Boxing

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has signed a rights extension with boxing promotional company Golden Boy in a deal that will lead to the creation of a new Monday night boxing slot on its soon-to-be-launched…

UK pay-television broadcaster BoxNation has acquired rights for two boxing events operated by promotional company Top Rank

MP & Silva chief explains why channel plan may work for Asia

ESPN Deportes explains long-term strategy for growing US Spanish-language market

BoxNation buys big bouts

FOOTBALL Football: Polish pay-television broadcaster Orange Sport acquired exclusive rights for the English FA Cup and England national team home matches

US pay-television broadcaster HBO has said that it will no longer acquire rights to boxing events organised by Golden Boy Promotions, which promotes many of the sport’s top fighters.

UK pay-television broadcaster BoxNation has acquired rights for the upcoming Floyd Mayweather Junior v Robert Guerrero and Amir Khan v Julio Diaz boxing bouts, according to the Bad Left Hook news website

US pay-television broadcaster HBO has acquired rights for the professional debut of Chinese two-time Olympic boxing gold medal-winner Zou Shiming

Marca TV may sell on its rights but the channel is not closing

Mayweather Promotions, the promotional agency that represents top boxer Floyd Mayweather Junior, has agreed a rights deal with Showtime and the US pay-per-view broadcaster’s parent company, the CBS network.

UK pay-television broadcaster BoxNation TV has acquired live domestic rights for the upcoming world middleweight boxing fight between British fighter Martin Murray and Argentinian Sergio Martinez on April…

UK pay-television broadcaster BSkyB will show the world super middleweight boxing title unification bout between Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler on May 25 on the Sky Box Office pay-per-view channel

FOOTBALL Football: US pay-television sports broadcaster ESPN acquired rights for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. The ESPN3

Pauline McVey, analyst for SportBusiness Intelligence, reviews the most-watched events of 2012 across 10 of the world’s biggest media markets W

US cable-television broadcaster WealthTV has acquired rights for the Prizefighter ‘Welterweights III’ boxing event tomorrow (Saturday).