The head of Showtime's boxing programming expressed little concern last month when powerful manager Al Haymon announced that the series Premier Boxing Champions would soon appear in primetime on NBC ...
For the better part of the past four decades, professional boxing in the United States has been largely controlled and often dominated by those in charge at HBO Sports. Seth Abraham, Lou DiBella, Ross ...
From the 1950’s through the 1980’s, boxing was a regular fixture on network television. ABC, CBS and NBC would regularly schedule fights not just on weekends, but in primetime, carrying championship ...
Bob Arum is reaching deep into his old playbook for a formula that he thinks can pump new life into boxing. The Top Rank chairman, whose star attraction, Manny Pacquiao, fights Shane Mosley on May 7 ...
LAS VEGAS - In the days of Muhammad Ali, George Foreman and Sugar Ray Leonard, sports fans could tune in during primetime on network television and catch the greatest sports stars of the day in the ...
The early returns on Floyd Mayweather’s self-titled documentary underline the difference between being a superstar and a boxing star. ‘MAYWEATHER’ – a one-hour documentary on the sport’s ...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — CBS officially announced Tuesday that live boxing will return to network TV coming this spring, with the advent of the Premier Boxing Champions, which CBS will air in conjunction ...
Adrian Clark has years of experience as a boxing manager, and he’s bringing his knowledge to Fight Network to help develop boxing television content. Clark’s entry into boxing is fascinating and the ...
The Benavidez Sports Boxing Gym bustles with activity in mid-November. It’s sparring day for the gym’s two namesake brothers, David and José Jr., both professional boxers who moved to the Seattle area ...