Comments Thread For: HBO: A Farewell to Arm(ed Combat)

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By Cliff Rold - HBO was never the only home of big time boxing. They did a hell of a job branding it that way. In 1986, Showtime secured the rights to Marvin Hagler-John Mugabi to make themselves a player and, for much of the 1990s, retained the services of services of Mike Tyson and Julio Cesar Chavez. Boxing didn't get much bigger than those two. Fans of a certain age though can recall how big the brand was. Folks would gather for a big pay-per-view show and someone would...
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[Bardamu]

In the late 90's early 2000's hbo was the only channel you needed if you were a boxing fan. Showtime might have had Tyson, but all his fights were ppv anyway. Literally everyone else worth watching was on hbo. Everyone.

[landotter]

In the late 90's early 2000's hbo was the only channel you needed if you were a boxing fan. Showtime might have had Tyson, but all his fights were ppv anyway. Literally everyone else worth watching was on hbo. Everyone.

Totally. And if we are being honest, the way we watch boxing was spearheaded by HBO. From the way it is analyzed, to the ringside scorer, to the microphones in the ring corner. Probably about 4-5 years ago was when I noticed the top fights slipping away from HBO and the networks shift to dropping any sports coverage. In fact, you can probably trace it back to them canning "Inside the NFL" which has done really well on Showtime.

But any boxing fan owes them a great debt. They kept this sport relevant for over 20 years. I am not sad, for I think boxing is stronger today than when HBO ruled it, but I do think it is ironic that as the sport grew mainstream, HBO- which may be the single most important partner Boxing had in the modern age- gave up on it.

[vitali1999]

Said goodbye to them in September. And for the last 2 years they have had shot fights on like Showtime used too.

[vitali1999]

Totally. And if we are being honest, the way we watch boxing was spearheaded by HBO. From the way it is analyzed, to the ringside scorer, to the microphones in the ring corner. Probably about 4-5 years ago was when I noticed the top fights slipping away from HBO and the networks shift to dropping any sports coverage. In fact, you can probably trace it back to them canning "Inside the NFL" which has done really well on Showtime.

But any boxing fan owes them a great debt. They kept this sport relevant for over 20 years. I am not sad, for I think boxing is stronger today than when HBO ruled it, but I do think it is ironic that as the sport grew mainstream, HBO- which may be the single most important partner Boxing had in the modern age- gave up on it.

All true except boxing being bigger today. Most people prefer mma cage crap nowadays.

[Plick647]

RIP -l- Tuesday Night Fights. Sean O'Grady was the fairest announcer imo

[Citizen Koba]

Yeah. What genius dreamed up the thread title?

'A farewell to arms', works and sounds suitably poignant. 'A farewell to arm' is just ******.

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New article title recommendations: "Good Riddance Half-wit Peter Nelson And Crap Fights!" or "Shocker, Garbage Fights Don't Do Good Ratings. Bye Bye HBO."

[Dasmius Shinobi]

The goal of HBO, get the worst low viewers rating in history

I was hoping to see the December, 8, 2018 farewell card and to see Jim Lampley crying when they say the final good bye words, but my eyes are going to the mismatch unification of Lomachenko vs Pedraza. HBO truck in the past intros have his use when they pack in December, 8, 2018 and flee from Showtime, Fox Sports, ESPN+ and DAZN forever.

[PRchamp]

HBO has been terrible ever since Max Kellerman came in. Every fight on HBO all I heard was excuses from Max why the fight didnt live up to the hype.

The fight game show with Jim Lampley was strictly showcasing only HBO and forget about the whole sport events.

HBO got greedy and they got what they deserved. Fans were smart enough to not watch anymore