HBO stinking up the joint

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  1. yogster740

    yogster740 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    There's nothing interesting on the horizon for HBO until Floyd\Marquez.
    For NonPPV; in Aug they have Diaz\Malignaggi and then Dawson\Johnson in Nov, although I'm not sure that one is confirmed. Then they have several crappy PPV cards in July and Aug. :patsch
    They've been making some poor decisions lately. It seems as if they'll rather put on crappy GBP fighters the some quality match ups.

    I think it might be time to reconsider Showtime.
     
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  2. calzaghe1979

    calzaghe1979 Active Member Full Member

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    Dawson vs Oldtimers?
     
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  3. richie leon

    richie leon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The other day i read something about HBO having blown most of it's boxing budget for 2009, don't remember which site it was.
     
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  4. Charles White

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    :yikes
     
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  5. H .

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    surprise surprise
     
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  6. CHEF

    CHEF Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I heard the same from steward. They really are kissing GBP asses and it didnt leave much for other fights
     
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  8. Rock0052

    Rock0052 Loyal Member Full Member

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    Dawson-Tarver II and Winky-Williams reportedly set them back more than 6.5 million combined, they put $15 million into Floyd-JMM, and they've been lowballing both Pavlik-Sturm and Hopkins-Adamek. My guess is they've shot their budgets for 09 and are trying to hold the bigger fights off until 2010.
     
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  9. DemolitionDan

    DemolitionDan ATG and HoF Full Member

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    Well, screw it then they need to forget 2009 then. They just need to save their money for 2010. I'm not surprised though that Dawson-Tarver II set them back. They never should have taken that fight.
     
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  10. mgdb26

    mgdb26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    it's really a shame too because Showtime's production sucks compared to HBO's. Their ring announcers are terrible.
     
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  11. Marquez

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    F - u - c - k ---- h - b - o ! ! ! ! !
     
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  12. Marquez

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    At least they're not terribly biased and complete idiots like Lampley or Max.
     
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  13. yogster740

    yogster740 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    That is true, but if they pull off the super middleweight tournament it could really shift lots of viewers to their network. There is still a lot time left in 2009, fans are not alwats that patient.
     
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  14. DemolitionDan

    DemolitionDan ATG and HoF Full Member

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    I don't think Showtime's announcers are that bad, but they are below HBO's announcers...except for Gus Johnson I like that dude he gets all excited and brings all kinds of excitment. I think he is going to do the Darchinyan-Agbeko fight. (I hope)
     
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