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2. HBO World Championship Boxing - Wikipedia

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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 .

3. Larry Merchant - Wikipedia

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   Larry Merchant (born Larry Kaufman; February 11, 1931) is an American sportswriter, a longtime commentator for HBO sports presentations of HBO World Championship Boxing, Boxing After Dark and HBO pay-per-view telecasts, called "the greatest television boxing analyst of all time" by some, including ESPN Boxing analyst Dan Rafael.

4. Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. José Luis Castillo II - Wikipedia

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   Originally, the Mayweather–Castillo rematch was to be the main event of a boxing card that featured WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko defending his title against Jameel McCline as the featured undercard bout. However, when Mayweather no-showed a press conference promoting the card three days before the event, Arum, having tired of ...

5. Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney - Wikipedia

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   HBO presented a documentary on the fight as part of its Legendary Nights series on memorable boxing bouts. [ 12 ] Holmes and Cooney are now very good friends [ 13 ] and Holmes has helped Cooney with Cooney's organization, Fighters' Initiative for Support and Training (FIST), which helps former boxers to obtain other jobs and medical insurance ...

6. Marvin Hagler vs. Roberto Durán - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

7. List of HBO original programming - Wikipedia

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   HBO World Championship Boxing: 1973 2018 Wimbledon Tennis: 1975 1999 Inside the NFL: 1977 2008 Race for the Pennant: 1978 1992 Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel: 1995 2023 Boxing After Dark: 1996 2018 KO Nation: 2000 2001 On the Record with Bob Costas: 2001 2004 Costas Now: 2005 2009 Back on the Record with Bob Costas: 2021 2022 Game Theory with ...

8. Barrera vs. Morales trilogy - Wikipedia

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   The first bout took place on February 19, 2000, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, in Las Vegas and was televised on HBO Boxing. Morales was declared winner by split decision, with scores of 115-112, 114-113 and 113-114 and captured the WBO Super Bantamweight title. Many believed that Barrera deserved the decision.

9. Trevor Berbick vs. Mike Tyson - Wikipedia

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   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]