Bob Arum is looking to move his fighters to Showtime. Apparently he has a meeting with them and is in talks for all of his fighters to make the move to the network.
Ring Magazine talked with Bob Arum and he had this to say:
“We have a meeting to discuss Lomachenko with Showtime,” Arum said. “As far as HBO is concerned, they could do (his next fight) but they got no money. It’s not only Lomachenko — it’s Tim Bradly, it’s Terence Crawford. We’re going to bring up all of our fighters.” Lomachenko, Crawford and Bradley all want to fight before the year is up. Arum referenced all the talent that Al Haymon has at his disposal as another reason to jettison HBO in favor of Showtime, the network home of Haymon’s fighters.
“Al Haymon has a whole group of terrific fighters, welterweights that we can match with Bradley,” Arum said. “It’s a huge fight — Garcia, Thurman, Porter (are other options). And Crawford — look at all the great fights we could make with Crawford.”
“HBO has been a good partner of ours, but if they don’t have money they don’t have money,” Arum went on. “If they have a budget situation where they can’t come up with money for fights — I understand that and we as a company can live through that. But these fighters have limited careers. You can’t tell a fighter they can’t fight because one network doesn’t have any money. They would tell you, ‘Well, go see a network that does have money.’”
Ring Magazine talked with Bob Arum and he had this to say:
“We have a meeting to discuss Lomachenko with Showtime,” Arum said. “As far as HBO is concerned, they could do (his next fight) but they got no money. It’s not only Lomachenko — it’s Tim Bradly, it’s Terence Crawford. We’re going to bring up all of our fighters.” Lomachenko, Crawford and Bradley all want to fight before the year is up. Arum referenced all the talent that Al Haymon has at his disposal as another reason to jettison HBO in favor of Showtime, the network home of Haymon’s fighters.
“Al Haymon has a whole group of terrific fighters, welterweights that we can match with Bradley,” Arum said. “It’s a huge fight — Garcia, Thurman, Porter (are other options). And Crawford — look at all the great fights we could make with Crawford.”
“HBO has been a good partner of ours, but if they don’t have money they don’t have money,” Arum went on. “If they have a budget situation where they can’t come up with money for fights — I understand that and we as a company can live through that. But these fighters have limited careers. You can’t tell a fighter they can’t fight because one network doesn’t have any money. They would tell you, ‘Well, go see a network that does have money.’”
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