Golden Boy started the cold war with their greed and abuse of power

No that article doesn't prove what you want it to prove. Golden Boy had already reserved the MGM publicly and were taking bids on the fight from the networks when Williams was the opponent. Showtime had won the fight at least by the point that Ortiz was the projected opponent, but possibly earlier. This was well before Chavez-Lee had even taken place, never mind any agreement for Chavez-Martinez. HBO may have preferred to play nice with Top Rank, but publicly Alvarez and Golden Boy had the date first.

 

They weren't trying to control HBO.

They were doing what every business' goal is; to make as much money as possible for themselves and their clients (the boxers).

HBO agreed to every fight like they do every fight; months in advance.

It is 100% on them.

Props to Golden Boy for making big money for themselves and fighters that didn't actually deserve those paydays.

Shame on HBO for agreeing to do it.

Sorry, but there is no other way of looking at it. HBO's incompetency. Golden Boy did what they should have.

 

You don't have to use the nuclear option in response to getting used though, as not even talking to GBP because of previously problematic output deals results in either de facto output deals for TR or no boxing at all. They may have deprived Golden Boy of the ability to pit the networks against each other but they've in turn deprived themselves of the ability to pit the two promoters against each other to get better fights.

 

Again, Alvarez's next fight was already going to be on Showtime before Ortiz-Lopez took place.

And the difference is Top Rank's statements is that Martinez-Chavez had perpetually been around the corner for going on a year. The fact that this time it turned out to finally be credible doesn't mean Top Rank should have just been gifted one of the most lucrative dates of the year, particularly since Golden Boy had laid the initial public claim to it.

 

Than watch Golden Boy fights

 

we have to separate the 2 hbo regime.

with greenburg and kerry davis, gbp tried to control boxing. they had HBO on their hip pockets.

after gbp signed the exclusivity deal with hbo where they pretty much had all the dates, oscar came out to brag that him and hbo/greenburg were going to control boxing.

with hershman, he didn't renew their deal, he is more on the philosophy of buying the best fight available.

....and it seems like espinoza/showtime has taken gbp's deal where they exclusively show gbp fighters.

 

One thing is for sure, Hopkins and Stevenson will never go anywhere near Kovalev...............Quillin, Sturm, will never go near Golovkin, probably not even Martinez.......................Boxing is being destroyed, the fans are being cheated out of some really good fights.............

 

Your totally wrong dude,

The rift started once DLH left. Arum was very salty but had Mayweather and a few others and didnt care.

Mayweather left and it really got bad but Arum still had some balls to make very few fights.

Pacquiao turning down the Mayweather fight in 2010 is what killed it all. Arum got mad Mayweather made the drug test demand but that was 1 demand. pacquiao had alot more and Arum got butt hurt.

u shouldnt bring up HBO stuff. They gave up once Showtime signed Mayweather. they had a chance to match and didnt, thats there fault

 

:good:good

 

floyd demanded and got the venue....that's 2.