Is HBO killing boxing?

[shekwan]

Shows which all recently folded this year...

1) ESPN Wednesday Night Fights

2) Telefutura boxing

3) Setanta boxing


Recently added

1) Fight Night Club on Versus


Two steps back for every step forward.

[aristotlemoses]

Fight night club got canceled?

[shonuff488]

ESPN2 still has Friday Night Fights

[Lucky Charms]

Shows which all recently folded this year...

1) ESPN Wednesday Night Fights

2) Telefutura boxing

3) Setanta boxing


Recently added

1) Fight Night Club on Versus


Two steps back for every step forward.

Boxing has been added to TV Azteca and ESPN UK showed a title fight on their first day in operation.

[Shattered Jaw]

HBO is a joke. They've been paying Berto millions for the garbage he's shat out of his rectum. Not to mention the DISGRACEFUL amounts they pay to watch Dawson pitty pat his way to a 12 round snooze-fest over four 40 year olds. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

[FLY TY]

With high priced PPVs and very selective choosing of fights HBO has boxing in a vice grip. I think promoters should lobby USAnetwork and bring back tuesday night fights forcing the suits at HBO to start showing more fighters and less PPVs.

the lack of BIG fights, due to greed and politics is what hurts boxing....

i think the end of the year will be nice tho....a lot of good fights coming up!

[TheSurgeonMDMPH]

Prove it? All your bs about you being a doctor is laughable and if you worked in the healthcare industry you would know that doctors in socialist states have pay caps which lowers the turn out rates of doctors. It's called the brain drain dumbass why do you think we get so many doctors from foreign nations? It's because the incentive here is higher pay under a capitalist system now once the capitalist part is removed and the government mandates set pay how many doctors do you think will accept lower pay for the equal amount of work? And as far as being a conservative you have me all wrong I'm an independent that likes to hear arguments from both sides but I unlike you don't need a weatherman to tell me it's raining outside.

There u go again! Look I dnt need to prove shyt to u. Becuz at the end of the day u will believe what u want or are told to believe so i'm cool with that. Your kind will eventually die off!

And by the way, who the *** do u think sets the docs pay today? The government! The reimbursement rates they set are mimicked by the insurance companies. And also I am a student delegate for AMA so when the lobbying group I belong to that represents my financial interest agrees to the reform i'm certain their wont be a cap in my/our pay evidence by the president addressing us at our annual conference.

And that lower pay for equal the amount of work is currently taking place but worse. Some physicians must work 3 times as hard as other docs and get 1/3 the revenue. So that argument is also flawed. What we will get in the reform bill is higher pay for quality of care. So for the most crucial specialties, the docs no longer need to crank out 100 visits a day at less than 15 min per visits in order to pay their bills. Instead they will be reimbursed by how well they take care of the manageable case loads they have.

U say u r not a conservative but every misinformed point u make is whats being regurgitated by *************. U r a customer that has been misled and refuses to educate yourself on the subject matter. Thank god u r now a dwindling minority. And young americans like myself look to use our experiences and education to create solutions.

Class dismissed.

[Blue Heffner]

HBO is killing boxing. They hype of up the fighters they give contracts to plus have some hand in dictating who their opponent will be. And don't even get me started on the judges. It's like they all work together. And that damn Chad Dawson and Andre Berto.......puts me to sleep. Showtime should gain leverage or slowly surpass them with the fight in between and the Super Six Tournament.

[lparm]

There u go again! Look I dnt need to prove shyt to u. Becuz at the end of the day u will believe what u want or are told to believe so i'm cool with that. Your kind will eventually die off!

And by the way, who the *** do u think sets the docs pay today? The government! The reimbursement rates they set are mimicked by the insurance companies. And also I am a student delegate for AMA so when the lobbying group I belong to that represents my financial interest agrees to the reform i'm certain their wont be a cap in my/our pay evidence by the president addressing us at our annual conference.

And that lower pay for equal the amount of work is currently taking place but worse. Some physicians must work 3 times as hard as other docs and get 1/3 the revenue. So that argument is also flawed. What we will get in the reform bill is higher pay for quality of care. So for the most crucial specialties, the docs no longer need to crank out 100 visits a day at less than 15 min per visits in order to pay their bills. Instead they will be reimbursed by how well they take care of the manageable case loads they have.

U say u r not a conservative but every misinformed point u make is whats being regurgitated by *************. U r a customer that has been misled and refuses to educate yourself on the subject matter. Thank god u r now a dwindling minority. And young americans like myself look to use our experiences and education to create solutions.

Class dismissed.

You're an idiot, there are two ways to learn in life by making your own mistakes or learning from the mistakes of others. In the case of universal healthcare and the massive costs look to socialist nations that experienced what the US will experience if the bill is passed. Look to the economic instability of Britain in the 60-70s. Better still look at Mass Care the massachusetts universal health program that most leftists use at the paragon of the ***** healthcare reform plan. But what they don't tell you is that program has cost almost double what they thought it would causing the state government under Patrick to raise all state tax by 1/4 of a percent all tax mind you not just taxes on paychecks and that they hope will allow the state to break even and not add more to the couple of billion dollars of debt they already incurred. You obviously know a lot more about healthcare than government. Also you're a student???

[TheSurgeonMDMPH]

You're an idiot, there are two ways to learn in life by making your own mistakes or learning from the mistakes of others. In the case of universal healthcare and the massive costs look to socialist nations that experienced what the US will experience if the bill is passed. Look to the economic instability of Britain in the 60-70s. Better still look at Mass Care the massachusetts universal health program that most leftists use at the paragon of the ***** healthcare reform plan. But what they don't tell you is that program has cost almost double what they thought it would causing the state government under Patrick to raise all state tax by 1/4 of a percent all tax mind you not just taxes on paychecks and that they hope will allow the state to break even and not add more to the couple of billion dollars of debt they already incurred. You obviously know a lot more about healthcare than government. Also you're a student???

once again u fail to discredit me! as i previously stated, ur mind is set in stone and u r mentally and emotionally incapable of thinking with facts at hand instead of what has been fed to u.

me being a student means at this point means that i study the issues in healthcare daily. Me being a dual degree student MD/MPH means I study the facts on both sides of healthcare. I analyze both pov without political consideration. Now I see u r goin with the cost talking point. But u fail to understand that u r already being taxed for your healthcare and the healthcare for the elderly and the poor. And that tax will rise beyond your comfort if we dont act now. I'm done with trying to educate you, healthcare reform will happen whether u want it or not. And it wont be for the good of a select few but to KEEP the country from being bankrupt!