History
CBS' earliest experience with boxing dates back to 1948, with the debut of Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts. The program, featuring blow-by-blow commentator Russ Hodges, lasted through 1955.
CBS had a renewed interest in boxing after losing the National Football Conference package to Fox following the 1993 season. In 1994, they had a new series of fights on Saturday or Sundays under the Eye on Sports banner. Tim Ryan (blow-by-blow) and Gil Clancy (color) were the commentators during this period. CBS continued airing boxing on a somewhat regular basis until 1998, by which time they had the NFL (after acquiring the American Football Conference package from NBC) and college football back on their slate.
In May 2000, CBS announced that it in July of that year, they would rebroadcast four heavyweight fights that would air on Showtime from June.
On December 15, 2012, CBS once again teamed with Showtime to present an unprecedented day/night marathon that would feature up to seven fights at Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. The live 90-minute CBS broadcast, SHOWTIME Boxing on CBS, would begin at 4:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. PT and offer two fights.
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