I would love to see Al Bernstein reunited with ESPN. He’d be a massive improvement over shill Tessitore and milquetoast Bernardo Osuna. My favorite era of Showtime Boxing was the mid 2000’s “Great Fights, No Rights”. Corrales, Tszyu, Márquez Bros, Casamayor, Popo Freitas, Vic Darchinyan, José Luis Castillo, Calzaghe, Hatton, etc. My two favorite Showtime cards I attended were Lacy/Pemberton (just prior to the Calzaghe fight) up in Tahoe. Got to sit and talk with HW Champ Lamon Brewster. He was coming off of a forgotten classic HW fight versus Luan Krasniqi in Germany. And of course I had the huge honor of attending Corrales/Castilllo 1. I met James Toney and Chad Dawson. I’m just a fan of Boxing and will continue to do so. Regardless.
Nothing stays the same, everything changes but not gonna lie this one stings a little. I'm going to miss all of it but I find myself thinking how much it's gonna suck not having ShoBox on Friday nights. That commentary team, throughout its changes over the years, was my personal fav. RIP Showtime boxing
Showtime was always the scrappier, younger sibling to HBO. It embraced the smaller weight divisions, and wound up showing some of the best boxing because of that risk-taking. Corrales-Castillo I, Super Six, Vazquez-Marquez, and Donaire KO5 Darchinyan. Enough said.
Where is boxing going? I’m afraid it’s headed to more and more PPVs.
I would love to see Al Bernstein reunited with ESPN. He’d be a massive improvement over shill Tessitore and milquetoast Bernardo Osuna. My favorite era of Showtime Boxing was the mid 2000’s “Great Fights, No Rights”. Corrales, Tszyu, Márquez Bros, Casamayor, Popo Freitas, Vic Darchinyan, José Luis Castillo, Calzaghe, Hatton, etc. My two favorite Showtime cards I attended were Lacy/Pemberton (just prior to the Calzaghe fight) up in Tahoe. Got to sit and talk with HW Champ Lamon Brewster. He was coming off of a forgotten classic HW fight versus Luan Krasniqi in Germany. And of course I had the huge honor of attending Corrales/Castilllo 1. I met James Toney and Chad Dawson. I’m just a fan of Boxing and will continue to do so. Regardless.
Nothing stays the same, everything changes but not gonna lie this one stings a little. I'm going to miss all of it but I find myself thinking how much it's gonna suck not having ShoBox on Friday nights. That commentary team, throughout its changes over the years, was my personal fav. RIP Showtime boxing
Sad Day for Boxing.
Showtime was always the scrappier, younger sibling to HBO. It embraced the smaller weight divisions, and wound up showing some of the best boxing because of that risk-taking. Corrales-Castillo I, Super Six, Vazquez-Marquez, and Donaire KO5 Darchinyan. Enough said.
Where is boxing going? I’m afraid it’s headed to more and more PPVs.
Nando that would of been the best attending corrales Castillo 1 the best fight I have seen
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Question: would espn attempt to grab PBC to get a bigger share of the boxing audience, excluding DAZN.
Man boxing is going down the tube one of the best years in showtime boxing and they hang up the gloves