Shame on Showtime

[BAD INTENTIONS]

Damn, in 2014 Haymon threw his fighters in the fire. So far in 2015, there have been many good fights and many bad ones.

If we get Garcia/Peterson and Broner/Mattysse after these fights, I don't have a problem with this strategy. Better yet, if the winner of those fights meet in 2016, this would have been one of the best 8 man (really 4 man) tournaments we've seen in a while.

I don't know why so many people in the industry are chastising Haymon. Arum has openly flaunted greed and bad matchmaking for years. That landed him as the sole controller of HBO for a few years. Haymon didn't start Showtime's rise, it was Arum's one fight PPV on Showtime that opened doors for Haymon, but ultimately led to Arum controlling HBO boxing.

Whatever, Haymon is quiet and black. His fighters have been getting big purses and for the most part been active. Bad fight tonight, but I think it's really suspect that every time Haymon schedules a mismatch everyone tees off on him ... and then, because of whatever reason, possible racism and stupidity, internet fans portray him as the evil godfather of boxing.

Where's the topic dedicated to Atlas inferring that Top Rank may have paid off judges and leaned on referees?

I don't want to hear any BS about Haymon's secret dealings while Bob Arum openly flaunts his greed, racism, and corruption.

[EduardosFist]

Hilariously bad event. Showtime is in a downward spiral.

[Andrew]

This has started to happen in the UK as well.

At least the LA card on show time next week looks good

[palooka]

Garcia needed a run out, so did Peterson. Jacobs showed the difference in levels, he looked good, Fletcher was game. Andre Ward needs to be out versus it doesn't matter who.

[Boxing Prospect]

Garcia needed a run out, so did Peterson. Jacobs showed the difference in levels, he looked good, Fletcher was game. Andre Ward needs to be out versus it doesn't matter who.

I have no problem with this logic, but we shouldn't be having two "run outs" on the same card, especially not at the amount they are being paid.

[handsofstone]

I personally feel once your a world champion,there should be no more run outs,obviously every fight cant be a unification but opponents like Salka are killing the sport bit by bit

Its a shame on Rod Salka really as he's no doubt a good honest pro and people like him make boxing but coz he's just challenged for a world title,im tearing into him for killing boxing

A good pro being ridiculed for fighting for a championship belt,ultimately its Salka who suffers by becoming a figure of fun

[palooka]

Salka did what he could and though he's nothing to be ashamed of they ought to have found a stronger opponent. Why couldn't Garcia defend against a highly ranked fighter?

[crusader]

Even if you think DG and Peterson needed 'run outs' (wasn't Herrera supposed to be that for DG too), I don't see how such poor opponents were justified. I thought Salka was particularly poor considering how small he is.

It also doesn't help build a DG-AP fight when all people are talking about is how shitty the card was and not how they performed.

[Luckybattles]

People talk about Chavez Sr. fighting tomato cans. Yes, that may be true, but Sr. fought every other month and in between the tomato cans he would fight, Rosario, Taylor, Camacho, Whitaker, etc. These guys here fight 1.5 times a year. And they want to fight garbage competition. I don't blame haymon or don king. I blame the self serving executives over at showtime and hbo who operate as if there was some kind of backdoor deal going on that would make sure they get a cut of the profits as long as they keep allowing haymond to run the networks into the ground. Hared to believe that showtime is the same network that gave us Tzyu vs Judah, Castillo vs Corrales, and Benn vs McClelland. None of these PPV. Same goes for HBO

[Boxing Prospect]

Another caveat to "run outs"...they can't be once every 7 months, they are more like what Srisaket did when he was champion (those matches were bigger mismatches but the Thai system is hugely different to the US one)

[sucracristo]

Its a shame on Rod Salka really as he's no doubt a good honest pro and people like him make boxing but coz he's just challenged for a world title,im tearing into him for killing boxing

it was @ 142 lbs sched for 10 rounds. not a title fight

[bigznyc]

Al Haymon is the New Don King, he will continue to match his fighters in easy fights..

