HBO Boxing Has Had a Horrible Year

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  1. Boxing Tees

    Boxing Tees Active Member Full Member

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    Ken Hershman can't get to HBO soon enough. For a network with the largest budget in boxing, they have made some horrible fights this year. In fact, I dont know that I can remember a worse year. From robberies (Lara-Williams) to one sided blowouts (Insert multiple Alvarez fights here) to quick endings (Mayweather-Ortiz, Berto-Zaveck, Hopkins-Dawson) to guys who just don't want to fight (Haye, Narvaez), the matchmaking needs a complete overhaul. Here's hoping Hershman can turn this thing around. Fast.
     
    Boxing Tees, Oct 22, 2011
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  2. purephase

    purephase Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It's fine to hate on Greenburg for lots of things, but some of the incidents you mention in this post are things that absolutely no one could have seen coming. You would have been angry if they hadn't aired Klitschko-Haye; it's not HBO's fault that that it turned into a snoozer (although Merchant's whining made it worse than it had to be). Berto-Zaveck was a legitimately intriguing match-up; no one knew it would end on cuts. Same goes for Mayweather-Ortiz; no one knew that Ortiz would become an even bigger idiot headcase. The only things you can really blame HBO for from your post are Hopkins-Dawson and the Alvarez fights (and given the fact that Alvarez is really damn popular, it's hard to criticize them for showing his fights).
     
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  3. E30

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    This year has been a huge let-down. I've tried to get so many friends into boxing but these shitty fights/outcomes make it so difficult.
     
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  4. Tackleberry

    Tackleberry The Reverse Somersault! Full Member

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    There's been many let downs and some shitty fights. But find me more than 2 or 3 weekends where there hasn't been a somewhat meaningful fight to look forward to.

    2011 has been great. GREAT GREAT GREAT compared to 2010
     
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  5. Boxing Tees

    Boxing Tees Active Member Full Member

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    Not hating on Greenberg at all. It's just been a bad year. Some of it was completely out of his control. Some wasn't. When ESPN Friday Night Fights has a more memorable year than HBO though, that's saying something.
     
    Boxing Tees, Oct 22, 2011
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  6. Boxing Tees

    Boxing Tees Active Member Full Member

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    I actually think 2011 has been awful. Yes, there have been a lot of fights to look forward to, but few have delivered.
     
    Boxing Tees, Oct 22, 2011
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  7. purephase

    purephase Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I agree, 2010 ended on a high note but was absolutely dreadful between May and November.
     
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  8. Boxing Tees

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    For the record, I wasn't a big fan of 2010 either. Im a diehard boxing fan and will always watch no matter what, but I find myself disappointed more and more lately.
     
    Boxing Tees, Oct 22, 2011
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  9. Icanteach2005

    Icanteach2005 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Im hopeing for the big rally like we had in late 2010... the middle of this year sucked... still got the Nov 5 date on both Showtime and HBO plus the Month of Dec.. and hopefully the creation of a DEC 31st date on HBO,,, here to the late 2011 rally..:bbb
     
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  10. bballchump11

    bballchump11 2011 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    Berto-Ortiz
     
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  11. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    they are dumb as **** why wouldn't they televise the Mikey Garcia fight? the whole production team is right there. He's the brother of Donaire's trainer, he's an up and coming prospect. A Mexican-American. A big puncher.

    :patsch
     
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  12. Boxing Tees

    Boxing Tees Active Member Full Member

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    Berto-Ortiz was a really good fight. I guess one out of twenty isn't bad.
     
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  13. bballchump11

    bballchump11 2011 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    ;) what Hopkins/Pascal II
     
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  14. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    the first half of the year was great for HBO

    the problem is the last few events

    and i kinda disagree with the Floyd Ortiz complaints i was in a packed bar and everybody loved it

    shame though that many fights didnt fully materialize
     
    KO KIDD, Oct 22, 2011
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  15. Imperial1

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    Thank God for Hershman ..**** even 24/7 was actually pretty good ..Look a little like fight camp 360 with the Lenares footage ..I highly doubt Hershman would have allowed the Hopkins Dawson fight on PPV.
     
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