Floyd Mayweather Jr. is shown with Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer during a press conference. (Getty) For years, it was too easy for HBO when it came to its boxing competition with Showtime. HBO has always had a vastly bigger subscriber universe (It's now 29 million to 22 million in HBO's favor, the closest it's been, perhaps ever) and has always had a significantly bigger budget. That money gave it the most clout in the sport, particularly when the over-the-air networks largely walked away from televising boxing. And so, with some rare and notable exceptions, HBO got whatever fights it wanted over the last three decades. Showtime signed then-undisputed heavyweight champion Mike...
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