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HBO Boxing's first event was fought in Kingston, Jamaica, where George Foreman defeated Joe Frazier in 2 rounds to win the world Heavyweight title.

Some other events the series has shown have included:

• The Rumble In The Jungle, where Muhammad Ali beat Foreman
• Thrilla In Manila, where Ali beat Frazier
• Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney
• The Battle of The Champions, where Aaron Pryor beat Alexis Arguello in the 80's fight of the decade
• Carnival of Champions, where Wilfredo Gomez beat Lupe PintorGuadalupe Pintor (born April 13, 1955), better known as Lupe Pintor in the boxing world, is a former boxer from Cuajimalpa, Mexico. Pintor, nicknamed El Indio De Cuajimalpa The Indian From Cuajimalpa started his professional boxing career in 1974, when he, and Thomas HearnsThomas Hearns (born October 18, 1958), aka "the Hit Man" and "the Motor City Cobra", is a professional boxer. Hearns was born in Memphis, Tennessee and began his professional boxing career in Detroit, Michigan under the tutelage of the legendary Emanuel S beat Wilfredo Benitez
• Marvin HaglerMarvelous Marvin Hagler (born May 23, 1954), a native of Brockton, Massachusetts, was a very tough looking character, and a number one ranked Middleweight boxer for many years before he could fight for the title. He often had to travel to his opponents' h-Hearns fight, billed as The WarThe War was the nickname given by promoter Bob Arum to boxing's world Middleweight championship bout between world champion Marvin Hagler and challenger Thomas Hearns, who was himself the world's Jr. Middleweight champion. Given the way in which both men
• Thunder Meets LightningThunder Meets Lightning was the boxing world championship fight held on March 31, 1990 between WBC Jr Welterweight world champion Julio Cesar Chavez of Mexico and IBF world champion Meldrick Taylor of the United States. The fight was held in Las Vegas, Ne, where Julio Cesar Chavez beat Meldrick Taylor with 2 seconds to go, the biggest upset in boxing history, where James 'Buster' Douglas beat Mike Tyson for the world heavyweight title
• The Bite Fight , where Evander Holyfield won on a disqualification over Tyson because Tyson bit Holyfield's ears
• Fight of the Millennium, where Félix Trinidad beat Oscar De La Hoya to unify the world Welterweight title

HBO Boxing has also had two spin-off series, the successful HBO's Boxing After Dark , and the short lived KO Nation .

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

See also: Jim Lampley, Barry Tompkins.