Quote Originally Posted by shza View Post
They're actually making this PPV??

Decent fights, but come on.

Morales/JMM would be big -- and fun (though JMM probably just schools him). And there are a ton of other fighters much more deserving of a pay day vs Morales (Guerrero, Matthyse, Bradley (whose belt Morales is wearing)) -- though they'd all beat him, so I get the match-making.

Kirkland-Molina is compelling though. I agree that a fight with Lara would be compelling but I think this one's more competitive (I think Lara wins a wide UD over Kirkland). I might rather see Kirkland against Canelo or Paul Williams but this one's pretty good. Like, HBO Boxing After Dark good. Not PPV good. Kirkland-Angulo was an HBO Boxing After Dark fight!!
If you were referring to my post I was saying I am glad this looks to be a normal HBO card and am thankful. Fighters like Morales can get thrown on really lackluster PPV cards with a slightly smaller price tag and it makes it so I don't get to watch a fight I'd love to see but can't afford/refuse to pay extra for.

If you are saying you heard from somewhere else that it is going to possibly be a PPV then I am disappointed. For that to seem reasonable to me it would have to be something like Morales-Marquez supported with Kirkland versus any of those other opponents you mentioned as well as at least one more bout of that level of fighters matched against each other.

I'm hoping this is a step in the right direction for HBO and not more of the same.