When HBO announced in March it would no longer be doing business with Golden Boy- one of the top promoters in boxing- it raised a lot of eyebrows. Why would HBO, the sport's top rated network, limit itself by excluding Golden Boy and its cache of talented fighters? The answer has to do with boxing politics and the network's apparent unwillingness to deal with the leadership at Golden Boy. The result is that all of Golden Boy's fighters switched to Showtime, allowing the network to seize the spotlight and stage a series of fan-friendly bouts, punctuated with the glitzy...
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