As was the case on this very weekend one year ago, HBO and Showtime both struggled in the ratings department following dueling network boxing telecasts this past Saturday. Both shows took place in ...

It isn’t even a question at this point which television network should be considered the home of boxing in the U.S. It’s clearly, and easily, Showtime. The premium cable network has a commitment to ...

Not only does boxing fail to fare well when competing against itself, but struggles when competing with other major sporting events. Bernard Hopkins has never been a major pay-per-view attraction, but ...

Showtime's fight plan against HBO in the high-stakes game of pay-per-view boxing is simple: 1) Put Floyd Mayweather in a ring. 2) Have him fight a boxer with a super-loyal, global following. 3) Watch ...

It should have been a proud moment for TV: A much-hyped sports event drawing in millions of paying viewers and showcasing the clout still held by traditional media heavyweights. Instead, the broadcast ...

Imagine, for a second, that you're Ken Hershman, the newly installed president of HBO Sports. Since late 2003, you've been the senior vice president and general manager of Showtime Sports, and you've ...

Dmitry Bivol knew where he wanted to go in his boxing career — straight to the top of one of the HBO cards he used to watch replays of while growing up in Russia. Now Bivol is a light heavyweight ...

Only hours after sources at HBO confirmed to Yahoo Sports on Tuesday that the premium cable network opted not to renegotiate its deal with WBC light heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson, rival ...

CARSON, Calif. (AP) Although HBO has decided to put boxing in its past, the network is leaving the sport by showcasing a possible vision of its future. Cecilia Braekhus was in the first women's boxing ...

Jim Lampley is pulling no punches as he gets ready to make his ringside comeback. The 76-year-old broadcasting legend is adamant, like most boxing purists, that HBO made a big mistake in abandoning ...

Dmitry Bivol knew where he wanted to go in his boxing career - straight to the top of one of the HBO cards he used to watch replays of while growing up in Russia. Now Bivol is a light heavyweight ...

After 45 years as the broadcaster for most of the biggest fights in boxing, as the platform that created modern pay-per-view and as the launching pad for most of the sport's biggest stars for decades, ...