Froch offered 4 fight deal by HBO

[ross]

I'd love Froch to take a fight in Vegas later on in the year cus I need an excuse to go to Vegas with the lads!!

Do you think as many Brits that followed Hatton to Vegas would follow Froch? I'm thinking he's getting to that stage now.

Hatton was a phenom for that, Calzaghe drew over 55,000 to Cardiff milenium stadium, over 3 times as many that went to Froch v Kessler but even he didnt have as many travelling fans as Hatton, no where near in fact!

About Calzaghe v Hopkins...

BBC NEWS | UK | Wales | Viva Las Vegas for Calzaghe fans

"The build-up of Welsh rugby jerseys and proud beer paunches around town is slowly proceeding, but local taxi driver Jorge was surprised not to see more.
"For Ricky Hatton v Floyd Mayweather, the English [sic] were here all week, partying and drinking beer - it was crazy," said Jorge, who claims to have seen hundreds of big fights in his 40 years in Vegas. But where have they been this week? They weren't here. I think this fight will build Calzaghe's profile, maybe raise him up to the level of Hatton. That's my opinion of his standing, but as a boxer... yeah, he's good. Joe will win this one."

[IamInuit]

Since when do HBO have fighters under contract? They're looking around for fights now that they've dumped GBP so maybe they're offering Matchroom/Sauerland a date or two. They definitely don't have the ability to get Chavez in the ring with Froch and I can't see Arum wanting to make that fight.

I think Hbo are scrambling a bit. Carl deserves every penny he gets but he should be throwing the hook out and seeing if he can get Showtime interested. Pretty soon Hbo will be feeding off its own body fat as far as boxing is concerned. Arum does not need them really. Manny is on his way out of the building, Marquez will always be a kind of free agent and their days of even telling Martinez who he can fight are in the past. If I'm Froch I'm not taking the first offer w/o putting out a serious feeler.

How does Arum not need them?

Well they kinda need him. If Arum wanted to he could go independent, Abc or Nbc or as streaming becomes more and more advanced run his whole card off Top Rank TV. I think Hbo may have cooked their own goose.

[Fenster]

Hatton brought more people to Vegas than Froch sold tickets for his last fight.

[Kirkland Laing]

Since when do HBO have fighters under contract? They're looking around for fights now that they've dumped GBP so maybe they're offering Matchroom/Sauerland a date or two. They definitely don't have the ability to get Chavez in the ring with Froch and I can't see Arum wanting to make that fight.

I think Hbo are scrambling a bit. Carl deserves every penny he gets but he should be throwing the hook out and seeing if he can get Showtime interested. Pretty soon Hbo will be feeding off its own body fat as far as boxing is concerned. Arum does not need them really. Manny is on his way out of the building, Marquez will always be a kind of free agent and their days of even telling Martinez who he can fight are in the past. If I'm Froch I'm not taking the first offer w/o putting out a serious feeler.

How does Arum not need them?

Well they kinda need him. If Arum wanted to he could go independent, Abc or Nbc or as streaming becomes more and more advanced run his whole card off Top Rank TV. I think Hbo may have cooked their own goose.

The big promoters defnitely see HD streaming as the future once the world gets superfast broadband. Instead of 30 million HBO subscribers their potential audience is a few billion. But they need an outlet for their fighters in America both to build them and be able to pay competitive purses so that they keep them. Macau and Singapore are OK for Asian fighters but those fights rely on casino money. The big PPV money has to be earned in America.