Ok. Crappy card tonight. But Al doesn't have a history of this.

look at peter quillens opponents when titleist..fighting smaller weigh class guys that had no power at smaller weight and not great at the smaller weight..joke

[tiny_acres]

Go take a look at the great Roberto Durans record back when he was the lightweight king.
He had a bunch of non-title b-s fights.This has been going on for decades guys.Nothing new.

[BAD INTENTIONS]

Go take a look at the great Roberto Durans record back when he was the lightweight king.
He had a bunch of non-title b-s fights.This has been going on for decades guys.Nothing new.

Not just Duran ... even the legendary Sugar Ray Robinson!

Most of the old school guys feasted on weak opposition for most of their fights. However, they fought more often, which made a weak opponent or two, or twelve, less infuriating.

[big train express]

Damn, in 2014 Haymon threw his fighters in the fire. So far in 2015, there have been many good fights and many bad ones.

If we get Garcia/Peterson and Broner/Mattysse after these fights, I don't have a problem with this strategy. Better yet, if the winner of those fights meet in 2016, this would have been one of the best 8 man (really 4 man) tournaments we've seen in a while.

I don't know why so many people in the industry are chastising Haymon. Arum has openly flaunted greed and bad matchmaking for years. That landed him as the sole controller of HBO for a few years. Haymon didn't start Showtime's rise, it was Arum's one fight PPV on Showtime that opened doors for Haymon, but ultimately led to Arum controlling HBO boxing.

Whatever, Haymon is quiet and black. His fighters have been getting big purses and for the most part been active. Bad fight tonight, but I think it's really suspect that every time Haymon schedules a mismatch everyone tees off on him ... and then, because of whatever reason, possible racism and stupidity, internet fans portray him as the evil godfather of boxing.

Where's the topic dedicated to Atlas inferring that Top Rank may have paid off judges and leaned on referees?

I don't want to hear any BS about Haymon's secret dealings while Bob Arum openly flaunts his greed, racism, and corruption.

The hell does this have to do with being black? People talk sh*t about arum when he puts on sorry cards as well. This has nothing to do with racism.

[BAD INTENTIONS]

Damn, in 2014 Haymon threw his fighters in the fire. So far in 2015, there have been many good fights and many bad ones.

If we get Garcia/Peterson and Broner/Mattysse after these fights, I don't have a problem with this strategy. Better yet, if the winner of those fights meet in 2016, this would have been one of the best 8 man (really 4 man) tournaments we've seen in a while.

I don't know why so many people in the industry are chastising Haymon. Arum has openly flaunted greed and bad matchmaking for years. That landed him as the sole controller of HBO for a few years. Haymon didn't start Showtime's rise, it was Arum's one fight PPV on Showtime that opened doors for Haymon, but ultimately led to Arum controlling HBO boxing.

Whatever, Haymon is quiet and black. His fighters have been getting big purses and for the most part been active. Bad fight tonight, but I think it's really suspect that every time Haymon schedules a mismatch everyone tees off on him ... and then, because of whatever reason, possible racism and stupidity, internet fans portray him as the evil godfather of boxing.

Where's the topic dedicated to Atlas inferring that Top Rank may have paid off judges and leaned on referees?

I don't want to hear any BS about Haymon's secret dealings while Bob Arum openly flaunts his greed, racism, and corruption.

The hell does this have to do with being black? People talk sh*t about arum when he puts on sorry cards as well. This has nothing to do with racism.

I'm sorry!!!

Nothing in ENTIRE WORLD EVER has anything to do with race!!!

[ikorolev]

Damn, in 2014 Haymon threw his fighters in the fire. So far in 2015, there have been many good fights and many bad ones.

If we get Garcia/Peterson and Broner/Mattysse after these fights, I don't have a problem with this strategy. Better yet, if the winner of those fights meet in 2016, this would have been one of the best 8 man (really 4 man) tournaments we've seen in a while.

I don't know why so many people in the industry are chastising Haymon. Arum has openly flaunted greed and bad matchmaking for years. That landed him as the sole controller of HBO for a few years. Haymon didn't start Showtime's rise, it was Arum's one fight PPV on Showtime that opened doors for Haymon, but ultimately led to Arum controlling HBO boxing.

