Top Rank Boxing will now air on DAZN according to multiple reports. The license agreement with DAZN is the first media deal since it left ESPN last year. The deal is for DAZN to pay a license fee of $1M to $1.25M per event. Top Rank had been in discussions for a media deal since […]
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Zuffa Boxing close to UK media rights deal with Sky Sports
Jon Ourand of Puck Sports reports that Zuffa Boxing is close to a media rights deal in the UK with Sky Sports. The deal would be the first international media deal that the upstart boxing league will have retained. Zuffa Boxing currently streams on Paramount + in the U.S. It was reported that the U.S. […]
Promoter set to sue Zuffa Boxing
The London Telegraph reports that Frank Warren’s Queensberry Boxing is prepared to sue Zuffa Boxing and Turki Alalshikh’s Sela sports events company. Warren has sent “letters before action” to Sela and TKO Group Holdings alleging breach of contract. Warren is seeking up to $1B (US) dollars in lost income after Sela and TKO formed Zuffa […]
Zuffa Boxing signs Conor Benn for $15M
Last week, Zuffa Boxing announced the signing of Conor Benn to a one fight contract worth a reported $15 million. Benn left Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing to join White’s upstart promotion. In an interview, Hearn looked upset by the news of the Benn news. Hearn commented that UFC fighters would feel “sick as a […]
$100M for Zuffa Boxing?
According to the Thomas Hauser’s article in The Guardian, the deal to bring Zuffa Boxing to Paramount was $100M. You may recall that Paramount/Skydance acquired the media rights for the UFC this year for a deal reported at $1.1 billion a year for 7 years. The deal was for the domestic rights to the UFC […]