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* [[Saul Alvarez|Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez]]'s [[Miguel Cotto vs. Saúl Álvarez|outpointing]] of [[Miguel Cotto]] by 12 round unanimous decision on a November 21, 2015.

* [[Canelo Álvarez|Saul "Canelo" Alvarez]] vs [[Gennady Golovkin]] I &II. Canelo took on [[Gennady Golovkin|GGG]] in 2017 and 2018. Both fights were very close and are still disputed today, with the first fight ending in a draw and the second ending in a win, via [[majority decision]], for Canelo.

A famous incident occurred on July 11, 1996 during the [[Riddick Bowe vs. Andrew Golota]] fight at Madison Square Garden, in which a confrontation between Golota and Bowe's entourage that ended in Golata's disqualification for delivering low blows to Bowe, resulting a chaotic and violent brawl between the boxers' respective entourages and fans. During the fight, HBO's commentary team had to evacuate their ringside position (with George Foreman helping to protect his fellow commentators after unsuccessfully attempting to put an end to the fighting; the commentators' table was destroyed in the brawl), resulting in several minutes of commentary-free coverage of the melee before Jim Lampley was able to resume coverage of the incident from several levels above. Larry Merchant and Foreman remained in the ring providing coverage as tempers continued to flare into punch-ups between spectators. The credits rolled over footage of NYPD officers entering MSG and beginning to make arrests.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Riot' follows Bowe's victory Golota's low blows stop bout; corners, crowd then join fray |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1996-07-12-1996194006-story.html |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=Baltimore Sun}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Andrew Golota vs Riddick Bowe 1996 The Riot Fight at MSG |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4LcsGSfADU |language=en |access-date=2023-02-08}}</ref>

''World Championship Boxing'' has also had three [[spin-off (media)|spin-off]] series, ''[[Boxing After Dark]]'', ''[[KO Nation]]'', and ''[[MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout]]''—a weekly broadcast co-produced with [[Turner Sports]] for sister cable network [[TruTV]], while its [[multiplex (television)|multiplex]] [[Spanish language|Spanish]] channel HBO Latino aired its two spin-off series ''Oscar De La Hoya Presenta Boxeo De Oro'' (focused on fighters from De La Hoya's [[Golden Boy Promotions]]) and ''Generación Boxeo''.<ref name=espn-trutvtoprank>{{cite web|title=TruTV to broadcast boxing series|url=http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/12588467/top-rank-trutv-partner-live-boxing-series|website=ESPN.com|date=30 March 2015 |access-date=2 April 2015}}</ref><ref name=svg-trutvknockout>{{cite web|title=Turner Sports Returns to the Ring With HBO and SpiderCam on Friday Night Knockout on truTV|url=http://sportsvideo.org/main/blog/2015/05/turner-sports-returns-to-the-ring-with-hbo-and-spidercam-on-friday-night-knockout-on-trutv/|website=Sports Video Group|date=May 2015 |access-date=2 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=HBO Latino Enters the Ring|url=https://www.multichannel.com/news/hbo-latino-enters-ring-136521|periodical=[[Multichannel News]]|date=October 9, 2002|access-date=July 29, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=HBO Latino Launches New Boxing Series, Generación Boxeo, Debuting Exclusively, Thursday, April 27|url=https://www.warnermediagroup.com/newsroom/press-releases/2006/04/24/hbo-latino-launches-new-boxing-series-generaci-n-boxeo-debuting|website=WarnerMedia|date=April 24, 2006|access-date=July 29, 2020}}</ref>