Whatever, Haymon is quiet and black. His fighters have been getting big purses and for the most part been active. Bad fight tonight, but I think it's really suspect that every time Haymon schedules a mismatch everyone tees off on him ... and then, because of whatever reason, possible racism and stupidity, internet fans portray him as the evil godfather of boxing.

Where's the topic dedicated to Atlas inferring that Top Rank may have paid off judges and leaned on referees?

I don't want to hear any BS about Haymon's secret dealings while Bob Arum openly flaunts his greed, racism, and corruption.

The hell does this have to do with being black? People talk sh*t about arum when he puts on sorry cards as well. This has nothing to do with racism.

I'm sorry!!!

Nothing in ENTIRE WORLD EVER has anything to do with race!!!

Something has, but not everything like you and a few other boxrec paranoids claim.

[EduardosFist]

Damn, in 2014 Haymon threw his fighters in the fire. So far in 2015, there have been many good fights and many bad ones.

If we get Garcia/Peterson and Broner/Mattysse after these fights, I don't have a problem with this strategy. Better yet, if the winner of those fights meet in 2016, this would have been one of the best 8 man (really 4 man) tournaments we've seen in a while.

I don't know why so many people in the industry are chastising Haymon. Arum has openly flaunted greed and bad matchmaking for years. That landed him as the sole controller of HBO for a few years. Haymon didn't start Showtime's rise, it was Arum's one fight PPV on Showtime that opened doors for Haymon, but ultimately led to Arum controlling HBO boxing.

Whatever, Haymon is quiet and black. His fighters have been getting big purses and for the most part been active. Bad fight tonight, but I think it's really suspect that every time Haymon schedules a mismatch everyone tees off on him ... and then, because of whatever reason, possible racism and stupidity, internet fans portray him as the evil godfather of boxing.

Where's the topic dedicated to Atlas inferring that Top Rank may have paid off judges and leaned on referees?

I don't want to hear any BS about Haymon's secret dealings while Bob Arum openly flaunts his greed, racism, and corruption.

Pathetic. Thumbs down.

[sucracristo]

Something has, but not everything like you and a few other boxrec paranoids claim.

let me step in to explain how this works.
-everybody who isn't living in their mom's basement is a greedy capitalist sellout pig.
-anyone who notices a woman is attractive is automatically a misogynist.
-anyone who doesn't play up racial division at every opportunity is a racist.
-anyone who does anything on any given day needs to be portrayed as a flawed character
that specifically implies that bad intentions is superior in some vague way

[big train express]

Damn, in 2014 Haymon threw his fighters in the fire. So far in 2015, there have been many good fights and many bad ones.

If we get Garcia/Peterson and Broner/Mattysse after these fights, I don't have a problem with this strategy. Better yet, if the winner of those fights meet in 2016, this would have been one of the best 8 man (really 4 man) tournaments we've seen in a while.

I don't know why so many people in the industry are chastising Haymon. Arum has openly flaunted greed and bad matchmaking for years. That landed him as the sole controller of HBO for a few years. Haymon didn't start Showtime's rise, it was Arum's one fight PPV on Showtime that opened doors for Haymon, but ultimately led to Arum controlling HBO boxing.

Whatever, Haymon is quiet and black. His fighters have been getting big purses and for the most part been active. Bad fight tonight, but I think it's really suspect that every time Haymon schedules a mismatch everyone tees off on him ... and then, because of whatever reason, possible racism and stupidity, internet fans portray him as the evil godfather of boxing.

Where's the topic dedicated to Atlas inferring that Top Rank may have paid off judges and leaned on referees?

I don't want to hear any BS about Haymon's secret dealings while Bob Arum openly flaunts his greed, racism, and corruption.

The hell does this have to do with being black? People talk sh*t about arum when he puts on sorry cards as well. This has nothing to do with racism.

I'm sorry!!!

Nothing in ENTIRE WORLD EVER has anything to do with race!!!

LOL

Insecure retard. Take this ether