A listing of HBO & Showtime hype jobs!

Amir Khan
hyped up by ITV, and Sky
in britain tht is

 

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Boxers who garner attention from television networks due to their achievements are not hype jobs.

Case in point, Naseem Hamed winning the WBO Featherweight title and subsequently sparking out Said Lawal in less than 30 seconds got the attention of Showtime who thought, "WOW! This guy is exciting! Let's show him!".

Then after a year and a half of more title defences he beats Tom Johnson who was then considered the numero uno in that division, turning Hamed from a featherweight title holder to the featherweight champion.

Then along come HBO who say to themselves, "Actually, this kid might have something here." So wulah, they pay him shitloads of money to fight on their network and he goes on to have another 4 years at the top of the featherweight division and the pound for pound lists.

What happened 4 years later to Barrera does not turn Hamed into a hypejob. It just turned him into a fighter who lost a fight in 2001 after six years of exciting boxing.

And that ladies and gentleman, is my two cents.

 

Agree.

 

Bojado was a showtime hype job not HBO.

 

and a great two cents it was. Good post!!

 

what a stupid post. numbers 2 and 3 especially, what the **** ?

 

Juarez is a good fighter

 

Miranda
Lacy
Cintron

 

Miranda = showtime
Lacy was showtime.

 

Another dumbass post. PBF is an ATG he's not hype job if that's the case 99% of the fighters of his era are hype jobs.:deal

 

He beat Raheem and was and still is a good contender,he will win a title someday,the last fight was great with Barrios

 

He beat only bums

 

Berto?!? We don't even know completely about him yet.