Tonight’s “Boxing After Dark” broadcast on HBO is the final date that had been owed to promoter Gary Shaw because of a planned HBO2 series that was canceled before it ever premiered.
“The series, which was to air monthly on HBO2, would have divided 12 dates between at least three promoters — Golden Boy Promotions, DiBella Entertainment and Gary Shaw Promotions — with the network paying $150,000 per show,” wrote Bill King of Sports Business Journal back in January 2012. “Designed to showcase up-and-coming talent, it was approved by former HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg in March [2011]. But after Greenburg departed in July [2011], HBO President of Programming Michael Lombardo told the promoters that the network was not going forward on the series.”
[Click Here To Read More]
“The series, which was to air monthly on HBO2, would have divided 12 dates between at least three promoters — Golden Boy Promotions, DiBella Entertainment and Gary Shaw Promotions — with the network paying $150,000 per show,” wrote Bill King of Sports Business Journal back in January 2012. “Designed to showcase up-and-coming talent, it was approved by former HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg in March [2011]. But after Greenburg departed in July [2011], HBO President of Programming Michael Lombardo told the promoters that the network was not going forward on the series.”
[Click Here To Read More]