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  Genre Sports / Boxing
  Camera Multi-camera
  Picture Format HDTV 1080i
  Audio Format Surround sound
  Runtime Various
  Presenter Jim Lampley <br /> Larry Merchant
  Starring Various
  Country United States
  Language English (occasional interpreters)
  Network HBO
  First Aired January 1973
  Last Aired Present
  Num Seasons 33
  Related Boxing After Dark


''HBO World Championship Boxing'' is a sports Television Series , premiering in January 1973 that has shown a number of significant boxing events in the last three decades.

WCB's first event was fought in Kingston, Jamaica , where George Foreman defeated Joe Frazier in two rounds to win the world heavyweight championship.


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 ''.

Additionally, a video game carrying the brand name ''HBO Boxing'' was produced for the Sony PlayStation .


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.


SEE ALSO

  • '' ESPN Friday Night Fights '' (a television boxing program airing on ESPN2 from 1998-present)

  • '' Boxing After Dark '' (a television boxing program airing on HBO from 1996-present)

  • '' KO Nation '' (a short-lived television boxing program that aired on HBO from 2000-01)

  • '''' (a television boxing program airing on Showtime from 2001-present)



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