Hatton-Lazcano/Malignaggi-Ndou II will be televised on Versus 5/24

It will be televised live in the afternoon.

According to Dan Rafael HBO and Showtime passed on the card and Versus will pay "in the low six-figures" for the rights to the card

-HBO passed on Hatton-Lazcano. Besides a packed schedule and budget concerns, it didn't care for the matchup and was not too interested in doing a fight on the typically low viewership Memorial Day weekend.

-Showtime passed on the card also. It opted to buy another fight for May 24, the super middleweight showdown between former titlist Mikkel Kessler and big puncher Edison Miranda.

-"We hope, of course, it will lead to something else, but there are no assurances or guarantees," he said. "But it was important for us to showcase Ricky's fight in the United States and important for fans to be able to see it live. We are really glad that Versus stepped up to the plate. There were other networks interested, including ESPN, including Showtime, but we felt we wanted to do it with Versus. We talked to NBC and ABC, but those would have been time buys. Everything fell into place with Versus. They really wanted the fight and were excited and enthusiastic to have someone like Ricky Hatton on their network. They wanted it the most."

 

HBO and Sho know whats up. The have both put on excellent fights this year and this card is not worthy of a timeslot.

 

Interesting that MSG is not mentioned as a potential buyer.
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Nothing wrong with this card. It's not like we don't see worse on a regular basis on showtime and hbo. Glad we get to see it live.

 

oops didn't see this thread/

 

maybe this time N'dou won't get screwed by the referee and freaky Paul will have to actually fight instead of flurry and hold like he likes to do. If this is the case, he'll take another beating and probably lose in a huge upset. Either that, or N'dou will get robbed. Either way, Paulie is garbage.

 

What are you talking about?

 

N'dou lose easily to Malignaggi....:dunno:..you most be thinking of Malignaggi vs. Ngoudjo...that was a close fight..

 

Ndou, Ngoudjo, Ndou again. Even Paulie must be confused::

 

Hatton-Lazcano is actually a decent fight, but I can see why HBO might pass on this card. I actually pass on most cards featuring Malignaggi.

 

Good move by Showtime. Kessler-Miranda is MUCH more interesting than this shit card. :bears: