Only thing that got me to thinking was this business of Showtime merger. Lot of talk of comparing it to HBO and the fall of boxing on HBO and how this could repeat itself. I do not think so at this time and the comparision to HBO is a bit different. HBO lost money and spent money on shows that were hits and felt they could get away without boxing. Show is a dif story. Details later.
What I think COULD happen and i hope will happen is that Show will realize as it does this merger that the dinosour is not boxing on show but PPV boxing on Showtime. That is the waste of money lets merge those fighters that will fight for a decent payday with contractual signings to ShowPara and keep the boxing alive and keep the fighters who want to make a decent and win a decent Prize for there fights to stay with ParaShow and allow boxing to continue on. Why all this fear of loosing boxing the bussiness side of Boxing Sucks everyone knows that. Look at how boxing has taken from its fans and given no respect to loyalty to the sport. The list is enless esp when it comes to PPV fights. So many last year were a total insult to fight fans real fight fans. Let the big money boys like GDavis go away if they do not want the money they get offered. The first fight that should have been a PPV for Tank has not even been signed yet. The heavies the hype train of no nothing fights should be over. Maybe just maybe this is what boxing needs. A new look at it self from a stance of what are you selling to the public. Scare tactics do now work anymore on fans. Boxing will continue and move on even if Show leaves the scene. Nothing is forever not even boxing after dark. Or night of the Flies or Tuesday night fights or Friday Night Fights or boxing on Saturday Afternoon. This it the price of not apreciated what you have, not the fans not appreciating the sport but the powers that be in boxing. Who always sell the fans short. Let heads roll let them look at the books so be it. Go at it Para tear thru it all and decide. Boxing will surive as long as there is some poor bastard looking for a way out of poverty and develops a bad attitude and learns who to go round. OH and as long as some parasite of a promoters see's and steels a fighter and makes a million off his blood.
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Only thing that got me to thinking was this business of Showtime merger. Lot of talk of comparing it to HBO and the fall of boxing on HBO and how this could repeat itself. I do not think so at this time and the comparision to HBO is a bit different. HBO lost money and spent money on shows that were hits and felt they could get away without boxing. Show is a dif story. Details later.
What I think COULD happen and i hope will happen is that Show will realize as it does this merger that the dinosour is not boxing on show but PPV boxing on Showtime. That is the waste of money lets merge those fighters that will fight for a decent payday with contractual signings to ShowPara and keep the boxing alive and keep the fighters who want to make a decent and win a decent Prize for there fights to stay with ParaShow and allow boxing to continue on. Why all this fear of loosing boxing the bussiness side of Boxing Sucks everyone knows that. Look at how boxing has taken from its fans and given no respect to loyalty to the sport. The list is enless esp when it comes to PPV fights. So many last year were a total insult to fight fans real fight fans. Let the big money boys like GDavis go away if they do not want the money they get offered. The first fight that should have been a PPV for Tank has not even been signed yet. The heavies the hype train of no nothing fights should be over. Maybe just maybe this is what boxing needs. A new look at it self from a stance of what are you selling to the public. Scare tactics do now work anymore on fans. Boxing will continue and move on even if Show leaves the scene. Nothing is forever not even boxing after dark. Or night of the Flies or Tuesday night fights or Friday Night Fights or boxing on Saturday Afternoon. This it the price of not apreciated what you have, not the fans not appreciating the sport but the powers that be in boxing. Who always sell the fans short. Let heads roll let them look at the books so be it. Go at it Para tear thru it all and decide. Boxing will surive as long as there is some poor bastard looking for a way out of poverty and develops a bad attitude and learns who to go round. OH and as long as some parasite of a promoters see's and steels a fighter and makes a million off his blood.