Editing HBO World Championship Boxing (section)

==Memorable events==
Famous matches broadcast on ''World Championship Boxing'' include:
* the [[The Rumble in the Jungle|Rumble in the Jungle]], in which [[Muhammad Ali]] regained the world heavyweight title from George Foreman in [[Kinshasa]], [[Zaire]] in 1974; 
* the [[Thrilla in Manila]], the final encounter between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier and HBO's first program when the service uplinked to [[communications satellite|satellite]] in 1975;
* [[Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns|Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Thomas Hearns I and II]]
* When [[Wilfred Benítez]] [[Wilfred Benítez vs. Roberto Durán|beat]] [[Roberto Durán]]
* [[Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney]], for the [[World Boxing Council]] (WBC) heavyweight championship;
* the [[The Battle of the Champions (boxing)|Battle of the Champions]], when [[Aaron Pryor]] beat [[Alexis Argüello]] in their first fight;
* [[Carnival of Champions]], in which [[Wilfredo Gómez]] beat [[Lupe Pintor]], and [[Thomas Hearns]] beat [[Wilfred Benítez]];
* [[Marvelous Marvin Hagler|Marvin Hagler]] [[Marvin Hagler vs. Roberto Durán|defeats Roberto Durán]] and [[Hector Camacho]] beat [[Rafael Solis (boxer)|Rafi Solis]] - both fights shown on the same night, days after they had taken place
* Marvin Hagler-Thomas Hearns fight, billed as [[The War (boxing)|The War]];
* [[Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman]], billed as The Battle of the Ages;
* [[Julio César Chávez vs. Meldrick Taylor|Thunder Meets Lightning]], in which [[Julio César Chávez]] beat [[Meldrick Taylor]] with two seconds remaining in the twelfth round;
* [[Michael Moorer vs. George Foreman]], in which Foreman knocked out [[Michael Moorer]] to become the oldest heavyweight champion of the world at age 45;
* [[Buster Douglas|James "Buster" Douglas]]'s [[Mike Tyson vs. Buster Douglas|stunning upset]] of [[Mike Tyson]] for the undisputed world heavyweight title in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]];
* [[Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis]] and [[Evander Holyfield vs. Lennox Lewis II]];
* [[Arturo Gatti]] vs. [[Micky Ward]] trilogy, in which the first fight, Ward beat Gatti by majority decision, while Gatti beat Ward twice, in second and third fights by unanimous decision;
* [[Manny Pacquiao]] vs. [[Juan Manuel Márquez]] tetralogy, in which the first fight ended in a split draw where Burt Clements incorrectly scored 113-113, despite three knockdowns, [[Juan Manuel Márquez vs. Manny Pacquiao II|the second fight]] ended in Pacquiao winning by split-decision with the knockdown scored in round three as the difference in the fight, [[Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez III|the third fight]], in which Pacquiao won by majority decision and [[Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Márquez IV|the final fight of the rivalry]] resulting Márquez knocking out Pacquiao in the sixth round with one second left;
* [[The Fight of the Millennium]],  when [[Felix Trinidad]] beat [[Oscar De La Hoya]] by twelve rounds majority decision.
* [[Bernard Hopkins vs. Oscar De La Hoya]];
* [[Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|The World Awaits]] - [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]] beat [[Oscar De La Hoya]] for the WBC super-welterweight title;
* [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton|Undefeated]]" - Floyd Mayweather Jr. beat [[Ricky Hatton]] to retain the WBC welterweight title with a TKO in the 10th round; 
* [[Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao|The Dream Match]] - The Welterweight match between [[Manny Pacquiao]] (moving up 2 weight classes) against Oscar De La Hoya (moving down 1 weight class). Pacquiao won by technical knockout before the 9th round began (De La Hoya retired on his stool);
* [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao|Mayweather Jr. vs. Pacquiao]], when Mayweather outpointed Pacquiao over 12 rounds in one of the most widely seen fights around the world in boxing history (on May 2, 2015, simulcasted with [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]);
* [[Saul Alvarez|Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez]]'s [[Miguel Cotto vs. Canelo Álvarez|outpointing]] of [[Miguel Cotto]] by 12 round unanimous decision on a November 21, 2015. 
* [[Canelo Álvarez|Saul "Canelo" Alvarez]] vs [[Gennady Golovkin]] I &II. Canelo took on [[Gennady Golovkin|GGG]] in 2017 and 2018. Both fights were very close and are still disputed today, with the first fight ending in a draw and the second ending in a win, via [[majority decision]], for Canelo. 
A famous incident occurred on July 11, 1996, during the [[Riddick Bowe vs. Andrew Golota]] fight at Madison Square Garden, in which a confrontation between Golota and Bowe's entourage after Golata's disqualification for delivering low blows to Bowe, resulting a chaotic and violent brawl between the boxers' respective entourages and fans. During the fight, HBO's commentary team had to evacuate their ringside position (with George Foreman helping to protect his fellow commentators after unsuccessfully attempting to put an end to the fighting; the commentators' table was destroyed in the brawl), resulting in several minutes of commentary-free coverage of the melee before Jim Lampley was able to resume coverage of the incident from several levels above. Larry Merchant and Foreman remained in the ring providing coverage as tempers continued to flare into punch-ups between spectators. The credits rolled over footage of NYPD officers entering MSG and beginning to make arrests.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Riot' follows Bowe's victory Golota's low blows stop bout; corners, crowd then join fray |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1996-07-12-1996194006-story.html |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=Baltimore Sun}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Andrew Golota vs Riddick Bowe 1996 The Riot Fight at MSG |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4LcsGSfADU |language=en |access-date=2023-02-08}}</ref>

''World Championship Boxing'' has also had three [[spin-off (media)|spin-off]] series: ''[[Boxing After Dark]]''; ''[[KO Nation]]''; and ''[[MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout]]'', a weekly broadcast co-produced with [[Turner Sports]] for sister cable network [[TruTV]]. [[Multiplex (television)|multiplex]] Spanish-language channel HBO Latino aired two spin-off series ''Oscar De La Hoya Presenta Boxeo De Oro'' (focused on fighters from De La Hoya's [[Golden Boy Promotions]]) and ''Generación Boxeo''.<ref name=espn-trutvtoprank>{{cite web|title=TruTV to broadcast boxing series|url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/12588467/top-rank-trutv-partner-live-boxing-series|website=ESPN.com|date=30 March 2015 |access-date=2 April 2015}}</ref><ref name=svg-trutvknockout>{{cite web|title=Turner Sports Returns to the Ring With HBO and SpiderCam on Friday Night Knockout on truTV|url=http://sportsvideo.org/main/blog/2015/05/turner-sports-returns-to-the-ring-with-hbo-and-spidercam-on-friday-night-knockout-on-trutv/|website=Sports Video Group|date=May 2015 |access-date=2 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=HBO Latino Enters the Ring|url=https://www.multichannel.com/news/hbo-latino-enters-ring-136521|periodical=[[Multichannel News]]|date=October 9, 2002|access-date=July 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=HBO Latino Launches New Boxing Series, Generación Boxeo, Debuting Exclusively, Thursday, April 27|url=https://www.warnermediagroup.com/newsroom/press-releases/2006/04/24/hbo-latino-launches-new-boxing-series-generaci-n-boxeo-debuting|website=WarnerMedia|date=April 24, 2006|access-date=July 29, 2020}}</ref>

Additionally, a video game carrying the brand name ''[[HBO Boxing (video game)|HBO Boxing]]'' was released for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] in 2000, which was published by [[Acclaim Entertainment]] under their Acclaim Sports banner.