(Reuters) - U.S. broadcaster HBO said on Thursday it will be dropping live boxing from its programming schedule from 2019 due to dwindling ratings, ending a 45-year association with the sport.
With the top fights on Pay Per View and boxing available on other places and platforms such as the streaming service DAZN, which in May partnered with Matchroom Boxing in a $1 billion (764.3 million pounds) eight-year deal to broadcast 16 U.S. based fights a year, HBO has decided to put those resources into other projects.
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