Not so sure this Showtime thing is gonna work out....

**Spicoli** · 04-11-2013 05:39 PM

Agreed ^. I've enjoyed Showtime much more than HBO for at least the last decade. Aside from the barking clowns Renallo(?) and Gus Johnson on the mic recently who are as much a distraction and call fights like Lampley...like the are shout reading comic books. Albert, Pacheco and Czyz on the mic were just as good as Merchant, Lampley and Foreman if you ask me.

HBO has always had tunnel vision with a very select group of fighters who fans fall into the myth that they "are" boxing. They have more flavors of the month than a Baskin Robbins. Showtime actually works and maintains a main event show as well as a up and coming prospect telecast, done monthly. They also have huge potential for crossover as they seem to put on as much mma as they do boxing...hence the barking clown on the mic. They also offer the fan a chance to watch the entire undercard on one of its channels. Thats huge! Its time HBO has been knocked down a notch, Showtime will be fine and a has always been what we need more of...an alternative.

**ykdadamaja** · 04-11-2013 06:39 PM

Originally Posted by Spicoli

Agreed ^. I've enjoyed Showtime much more than HBO for at least the last decade. Aside from the barking clowns Renallo(?) and Gus Johnson on the mic recently who are as much a distraction and call fights like Lampley...like the are shout reading comic books. Albert, Pacheco and Czyz on the mic were just as good as Merchant, Lampley and Foreman if you ask me.

HBO has always had tunnel vision with a very select group of fighters who fans fall into the myth that they "are" boxing. They have more flavors of the month than a Baskin Robbins. Showtime actually works and maintains a main event show as well as a up and coming prospect telecast, done monthly. They also have huge potential for crossover as they seem to put on as much mma as they do boxing...hence the barking clown on the mic. They also offer the fan a chance to watch the entire undercard on one of its channels. Thats huge! Its time HBO has been knocked down a notch, Showtime will be fine and a has always been what we need more of...an alternative.

This. You can't beat choice. And while we are at it, who says ESPN can't make a mega fight happen for the money?

Some of these guys who may have a title have to realize that because they have a title that it doesn't mean that they are marketable universally. I can name ten guys right now with belts who the average public doesn't know or doesn't care about in the least- American, Asian, African and European.

ESPN needs to get back in the business of AT LEAST showcasing an alphabet belt title fight every 3 months or so. Split the commercial revenue rather than the PPV money. They can work something out!