Was HBO Boxing the best boxing television series ever?

Fond Memories! I usually watched with my Grandfather. Fond Memories, indeed!

 

Yes, I felt that way too. HBO seemed to be the "premier" boxing channel. When it was an HBO boxing night, it felt special compared to all the other networks. The intro music, the excitement, everything seemed more like it was a special event compared to the others.

 

HBO was the best because Harold Lederman had more charisma than any one person should be allowed to have. We all tuned in waiting for Harold to drop in with his knowledge.

 

Pretty sure everything you mentioned there in the ‘truly special’ part was PPV/Closed Circuit except for Mancini-Chacon. Those fights didn’t show on HBO until the following weekend. Either HBO owned the PPV/CC by bidding or they bid for the replay rights (sometimes for a stretch the big fights might air on ABC or occasionally CBS first and then also HBO).

I think Marvin Hagler was their first true house fighter where HBO signed a deal to show his fights exclusively, with also first refusal to handle whatever PPVs they could get out of it (sometimes CC … where people would pay to see them on a big screen in a theater or arena before more people had PPV technology to watch at home, which for a long time meant going to the cable company and picking up a special box and then returning it after) like MMH vs Hearns and Duran.

 

HBO Boxing will never be matched. Everyone was such a great character.

 

I much preferred HBO boxing in the 90s to Showtime.

 

I think so.

Boxing after Dark was great too

 

I felt it was the best, I thought it would never end. It felt almost like losing a family member when it came to an end.

 

I actually liked the Fight Doctor, Bobby Czyz, and Albert. But I liked HBO better.

 

I liked the Tuesday night fights as well. It was a nice mid work week treat.i remember the time Tommy Hearns fought on it in 1994. I was over the moon!

 

To me, Boxing hasn't been the same since.

 

I think thats when their budget got slashed. They switched the intro (that stupid truck) and round clock too which looked horrible and boring compared to the one they had before.