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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.
Pages in category "Boxing on HBO" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 308 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
The fight was made a PPV due to the success of the previous fight and was televised through a pay-per-view produced by HBO. The fight gained 300,000 purchases. Rather like the previous fight, critics have provided highly positive reviews from this fight.
Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson (R), shown with Spike Lee, is one of many stars in boxing who appeared on HBO. HBO, the network that once billed itself as “the heart and soul of boxing ...
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The fighters would go on to fight twice more (Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Erik Morales II on June 22, 2002 and Erik Morales vs. Marco Antonio Barrera III on November 27, 2004). Barrera won them both. This exceptional fight boosted both fighters careers and they won numerous world titles. Both of them retired in 2012.
The deal came together at the behest of the IBF, who gave Hopkins a deadline to either except the unification fight with Kovalev or face their number-one ranked contender Nadjib Mohammedi. [2] The deal was contingent on Kovalev first defeating Blake Caparello in a fight that was scheduled only two days after the agreement with Hopkins had been ...
In 1987, Lampley moved to CBS. At CBS, he took over duties as co-anchor on the daily news show in Los Angeles, and also was a correspondent.That same year, he began working for HBO, covering boxing and HBO's annual telecast of the Wimbledon Championships.