The HBO Budget Crisis and What it Means

[Mitchell Kane]

Yeah. And maybe, just maybe, GGG will do that too.

But for now...I don't wanna hear the whiny defenses and complaints.

Don't stoop to that level, someone might consider you biased, inconsistent, or maybe a hypocrite.

[IMDAZED]

Don't stoop to that level, someone might consider you a hypocrite.

Don't care what someone thinks. Especially when they switch the conversation from boxing to personal.

[Mitchell Kane]

Don't care what someone thinks. Especially when they switch the conversation from boxing to personal.

Says the person who just threw "whiny defenses and complaints" into the mix.

Kinda proving the hypocrisy point there.

[IMDAZED]

Says the person who just threw "whiny defenses and complaints" into the mix.

Kinda proving the point there.

But you agree. Wait two years. But for now, no defense and no whining in his honor.

[Mitchell Kane]

But you agree. Wait two years. But for now, no defense and no whining in his honor.

You're just projecting now.

[IMDAZED]

You're just projecting now.

Zzzzz at this conversation. Maybe in two years GGG makes a sacrifice. But for now, he hasn't and that's that.

[b00g13man]

Zzzzz at this conversation. Maybe in two years GGG makes a sacrifice. But for now, he hasn't and that's that.

[mikinoki]

I've been reading a lot lately and it seems this HBO budget issue is becoming serious. I'm not a business expert but the main issue is Time Warner made some budget cuts and HBO sports took a significant hit.

This is coming up in a lot of articles:

1. HBO has no interest in Cotto's next fight unless it's PPV

http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/p...lanning-stages

2. Per Bob Arum, they are not interested in pushing Lomachenko or Postol. This is somewhat confirmed here:

http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/p...o-walters-card

So now, they will likely pass on one of the best cards of the year: Walters/Lomachenko and Postol/Granados. It's become the network of mismatches and the upcoming schedule is full of them. Rumor is Showtime might be picking that card up.

Why should we care?

They have nearly the entire top 10 p4p list to exclusive network deals but can't afford to bring in top competition for them. Then you have PBC across the street paying big bucks so would want to fight on HBO anyways.

Are they just going to continue to shove Kovalev, Golovkin and Crawford down our throats in these one sided mismatches?

So basically, it's not looking good. What are your thoughts?

All I know is that HBO had a great 2 years rating wise...