Boxxer, the UK’s next-generation boxing promotion, has announced a plethora of new broadcast agreements which will air live Boxxer programming to over 100 international territories. Boxxer shows air live and exclusively on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland, after the UK sports broadcaster signed Boxxer as its exclusive British provider of boxing content in […] More
Whisper has agreed a new Production Partnership with Probellum, a global boxing promotion and media company, which has become the fastest-growing brand in the sport. Launched in September 2021 and led by president Richard Schaefer, Probellum blends promotion, media and brand expertise. Having signed co-promotional partnerships with some of the biggest promoters globally, including with Lou DiBella’s […] More
“I’m super proud to say I’m a complete product of Sky,” says Sara Chenery, senior director and team lead at Sky Sports. “At 17 I was secretary to the head of business development and director of marketing for a year or so, before I offered to look after guests at an outside broadcast in my […] More
Sky Sports will trial and launch innovative new broadcast technologies this weekend at the debut of a new Boxxer Series of boxing events that will showcase grassroots British talent in a new fighting format. The experimentation from the broadcaster will include a bespoke ‘Trainer Cam’ that will provide close-up shots of the boxers in their […] More
The greatest rivalries in boxing only need a pair of names to tell the story: Ali-Frazier, Tyson-Holyfield, Pacquiao-Mayweather. Nowadays, it’s Fury-Wilder that has taken the sport by storm. For the third chapter of this tale at Las Vegas’s T-Mobile Arena, Fox Sports is taking fans above, within and around the squared circle with a bevvy […] More
Sky Sports has announced details of its new generation of boxing coverage following deals with promotional companies Top Rank and Boxxer. Sky Sports will show live Top Rank events from the US in the UK and Ireland, while the partnership with Boxxer will deliver fights from elite fighters from the UK. Following the partnership announcement […] More
Boxing has featured at all modern Olympic Games since St Louis 1904, with the exception of Stockholm 1912. Women’s events were a popular addition to the programme at London 2012 and at Tokyo 2020, women will compete for gold in five weight divisions, from fly (51kg) to middle (75kg), and men in eight divisions, from […] More
Two new partnerships will see Top Rank and Boxxer fights on Sky Sports until 2025. As of 12 June, Sky Sports is now the UK & Ireland home of Top Rank events from the US, thanks to a new licensing agreement with the boxing promotion company. Sky Sports will also step up its commitment to […] More
By Scott Lunn, head of content, Grabyo For over 25 years, broadcaster Sky Sports held the exclusive UK media rights for Matchroom Boxing events, led by chairman Eddie Hearn. However, last week Matchroom signed a new deal with sports streaming service DAZN, taking its world-leading portfolio of fighters and events exclusively to a streaming platform […] More
DAZN has signed a five-year UK and Ireland rights deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing that will see 16 fights shown per year on the sports streaming platform from July 2021. The DAZN deal includes production of the TV coverage with Matchroom’s newly formed content business, Matchroom Media, becoming responsible for live production of the […] More
