HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg has announced that HBO is out of the heavyweight business due to lack of interest in the United States.
I assume if another Tyson comes along, they'll get start showing heavyweight fights again, but there isn't one of those on the horizon anywhere.
In a way, HBO's own Emanuel Steward is to blame for this. He's got the biggest, most skilled heavyweight in the world right now (well, one of the two) and he turned him into a boring, albeit unbeatable, jab-and-grab machine. I think if Wlad Klitschko fought in a riskier, more exciting style he may have lost a fight or two, but he'd have people watching.
I assume if another Tyson comes along, they'll get start showing heavyweight fights again, but there isn't one of those on the horizon anywhere.
In a way, HBO's own Emanuel Steward is to blame for this. He's got the biggest, most skilled heavyweight in the world right now (well, one of the two) and he turned him into a boring, albeit unbeatable, jab-and-grab machine. I think if Wlad Klitschko fought in a riskier, more exciting style he may have lost a fight or two, but he'd have people watching.