twenty eighth October 2024. Queensberry Promotions. Credit score: Leigh Dawney/Queensberry Promotions
The game’s most energetic platform has secured the rights to one in every of boxing’s deepest stables.
Queensberry Promotions and DAZN have entered a multi-year media rights settlement, each entities introduced Sunday. Phrases weren’t disclosed aside from the deal would start subsequent April 1, making DAZN the unique residence for all Queensberry occasions.
“I couldn’t be extra happy that Queensberry is becoming a member of DAZN,” Corridor of Fame promoter Frank Warren stated of the inevitable transfer. “It is a sensible transfer for our fighters and, most significantly, for the followers. Their ambition and fervour for the game of boxing aligns completely with that of our personal. We now stay up for placing on the largest nights doable collectively.”
Queensberry’s present cope with TNT Sports activities will run out in time to make the transition to DAZN. The transfer will make DAZN the main vacation spot for U.Okay. boxing, having been in enterprise with Matchroom Boxing because the streaming service’s 2018 launch.
The 2 sides have already labored collectively for the previous 12 months. Queensberry was the primary main promoter to align with the Riyadh Season group headed by Turki Alalshikh. Nearly all of occasions have aired reside on DAZN Pay-Per-View, whether or not completely or partnered with ESPN+.
Queensberry has been on a signing and re-signing spree, together with recent paperwork on six fighters prior to now week. The longtime promotional outfit boasts the deepest roster of heavyweights, together with IBF titlist Daniel Dubois (22-2, 21 knockouts). Different notable heavyweights comparable to Zhilei Zhang, Fabio Wardley and Moses Itauma will now struggle completely on DAZN.
Dubois, Zhang and Wardley are all in The Ring’s Prime 10 heavyweight scores.
Purple-hot middleweight contender Hamzah Sheeraz (21-0, 17 KOs) can be among the many high-profile Queensberry names to return alongside for the journey. Sheeraz was one in every of six fighters to re-sign with Queensberry in late October. Additionally included had been WBA featherweight titlist Nick Ball (21-0-1, 12 KOs) and IBF 130-pound beltholder Anthony Cacace (23-1, 8 KOs).
Sheeraz and Ball are every rated No. 2 by The Ring at middleweight and featherweight, respectively. Cacace is The Ring’s No. 4-rated junior light-weight.
“It is a vastly proud second for Queensberry, as we be a part of forces with main platform DAZN,” said George Warren, Frank’s son and Queensberry CEO .”Queensberry has undergone an unprecedented progress interval over the previous 18 months, and firmly established ourselves as a number one promotional and occasions firm.
“Now with DAZN in our nook, we are able to additional speed up our positioning on a world scale. This deal can be unbelievable information for boxing followers internationally as we mix our best-in-class secure of fighters with what we contemplate to be probably the most bold streaming platform in sport.”
