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  HBO planning a fistful for '06 - The Boston Globe
At a time when many seem to believe boxing is on the ropes, the industry leader in televised boxing events plans to increase its live coverage of the sport next year.
HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg has decided to ''significantly ramp up our boxing in 2006," increasing its ''HBO Championship Boxing" shows from 9 to 14 while also turning the nearly defunct ''Boxing After Dark" series into a monthly show with a new broadcast team beginning in April.
Maybe boxing is so much on the downside right now that we're gravitating and grabbing anything that we can that looks like they have a little bit of something different, but he doesn't do anything I haven't seen in my 18-plus years, to be frank with you.
www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/boxing/articles/2005/12/14/hbo_planning_a_fistful_for_06   (1138 words)

  
  HBO Boxing - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
HBO Boxing is a successful TV series that has shown many of boxing's greatest fights and historic events during the last 30 years.
HBO Boxing has always tried to bring only the top quality fighters and matches to HBO subscribers in the United States and various other countries worldwide.
HBO Boxing's first event was fought in Kingston, Jamaica, where George Foreman defeated Joe Frazier in 2 rounds to win the world Heavyweight title.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/HBO_Boxing   (251 words)

  
 HBO: Boxing not at all on the ropes | The San Diego Union-Tribune
HBO's increased scheduling comes at a time when boxing is being widely characterized as on the ropes, staggered by public indifference and an absence of fighters of interest, particularly in the heavyweight division.
HBO, meantime, is being criticized for what some perceive as a practice of displaying fights of consequence only through its pay-per-view division and using its regular service only to present star boxers in what is known in the sport as "keep busy" bouts.
Mark Tappan, the HBO executive for whom boxing is an area of expertise, said virtually all the matches the network presented exceeded HBO's expectations.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20051211/news_1s11boxing.html   (633 words)

  
 The Sports Gaming Network - Boxing: HBO Boxing (PSX) Review
HBO Boxing is fully licensed, as evident by some of the big name boxers.
Featuring several game modes and a different approach on boxing than the current crop of boxing titles, HBO Boxing is an intriguing title worthy of a look.
HBO Boxing attempts to be a true boxing simulation but falls a little short.
www.sgn.cc /fighting/hbo_boxing/review_psx.shtml   (2161 words)

  
 Michael Marley’s Boxing Confidential — News, Analysis, and Commentary
I wouldn't be surprised to see HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg and his cohorts latch on to "The Contender," particularly with the heavyweight format for 2007.
Greenburg and other HBO Boxing executives have had plenty of reasons to engage in protracted conversation with Wald recently what with program "champion" Sergio Mora being approved for a middleweight title shot against Jermain Taylor and show graduate Peter Manfredo slotted for a title bout against WBO super middleweight king Joe Calzaghe.
I think it would suck if HBO got the show, as it is now, everyone can watch it with plain old cable, if it goes to HBO you have to have HBO channels which cost a lot more to watch it.
boxingconfidential.com /articles.php?id=1012   (680 words)

  
 reviewjournal.com -- Sports - BOXING: Boxing councils, HBO merit scrutiny
HBO, which purports to be "the heart and soul" of boxing, ignores the truth when it is occurring right in front of its cameras.
Boxing is great at self-immolation, and this is happening in an era when some of its greatest fights are occurring and best champions are competing.
Boxing circa 2005 is blessed with some great fights and great fighters, but what it lacks sorely are a few more honest and decent men.
www.reviewjournal.com /lvrj_home/2005/Aug-27-Sat-2005/sports/3100362.html   (654 words)

  
 Boxing - News & Results - USA Boxing News
HBO's current plan is to air the shows at midnight on dates still to be determined.
The powers that be at HBO have to sit down with a blank piece of paper and ask themselves, "What do we want HBO Sports to look like five years from now?" And when they do, they should examine the underlying philosophy that drives their boxing program.
HBO could have doubled the license fees it pays for Boxing After Dark for almost an entire year for what it spent on its December 2nd show.
www.secondsout.com /USA/news.cfm?ccs=229&cs=21089   (2674 words)

