Why is Lara/GGG a no go cuz of politics but not GGG/Jacobs?

[Chollo Vista]

Exactly. Interrupted the man's press conference, whined and complained his way to a PPV fight. Right after the weigh in said he was going to break Canelo's face and what does he do on fight night? He blows it. Outboxes Canelo the first 2 rounds and the second he feels Nelo's power shots, he has flashbacks of what Angulo did to him and he proceeds to run a 5K.

I can't deny one thing about this post.

[about.thousands]

Are you serious?
HBO wants eyeballs on the TV. Exciting fighter would do that.

What HBO doesn't give a damn about are these so called real fans you quote here. They don't provide the ratings HBO needs.

As far as your boy Lara no one denies he's talented. The problem is he is boring. Professional boxing is about $$ and that $$ depends on how many arses you can put in seats and eyeballs in TV. Lara does none.
And again HBO has given Lara plenty of opportunities. Showtime gave him a huge opportunity on a PPV. He f*** up both opportunities.

Jacobs would be welcomed not because he's an easy touch for GGG; (I happen to believe he's a tough match) but because he brings in more fans, more fan friendly style and he fought with HBO before. He was once one of their rising young talents.

Ratings don't mean **** to HBO. They aren't selling commercials. They want subscribers not ratings.

His PPV was bought by more than 150k

How did he F up his PPV with Showtime? People still talk about that fight to this day. Jacobs last fight ratings were ****. Are you seriously trying to say Jacobs is more known than Lara? The Lara vs. Canelo did more PPV than Jacobs fight on Showtime. Lara vs. Angulo blew Jacobs vs. Quillin out of the water. You sound like Abel Sanchez trying to convince people Willie Monroe Jr is more known than Lara.

[mathed]

Some one tell uncle Hymie to let Lara fight GGG. Tired of all this meaningless talk, it's time for action!!

[JJRod]

Ratings don't mean **** to HBO. They aren't selling commercials. They want subscribers not ratings.

His PPV was bought by more than 150k

How did he F up his PPV with Showtime? People still talk about that fight to this day. Jacobs last fight ratings were ****. Are you seriously trying to say Jacobs is more known than Lara? The Lara vs. Canelo did more PPV than Jacobs fight on Showtime. Lara vs. Angulo blew Jacobs vs. Quillin out of the water. You sound like Abel Sanchez trying to convince people Willie Monroe Jr is more known than Lara.

If you think HBO doesn't give a dam about the rating, you're a bigger moron than I thought.

And yes more than 150K people bought Lara's PPV, because Canelo was the headliner. And because of that performance no one wants see him again as evident by his last fight. Tell me how many fans showed up to his last fight in his "hometown" of miami where his fellow Cubans were suppose to show up?


Rating don't mean **** to HBO? Now I've heard it all from the idiots here on NSB.

[about.thousands]

If you think HBO doesn't give a dam about the rating, you're a bigger moron than I thought.

And yes more than 150K people bought Lara's PPV, because Canelo was the headliner. And because of that performance no one wants see him again as evident by his last fight. Tell me how many fans showed up to his last fight in his "hometown" of miami where his fellow Cubans were suppose to show up?


Rating don't mean **** to HBO? Now I've heard it all from the idiots here on NSB.

Ratings don't mean **** to HBO. They don't sell advertising. What part don't you understand? They want long-term subscribers. Boxing doesn't bring long-term subscribers because it's to infrequently. Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, The Wire, etc brings subscribers. Why do you think HBO cut it's boxing budget despite good ratings? Those shows subsidize boxing and they try to make money back on PPV's. I work in the industry you don't. Stop typing and learn something for a second.

[about.thousands]

If you think HBO doesn't give a dam about the rating, you're a bigger moron than I thought.

And yes more than 150K people bought Lara's PPV, because Canelo was the headliner. And because of that performance no one wants see him again as evident by his last fight. Tell me how many fans showed up to his last fight in his "hometown" of miami where his fellow Cubans were suppose to show up?


Rating don't mean **** to HBO? Now I've heard it all from the idiots here on NSB.

How does HBO make money on expensive shows only 3 million people watch?

The premium networks are in the business of selling subscriptions. A Showtime spokeswoman told me that the channel’s goal is to satisfy subscribers and to entice nonsubscribers to sign up

On the networks and basic cable, shows are a delivery vehicle for advertising—and if a program doesn’t attract a big enough audience for those ads, the consequences are clear: It’s pulled from the schedule, and a new show is dropped into the time slot. On those channels, viewer’s just another word for person who sees a commercial. The programmers’ job is to get as many people as possible to watch their shows—and, most important, the ads that appear in the middle of them—as close to the first airing as possible.

[AddiX]

Ratings don't mean **** to HBO. They aren't selling commercials. They want subscribers not ratings.

His PPV was bought by more than 150k

Ratings = subscribers you dumb ****, of course they care about ratings.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Because Lara is a nobody...

People hyped this dude up like he was the next floyd, rigo, hopkins, and in reality he is the next Cory spinks, chemito Moreno..

Lara has had many chances to shine, yet still his "best performance" is vs Ronald Hearns

[about.thousands]

Ratings = subscribers you dumb ****, of course they care about ratings.

Ratings don't equal subscribers. If ratings were as important on premium cable as it is on network and basic cable HBO would've canceled boxing long ago. Read the above article I posted on why the ratings aren't as important to premium networks as subscribers are. And boxing doesn't bring subscribers because it's too infrequent. They want long-term subscribers and new subscriptions. A boxing show can get 5 viewers as long as 3 of those viewers are new subscribers HBO is happy.

[JJRod]

How does HBO make money on expensive shows only 3 million people watch?

The premium networks are in the business of selling subscriptions. A Showtime spokeswoman told me that the channel’s goal is to satisfy subscribers and to entice nonsubscribers to sign up

On the networks and basic cable, shows are a delivery vehicle for advertising—and if a program doesn’t attract a big enough audience for those ads, the consequences are clear: It’s pulled from the schedule, and a new show is dropped into the time slot. On those channels, viewer’s just another word for person who sees a commercial. The programmers’ job is to get as many people as possible to watch their shows—and, most important, the ads that appear in the middle of them—as close to the first airing as possible.

They give a damn about the ratings because they're aware that some people like us subscribe to HBO only for boxing!
If ratings tank that means fans don't like the product and will choose to cancel the subscription.

I can't believe we're even having this discussion. But you work in the industry doe. You know doe.