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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 .
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 ...
HBO was a good steward of boxing for much of its time, but its time has come.
HBO's sports coverage was long synonymous with its boxing telecasts, fronted by matches featured on HBO Sports' longtime flagship series, HBO World Championship Boxing. Its first boxing telecast, on January 22, 1973, was " The Sunshine Showdown ", the world heavyweight championship bout from Kingston, Jamaica in which George Foreman defeated ...
Lampley also hosted a series called Legendary Nights in 12 installments in honor of HBO's three decades covering boxing in 2004, recounting 12 memorable fights broadcast on HBO in that timespan. Lampley later wrote, hosted, and executive produced his own studio boxing news show, The Fight Game with Jim Lampley on HBO.
With HBO leaving the boxing business at the end of 2018, Kellerman signed a multiyear contract with ESPN which greatly expanded his role in the network's boxing coverage. However, in contrast to his color-commentary role with HBO, for ESPN he presided over network coverage from the broadcast desk rather than at ringside. [9]
The fight was broadcast by HBO and aired as part of their long running series, HBO World Championship Boxing. Jim Lampley was the lead broadcaster, with Larry Merchant as lead analyst and Harold Lederman as unofficial ringside scorekeeper.
When Schreiber arrived, there was a good bit of shit-shooting; Rodgers told the actor that he's been a fan of his movies, his work narrating 24/7 (HBO's similar-to-Hard Knocks boxing series), and ...