  
 Boxing | Boxing News | HBO Boxing | Kick Boxing
The sport of boxing started when two individuals engaged in a fight using their fists.
During the Roman era, the sport of boxing became increasingly popular and boxers wore leather bands around their fists for protection.
Today, boxing competition is divided into a set number of rounds, three minutes long with a one-minute rest period between each round.
www.boxing-web.com   (288 words)

  
 HBO: Boxing
With both events going the distance, it was a long and powerful night of boxing in Atlantic City.
After all, the British invented modern-day boxing, as we know it, in 1867 when John Graham Chambers and his friend, Sir John Sholto Douglas, the eighth Marquis of Queensbury, introduced rules to the game that changed it dramatically.
Sign up to receive the latest HBO Boxing news, fight announcements and exclusive features from hbo.com/boxing.
www.hbo.com /boxing   (374 words)

  
 Playstation Game Reviews: HBO Boxing
We all know that it started with the original boxing game Punch-Out for Nintendo, and as time progressed and so did technology companies like EA Sports decided that now was the time to start creating three dimensional boxing games and expand on the genre.
EA Sports intends on continuing their boxing franchise on the PS2, but with veterans we always have rookies who want in on the fun, and Acclaim Sports is the perfect example of this statement with their HBO Boxing game.
HBO Boxing may have the HBO license behind it, but the game still fails to rank as a merely average game, and in the end turns out as a disappointment.
www.psxextreme.com /ps1-reviews/174.html   (797 words)

  
 ESPN - Rafael: HBO has big plans for '06 - Boxing
Greenburg, who oversees boxing on HBO and its $40-million plus annual budget, knows that by HBO's historical standards, 2005 was a less than stellar year for the cornerstone franchise of the premium cable network's sports division.
Boxing After Dark, the late-night series with a long history as a breeding ground for future stars such as Gatti and Marco Antonio Barrera, is entering its 10th season.
The new Boxing After Dark crew has not been named yet but former ESPN2 Friday Night Fights studio analyst Max Kellerman, who has been working on HBO PPV events, is expected to be part of the series, and is being groomed as an eventual successor to Merchant.
sports.espn.go.com /sports/boxing/columns/story?id=2269069   (1272 words)

  
 Boxing News : HBO Pay-Per-Postponement
On April 20th, HBO will telecast Floyd Mayweather's attempt to capture the WBC lightweight crown from Jose Luis Castillo, while Showtime has Joe Calzaghe taking on Charles Brewer on the same night.
One HBO source tells me that the reported talks of a Bernard Hopkins-Dariusz Michalczewski are very much exaggerated by Peter Kohl, who promotes 'the Tiger' in Germany.
The issue of money still has to be worked out and HBO still may not be too keen on traveling overseas to Germany post 9-11.
www.maxboxing.com /Kim/kim041002.asp   (1778 words)

  
 Cheat Index - HBO Boxing Playstation Review
The term "simulation" is used to differentiate titles such as HBO Boxing and KnockOut Kings 2001 from titles such as Ready 2 Rumble and Contender.
Acclaim’s HBO Boxing may not have the graphical detail of KnockOut Kings 2001, but it is a title that boxing fans may want to give a look.
However, HBO Boxing presents gamers with a brand of boxing that is closer to the real thing than does KnockOut Kings 2001.
www.cheatindex.com /psx_review.html?game=HBO+Boxing   (390 words)

  
 HBO Boxing
HBO boxing is a series of exciting television shows on the cable network known as HBO wherein boxers vie for championship status.
HBO, a cable TV network has taken full advantage of boxing popularity by dedicating much of their programming to the sport.
Boxing matches have featured some of the greatest fighters in the world including Muhammad Ali who won the world heavyweight championship three times and beat Joe Frazier, in the infamous “Thrilla in Manila” match.
ezinearticles.com /?HBO-Boxing&id=275734   (429 words)

