HBO is whats wrong with Boxing. From the Pros to the amateurs

And Zou Shiming is fighting on HBO.

 

**** them rigo is the p4p number 1 skillwise. i'am watching boxing since 1995 and this guy is the most talented guy i have ever seen!!! same goes for wladimir, this ****er is plain and simple great. both are nothing like boring. rigo is just a ****ing genius and master of boxing and wladimir developed to an almost unbeatable fighter who knocks almost everyone out. so the american media is destroying our sport.

 

they watch only mayweather because he is american. thats the only reason

 

I think HBO threatened Bradley to stop showing his fights if he doesn't put on action packed fights. That's the reason he went toe to toe with Provodnikov. They want knockouts and wars, which is more appealing to the casual fan, they assume.
GB and Haymon are to blame too with their shitty cards where they showcased their prospects against overmatched journeymen.

 

Rigondeaux will still be on HBO lol. everyone needs to calm down. he's not going to Showtime or FNF.

 

Boxing will never die especially around the world, just had to get that out first. Now I agree 100% HBO and Arum are totally wrong about Rigo. Rigo's domination over Nonito was beautiful art and any true boxing fan will agree. Different fans get excitement in different ways and every time Rigo fights I'm happy. Just watching his fight against Kennedy is another example how easy and natural his abilities are in the ring and how amazed I get at what he does against his opponents.

 

I agree to an extent but they are a business. HBO is in it to make money. We should be lucky that ESPN, HBO, and Showtime still show boxing. I don't agree with alot of their moves but I am grateful for watching the fights.

 

Besides the fact that he is the best in the world and the great PPV seller of this era?lol

 

I mean, if he would be a white guy from France then ****ing no one would watch him in the states

 

Rigo's biggest issue is that he's too old and is starting from too little name value. His skills are worth much more than his name is. HBO's not going to bother with fighters like that.

It used to be, and to an extent still is, that old unbeaten foreigners are brought in to be opponents, not "the guy". They're pretty records for "the guy" to add to his ledger. Those older, foreign fighters aren't supposed to win because there's no money in it for the promoters and networks, especially if they don't have a "casual friendly" style like Pac or Golovkin. The cards are already stacked against them. You saw what Rigo had to do just to get a close points victory against Donaire- on the cards, Nonito only needed to win 2 more rounds than he did to win the fight.

Rigo's going to be ostracized like Pirog and Kotelnik because he's old, doesn't have a huge built in audience, doesn't have a super exciting style, and made the house fighter look bad. And it sucks. It's a big part of what's wrong with boxing. Even Sergio had to overcome it, and that's with an exciting style and being Secksy Sergio.

 

what about klitchko,brook,Paqiuo,JMM,Chavez,Martinez. None of them are whit or American. are you serious, people watch floyd because he is the best there is period.

 

good thread and I agree for the reasons you stated and even more reasons

 

First, TR and GBP fighters can't fight each other. Now, hbo and showtime fighters can't fight each other. In 10 years, blacks and whites can't fight? that's what wrong with boxing now. So many great match ups that won't happen because of greed and stupidity

 

HBO, along with Lampley, Kellerman sux. Biased commentating and playing boxing politics. "Oh he just landed a solid left" Lampley..... then the other fighter answers with a good combo but it goes uncalled. The only sanity on that desk is Roy Jones Jr.