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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 .
Video Jukebox was an American television program which aired from 1981 to 1986 on HBO.It was a monthly series that showcased music videos from the popular recording artists of the time such as Duran Duran, Michael Jackson, Prince, Culture Club, Linda Ronstadt, David Bowie, Bow Wow Wow, Kim Wilde, Hall & Oates, Madonna, Blondie, Rush, and The Human League.
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]
B. Iran Barkley vs. James Toney; Barrera vs. Morales trilogy; Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Erik Morales II; Wilfred Benítez vs. Roberto Durán; Wilfred Benítez vs. Thomas Hearns
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 ...
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Greatest Hits is an American television program on the ABC network that aired from June 30 to August 4, 2016, featuring famous musical performers from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. [1] The show was hosted by Arsenio Hall and Kelsea Ballerini .
Larry Holmes, Joe Frazier, Michael Spinks and Marvis Frazier. Boxing in the 1980s was filled with important fights, events and personalities that shaped the sport. [1] Boxing in the 1980s was shaped by many different situations, such as the continuous corporate battles between the different world sanctioning organizations, the void left by Muhammad Ali as the sport's ambassador and consequent ...