It happened once before when Mike Tyson & Lennox Lewis met, so at least there is a blueprint. It was a different time back then, but the fact they are meeting lets you know that progress is being made.
Here is the latest via ESPN.
HBO chairman and CEO Richard Plepler and HBO Sports President Ken Hershman joined Showtime chairman and CEO Matt Blank and Showtime Sports Executive Vice President and General Manager Stephen Espinoza on Wednesday at an undisclosed restaurant in New York to discuss the framework of a deal, a source with knowledge of the meeting told ESPN.com.
There is a long way to go according to the source.
“If this was a 100-meter dash, it’s at about the 40-meter mark,” the source said.
HBO-Showtime are bitter rivals and aren’t on the best of business terms, but if there is one thing that can make enemies, friends for at least a night, it’s money and there will be a LOT of money to be had if this fight takes place.