The Boxing Mainstream Renaissance Begins Tomorrow...

CBS to air boxing: 'Fight Camp 360: Pacquiao vs. Mosley' Boxing returns to network television for the first time in several years Saturday when CBS airs the premier of Showtime's boxing reality series Fight Camp 360: Pacquiao vs. Mosley, at noon ET. By Chris Trotman, Getty Images Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley meet for Pacquiao's WBO welterweight title on May 7. Their four-part reality series, "Fight Camp 360: Pacquiao vs. Mosley", airs on CBS Saturday. The last time CBS aired a live boxing event was on Jan. 20, 1997, when then-middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins knocked out Glen Johnson in the 11th round. The last time live boxing aired on major network TV was NBC's only season of The Contender in 2005. "Fight Camp 360 is as unique as it is compelling," says Showtime Sports executive vice president Ken Hershman. "The key to the success of this series is the inherent truth to it. There's no script, no voiceover. The provocative and intriguing personalities of the larger-than-life characters in the boxing world are what tells the story. From the promos in NCAA basketball to broadcasts of Fight Camp on the network in Saturday afternoon and prime time, the overall company support for the Fight Camp 360 series and the May 7 Pacquiao vs. Mosley pay-per-view event has been overwhelming. "And we're just getting started." http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2011-03-31-box-fight-camp_N.htm Seems like Arum and Hershman are in agreement that this is just the beginning of the Boxing (Top Rank)/CBS partnership and Pacquiao-Mosley is just the catalyst to attract sponsors and showcase Boxing regularly on CBS, which would be great :boxing: *Don't know if the embed code works here, video is in the link (first minute or so Arum discusses Boxing returning to Network TV).