HBO 'Getting out of Live Boxing'

[Alpha]

HBOs production was always top notch, I hope many of the guys behind the scenes get picked up by other networks.

[mikeeod]

Hope this isn’t the beginning of the end for boxing. Showtime is going strong, so it likely isn’t the case, but I hate how the media have made boxing out as a barbaric sport. American football is headed in the same direction.

I was thinking about it the other day and there just isn’t the depth of fighters any more. Guys fight bums for their first 35 fights or so, and then take on a bump in competition and look like world beaters. I get hyped for a guy like Crawford and believe he is elite and then I look at the names he has beaten and realize- it’s a joke. Oscar, Shane Mosley, Sweet Pea, James Toney...etc., these guys fought way better competition before they were considered a top guy.

Hoping I’m just in a sour mood, but I just see the sport going down fast. Sorry for making this thread a downer. News caught me off guard and hit me hard.

[El Kabong]

HBOs production was always top notch, I hope many of the guys behind the scenes get picked up by other networks.

Oh absolutely! Those guys were the actual talent. Not the guys holding the microphones.

[J_Undisputed]

"boxing doesn't make us enough money anymore".... the problem is Game of thrones is coming to an end so i think alot of the new series are going to be hit or miss especially depending on revenue scale. The could have just killed much of the production and put boxing on the cinemax channels with a no frills approach.

I'll be glad to not to have to hear kellerman ramble on with his man crush for ward. Lampley interject imaginary punches to make it sound like there's more action than is actually happening... and Roy slip further down the abyss of company man. As for it being the end of boxing, it depends on the fans. Not buying the whole feed thing as the future of boxing. I'm sure as hell not plunking down an extra monthly fee to watch mediocre fights, dodgy decisions, absent press tours (because the fighters are really really mad at each other so there's no need to promote.) So i'll watch showtime because i have it anyway but if its not on there, its free stream or bust for me.

Arum combining his library with espn is not a bad idea, when you consider half the new fights will be eh... and you'll need to watch old fights to get your moneys worth out of the subscription.

[El Kabong]

MLB has a channel of it's own, NBA has a channel of it's own, NFL has a channel of it's own, NHL has a channel of it's own....combat sports/martial arts needs a channel of it's own. If I was Dana White I'd be looking at doing exactly that and including boxing, including K-1, hell you could include sumo wrestling for fucks sake.


I would want to have Bob Papa and Al Bernstein call the boxing, I'd get Harold Lederman to do the scoring. I like Joe Tessitore I don't mind Teddy Atlas so much, he's opinionated, he gives silly analogies but they are related to what IS happening or what MIGHT happen.


Lampley is a drama queen and calls fights in a hyperbolic manner. If a fight is boring he sounds like a coke addict suffering withdrawals. If a fight has ANY pulse to it he sounds like he's been invited over to Pablo Escobar's house.

Max Kellerman has transformed from a decent commentator to some haughty sanctimonious jackass. "The story of the fight" is a line I won't soon forget from him....there's no need for that kind of bullshit. He's trying to be Bob Costas is what it is, a guy who interjects his disconnected point of view into sports. I don't want that, I don't need that...tell me FACTS tell me STRATEGY don't try to sell me a plotline if I wanted that I'd watch more pro wrestling.

Roy Jones Jr is just sad as an announcer.

[TitoFan]

MLB has a channel of it's own, NBA has a channel of it's own, NFL has a channel of it's own, NHL has a channel of it's own....combat sports/martial arts needs a channel of it's own. If I was Dana White I'd be looking at doing exactly that and including boxing, including K-1, hell you could include sumo wrestling for fucks sake.


I would want to have Bob Papa and Al Bernstein call the boxing, I'd get Harold Lederman to do the scoring. I like Joe Tessitore I don't mind Teddy Atlas so much, he's opinionated, he gives silly analogies but they are related to what IS happening or what MIGHT happen.


Lampley is a drama queen and calls fights in a hyperbolic manner. If a fight is boring he sounds like a coke addict suffering withdrawals. If a fight has ANY pulse to it he sounds like he's been invited over to Pablo Escobar's house.

Max Kellerman has transformed from a decent commentator to some haughty sanctimonious jackass. "The story of the fight" is a line I won't soon forget from him....there's no need for that kind of bullshit. He's trying to be Bob Costas is what it is, a guy who interjects his disconnected point of view into sports. I don't want that, I don't need that...tell me FACTS tell me STRATEGY don't try to sell me a plotline if I wanted that I'd watch more pro wrestling.

Roy Jones Jr is just sad as an announcer.

Good choices all but.................. Harold Lederman scoring??

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.....

Once win a couple of rounds with this guy, he gets stuck on 1st gear and gives you the rest of the fight. Fight swings mean nothing to him.

On a side note, he looks nothing like I pictured him from just hearing his voice on a bunch of fights. He's a LOT older than I thought.

[TitoFan]

https://www.mmamania.com/2018/10/16/...-next-year-mma



According to Bob Arum, Showtime will be getting of boxing too. I'd rather hear it from Showtime themselves, but it would be sad again if it happens. HBO and Showtime really did know how to put on an event.
I would think Showtime would be more willing to stay in boxing now that HBO is gone.