DAZN has signed a “game-changing” five-year deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing to televise fights in the UK and Ireland, marking the latest blow the sports streamer has struck to Comcast-owned Sky.Under the pact, DAZN will stream 16 fights a year featuring a roster of Matchroom boxers including Conor Benn and Katie Taylor.
Heavyweight Anthony Joshua’s fights are not included in the deal, however, given the British athlete has a separate agreement with Sky.DAZN effectively replaces Sky as the exclusive home of Matchroom fights in the UK and Ireland from July 31.
It is the second time this year that the company, which is chaired by former Disney executive Kevin Mayer, has encroached on Sky’s territory after it ended the broadcaster’s
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