HBO Officially Closes Out Boxing Coverage At StubHub Center

HBO "closed the curtain on their coverage of boxing Saturday with a tripleheader from StubHub Center" after almost 46 years, "most of them at the forefront of the sport." The Boxing After Dark show included a women's matchup -- Cecilia Braekhus-Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes -- as the "main event" for the first time. Longtime boxing broadcaster Larry Merchant "returned for one final show," after not having been on the net since '12. The final "post-fight interview was conducted" by Jim Lampley as opposed to Max Kellerman, who "lost his voice." After the interview with Braekhus, HBO "aired a 10-minute retrospective to close out the final broadcast." There was "no sound in the arena, but the team of Lampley, Kellerman and Roy Jones Jr. watched together with headsets on." Lampley "broke down in tears" as he "recounted his first HBO telecast" (RINGTV.com, 12/8).