Originally posted by Mammoth
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So is HBO Boxing pretty much close to being done?
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Not sure what is going on with HBO but this is very disappointing giving its long history in boxing and it has fell behind ESPN and Showtime as far as boxing content goes. No clue how Peter Nelson still has his job with HBO Boxing being in the worst shape I've seen it in probably EVER.
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pretty close. canelo fights on ppv and will be there for the coming years. golovkin may go abck to regular HBO, but if he loses to canelo i'll venture that he will retire. he is set for life and has definitely lost a step.
other than those two HBO is pretty awful. kovalev is a good / very good fighter, but he's ward's leftovers in a lot of ways. and he's no star. yeah, he's a puncher, but power alone does not a star make. LHW has been a relatively dead division for a while, other than ward and kovalev the premium fights aren't happening. stevenson held the lineage hostage after the dawson win. beterbiev is a talented puncher, but he's largely inactive and i'm not sure how much longer he'll fight at 175. and he's not a CW.
i no longer sub to HBO. i'll stream the big fights and i have bought ppv for canelo and golovkin. the boxing just isn't good. the broadcast can get downright cringeworthy.
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When the ESPN time-buy is done, Oscar De La Hoya will return his full stable to HBO.
Canelo, Ryan Garcia, Joseph Diaz Jr, David Lemieux, Lamont Roach, and a few others. Alvarez will have his 2-3 PPVs per year, and HBO will be compelled to use Alvarez's money to fund a boxing schedule (that largely features Golden Boy fighters).
The scale is different, but Floyd Mayweather, on just good residual to Showtime, was basically able to finance two years of Showtime Championship Boxing.
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HBOs done as far as boxing
It’s basically Canelo & GGG bothbare essentially PPV fighters and after Sept one of them will have a loss and GGg on his last legs regardless
Kovalev can’t draw flies to sh.it
Jacobs will jump to DAZn
And that leaves the Superfly division
Once PBC started it was pretty much a death blow and once Top Rank went to Espn you might as well put HBO in the casket
They have 1 sh.it card every 2-3 months
No idea how Nelson still has a job never seen someone take a brand that was first for 20-30 years to dead last in a span of 2-3 years
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Originally posted by DJrabit View PostWho does Showtime have. Joshua is with DAZN now.
Losing Joshua has an impact, but Showtime/CBS wasn't hinging on one fighter
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Originally posted by WBC WBA IBF View PostJacobs is under an HBO contract. When that contract expires, he'll likely move to DAZN.
Haymon moves the way he moves, but I doubt that he'd advise Jacobs to take a deal with a promoter for longer than the TV dates on offer.
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