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HBO's holiday gift packs a punch

Boxing fans, this one is just for you. Starting on Christmas night, HBO will replay its five best fights from 2007. It will be one fight per night and each was a classic matchup.

Here is the schedule:

Tuesday, Dec. 25 at 11:00 PM -- Jermain Taylor vs. Kelly Pavlik

Wednesday, Dec. 26 at 11:00 PM-- Joe Calzaghe vs. Mikkel Kessler

Thursday, Dec. 27 at 11:00 PM -- Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather

Friday, Dec. 28 at 11:00 PM -- Miguel Cotto vs. Shane Mosley

Saturday, Dec. 29 at 12 midnight -- Floyd Mayweather vs. Ricky Hatton

Some more news from HBO. The Mayweather-Hatton bout generated 850,000 pay-per-view buys and $47 million in PPV revenue. That helped make 2007 HBO's best year in Pay-Per-View history -- 4.8 million buys and more than $255 million in revenue across eight boxing events. The previous high for HBO PPV in boxing was in 1999 with four million buys and $200 million in revenue. The top seller of 2007, was, of course, the Oscar De la Hoya-Mayweather fight, which shattered all records. That drew 2.4 million buys and $134 million in revenue. -- CASSIDY

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