Matchroom Boxing on the brink of finalising ‘nine figure’ DAZN deal Share
DAZN, which will replace
Sky Sports as the company’s exclusive UK broadcast partner, according to reports.
Following the announcement that Eddie Hearn will succeed his father Barry Hearn as Chairman of the Matchroom Sport brand upon his retirement, the promoter has struck a landmark rights arrangement with DAZN said to be worth ‘well into nine figures’, The Athletic has reported.
The deal could end Matchroom Boxing’s almost 10-year-long association with Sky, having initially partnered with the pay-television broadcaster in 2012 for the exclusive UK and Ireland rights to the promoter’s events. The deal was extended for a further six years in 2015 to showcase 120 fights a year.