HBO: "We're Out of the Heavyweight Division"

[Gandalf]

I'd heard about this and you can't blame them really. Nobody will fight each other in this division. That, and they are boring.

[OumaFan]

Adamek deserves to be on TV. And, well yeah, pretty much just Adamek.

To be fair this is a step in the right direction, to not waste their resources on these bores, but if theirs a decent fight made at some point I'm sure they'll jump on it.

[Gandalf]

Adamek deserves to be on TV. And, well yeah, pretty much just Adamek.

To be fair this is a step in the right direction, to not waste their resources on these bores, but if theirs a decent fight made at some point I'm sure they'll jump on it.

Yes, I like watching Adamek too. I also don't mind watching Vitali. Haye would be alright if he would only step up, but as it is I have no interest in seeing him fight Harrison or the inevitable Monte Barrett rematch.

[Spicoli]

Heavyweights have been overhyped for the longest but it's a shame that a premier network would paint with such a broad brush.Wonder how much it has to do with lack of American prospects as opposed to some quality match ups out there.HBO is very flavor of the month and we won't see a Oscar,Jones jr or Lewis again.Manny won't be around forever no matter how many magic mushrooms he digests and they will change their minds if the dollars make sense.Haye has a huge oppurtunity to give division a shot in the arm but seems to talk more and fight less but with 40 yr old Tarver coming to hvy...he may find a quality oponent after all

[DaxxKahn]

Not sure how long that can last at all....You can't just abandon a whole division.....I think they may more or less just may not promote heavyweight cards as main events....But hey in boxing anything is possible...It is a sad thing I mean the division that was once the most respected and watched, is being written off due to quality of comp