re: Boxing on NBC

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He was banned from HBO because he actually wanted to pay his fighters what they were worth not the pennies HBO wanted to pay. And we all know HBO is in bed with Arum and Oscar. That's why HBO Sports is now a dying brand and they are firing everyone.

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Ok so if you were an HBO executive, you would be perfectly happy with cutting your boxing budget by almost 25% just so you could have enough money in the pot to pay Andre Berto $1 million twice/year so he could fight trash from Mexico City like Freddy Hernandez? Are you f*cking kidding me?

Haymon paid Danny Garcia almost $1 million to fight a dude two weight classes BELOW him and WASN'T EVEN RANKED in his class. Are you f*cking kidding me?

Sure, if you are people like Andre Berto, Danny Garcia, Adrien Broner, Keith Thurman, etc. it's great that you get paid a shite load of money to fight alcoholics, landscapers, construction workers, etc. But are you telling me that premium cable subscribers should be happy to see these supposedly elite fighters fighting trash time after time? Am I supposed to just ignore that fact and just be happy that they are getting paid? F*ck that, man, I'm a fan and I wanna see FIGHTS, not overpaid "elite" fighters fighting garbage over and over again.

Haymon brought that garbage to HBO and they kicked him out. Now you're seeing Showtime doing the same thing now....they keep broadcasting these Haymon specials where it's all Haymon A-sides vs. someone you've never heard of.


Can you imagine the New England Patriots playing Tulane, ULL, Amite High School, etc every week? That would be Al Haymon's vision if he were running an NFL team. He wouldn't dare let his Patriots play an actual NFL team.