YES! The return of boxing to network TV will be the resurrection of boxing in the US. If boxing fans can watch championship fights on network TV, it's a stretch but then boxing WILL come back. You can watch the NFL, NHL, MLB and even Arena Football and Figure Skating on network TV. So why not boxing?

I know this is fairly insignificant in terms of what the fight actually means to the division, but if this can become a regular thing and boxing can find a primetime audience without customers having to pay for HBO and Showtime subscriptions for 20 fights a year and PPV for the rest then boxing will be in a lot better state.

CC for this AWESOME news. I might be getting ahead of myself, but if the network is willing to put boxing on primetime again, then that's reason for optimism.