Respected HBOboxing analyst Jim Lampley disagrees, asserting that "black American boxers are no longer as dominant because of the global rise of others".
"We're not only the largest pay-per-view provider in the United States beating HBOBoxing and the WWE but we're also one of the highest-rated television shows on cable, " White says.
Showtime is poised to make an even bigger push into boxing after HBO announced last month that it would no longer hire fighters from Golden Boy, which is the biggest promoter in boxing.