Things keep getting worse for Greenburg

Poor guy actually does the right thing and buys a fight between two young undefeated Americans and it disappoints.

Karma is a bitch. Bad fights happen why you got to have several plates spinning in case one cracks. He just has no clue about boxing

GrantZilla wrote:Karma is a bitch. Bad fights happen why you got to have several plates spinning in case one cracks. He just has no clue about boxing

I kinda feel sorry for him on this fight, HBO stepped up and paid the extra money for this to happen. Hopefully they get better value for their money next month.

That's the thing. You don't overpay for a fight with two fighters that are not draws. I will be surprised if this fight gets over a million viewers. Put into prospective Showtime's first two stages of the Super Six cost probably less then this one fight

GrantZilla wrote:That's the thing. You don't overpay for a fight with two fighters that are not draws. I will be surprised if this fight gets over a million viewers. Put into prospective Showtime's first two stages of the Super Six cost probably less then this one fight

the fight was put in Detroit. HBO didn't promote it. It was 2 young highly ranked guys. Overpaying for it still doesn't make sense. Bradley is a guy who wins fights. he doesn't produce scintillating affairs. Alexander hasn't produced exciting fights either (Urango fight was because Urango is so damn easy to hit; Urango is hardly ever going to be in a bad fight).

if hbo didnt promote it its there fault since they claimed it would be hyped threw the net and other outlets.i did see a few nets adds..if the viewership isnt what they expected then the exit door for greenburg will be held wide open..i dont feel sorry for him one bit..he tosses around foolish money at fighters and still gets turned down..he created a monster ..he should act like it was HIS money not hbos ..tex richard did and it was his money and he put up some big money fights...bob arum puts his money where his mouth is several times..greenburg acted irresponsible with hbos money and enjoyed the limelight for years as a boxing insider..a soo called mover and shaker..
his exit will get my bravos..grant gave a perfect example of showtimes super 6 as value for the dollar..

GrantZilla wrote:That's the thing. You don't overpay for a fight with two fighters that are not draws. I will be surprised if this fight gets over a million viewers. Put into prospective Showtime's first two stages of the Super Six cost probably less then this one fight

ESPN probably doesnt spend this much for a year's worth of FNFs

gomez1012 wrote: ESPN probably doesnt spend this much for a year's worth of FNFs

Hell no they don't. They don't evne spend a million dollars on their entire season. For real. The promoters often front a lot of the costs to get their fighters on TV, and make it off gate and casinio site fee money.

But here's sad part. FNF get's almost same kind of ratings as HBO boxing.

Here's a random example

7-16-10 - ESPN2 - Friday Night Fights - Zab "Super" Judah vs. Jose Armando Santa Cruz - 625,000 live viewers
7-17-10 - HBO - Boxing After Dark - Alfredo Angulo vs. Joachim Alcine/Timothy Bradley vs. Carlos Abregu - 897,000 live viewers

And HBO probably paid 20 times as much as ESPN.

And ESPN FNF ratings are going up. They are now averagine 500k.