HBO finally made its decision. Showtime's executive VP and GM of sports and event programming has decided to jump from one pay network to another. Hershman takes over as HBO's President of Sports on Jan. 9, 2012.

Under the guidance of Hershman, Showtime became a real player on the boxing scene. He did so with a tiny budget as compared to the bigger HBO. More importantly, he ended the cronyism that became a big reason for the downfall of HBO as a successful player in the boxing world.

Yahoo! Sports' lead boxing writer Kevin Iole joined us to talk about the choice of Hershman and what to expect. Check out Kevin's Thursday column for more details.

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It's been over two years since the tragic passing of boxer Arturo Gatti and we still have no clear answer as to what actually happened on July, 11, 2009. Did Gatti commit suicide or was he the victim of foul play?

CBS' "48 Hours" investigates the story on Saturday night (10 p.m. ET).

CBS correspondent Erin Moriarty has an exclusive sit down with Gatti's widow, Amanda. It's her first interview since her husband's death. Gatti's brother Joe also shares his theory and Gatti's longtime rival Mickey Ward is featured as well.

MayweatherMerchantLarry Merchant is the best at what he does because he's extremely confident. The same goes for Floyd Mayweather. So when broadcaster and boxer have locked horns over the years, it's made for some classic confrontations. Saturday's yelling match following Mayweather controversial win over Victor Ortiz was one part entertaining, one part embarrassing.

Merchant kept pressing Mayweather on why he chose to slug Victor Ortiz when his opponent clearly wasn't fighting. After the third or fourth try, Mayweather flipped out and said HBO needed to fire Merchant. The 80-year-old announcer eventually lost his cool and said if he were 5o years younger he'd "kick his ass."

With some time to cool down and think, Merchant gave his take on what happened.

"It's happened a few times with fighters over the years. I ask questions, they want love, Merchant told Bernard Fernandez of the Philadelphia Daily News. "I was trying to find out what happened at the end of that fight. There were a lot of boos. It was