Re: HBO Legendary nights, new shows planned for 2008!!
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Originally Posted by Smashup
Maybe just because of the hype that surrounded the build up ;)
Hope not though because the fight was pretty sh*t really 8)
They did the same with Tito vs Oscar remember ??
Yeah I remember that. Man that fight sucked. They still did a good job though.
Speaking of Trinidad, they'll most likely have his fight against Hoplins. Even thought it was pretty one sided, it was considered a big upset at the time. Trinidad was considered unbeatable before this fight.
I'm pretty sure they only show HBO fights so Castillo - Corrales is out. But you will most likely see the Barrera - Moralez - Paquiao - Marquez fights some time in the show.
Re: HBO Legendary nights, new shows planned for 2008!!
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Brilliant series and i enjoyed every single one, so this for me is great news. O0
Legendary Night Series To Continue In 2008
20.06.07 - In 2003, HBO Sports introduced “Legendary Nights,” a 12-part documentary series showcasing 12 of the most memorable fights that have appeared on HBO. The series notched a Sports Emmy for “Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology..”
Ross Greenburg, president of HBO Sports, and Rick Bernstein, executive producer of HBO Sports, announced today that they will revisit the series next year.
In the 2008 programming year, HBO Sports will return with a fresh six-week installment of “Legendary Nights.” The six new shows will be hand-picked from the fight library of HBO, which is in its 35th year of televising the best in professional boxing.
OHH MATE!!
Cc
Re: HBO Legendary nights, new shows planned for 2008!!
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They're gonna be awesome. As anyone who has HBO knows this series is very well done. We can only guess which fights are gonna be covered. I'm guessing Barrera-Morales, Hopkins-Taylor, Pacquaio-Marquez.
I wouldnt call Hopkins-Taylor too legendary,
both were boring
Legendary doesn't need to mean "great fight" it means the surroundings, the atmosphere, the outcome and the aftermath. Such as Bowe GOlata.
But Im very sure Gatti Ward will be there
Re: HBO Legendary nights, new shows planned for 2008!!
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Originally Posted by P.G.H Angel Eyes
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Originally Posted by Poom
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Originally Posted by a harmful of swallows
They're gonna be awesome. As anyone who has HBO knows this series is very well done. We can only guess which fights are gonna be covered. I'm guessing Barrera-Morales, Hopkins-Taylor, Pacquaio-Marquez.
I wouldnt call Hopkins-Taylor too legendary,
both were boring
Legendary doesn't need to mean "great fight" it means the surroundings, the atmosphere, the outcome and the aftermath. Such as Bowe GOlata.
But Im very sure Gatti Ward will be there
Even then though, I don't think it was that huge a deal ,
I mean Leonard vs Hagler was not a great fight but it was a big deal beacause of the rivalry between the 2 fighters, leonard coming out of retirement, all the history between them..
But Hopkins Taylor, it just didn't seem like that interesting a situation to me, the only notable things were that the scoring was controvertial and it was Bernards first losses in years.
Re: HBO Legendary nights, new shows planned for 2008!!
Barrera-Morales trilogy
Pac-Morales trilogy
Gatti-Ward trology
Hopkins-Trinidad
Those 4 are guaranteed to be in there.
Re: HBO Legendary nights, new shows planned for 2008!!
Considering it'll more than likely be fights HBO had shown and with fighters who are retired or nearing the end of their career (because you can't say for certain what a fight did to a fighter when they are still fighting, like no one knew Meldrick Taylor was 100% done after Chavez beat him) these are my picks:
JLC-Corrales 1-3 - fitting especially after the untimely death of Chico
Gatti-Ward 1-3
Mike Tyson - Evander Holyfield 1-2: ear biting, the end of Mike taking boxing seriously and the begining of Evander as THE FORCE in boxing
Evander Holyfield - Lennox Lewis 1-2
Roy Jones Jr - Antonio Tarver 1-3
Floyd Mayweather Jr. - Oscar De la Hoya
Floyd Mayweather Jr. - Zab Judah
Shane Mosley - Vernon Forrest 1-2
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JLC-Corrales 1-3 - fitting especially after the untimely death of Chico
Mike Tyson - Evander Holyfield 1-2: ear biting, the end of Mike taking boxing seriously and the begining of Evander as THE FORCE in boxing
These were all Showtime fights.
Re: HBO Legendary nights, new shows planned for 2008!!
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Originally Posted by Lyle
JLC-Corrales 1-3 - fitting especially after the untimely death of Chico
Mike Tyson - Evander Holyfield 1-2: ear biting, the end of Mike taking boxing seriously and the begining of Evander as THE FORCE in boxing
These were all Showtime fights.
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