How biased is HBO against Hopkins?!?

[mspiegelo]

We all know that there is little love between Larry Merchant and BHop, but it goes even further. Even the highlights of Hopkins on Demand in the pre-fight buildup for his last 5 or so fights have been skewed.

they show the oscar highlight and some other ****ty highlights. then they focus on the JT losses. there is no mention of trinidad, let alone any footage of the brilliant performance.

he has been highly criticized by the crew for not being "exciting." even in the Tarver fight when he was putting on a clinic, Merchant was saying he was falling asleep...

instead of praising hopkins in his shutout, hbo denounced pavlik and jumped all over him and his team for taking the fight, claiming it they sold out for the money. in reality, hbo had shut down every proposed fight, from marco rubio to Paul Williams by offering bread crumbs to the fighters as purses.

finally, post calzaghe-jones, Kellerman and Lampley just assume that BHop isnt gonna get a rematch, and instead push for a fight with Dawson. BHop had not been beaten convincingly, or even beaten at all in the eyes of many, yet he doesn't even deserve to be mentioned?!?

how bad does hbo hate hopkins?!?

[markfrombrookly]

We all know that there is little love between Larry Merchant and BHop, but it goes even further. Even the highlights of Hopkins on Demand in the pre-fight buildup for his last 5 or so fights have been skewed.

they show the oscar highlight and some other ****ty highlights. then they focus on the JT losses. there is no mention of trinidad, let alone any footage of the brilliant performance.

he has been highly criticized by the crew for not being "exciting." even in the Tarver fight when he was putting on a clinic, Merchant was saying he was falling asleep...

instead of praising hopkins in his shutout, hbo denounced pavlik and jumped all over him and his team for taking the fight, claiming it they sold out for the money. in reality, hbo had shut down every proposed fight, from marco rubio to Paul Williams by offering bread crumbs to the fighters as purses.

finally, post calzaghe-jones, Kellerman and Lampley just assume that BHop isnt gonna get a rematch, and instead push for a fight with Dawson. BHop had not been beaten convincingly, or even beaten at all in the eyes of many, yet he doesn't even deserve to be mentioned?!?

how bad does hbo hate hopkins?!?

I don't think they're biased towards hopkins. They're in business with Golden Boy for one, And Max Kellerman is like a fan, He asked what most fans want to know. I think most fans want to see a prime skilled fighter who is as fast as Calzaghe or probably faster face Calzaghe. Hopkins doesn't throw enough punches to really get a decision. I rather see Calzaghe fight Dawson.

[mspiegelo]

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[ßringer]

I'm not sure why really, but I think it's pretty obvious they don't like him.

Sure they love him when he dominates when he's not supposed to (Tarver, Tito, Kelly), but when he puts on a lackluster performance they're ready to burn him at the stake.

[mspiegelo]

I'm not sure why really, but I think it's pretty obvious they don't like him.

Sure they love him when he dominates when he's not supposed to (Tarver, Tito, Kelly), but when he puts on a lackluster performance they're ready to burn him at the stake.

even when bhop turns in a vintage performance, their praise has tinges of resentment in it...

[ßringer]

even when bhop turns in a vintage performance, their praise has tinges of resentment in it...

Yup. Automatically it becomes about how ****ty the other guys look instead of how amazing Hopkins looks.

I relate to Calzaghe fans on that respect. I feel their pain.

[Solntse]

We all know that there is little love between Larry Merchant and BHop, but it goes even further. Even the highlights of Hopkins on Demand in the pre-fight buildup for his last 5 or so fights have been skewed.

they show the oscar highlight and some other ****ty highlights. then they focus on the JT losses. there is no mention of trinidad, let alone any footage of the brilliant performance.

he has been highly criticized by the crew for not being "exciting." even in the Tarver fight when he was putting on a clinic, Merchant was saying he was falling asleep...

instead of praising hopkins in his shutout, hbo denounced pavlik and jumped all over him and his team for taking the fight, claiming it they sold out for the money. in reality, hbo had shut down every proposed fight, from marco rubio to Paul Williams by offering bread crumbs to the fighters as purses.

finally, post calzaghe-jones, Kellerman and Lampley just assume that BHop isnt gonna get a rematch, and instead push for a fight with Dawson. BHop had not been beaten convincingly, or even beaten at all in the eyes of many, yet he doesn't even deserve to be mentioned?!?

how bad does hbo hate hopkins?!?

That also got me mad, Calzaghe should give Hopkins a rematch.

[ßringer]

Hopkins will forever be the thorn poking HBO in it's proverbial side until he is finally long gone from the sport.

[punchDrUnK MONK]

i dont think they were really hating on him.. more just comparing him to jones jr and they were suckin jones jr's wanker for most the night.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

you guys really think he should get a rematch w/calzaghe?



Joe isnt Kelly Pavlik and it will just be a repeat of the first fight...