  
 Gamestation :: Welcome to Gamestation
The boxing game has acquired greater levels of success in recent years, but as software houses compete to gain the most comprehensive and statistically competent licenses, boxing games produced by separate developers are becoming increasingly divided.
In Acclaim's favour, HBO Boxing doesn't have all boxers currently in the game, but it is the only game to feature superstar boxers, Roy Jones Jr and George Foreman.
HBO Boxing is a surprisingly accurate game that has some unique features.
www.gamestation.co.uk /product.asp?id=10118468402415&P36=3M7VR4&R36=4C3F   (254 words)

  
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HBO is emerging as a preferred destination for stars of broadcast TV's biggest comedies.
Gandolfini dismissed his suit Monday so he could begin negotiations for a fifth season of The Sopranos, while HBO officials said they were willing to step back from their $100 million countersuit filed after the actor refused to come back to work unless his salary was hiked to $16 million for a 13-episode season.
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www.lycos.com /info/hbo--hbo-boxing.html   (629 words)

  
 PlayStation VIDEO GAME REVIEWS... HBO Boxing __________|
Boxing games always require certain things to make successful graphics: excellent player models and fluid animations for punches.
HBO Boxing provides you with three different degrees of difficulty with Amateur, Pro and Legend.
HBO Boxing is a decent game, but not a knock out by any means.
www.gamevortex.com /rd_hboboxing.html   (874 words)

  
 ESPN - Merchant to be ringside for Cotto-Judah HBO fight - Boxing
It is a sign that the sides are close to an agreement to keep Merchant, the conscience of the HBO boxing franchise, at ringside.
HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg was ready to turn his role on "World Championship Boxing" and pay-per-view events over to Max Kellerman, who has been the analyst on Triple-A series "Boxing After Dark" for the past year.
Merchant will be honored in New York on Friday night at the annual Boxing Writers Association of America banquet, where he will receive the award for long and meritorious service to boxing.
sports.espn.go.com /sports/boxing/news/story?id=2894598   (507 words)

  
 TalkingBoxing.com - For All Your Boxing Needs - News and Discussion
He was good for toe-to-toe action, yet HBO allowed his best fights to be televised on their rival network.
It seems as though boxing is suffering from a lack of talent on the offensive end of the spectrum.
What he is getting at is not a true remedy to cure boxing’s ills, but rather a manner of fixing fights so as to ensure that the brawler and/or less skilled defensive [read the “more popular/television friendly”) fighter wins every distance fight.
www.talkingboxing.com /articles/2007/carriedomay21.html   (1271 words)

  
 ESPN.com - BOXING - HBO vs. Showtime: Bad or good?
And it was counter-programmed by HBO by Jameel McCline-Shannon Briggs and Johnny Tapia-Manuel Medina.
So I don't think we're cannibalizing the hard-core boxing fan, but what you may do is lose some of the casual fans on a particular night when there are two boxing events.
With HBO wanting to spend at least twice the amount Showtime did - as they need to squeeze out every penny in their Tyson investment.
espn.go.com /boxing/a/2002/0517/1383672.html   (1545 words)

  
 HBO, Boxing Miss With YouTube Complaint | WebProNews
HBO acted quickly to protect their exclusive rights to the rebroadcast, and demanded they be taken off the video sharing site.
If HBO and the various individuals who infest the world of boxing want to try and reclaim a generation of fans they have lost, banning clips of a reasonably entertaining bout as heavily hyped as Mayweather-De La Hoya was isn't the way to do it.
HBO, Showtime, and the various boxing promoters who seem more inclined to have their fighters duck tough fights ought to try taking advantage of the online video sharing craze.
www.webpronews.com /topnews/2007/05/08/hbo-boxing-miss-with-youtube-complaint   (917 words)

  
 HBO Boxing cheats, codes, reviews and guides
I think that HBO Boxing could be a better game but it does have a good side to it.
I think if Acclaim could make another boxing game with more fighters and a more free-style career mode in which you will be able to negotiate fights with the top ranked fighter or lowest ranked fighter regardless of your ranking it would be much more fun.
This has got to be the worst boxing game ever, Here are details of why its horrible first of all the boxers look sorry because it makes it look like they are made of clay that also includes the referee.
www.stationplay.com /games2/1245.html   (676 words)

