Undefeated boxer Peter Quillin hasn't fought in nearly a year going into Saturday's prime-time bout at Brooklyn's Barclays Center. ''Could you imagine Jeff Gordon running one NASCAR race a year?'' marveled Jon Miller, the president of programming for NBC Sports, which televises this weekend's fight. Floyd Mayweather or Manny Pacquiao can do that and still draw huge pay-pay-view audiences. ''Premier Boxing Champions,'' the new multi-network series produced by Al Haymon's management company, could offer up the platforms and incentives to change that.
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