HBO "hypejobs" that didn't deliver

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  1. artdawg

    artdawg Grammar butcher beeaTCH Full Member

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    I don't like using the word hype job but thats how most of you will get my point, HBO invested alot In Andre Berto and when they matched him with the once promising Ortiz he got rocked and completely gassed out in the first rounds.

    After Cottos first defeat I read a bias article here on esb claiming Cotto was a HBO hype which I dont belive.

    Another fighter that gets labeled a hypejob is Jeff Lacy.
     
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  2. Chiko_Tech

    Chiko_Tech Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Those where HBO hype job, Cotto is a top fighter.
     
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  3. macademics

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  4. artdawg

    artdawg Grammar butcher beeaTCH Full Member

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    Yeah I know, I dont know how some bias articles make it, on the scene theres some hard *******s that write.
     
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  5. theflyest

    theflyest Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Lacy was never an HBO fighter. He made his name on Showtime. Lacy got over because he was entertaining & looked the part, but the networks never shoved him down our throat like HBO does. Nearly all HBO hypejobs dont deliver
     
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  6. artdawg

    artdawg Grammar butcher beeaTCH Full Member

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    Please... Khan is a top fighter in his division
     
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  7. Baldwin

    Baldwin Boxing Addict banned

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    Danny jacobs??? He was getting hyped up and then ktfo.

    Chavez jr??? Kinda hype up cause of his dad. Not even that good.
     
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    Steenalized Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  9. elTerrible

    elTerrible TeamElite General Manager Full Member

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    Vargas. He was up on HBO's website, one of maybe 6-8 guys. Got a gift over Winky. Got the big Tito fight, gets KTFO, whats his reward for getting KTFO? A DLH fight a year later, KTFO again, gets fat, is that the last we seen of him? **** no hes back on over and over again.
     
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  10. artdawg

    artdawg Grammar butcher beeaTCH Full Member

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    I realized that he was showtime after posting:patsch
     
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  11. Brickhaus

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    Wasn't Jeff Lacy a Showtime guy?

    HBO is in the business of getting ratings, not in the business of creating good fighters. Someone like Berto, who gets good ratings, isn't a "hypejob" in that respect. Same goes for Chavez Jr.
     
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    Good call on vargas.
     
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  13. KO-KING

    KO-KING Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    devon alexander, but he's still young, he was labelled as a future great

    depends on how you define 'didn't deliver'
     
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  14. KO-KING

    KO-KING Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    devon alexander, but he's still young, he was labelled as a future great

    depends on how you define 'didn't deliver'
     
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  15. artdawg

    artdawg Grammar butcher beeaTCH Full Member

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    Berto gets good ratings? If anything I think the Ortiz fight put him out there as entertaining, which is funny because thats when they decided to ditch him
     
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