![]() ![]() We also had another DAZN blockbuster in the meantime with Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano at Madision Square Garden on Ap– the biggest bout in women’s boxing history. The saga ended on November 6 when ‘Canelo’ released a statement proclaiming he was now a free agent.Ĭanelo, though no longer on that long-term DAZN deal, made a quick return to the platform and he finally faced Golovkin in that long-awaited trilogy fight on September 17, 2022. ![]() The partnership with Alvarez went sour in the second half of 2020 and resulted in the Mexican megastar taking DAZN and his promoter – Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions – to court. Gennadiy ‘GGG’ Golovkin would soon follow too. kicked things off, followed by an eye-popping $365million pact with ‘Canelo’. Any deal would have given DAZN Premier League football rights in the UK, and access to Fury fights (Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions is contracted to BT Sport).ĭAZN has been live since 2016 when it launched in Germany and Japan, and it rolled out in the United States in 2018 with Joshua at the centre of its offering.Ī $1billion eight-year deal with Hearn and Matchroom in the U.S. That instead aired on Sky in the UK with DAZN having US rights.ĭAZN has a lot of glitzy baubles in its boxing arsenal – throw in the partnerships with P4P king Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, Gennadiy ‘GGG’ Golovkin, Katie Taylor et al and it is easy to see why it is THE major player in boxing broadcasting right now.ĭAZN also narrowly failed in a bid to buy another British broadcast network in the shape of BT Sport – with a price tag of ‘hundreds of millions of pounds’. In a baffling twist though that AJ deal DID NOT kick in until after the Oleksandr Usyk vs Joshua 2 rematch in Saudi Arabia in August 2022. The AJ deal was just the latest huge splash by DAZN, which had already signed his promoter Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing to a massive global contract in 2021. His bouts had already aired on the ‘Netflix of Sports’ outside the UK for a number of years. The deal, announced on June 13, 2022, meant AJ ended his long and successful association with Sky Sports to go all in with DAZN. The rematch will be live worldwide on DAZN (excluding New Zealand and Australia).DAZN (pronouced ‘da zone’) continues its march towards global domination of boxing on TV by signing Anthony Joshua to a massive deal to stream his fights in the hugely influential UK market as well as other territories around the world. Warrington outpointed Martinez in a close contest at the same venue back in May 2017. Spanish two-weight World Champion Kiko Martinez puts his newly acquired IBF Featherweight belt on the line against old foe Josh Warrington at the First Direct Arena in Leeds. The Golden Boy Promotions event will be live worldwide on DAZN. looks to make it 19-0, taking on flawless British world rated contender Michael McKinson in the first defense his WBO International Welterweight title. The event will be live worldwide on DAZN (excluding New Zealand and Australia). Leigh Wood defends his new WBA belt for the first time after producing a stunning 12th-round knockout against Xu Can at Matchroom Fight Camp in July, now facing WBA ‘Interim’ Featherweight champion Michael Conlan on home soil at the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham. The event will be live worldwide on DAZN. Juan Francisco Estrada and Román ‘Chocolatito’ González run it back once more for a highly anticipated trilogy fight for the WBA, WBC Franchise and The Ring Magazine Super-Flyweight titles at the Pechanga Arena San Diego in San Diego, California. ![]() WBO Cruiserweight World Champion Lawrence Okolie will defend his belt for the second time at the end of February against Poland’s former World Title challenger Michal Cieslak. The event will be live worldwide on DAZN (excluding Mexico). Mexican middleweight Jaime Munguía takes on D’Mitrius Ballard in a rescheduled middleweight battle between the pair for the WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title. Super-Middleweight John Ryder looks to step up in 2022, taking on two-time Middleweight World Champion Daniel Jacobs at the famous Alexandra Palace in London. The show will be live worldwide on DAZN (excluding Thailand). Carlos Cuadras clashing for the vacant WBC Super-Flyweight title also on the card at the Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona. former WBO Light-Middleweight champion Liam Smith with Srisaket Sor Rungvisai vs. Headlining the event is former two-weight World Champion Jessie Vargas vs. DAZN has announced eight boxing events to kick-off 2022. ![]()
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