"The Fight Game" Returns To HBO on September 5th

[Ruthless-RKO]

THE FIGHT GAME WITH JIM LAMPLEY continues its seventh season with a new edition WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 5 (11:00-11:30 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO. Hosted by the four-time Sports Emmy® winner, who has hosted HBO Boxing since joining the network in 1988, the show is a provocative, engaging and informative experience that delves into intriguing storylines, newsmakers and issues that are top-of-mind in boxing.

The show is also available on HBO NOW, HBO GO, HBO On Demand and partners’ streaming platforms.

Segments on this edition of THE FIGHT GAME include: Lampley’s talk with undefeated super welterweight phenom Jaime Munguia; a review of the Aug. 4 Kovalev-Alvarez light heavyweight fight; correspondent Kelefa Sanneh’s look at the new gambling laws and the possible resurgence of Atlantic City as a destination for major fight cards; analyst Bernard Hopkins’ “Tricks of the Trade,” focusing on the Canelo Alvarez-Gennady “GGG” Golovkin bout; and Lampley’s survey of the latest news.

Immediately following the show’s Sept. 5 debut, fight fans can log on to hbo.com for an exclusive overtime segment hosted by Lampley.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Surprised HBO can be bothered talking about boxing.

Probably need to build their new star.. Jaime Munguia..

[gilgamesh]

The fact that they still bother to have a Boxing talk show when they barely air Boxing anymore is an odd choice.

[Best Coast]

The fact that they still bother to have a Boxing talk show when they barely air Boxing anymore is an odd choice.

I take it as a good sign that they plan to continue showing boxing matches. If they had cancelled the show it would be easy to see that as an indication that they planned to pull out of the sport altogether. The renewal of "Fight Game" shows me that HBO execs are weathering the drought and eventually hope to pull out of it.

With Arum/Top Rank now on ESPN and Showtime clearly surpassing HBO in terms of both quality and quantity of matches, it is encouraging to see HBO is not abandoning the sweet science.

[caldo2025]

The fact that they still bother to have a Boxing talk show when they barely air Boxing anymore is an odd choice.

I take it as a good sign that they plan to continue showing boxing matches. If they had cancelled the show it would be easy to see that as an indication that they planned to pull out of the sport altogether. The renewal of "Fight Game" shows me that HBO execs are weathering the drought and eventually hope to pull out of it.

With Arum/Top Rank now on ESPN and Showtime clearly surpassing HBO in terms of both quality and quantity of matches, it is encouraging to see HBO is not abandoning the sweet science.

I think that GGG/Canelo II is HBO’’s last hurrah. The sport is clearly moving into a strange cottage type sport with streaming now and it’s not a great thing imo. The timing is awful for it. Only boxing fans will pay to stream the sport. A non fan as not going to casually pay to stream a fight because nothing is on tv. It won’t even be an option.

When HBO OR SHO are putting on casual cards, they do get a percentage of new fans and new interested fans. This way, it’s impossible. Bad for growth of Boxing.