The Cruelest Sport » HBO http://thecruelestsport.com A Professional Boxing blog Mon, 20 May 2013 16:35:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Suffering Hour: On Adrien Broner, Gavin Rees, & HBO http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/02/15/suffering-hour-on-adrien-broner-gavin-rees-hbo/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/02/15/suffering-hour-on-adrien-broner-gavin-rees-hbo/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:51:57 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=5431 **** In a main event that might qualify as a violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Adrien Broner returns to HBO against British and European lightweight champion Gavin Rees at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Oddsmakers are befuddled by this apparent farce, laying out lines that range from anywhere between 30-1 to 80-1. [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2013/02/15/suffering-hour-on-adrien-broner-gavin-rees-hbo/feed/ 0 The Turnaround: Ken Hershman Takes Over HBO Sports http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/10/15/the-turnaround-ken-hershman-takes-over-hbo-sports/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/10/15/the-turnaround-ken-hershman-takes-over-hbo-sports/#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:53:10 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=4203 **** Ken Hershman, executive VP and general manager of Showtime Sports since 2003, has now been called upon by HBO to resuscitate its deteriorating boxing franchise. Hershman was named the new president of HBO Sports on Thursday. For nearly 20 years, since first broadcasting the Marvelous Marvin Hagler-John Mugabi championship bout on a delayed basis [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/10/15/the-turnaround-ken-hershman-takes-over-hbo-sports/feed/ 10 ON PIER 6: Bradley Nears Pacquiao, DiBella & the Maravilla Mess, Cortez Bounced, JM Lopez Returns http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/09/30/on-pier-6-bradley-nears-pacquiao-dibella-the-maravilla-mess-cortez-bounced-jm-lopez-returns/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/09/30/on-pier-6-bradley-nears-pacquiao-dibella-the-maravilla-mess-cortez-bounced-jm-lopez-returns/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 01:34:23 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=4169 ***** Timothy Bradley has signed with Top Rank and will be fighting on the Pacquiao-Marquez III undercard, no doubt with an eye to matching “Desert Storm” with Pacquiao in 2012. TCS speculated about this possibility a few months ago in The Bradley Affair: Tim Bradley & the Manny Pacquiao Factor. Although Bradley is currently mired [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/09/30/on-pier-6-bradley-nears-pacquiao-dibella-the-maravilla-mess-cortez-bounced-jm-lopez-returns/feed/ 22 With Squalor, Mostly: Ross Greenburg Departs HBO http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/07/18/with-squalor-mostly-ross-greenburg-departs-hbo/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/07/18/with-squalor-mostly-ross-greenburg-departs-hbo/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:41:56 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=3655 ***** After more than a decade as president of HBO Sports, embattled Ross Greenburg, a Brown University graduate who started at the network as a production assistant in 1978, is finally moving on. Under his unwatchful eye, HBO boxing lost anywhere from 40% to 60% of its late 1990s audience and resembled the corporate equivalent [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/07/18/with-squalor-mostly-ross-greenburg-departs-hbo/feed/ 26 Why Against Why: Andre Berto-Victor Ortiz Preview http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/04/14/why-against-why-andre-berto-victor-ortiz/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/04/14/why-against-why-andre-berto-victor-ortiz/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:09:55 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=3058 ***** “Watchman Falls Victim to His Devotion to Duty.” Andre Breton Two of the biggest enigmas in boxing—Andre Berto and Victor Ortiz—face off on Saturday night at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut, in a bout that ought to be held at the Overlook Hotel or, perhaps, in the broom closet of an odditorium. Both [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/04/14/why-against-why-andre-berto-victor-ortiz/feed/ 18 Sound & Fury: Chavez Jr-Zbik, Donaire & P-4-P Lists, Mike Jones, & RingTV Exceeds Low Expectations http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/02/23/sound-fury-chavez-jr-zbik-donaire-p-4-p-lists-mike-jones-ringtv-surpasses-low-expectations/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/02/23/sound-fury-chavez-jr-zbik-donaire-p-4-p-lists-mike-jones-ringtv-surpasses-low-expectations/#comments Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:56:34 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=2576 ***** (Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips clichés. This week TCS takes a look at the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-Sebastian-Zbik dustup, wonders how Gary Shaw had his way with Ross Greenburg, puts one cent in on the Nonito Donaire “P-4-P” debate, checks in on two [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/02/23/sound-fury-chavez-jr-zbik-donaire-p-4-p-lists-mike-jones-ringtv-surpasses-low-expectations/feed/ 15 Sound & Fury: Berto-Ortiz & Pacquiao, GBP Strikes Again, Bradley-Alexander & More http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/01/19/sound-fury-berto-ortiz-pacquiao-gbp-strikes-again-bradley-alexander-more/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/01/19/sound-fury-berto-ortiz-pacquiao-gbp-strikes-again-bradley-alexander-more/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 05:01:00 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=2278 ***** (Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips clichés. This week TCS takes a look at how Golden Boy Promotions has started the New Year with the usual shenanigans, marvels at all the fine writing Evander Holyfield continues to inspire, checks in on the proposed Andre [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/01/19/sound-fury-berto-ortiz-pacquiao-gbp-strikes-again-bradley-alexander-more/feed/ 4 Boxing Needs You, Baby! On Arum, Pacquiao, & Mosley http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/01/11/boxing-needs-you-baby-on-arum-pacquiao-mosley/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/01/11/boxing-needs-you-baby-on-arum-pacquiao-mosley/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 01:39:41 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=2205 “In every crowd there is a silver lining.” P.T. Barnum Professional logicians would go mad, like blindfolded chess players, trying to make sense of boxing, its followers, and that strange hydra-headed beast, the fight media. When Bob Arum recently confirmed that Shane Mosley would be facing Manny Pacquiao in the spring, all of fistic cyberspace [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2011/01/11/boxing-needs-you-baby-on-arum-pacquiao-mosley/feed/ 13 The Getaway: Andre Dirrell & The Super Six http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/10/09/the-getaway-andre-dirrell-the-super-six/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/10/09/the-getaway-andre-dirrell-the-super-six/#comments Sat, 09 Oct 2010 22:13:49 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=1787 The Cruelest Sport almost always gives the benefit of the doubt to fighters who claim injury. Boxing is a pitiless and sapping pursuit, both in and out of the ring, and the dangers prizefighters face go far beyond what happens during fight night. Sparring, weight loss, and the whims of soulless promoters also have the [...]

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]]> http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/10/09/the-getaway-andre-dirrell-the-super-six/feed/ 5 Sound & Fury: Mayweather Madness, Pacquiao Cleared, Klitschko-Peter, Hapless David Haye http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/09/10/sound-fury-mayweather-madness-pacquiao-cleared-klitschko-peter-hapless-david-haye/ http://thecruelestsport.com/2010/09/10/sound-fury-mayweather-madness-pacquiao-cleared-klitschko-peter-hapless-david-haye/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:27:55 +0000 Carlos Acevedo http://thecruelestsport.com/?p=1624 (Welcome to another edition of Sound & Fury, the boxing column that blackens eyes and skips clichés. This week TCS takes a look at the latest Floyd Mayweather debacle and how it absolves Manny Pacquiao, wonders why HBO loves longshots so much, scoffs at the sensitive stars of the Super Six, ruminates–but only for a [...]

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