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HBO World Championship Boxing (in later years stylized in its title card as HBO Boxing – World Championship) is an American sports television series on premium television network HBO. It premiered on January 22, 1973, with a fight that saw George Foreman defeat Joe Frazier in Kingston, Jamaica .
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In the United States, the fight was watched by 2,525,000 viewers on HBO. It generated a 10.1 Nielsen rating among HBO's 25 million subscribers, significantly higher than HBO's 8.5 average boxing rating. [6] In the United Kingdom, the fight was broadcast pay-per-view on Sky Box Office. [7]
The fight was televised live on closed circuit in the United States and (free of charge) on WAPA-TV in Puerto Rico, where it was worked by sportscaster Rafael Bracero.It was also shown days later in the USA for free on cable station HBO's HBO World Championship Boxing, with Barry Tompkins, Larry Merchant and Duran's archrival (and, later also, Hagler opponent) Sugar Ray Leonard working the HBO ...
In 1986, the three major boxing organizations, the World Boxing Council (WBC), the World Boxing Association (WBA) and the International Boxing Federation (IBF) teamed with pay television channel Home Box Office (HBO) to create a heavyweight championship tournament in an effort to crown the first Undisputed Heavyweight Champion since Leon Spinks in 1978. [3]
Riddick Bowe vs. Andrew Golota, billed as "Big Daddy's Home", was a professional boxing match contested on July 11, 1996. [2] The fight was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City and was televised on HBO (as part of its World Championship Boxing series) in the United States, and on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.
With Foreman's popularity at an all-time high coupled with the fact that he could possibly become the oldest Heavyweight champion in boxing history, anticipation for the bout was high. As such, the two fighters received high payouts, Holyfield was guaranteed $20 million, while Foreman took home a guaranteed $12.5 million.
During the final two rounds, Tucker began taunting Tyson by winding up his right glove, shuffling his feet and finally dropping his hands and beckoning Tyson to hit him on the chin. In the end, though, Tyson was named the winner via unanimous decision, leading on all three judges' scorecards by 119–111, 118–113, and 116–112.
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