Boxing

SuperSport, the pay-television broadcaster that operates in sub-Saharan Africa, has acquired rights for next month’s clash between boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr and mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor.

Movie theatres across the US will broadcast live coverage of the upcoming fight between boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor.

Multi-territory commercial and pay-television broadcaster Modern Times Group has acquired rights for the upcoming clash between boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr and mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor.

UKTV, the UK multi-channel broadcaster, has struck a rights deal with Hayemaker Ringstar, the joint venture between heavyweight boxer David Haye and promoter Richard Schaefer.

BoxNation’s carriage and simulcast deal with BT Sport has been further enhanced after the two broadcasters acquired rights to the middleweight world title fight between Gennady Golovkin and Saúl Álvarez – the partnership’s first major acquisition since it began in February.

Specialist boxing pay-television channel BoxNation has acquired the UK rights to the heavily-anticipated fight between Gennady Golovkin and Saul Alvarez, which will take place in Las Vegas on September 16.

US sports broadcaster ESPN has secured rights to the upcoming welterweight world title boxing clash between Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn.

Filipino media company ABS-CBN has acquired rights to the upcoming world welterweight boxing match between Manny Pacquiao and Jeff Horn.

The World Boxing Super Series believes its unique format will make boxing a “profit-and-loss” proposition for broadcasters, as opposed to a series of one-off investments.

Saturday’s world heavyweight title bout between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko is expected to earn between $33m (€31m) and $37m in global media-rights and pay-per-view revenue, TV Sports Markets understands.

US pay-television broadcasters HBO and Showtime have reached an agreement to share rights in the country to the upcoming heavyweight world championship boxing match between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko.

US cable-television broadcaster Spike TV has ended its rights partnership with the Premier Boxing Champions series in favour of focusing its attention on mixed martial arts promotion Bellator.

Social media platform Twitter has reached an agreement to stream live coverage in the United States of tomorrow’s (Saturday’s) WBO Lightweight world championship boxing match between Terry Flanagan and Petr Petrov.

African pay-television broadcaster Kwesé TV has acquired rights for boxing events operated by Kalakoda Promotions.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired exclusive domestic live rights to Kell Brook’s IBF World Welterweight title defence against rising US boxing star Errol Spence, which it will exploit via its pay-per-view service Sky Sports Box Office.

Boxing-focused UK pay-television broadcaster BoxNation has acquired rights for the Canelo Alvarez v Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. fight on May 6.