Vasyl Lomachenko vs. Jorge Linares @ 135.

[powerpuncher]

The one thing about Linares I will say is that he has the skill set I think to give Loma some problems, but I just don’t see him lasting the distance. Garcia would just annihilate him. Loma would take a few rounds to figure him out first.

[Alpha]

It sounds like this fight is not entirely dead yet. Amazingly it sounds like all parties are working together to try and get this done. The talk is to have Loma vs Linares on ESPN and lead into HBOs replay if GGG/ Canelo.

This is great news and could lead to other big things in the future.

[Ron Swanson]

Alpha, HBO isn't going to go for that, it's a fake offer. HBO would like to have that fight as the lead in on HBO. And they are willing to pay more. But Bob says it has to be on ESPN for less money

[Alpha]

Alpha, HBO isn't going to go for that, it's a fake offer. HBO would like to have that fight as the lead in on HBO. And they are willing to pay more. But Bob says it has to be on ESPN for less money

I'm just saying what I've heard, apparently it was GBP that contacted ESPN to get them to start the show earlier. This would lead into HBOs live broadcast of Ali/ Smith with the GGG/ Canelo replay.

Hey if the fight ain't completely dead that's a start for me. Obviously I won't believe it until it is officially announced.

[Ron Swanson]

Alpha, HBO isn't going to go for that, it's a fake offer. HBO would like to have that fight as the lead in on HBO. And they are willing to pay more. But Bob says it has to be on ESPN for less money

I'm just saying what I've heard, apparently it was GBP that contacted ESPN to get them to start the show earlier. This would lead into HBOs live broadcast of Ali/ Smith with the GGG/ Canelo replay.

Hey if the fight ain't completely dead that's a start for me. Obviously I won't believe it until it is officially announced.

Bravo to GBP for their efforts. But I just don’t think Bob wants this for many reasons. Bob has about 800k to work with for each ESPN card, entire cards. He’s already in the red just paying Loma, every extra bit they pay an opponent is more that comes off other cards. Beltran is an easier and cheaper fight to make. We knew before that GBP wanted it by their “we will fight on the 12th on HBO or literally any other date”. Does Bob want to go 1 million in the red to make a Linares fight?

[Alpha]

Alpha, HBO isn't going to go for that, it's a fake offer. HBO would like to have that fight as the lead in on HBO. And they are willing to pay more. But Bob says it has to be on ESPN for less money

I'm just saying what I've heard, apparently it was GBP that contacted ESPN to get them to start the show earlier. This would lead into HBOs live broadcast of Ali/ Smith with the GGG/ Canelo replay.

Hey if the fight ain't completely dead that's a start for me. Obviously I won't believe it until it is officially announced.

Bravo to GBP for their efforts. But I just don’t think Bob wants this for many reasons. Bob has about 800k to work with for each ESPN card, entire cards. He’s already in the red just paying Loma, every extra bit they pay an opponent is more that comes off other cards. Beltran is an easier and cheaper fight to make. We knew before that GBP wanted it by their “we will fight on the 12th on HBO or literally any other date”. Does Bob want to go 1 million in the red to make a Linares fight?

I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm just glad that it's not entirely off the table yet. It's a very good fight. Apparently fighter purses had already been worked out and agreed on, but there were still some things to sort out. Both fighters want it, I hope everyone can come to terms and get this done.

[Alpha]

Rumor is the fight is set!