HBO Boxing Show's Fights Worth Fighting For3261930

Nearly everyone knows the essential thought of among today's most violent sports, Amir Khan vs Canelo Alvarez, but contrary to everyday opinion, boxing is one of the oldest sports entertainment still enjoyed today. Boxing has been around for so long, it has even been depicted about the walls of tombs in Egypt, dating from around 2000 to 1500 B.C. Boxing have also been used by the empires of Italian capital and Greece. While the Greek fought with leather straps wrapped around their fists, the Romans used gloves wound with metal strips which promised a much more "interesting" show. Today's boxing is of coarse considerably more civilized but it still carries on the tradition of heart pounding adrenaline that it is ancient counterpart began.

Just about the most popular and comprehensive ways to watch boxing at its best, is HBO Boxing. HBO Boxing has gotten to us some of the greatest fights of modern history. Although the roots of boxing sink many thousands of years deep, you can still find legends produced in this spectacular sport every time. HBO Boxing's first official event pitted George Foreman up against the great Joe Frazier only for two rounds naming George Foreman the World Heavyweight Champion. Since HBO Boxing's first fight, there was many great bouts including "The rumble within the Jungle" where the legendary Muhammad Ali defeated George Foreman, along with the newer "Bite Fight" which featured Iron Mike Tyson devouring the ear of Evander Holyfield, which often, will usually remind us until this great sport is still loaded with numerous surprises as adrenaline.