Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo View Post
Kellerman and Jones Jr annoyed me a bit yesterday, both exclaiming that Donaire is one of the top 2-4 fighters in the world without question and talking about him as if they have always been championing him from the beginning.

I'm not arguing their assessment, but rather the fact that they have only started mentioning him now that he is on HBO.

They did it with Martinez as well. Kellerman, Lampley et al had never once mentioned the guy until he beat up Bunema on HBO and all of a sudden he was the fighter they had long been championing since the beginning of his career and who was now an elite fighter, just as he joins HBO.

Meanwhile, fighters on Showtime like Andrew Ward and Carl Froch get ignored by them.

They do have a very HBO-centric approach to boxing I think.

If Ward ever moves to HBO for certain they will be describing him as one of the biggest talents in boxing and the best all American fighter right now.
It's the same with every network.

Premier Sports were labelling Tyson Fury as a future World Champion.

Sky Sports talk up their own fighters. They're never going to go out of their way to talk up the credentials of a fighter who has a deal with a rival network.

Can see why it annoys you though. It segments the sport. Showtime and HBO is turning into Raw vs Smackdown