Foreign Born Fighters Cant Win On HBO

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  1. Peppermint

    Peppermint Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lara, Martinez, Ponce De Leon, Mathysse, Funeka...any time a foreign fighter fights in HBO, he gets robbed a SD or MD or bs draw. Martinez even KOd Cintron and didnt get the win. The commentators may not have any influence, but I think the network/house does. HBO execs are to blame as much as the promoters.
     
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  2. p.falk

    p.falk Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yeah, the tendency of Americans (I'm america.... live in Wisconsin) to say things like "oh, never fight in Germany.... they'll screw you over" is bull****.
    I've seen more bad decisions for foreign fighters in America than the tired line of "They'll Sven Ottke you over there"
     
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  3. Peppermint

    Peppermint Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Also Kotelnik, I think that was HBO too. It seems like every HBO card... I think its at least as bad as Germany and its even worse really because there are more viewers watching hbo so it hurts boxing more.
     
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  4. Eastcoast

    Eastcoast Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It has less to do with where a fighter is born, and who is represented by Al Hamon. I bet if they traced the bank accounts on those judges you'd find contributions from Hamon.
     
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  5. highguard

    highguard Well-Known Member Full Member

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    i agree actually
    and yes i do think hbo network has a lot of pull
    on the judgeing

    zbick is another example of a robbery there

    and i fcuking it
    when their hbo fighters get hit
    and the announcers pretend nothing has happened

    zbick was good example of this


    interesting this rarely gets mentioned

    but yes again they influence the judges
     
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  6. Golden Boy 360

    Golden Boy 360 Boxing's Biggest Cash Cow Full Member

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    Those foreigners should be happy they are getting an HBO pay check to send money back to their villages.
     
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  7. KillerDeluxe

    KillerDeluxe Guest

    Hbo is actually killing boxing.
     
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  8. Golden Boy 360

    Golden Boy 360 Boxing's Biggest Cash Cow Full Member

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    I would disagree and say only hard core fans watch HBO fights unless its a big Fight(Mayweather, Pacquaio). Ask anyone what they thought about the Lara-Williams decision and they'll be like "who?" People don't know these HBO fighters.
     
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  9. JMP

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    It's sad how you can expect fighters to not get their rightful victories.
     
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  10. Griffintown

    Griffintown Still fairly new here. Full Member

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    Lucian Bute says: Hello!
     
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  11. CASH_718

    CASH_718 "You ****ed Healy?" Full Member

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    Yup.

    Calzaghe never won on HBO they completely robbed him vs Hopkins.

    Or Barrera getting jobbed in his first fight vs Juarez. Also Humberto Soto too vs Juarez.

    Cant forget Hatton getting completely ripped off vs Collazo.

    Dont blame HBO blame the judges. Every tv network has there fair shares of robberies and I'm sure most of the time its the away fighter getting jobbed.
     
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  12. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'm pretty sure the Martinez-Cintron fight was on ESPN.

    Eitherway it's not just on HBO, it happens all of the time every where in different parts of the world at all different levels.
     
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  13. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    A very wise man named Randall "Tex" Cobb once told me this: "Big money ALWAYS takes an angle on small money."

    HBO is big money.
     
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  14. Peppermint

    Peppermint Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Its not just HBO, but it seems to happen more in HBO. Of course some of the blame lies with them. They are the ones airing it. Its their house.
     
    Peppermint, Jul 10, 2011
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  15. NotAnMMAfan

    NotAnMMAfan Guest

    Wow! You should be sent to Afghanistan and let those suicide bombers hug you and blow you up to pieces :patsch
     
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