By Dan Ambrose: Steve Kim is reporting that HBO isn’t interested in televising a fight between IBF light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson and former two division world champion Zab Judah, but they are interested in televising a fight between former WBO super featherweight champion Adrien Broner against TBA.
That doesn’t really make a lot of sense because the chances are Broner’s next fight on October 6th will be yet another mismatch involving him against some poor sap at lightweight, who will could have a weight disadvantage against Broner. There are reports that Broner is having a hard time trying to find an opponent for his October 6th date among the lightweight contenders in the division. Broner is now desperate enough to openly start considering opponents from light welterweight and welterweight divisions.
A Judah vs. Peterson fight would be a good one if Peterson can get a boxing license from the Nevada State Athletic Commission. That’s a big if because chances are he could get rejected after testing positive for synthetic testosterone. I doubt that Peterson will get the licensing, but if he does it would be disappointing that HBO won’t televise his fight against Judah.
HBO needs to be a little more discerning about the specific fights that they agree to involving Broner, because they’ve been showing fights of his that were mismatches on paper and they proved to be just as much a mismatch in the ring. HBO should have never agreed to Broner’s fights against Vicente Escobedo, Vicente Martin Rodriguez and Eloy Perez, because they had mismatch written all over them. Broner’s fights against Daniel Ponce De Leon and Jason Litzau were at least good fights on paper going into the fights.
Judah vs. Peterson could be a very good fight and I’m surprised that HBO doesn’t televise this bout. I can sort of understand their reluctance given the iffy situation with Peterson’s licensing with the Nevada State Athletic Commission as well as the controversy and taint surrounding Peterson’s positive test for synthetic testosterone. However, if Peterson is able to get his boxing license then I don’t see any reason why HBO wouldn’t show his fight because it will be a great fight. It’s not as if the casual boxing fans have any memory or idea of what Peterson just went through with his positive drug test, although I imagine the HBO analysts would likely clue in the audiences to what happened.
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