HBO pissed off with Cotto..

[Diane]

Yes, I was really disgusted with them for doing that. That showed no class.

You know how hard that was for them to see that, and then for HBO to try to capitalize on that pain is disgusting.

I just sent HBO an email letting them know how that showed no class.

If anyone else wants to send one, here is the link.

HBO Online: Corporate Info

[Onix]

I never even thought of that, personally Im pissed because even in victory they couldnt give Margarito his props. The man is the best WW in the world after that and all they can think of showing is Cottos??

Jim Lampley was f'ing crying I think they were hurt as much as Cotto.

[Majesty]

Now should a unification bout happen between Williams and Margarito?

[the wiz]

I agree, I can understand watching it as it happened. But showing that montage of Cotto bloody and the family in tears was a bit odd.

[sweet science]

I agree, I can understand watching it as it happened. But showing that montage of Cotto bloody and the family in tears was a bit odd.

my sense on the matter when it happened was that HBO was simply trying to be melodramatic (and i guess with this particular footage they had time to burn). in another thread, i pointed out how HBO is generally melodramatic; in other words, they spend a lot of precious time and words hyping what needs no hype, thus both insulting our intelligence (and devotion to the sport) and distracting us from the fight. by the way, all this talk about puerto rico versus mexico is a perfect example of this utter bullshit. this was a tremendous event between two specific athletes, cotto and margarito, not some bullshit part IV of some hollywood movie. this holds regardless of whether many puerto ricans and mexicans do emphasize to themselves some enduring rivalry.

what HBO needs to do is drop kellerman, drop the old drunk (i forget his name), drop buffer (i remember there was a thread on buffer vs. lennon; i couldn't believe how many preferred buffer--the professional wrestling-like used car salesman announcer--to lennon), and just have steward and/or an intelligent boxer, and keep the play-by-play (Lampley) on a short leash.

[Puya]

Now should a unification bout happen between Williams and Margarito?

Out of topic go away

[GAME]

I didnt see any of this. I watched the British coverage . So basically HBO tried to embarass Cotto by showing all the worst parts .

I heard Cotto gave Tony props . Was that at the post fight presser then ?

[Markusdarkus]

HBO should be ashamed they sucked Cottos balls all fight they praised Cottos shots yet chose to speak over Margaritos good work.

Was sad to see.

[scotty417]

HBO should be ashamed they sucked Cottos balls all fight they praised Cottos shots yet chose to speak over Margaritos good work.

Was sad to see.

Jim Lampley is the worst announcer in boxing history. Whatever he says, the opposite is usually happening. Both Steward and Kellerman were correctly wondering whether Cotto would be able to maintain this pace with Margarito. Lampley called their statement "audacious." Steward almost had to apologize for saying that he thought the left uppercut would be Margarito's main weapon and that he thought that Margarito was too big for Cotto. He acted this way because Lampley was shamelessly promoting Miguel Cotto.

The clip at the end was truly classless. I don't think that HBO was pissed off with Cotto. I just think that they didn't know any better. They gave the boot to Larry Merchant who usually tried to wax poetically and make inane analogies about what took place. Think this was their attempt to show a "Raging Bull" type moment, but, of course, it reeked of taking advantage of Cotto and his family.

[Tito BHB]

I never even thought of that, personally Im pissed because even in victory they couldnt give Margarito his props. The man is the best WW in the world after that and all they can think of showing is Cottos??

Jim Lampley was f'ing crying I think they were hurt as much as Cotto.

I think that was more to do with the tribute he payed to a sick camera man from hbo but im suprised how few people noticed that..

Guy sounded pretty rough.. quite some change from his usual silky smooth voice lol

[SweetPea]

Wow, I have no clue what you guys are complaining about.

They showed a montage of clips to show what a brutal fight it was and what an emotional toll it took on the family of the loser. It wasn't anti-Cotto.

[Puya]

Wow, I have no clue what you guys are complaining about.

They showed a montage of clips to show what a brutal fight it was and what an emotional toll it took on the family of the loser. It wasn't anti-Cotto.

It did to me and some of us here

[LEGION]

I was happy with the victory for Tony, but I really didn't like seeing the kids crying; not in the least. But it is a public place and that sort of thing is going to happen, with the cameras there to catch every moment.

Why they had to make a montage of the same things they had already shown several times I don't know.

[Papa Dee]

Cotto is an HBO fighter and is probably under contract to provide a post-fight interview.
HBO is pissed-off beacuse he is less bankable after a loss and there is no guarantee that that they will get in on Tony's next fight

[SweetPea]

Wow, I have no clue what you guys are complaining about.

They showed a montage of clips to show what a brutal fight it was and what an emotional toll it took on the family of the loser. It wasn't anti-Cotto.

It did to me and some of us here

So let me get this straight....

You think that in the minutes immediately after a great fight that featured a fighter (Cotto) that HBO has supported for years and has a great relationship with... that the HBO production team decided on the spot that "Cotto lost and didn't give an interview, so let's rub it in his face by throwing together a quick segment of him getting punched in the face and his family crying!" ??

I'm sorry but that's one of the most outrageous things I've read here in some time. And it's surprising coming from you because your posts are generally very good here. But you're coming off like a sore loser.

Kellerman even said right on the broadcast that it wasn't that Cotto lacked the desire to give an interview, it was just that he was understandably distraught over such a big loss.