can’t do it both, they can’t beat netflix decisively while having a sideline here. They chosed to focus their budget and energy to the general consumer instead. You can’t really blame them as we don’t outnumber the nonboxing fans of the world. It’d be extremely laughable if they chose to compete with the Dazn’s of the world instead. And let go of GOT lmao