The normal boxing fan would not be able to select Ross Greenburg out of the police lineup, but no 1 in the U.S. has more impact around the fights that particular person will see than the embattled president of HBO Sporting activities.
Greenburg is a brilliant sporting activities documentarian ? witness the groundbreaking pieces he?s made on Joe Louis and Ted Williams, amongst quite a few others ? but he?s beneath fire in numerous quarters for his handling of hbo boxing.
Thomas Hauser, the biographer of Muhammad Ali including a persistent critic of Greenburg, wrote a withering attack at SecondsOut.com last month in which he alleged that Greenburg?s hbo boxing budget for 2010 will likely be slashed by greater than 20 % and that senior management at HBO is displeased with Greenburg?s efficiency.
Promoter Bob Arum of Leading Rank has created no secret of his disdain for Greenburg and explained Hauser?s Sept. 30 piece ?is accurate in terms of anything I had been quoted as saying.?
Arum?s long-time rival, Don King, is similarly disgusted with Greenburg and HBO Athletics. King noted he has 12 planet champions in his stable, but can not get yourself a date around the network.