Why Did HBO Stop Broadcasting Boxing?

Yeah, there was a time were both came on in the same week. They put on some good fights most of the time. Then there was Showtime and HBO on the weekends and the occasional Friday night fight on HBO or Showtime. The most memorable fight was with Crawford Ashley. Ashley got his rib broken and almost everytime his opponent hit it he would retreat in agony or go down. If memory serves me right, he was already dropped twice in the round and was in survival mode, staying away as much as possible. My brother's and I were standing and yelling "MOVE MOVE". he ended up being stopped. Man he showed some heart, but the pain was too much.

 

The left boxing because the ratings weren't there and it was just not worth their budget. They can get much higher ratings on allocating their budget to TV shows they realize. But it's somewhat the fault of boxing too. Boxing promoters were not putting on the best fights anymore, guys were fighting not often enough. In addition it was fractured with too many promoters as well. The promoters would not work together like PBC

 

Boxing died that's why, viewers weren't tuning in, illegal streaming is easier than ever, fighters aren't fighting the best and there is no major star like the 2000s and Mayweather and pacman practically carried boxing in the 2010s now fighters want big pay days for terrible fights that no one would pay to watch

 

JIM I GOTTA TELL YA