  
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 News- HBO Boxing: Mayweather vs. Judah Replay - AOL Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The HBO Sports team, which was ringside for the live event at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, will call all the action.
HBO heads overseas for a heavyweight title showdown when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: CHRIS BYRD VS. WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO is seen live from the SAP Arena in Manheim, Germany on SATURDAY, APRIL 22 at the special times of (5:00 p.m.
The HBO Sports team of Jim Lampley and Larry Merchant will be ringside for the event, which will be closed-captioned for the hearing-impaired and presented in Spanish on HBO Latino.
sports.aol.com /news/articles/_a/hbo-boxing-mayweather-vs-judah-replay/n20040715102109990001   (1012 words)

  
 WANTED: QUALITY BOXING ON HBO   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The advertisement and corporate slogan boasts “the best fighters in the world fight here.” Perhaps so, but if you couldn’t afford to watch them at $50 a pop, chances are you are reading about their fight results before watching them a week later via replay.
While they don’t get the main event they expected, they still get to enjoy a night of pugilistic action, in addition to steaks, champagne and cigars, none of which were previously on the menu.
HBO will offer an encore showing of the middleweight championship rematch between Jermain Taylor and Bernard Hopkins, which airs on PPV the week prior.
www.fightbeat.com /judgejake/hbo.php   (1378 words)

  
 Direct TV HBO Channels: HBO Boxing Show's Fights Worth Fighting For
Boxing has been around for so long, it has even been depicted on the walls of tombs in Egypt, dating from around 2000 to 1500 B.C. Boxing was also practiced by the empires of Ancient Rome and Greece.
Today’s boxing is of coarse much more civilized but it still carries on the tradition of heart pounding adrenaline that its ancient counterpart began.
HBO Boxing has brought to us some of the greatest fights of modern history.
ezinearticles.com /?Direct-TV-HBO-Channels:-HBO-Boxing-Shows-Fights-Worth-Fighting-For&id=91323   (497 words)

  
 HBO Boxing - Find dit computerspil til en god pris med Kelkoo
The boxing game has acquired greater levels of success in recent years, but as software houses compete to gain the most comprehensive and statistically competent licenses, boxing games produced by separate developers are becoming increasingly divided.
In Acclaim's favour, HBO Boxing doesn't have all boxers currently in the game, but it is the only game to feature superstar boxers, Roy Jones Jr and George Foreman.
HBO Boxing is a surprisingly accurate game that has some unique features.
www.kelkoo.dk /cpc_6513_ps_12330512_gs_21808861.html   (655 words)

  
 April Showers . . . But it’s Not Rain HBO Sprinkles on Us | TheSweetScience.com Boxing
What’s not hard to question is how HBO decided this bout was to be worthy of pay-per-view status ($39.95 suggested retail price), or how they decided that it is reasonable to demand that the fans shell out their hard-earned cash for the second time in a span of twenty-two days.
HBO and Don King had proposed a rematch that called for Byrd - the champion - to travel to Germany to face Wladimir - the challenger - who has been knocked out in his last two HBO appearances, and barely escaped with a technical decision over DaVaryll Williamson on Showtime last October.
For HBO, two out of three for the month of April would be music to their ears.
www.thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/1880/april-showers-but-not-rain-hbo-sprinkles   (1532 words)

  
 HBO Boxing for PS - HBO Boxing PlayStation - HBO Boxing PS Game
HBO Boxing is another disappointing boxing game that fails to even come close to re-creating the look and feel of the sport in the ring.
Acclaim's HBO Boxing is starting to come together as it nears its November release date.
Judging by this near final version of the game, it's pretty safe to say that it doesn't look like HBO Boxing will be raising any boxing video game standards.
www.gamespot.com /ps/sports/hboboxing/index.html   (249 words)

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