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HBO World Championship Boxing
Genre Sports/Boxing
Presented by Jim Lampley
Larry Merchant
Starring Various
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English (occasional interpreters)
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Production
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time Various
Broadcast
Original channel HBO
Picture format HDTV 1080i
Audio format Surround sound
Original run January 1973 – Present
Chronology
Related shows Boxing After Dark

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Memorable events

Some other boxing events covered in the series include:

World Championship Boxing has also had two spin-off series, Boxing After Dark and KO Nation. Boxing After Dark is an HBO Boxing program premiering in April 1996, that usually shows fights between well-known contenders but KO Nation was a short-lived Television series which featured up-and-coming boxers in a Hip-hop format

Additionally, a video game carrying the brand name HBO Boxing was produced for the Sony PlayStation. The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or informally as PSX) is a 32-bit fifth generation Video game console

Commentators past and present

For pay-per-view fights, Bob Costas and James Brown have been called in on occasion to oversee the telecast while Lampley calls the fight. Emanuel Steward (born July 7, 1944 in Bottom Creek West Virginia) is a Boxing trainer commentator and inductee Barry Tompkins (born circa 1940 is a well known American sportscaster Fran Charles is a substitute studio host for Rich Eisen on the show NFL Total Access on the NFL Network and former "blow-by-blow" George Edward Foreman (born January 10, 1949) is an American two-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Gil Clancy was born on May 30th 1922 Clancy is a Hall of Fame boxing trainer and one of the most noted boxing commentators of the 1980s and 1990s Harold Lederman (born 1940-01-26 in The Bronx, New York, USA) is a celebrated Boxing Judge and Analyst. Howard William Cosell (born Howard William Cohen; March 25 1918 - April 23 1995 was an American sports journalist Jim Lampley (born April 8 1949 is an American sports broadcaster news anchor movie producer and restaurant owner Larry Merchant (born February 11, 1931) is an American former Sportswriter and longtime commentator for HBO Sports presentations of Lennox Claudius Lewis CM, CBE (born September 2 1965) is a retired British/ Canadian professional boxer. Max Kellerman (born August 6, 1973) is an American sports talk radio host from New York City. Roy Jones Jr (born January 16, 1969) is an American boxer Jones was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 1990s by the Boxing Writers Association Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956) is a retired American professional boxer. Robert Quinlan "Bob" Costas (born March 22, 1952) is a Sportscaster, on the air for the NBC network since the early 1980s James Brown (born February 25, 1951) commonly called " JB

See also

External links

Boxing After Dark is an HBO Boxing program premiering in April 1996, that usually shows fights between well-known contenders but KO Nation was a short-lived Television series which featured up-and-coming boxers in a Hip-hop format Showtime Championship Boxing is a television boxing program airing on Showtime. Showtime is a subscription television Brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United ShoBox The New Generation is a Boxing television program on Showtime.
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