After Litzau lost by knockout he returned to FNF) It usually aired at least once a month, following a World Championship Boxing card on HBO.

MT Boxing After Dark, or BAD for short, got its start on February 3, 1996 with commentators Jim Lampley and Larry Merchant.

Replacing them were Fran Charles, former ESPN and Fox Sports Net analyst Max Kellerman who received "something in the neighborhood of $10,000 for each Boxing After Dark telecast" (according to Thomas Hauser) and former world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis.

Kellerman and Lewis had previously appeared on world championship and pay-per-view events for HBO as analysts and continue to do so.

On September 27, 2018, HBO announced they would be dropping boxing from the network following its last televised match on October 27, although there was an additional airing on December 8, 2018.