Is HBO making a mistake by not putting Bradley/Alexander on BAD (boxing after dark)?

[RisAri0]

I can see it more of a WCB double header... it being the 1st fight of course

[Scott9945]

Is that around the Espn average for a FNF appearance?

Actually it's what they usually pay for the whole card. Sometimes the promoter puts in more to get his guys airtime, and of course there is the live gate. I'm just guessing that ESPN kicks in more bucks to get a title fight or a name that they think will help ratings.

[-DSG-]

Floyd and Berto have a history of taking big Hbo money to fight bums and wasting the boxing budget.

Bruseles, Ndou, Mitchell, HErnandez, Cosme Rivera..

I could go on.

Pac/Margarito is a legit fight. Margarito did 500k with Cotto and sold out Staples Center 20k seats, and a 20k seat stadium in Mexico.

Lets see Bradley or Alexander sell out staples center or even do a ppv before we put them on ppv.

berto fought rivera on espn 2... and margarito is a has been who doesnt deserve a fight against the best p4p fighter in the world bradley and alexander are both the best at 140

[AddiX]

HBO should just tell them to go out and get the best deal they can for themselves if they don't like their offer. Showtime isn't paying that kind of money for anyone who isn't a major name. Neither one of these two has ever made a dime on PPV. So if they want to fight bums it will be on ESPN for $20,000. HBO should just call their bluff and make them come crawling back once they haven't made any real money in awhile. Too bad Ross Greenberg isn't nearly as smart as Lou DiBella was.

I'll never understand why HBO doesn't do that.

"Dear Alex and Bradley, show us an offer from another network and we will beat it. Until than, this is our offer. And oh yeah, neither of you get a piece of HBO money ever again unless you fight one another on our network. And tell your promoter we don't work with him anymore unless he gets this thing together."

What the hell would any of these guys or their promoters do? The fighters need HBO to for the biggest audience and for big paydays and the promoters need HBO to get fighters to sign with them. It could be so easy for HBO, but they make things complicated.

[Bastian Loc]

Actually it's what they usually pay for the whole card. Sometimes the promoter puts in more to get his guys airtime, and of course there is the live gate. I'm just guessing that ESPN kicks in more bucks to get a title fight or a name that they think will help ratings.

Wow...ok... I didn't realize they were so cheap.

[Scott9945]

Wow...ok... I didn't realize they were so cheap.

They used to pay 50K for a card, but they slashed the budget a few years ago. The hunger for TV exposure has made that work for them.

[Pullcounter]

WCB is fine, because they are both unifed champs

[Double A 215]

I'll never understand why HBO doesn't do that.

"Dear Alex and Bradley, show us an offer from another network and we will beat it. Until than, this is our offer. And oh yeah, neither of you get a piece of HBO money ever again unless you fight one another on our network. And tell your promoter we don't work with him anymore unless he gets this thing together."

What the hell would any of these guys or their promoters do? The fighters need HBO to for the biggest audience and for big paydays and the promoters need HBO to get fighters to sign with them. It could be so easy for HBO, but they make things complicated.

Thats not good business especially when the network stands to make much more off of these young athletes than they are paying out... There's no need to play hardball here...

There's only one way that manny became manny and Floyd became Floyd and thats by a network like HBO taking a chance on them and backing them all the way through... I don't get mad when they overpay Berto because thats what you do in good business, you toake risks when you feel that you might have an asset... I get mad when Berto fights some no name...

Bradley and Alexander are two of the better young Amercan fighters in the world and as of Dec. 31, 2010, their prospect days are OFFICIALLY over! The only way for them to become household names to those outside of the mainstream boxing community starts in January by fighting one another...

So everybody thats complaining needs to relax, let it all go down, watch and enjoy...

[FloydTBE]

WCB is fine, because they are both unifed champs

Yeah, dunt have to be PPV

[Silencers]

At least it isn't on PPV, I think a few years ago this would've been on PPV.