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For 45 years, HBO has been the one constant in a boxing fan’s life. The premium cable network took a while to get rolling after it entered the boxing space by airing the 1973 heavyweight title ...
HBO’s increasingly detached relationship with boxing culminated Thursday in the premium cable network announcing it will broadcast its final bout next month.
HBO, the network that once billed itself as “the heart and soul of boxing,” announced on Thursday that it is leaving the boxing business. The story was first reported by The New York Times. It ...
HBO was never the only home of big time boxing. They did a hell of a job branding it that way. In 1986, Showtime secured the rights to Marvin Hagler-John Mugabi to make themselves a player and ...
Exactly five years ago, HBO pulled out of the boxing business, which was a shock to the sport.
You could see it on their faces last week in Las Vegas. The longtime employees, who have been around during HBO’s heydays of big fights, were wearing long faces despite the impending rematch ...
HBO's rich boxing history, which began in 1973, will come to an end with a middleweight title bout at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 27.
HBO will no longer cover professional boxing as of 2019, HBO announced in a statement Thursday. HBO has covered 1,111 fights in its 45 years of boxing broadcasting. The network has no boxing ...
HBO’s boxing business shows signs of fatigue HBO’s major high-profile fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao in May 2015 was a pay-per-view event that was priced at $90 to $100.