Not sure how much of an effect HBO will have on a Showtime card.
Clicking on the link takes me to a Yahoo! sports story from 2013, copy/pasting the link in a new window takes me to the new story from ElUniversal...
TSN used to carry the Friday Night Fights (usually on delay), but they haven't done that for at least a year. #'s must not have been very good....
With the NHL lockout ongoing, TSN was probably looking for something else to air to fill the time slot. I'm pretty happy about this.
He does the Fox NCAA Football coverage on Saturday nights, possibly that contract takes precedence over his Showtime contract, or maybe he bailed...
:happy I'm a fan of both Bute and Pavlik, but this was still a great line.
:happy Gus Johnson's idiocy outweighs any 4 HBO announcer's biases any day.
Funny how Froch fought better competition in the S6 and he's fighting already.
Hometown: Small Town, AB How long have been a fan boxing: 30+yrs How did you become a fan of boxing:most likely watching a fight with my dad. I...
Failing the ability to get a fight with either of Froch/Ward after their fight, Bute would need to fight a recognizable name and in someplace...
I really enjoyed the fight. Great tactical battle with enough exchanges sprinkled in throughout to heighten the intensity. I watched the fight...
I think that Manny is much more technically sound (better balance/footwork/punching technique) fighter, but that has taken him away from what made...
Interesting. While I don't really disagree with the fact that Boxing is a difficult sport, I wonder about their choice of 'experts'. I'm not...
I bet my $59.95 (or whatever the PPV actually costs) every time Mayweather fights hoping that someone knocks him out, I haven't won yet :D
They could probably throw in some poutine to sweeten the deal too.
