Mosley bout. At first glance, it appears a valid point, but it would have more merit if Pacquiao vs. Mosley was an even remotely intriguing, worthwhile or valuable contest. According to Hauser, HBO is dropping the ball by not picking up the tab here, and not doing everything to woo Bob Arum and Top Rank to showcase what is, in all honesty, an inconsequential boxing match.
This is the oft-scorned strategy at HBO, signing a select few boxers to multi-fight contracts, ensuring that all of their bouts are exclusively shown on the network.
Recently, HBO bid farewell to the Klitschko brothers, heavyweight champions Wladimir and Vitali, refusing to be the home for their very costly, and largely unsubstantial, recent conquests. This, a reversal of strategy, forgoing big names in hopes of finding great fights and perhaps even young stars, should be a good thing for the channel. Taken in the context of this strategic move, and the sentiment that Pacquiao vs.
Another subpar fight that just happens to include a big star? Arum is upset that the network perhaps helped to lead to his split with then meal-ticket, now rival, Floyd Mayweather. Arum is upset. While Pacquiao vs. Thanks for clearing that up so precisely, Mr. Bob Arum just got out of the car. Perhaps HBO Sports, their boxing budget and their fight programming are being terribly mismanaged. There certainly have been plenty of bad fights, and big wastes of money and airtime on the network in the past few years.
Of course, many of those were presented to us by none other than Top Rank Promotions. And if you don't believe that a fight like Pacquiao-Mosley can be the major change, I again point you to the Hauser article at SecondsOut , where he notes that in , it was ABC passing on Larry Holmes v.
Mike Weaver that gave HBO a big opening to take the lead. To be quite honest, this is the most exciting thing that has happened in boxing in quite a long time. This isn't just a fight. This is a landscape-changing event that affects all future major American fights.
Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. Pound-for-pound ruler. Global superstar. Coincidental revolutionary. Manny Pacquiao is changing the shape of boxing. By the time they woke up to the problem, it was too late.
We can buy what we want. Look how helpless they were when they tried to make Mayweather-Pacquiao. The right connections, or 2. The right fights. They have to convince the public at large to care about Pacquiao-Mosley. America made this a best-seller. Hyping Manny Pacquiao shouldn't be too hard. Pac is gonna' decimate Mosley inside a few rounds. The 'tards will still say 'another opponent that Floyd softened up' but Mora showed how poor Shane has become as of late.
Shanes punch resistance is waning and that's one of the things that allowed him to make his style work. When Floyd is knocking Shane about, regardless of timing and accuracy, you know the man is past his best.
Fairly uncompelling fight IMO. Flea Man , Jan 22, People criticize Bob a lot, but in my opinion, he's the best promoter in the business.
Buffer is only in the ring for a few minutes, but believe me — those few minutes make a huge difference. If you don't believe me, go to an HBO Boxing event and try to tell me that it doesn't make a difference after the fight.
Those few minutes makes the fans nervous, excited, pumped, ready, happy, hyper It's incredibly insane how Michael Buffer's famous line gets the crowd so pumped and excited in a couple of seconds.
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