Ray Leonard vs Tommy Hearns I September 16, 1981 720p 60FPS HD HBO Replay

This should be the last version of this fight I will have to upload. The most common version found of this fight is the one that was shown both “live on closed circuit television (CCTV) in 298 locations, with 1.5 million seats in the United States and Canada*“ as well as home Pay-Per-View where it was “available to one million homes in 24 cities in the United States.“ For $750,000 HBO purchased the delayed broadcast rights to the fight, which they then aired ten days later on September 26. At this time, when CCTV was still more dominant than home PPV, that was the model in play for the biggest of the big fights. Because HBO wasn’t airing this fight live they apparently decided they wanted to air just less than an hrs worth of content, probably to fit nicely into the TV scheduling which they managed to do by cutting out pretty much all but two or three of the in between round one minute rest periods. The commentary work for HBO’s replay was provided by Larry Merchant and Barry Thompkins, and the third wheel t