Boxing TV rivals fight in court
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Producers of US boxing TV show The Contender, featuring Sylvester Stallone, are trying to block a rival show from being broadcast next month.
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SATURDAY BOXING 9:45 p.m. -- Middleweights: Wright vs. Quartey; super middleweights: Lacy vs. Tsypko, HBO
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Promoter Don King, who built a boxing  empire with the aid of hyperbole, bluster and spin, filed a  $2.5 billion lawsuit on Wednesday against sports channel ESPN  over a biography of him he said was defamatory.
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A California judge refused on  Wednesday to deliver a knock-out punch to one of two boxing  "reality" shows vying to be first on U.S. television but set  the stage for a second, and perhaps more decisive round in  their fight.
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A judge refuses to issue an injunction against a reality TV show about boxing brought by a rival network.
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Miguel Cotto defends his WBA welterweight title against former undisputed champion Zab Judah in New York on Saturday in a bout that his promoter Bob Arum is billing as his most significant yet.
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The gloves are off, and the first of two competing reality shows about boxers is due tonight on Fox (8 ET/PT) when The Next Great Champ unveils its 12 fighters, competing under the tutelage of Oscar De La Hoya.
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The makers of Sylvester Stallone&#39;s upcoming boxing reality show, The Contender, are gearing up to block next month&#39;s debut of rival series The Next Great Champ.
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he dispute between the creators of rival boxing reality shows grew nastier yesterday when producers of &quot;The Contender&quot; on NBC sought a temporary restraining order that would prevent the Fox network from broadcasting its version, &quot;The Next ...
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NEW YORK -- In the wee hours yesterday morning, promoter Don King stood at a podium inside Madison Square Garden and -- in the midst of a bombastic assault on his cable network partner, HBO, and his former fighter, Bernard Hopkins -- gave the best explanation for why a rematch between Hopkins, the undisputed middleweight champion, and former champion Felix ...
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LOS ANGELES  - As Fox's "The Next Great  Champ" prepared to debut Tuesday, the boxing reality show and  rival NBC series "The Contender" faced the prospect of having  their entire premise compromised through a public records  request to disclose the winners before the bouts are televised.
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Fox's series, "The Next Great Champ," which airs on Tuesday night, has been the source of ferocious contention between Fox and NBC.
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IT BEGAN as a court case in which Liverpool boxing promoter John Hyland was accused of blackmailing Wayne Rooney&#39;s agent, Paul Stretford.
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"The Next Great Champ" had to fight in court just to get on the air, but the boxing reality series couldn't survive a battering in the ratings.
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World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko will defend his title against Britain&#39;s Danny Williams in Las Vegas, promoters said on Tuesday.
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SATURDAY BOXING 9:45 p.m. -- Featherweights: Litzau vs. Hernandez; middleweights: Miranda vs. Gibbs, HBO COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon -- Pittsburgh at Wisconsin, ESPN
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A California judge on Wednesday  refused a bid by producers of NBC's upcoming TV boxing show  "The Contender" to block the Sept. 10 debut of Fox's rival  reality series, "The Next Great Champ," giving the first round  of judicial fisticuffs to the Rupert Murdoch-owned network.