Kessler-Calzaghe September date in trouble

****in Yanks...

 

This is ridiculous. A bout between the two best SMW's in the world is being thwarted by an American TV network!!! That's pathetic! This is why the boxing world would be a better place without the USA getting involved.

 

So this fight might not get made because of lack of demand?

That comes under my definition of 'ironic'.atsch

 

atsch

 

I will kill myself if this bout is removed from HBO's schedule due to a new show entitled: Paris does China

 

Wow I really thought that HBO wanted this fight.

 

It doesn't matter to me if HBO carries the fight or not. Just as long as they fight. In time it would be shown on youtube anyway.

For many fights I have to wait a week before seeing them on regular cable or sometimes not at all if it is a Showtime fight.

 

I dont think you can put all the blame on HBO, as usual is it a surprise that Frank Warren is trying to squeeze out as much cash as he can out of this fight just in case his cash cow gets beat. All the talk about wanting the fight to happen but yet again the Calzaghe camp is looking to make all the terms. What makes them think they can just almost double the asking price.

 

Hey hang on a minute the kemo sabay it was PALLE that made that offer not Warren bame the right guy for a change

 

It's the opposite. The two promoters are whining about a lack of American involvement.

 

Exactly. You have all these threads about how well Europe can pull off fights better than Las Vegas, etc., etc., and yet here we have the a huge fight over there that's essentially begging the big, bad US cable network to pony up the cash. I still think it will happen, but the two sides will have to accept maybe 4 million, or something else closer to the middle. I hope HBO hasn't dug in its heels at 3 mil.

Remember, HBO also apparently changed terms for Taylor/Pavlik from 5 million to something lower. I hope the network isn't de-emphasizing the sport. Maybe it's just a matter of too many fights too close together, and the budget is stretched.

 

A couple of days ago the Danes announced that Palle said the fight Is 95% certain to be In Wales. Since when was anything mentioned to be In London?

 

**** HBO anyway, they'd rather have I'm too addicted to boxing to retire Hopkins Vs Winky Wright as PPV!

 

If the two sides were able to say, **** HBO, wouldn't they have already done it? They obviously need the bloated American cable company to slip them some cash and pat them on the head. Nothing could be more obvious.