Does espn classic boxing show old HBO fights?

Question

would espn classic boxing ever show old HBO fights like

hopkins vs. tarver

tarver v. jones

de la hoya vs. sturm

de la hoya vs. hopkins

or does ESPN classic boxing only show fights that were live on espn.

Answer 1

They have showed a few HBO fights, but with different commentating because ESPN does not have the rights to the original broadcasts.  They have never showed any of the fights that you listed, but I remember them showing the Floyd Mayweather, Jr.- Arturo Gatti fight and a few other much older fights that aired on HBO.  Although recently, Showtime has came up with an agreement with ESPN classic to air some of their fights.  The other day, they showed Evander Holyfield vs. James Toney and a few of Jeff Lacy's fights, with the original commentators.  One of the things that I didn't like about ESPN classic is that they didn't show enough real "classic" fights- instead they showed average fights that no one really cared about that aired on Friday Night Fights.  Hopefully that will change now that they struck a deal with Showtime.