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Ross Greenburg Update: Definitely Out at HBO, Both Sides Make Statements
Ross Greenburg is definitely out as President of HBO Sports, but there's spin on the issue avoiding the idea that he was fired or forced out, and instead making it seem as though it was a choice to step down. Richard Sandomir has the following from his Twitter: Ross Greenburg to me: "It was...
Ross Greenburg Expected to Be Replaced at HBO Sports
HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg is expected to be replaced, according to Lem Satterfield and Rick Reeno, and an announcement could come on Monday. Sources indicate that Greenburg's run as the head man at the cable giant's sports division is thanks in large part to Manny Pacquiao jumping ship to...
Rumor: Ross Levinsohn to Be Named New HBO Sports President
Update (May 6, 7:40pm EDT): Thomas Hauser noted the denials from Yahoo! and stated, "In determining the truth of the matter, these denials should be given the full weight that they deserve. The proof of the pudding will be in the eating." Rick Reeno of BoxingScene.com reports today, by word of...
Changing of the Guard: HBO's 2011 Dilemma, and Why Pacquiao-Mosley Suddenly Matters More
2011 is starting off with an in-ring whimper, in my view, but a business bang. The news that Manny Pacquiao's May 7 fight with Shane Mosley will not be with HBO PPV, but instead with Showtime PPV in association with CBS, has really shaken up the perception of HBO as basically the default No. 1...
Mandatory Eight Count - WBC has officially jumped the shark
Lemieux-Rubio ordered | Boxing Scene In what looks like a pretty good step up, the WBC has ordered a title eliminator between David Lemieux and Marco Antonio Rubio. This seems to ignore that Rubio has already won a fight that was purported to be an eliminator, but whatever. Rubio would be the...
HBO's Greenburg knows Mayweather-Pacquiao must happen
HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg is vowing to not let a potential super fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao die, reports Dan Rafael of ESPN.com. Greenburg was on the record calling the fight a must-have as soon as Pacquiao had defeated Miguel Cotto this past weekend in Las...
Ross Greenburg warns Mayweather not to underestimate Marquez
HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg spoke with Newsday's Robert Cassidy, expressing his excitement over the upcoming "Mayweather-Marquez: 24/7" series, and warning the returning and potentially distracted Floyd to not take Marquez lightly. On Mayweather's return to the network that made him a star...
Why HBO didn't pick up Klitschko-Chagaev
As everyone knows by now, Ross Greenburg and HBO have declined to pick up the newly scheduled fight between Wladimir Klitschko and Ruslan Chagaev. While there are a number of reasons they didn't pick up the fight, including budget, that they don't have a current contract with Klitschko like they...
ESPN: "Experts" agree that boxing won't literally stop existing in 2009
Talk about your hard-hitting journalism. Guys like Lou DiBella, Bernard Hopkins, Ross Greenburg, Bob Arum and Don King all agree that boxing will not die in 2009. "I'm an eternal optimist. I don't ever count out the sport of boxing. People have been doing it for 100 years," Greenburg said. "The...
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