Thurman actually isn't boring. He just hasn't made himself available since he won the world title, and especially since he married that chick from the far east.
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Thurman actually isn't boring. He just hasn't made himself available since he won the world title, and especially since he married that chick from the far east.
They just didn't want to work with Al
He may not be boring in the ring but they're all boring. No one outside of boxing knows or gives a shit about any of em.
It was two Saturday's ago. lol
Great memories of HBO boxing. It was the right all by them though to end it.
Fuck them. Roy was the only person worth listening to during the fights. He was the only commentator that didn't give a fuck about the HBO endorsed fighter lol. Dazn, ESPN or PBC better go after him ASAP.
If Game of thrones and Real time with Bill Maher wasn't on HBO, i would've cancelled today.
If Game of thrones and Real time with Bill Maher wasn't on HBO, i would've cancelled today.
I canceled HBO after the wire went off
Y’all niggas gave them 10 more years?
Sucks shit
Y’all niggas gave them 10 more years?
Sucks shit
How can you maintain the same interest? As I said before when I was younger you had Friday Night Fights that aired every week. But I never said boxing is dead. I never said boxing was going anywhere. If anything its going to PPV maybe exclusively.
Canelo and GGG is only 1 fight. I'm talking about boxing in general. Boxing is dying and the few stars that still exist lack both the knowledge, talent and the charisma to effectively promote their fights. I really have no interest in watching Mayweather and Pac tango around the ring again.
Its not easy with so many of boxing's divisions lacking stars of interest. This was something Ali was great at, in fact he was the first and best to do it. But the bigger problem with boxing is HBO and Showtime pretty much own boxing. They are both corporations and like all corporations they have bottom lines. In boxing's case ratings are not reflecting what their experts were expecting. Ratings have probably been dropping the last few years. So if boxing is presently failing to meet projected numbers. That in itself puts it on the chopping block.
Keep your product above that line and everything is good. Its obvious its not working any longer for HBO so HBO decided to do what all corporations do they've decided to cut their losses.
It's easy, because I'm a fan of the sport. I don't only watch to see specific guys fight.
Unless Fox has plans to start up a ppv boxing app and/or channel it's highly unlikely it goes strictly ppv.
Probably wanna check the numbers/ratings before making statements like that. Off the top of my head Wilder vs Ortiz, Golovkin vs Martirosyan, Ali vs Muniguia, and Danny Jacobs' last fight all did very good numbers.
Again, look up the numbers. Nobody does Floyd numbers, but Canelo is an excellent draw. To a lesser extent Wilder, Thurman, Garcia, Jacobs, Spence, Golovkin, Crawford, and Loma all get a lot people watching.
Just as ESPN did some years back only to bring back boxing. Maybe HBO picks it up again in the future, maybe not. But the beat will go on with, or without HBO.
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so they fucked up when they made every fight pay per view.
maybe the wild world of sports will come back
cbs sports or nbc....there used to be top fights on every weekend on one of these.
you got to watch top prospects develop their pro careers from golden gloves through Olympics and then through the pros until they either were a bust or a champion.
the fighters built a following
now they want you to subscribe to premium tv or pay per view to watch who?
as far as HBO, they haven't had a decent original series since Boardwalk Empire and without boing do they think Bill Maher will keep customers ?
maybe the wild world of sports will come back
cbs sports or nbc....there used to be top fights on every weekend on one of these.
you got to watch top prospects develop their pro careers from golden gloves through Olympics and then through the pros until they either were a bust or a champion.
the fighters built a following
now they want you to subscribe to premium tv or pay per view to watch who?
as far as HBO, they haven't had a decent original series since Boardwalk Empire and without boing do they think Bill Maher will keep customers ?
You believe Empire was better than Game Of Thrones and Westworld?
I made a mistake. The last fight will be the 27 October Danny Jacobs vs Derevyanchenko. Looking forward to that fight too.
I made a mistake. The last fight will be the 27 October Danny Jacobs vs Derevyanchenko. Looking forward to that fight too.
Shit!I already canceled. Haha. Sall good, Ill catch it streaming some where.
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