Gennady Golovkin?s Saturday night pay-per-view rematch with Canelo Alvarez marks the final fight in Golovkin?s current alliance with HBO.
In a climate in which powerful new options have emerged to broadcast and stream high-profile bouts, it will be compelling to see if the middleweight champion turns away from a network that is increasingly turning its back on boxing.
Six years after HBO helped launch Golovkin?s rise by televising his U.S. debut in New York, he was irked that HBO seemed unsupportive of his plan to fight a replacement opponent in May after Alvarez was suspended for six months for submitting two positive tests for clenbuterol.
It rubbed Golovkin as preferential treatment by the premium network toward Mexico?s popular Alvarez.
