12/25/2020
Despite it being illegal, sports rights holders having their content pirated remains a huge problem. If one is willing to accept a low-quality stream, there are various places someone can go in order to find sporting events that might not legally be available without paying.
Usually, the people who provide illegal livestreams are random people without a large following but during last Saturday’s Canelo Alvarez-Callum Smith fight, a rather notable figure was giving people a free view.
Former light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev streamed the Canelo-Smith fight on Instagram and that got the attention of DAZN, who had the rights to the fight. According to The Athletic, the streaming company is considering action against Kovalev for the illegal stream.