FOX and PBC Finalize Multi-Year Deal

Breaking: PBC, Fox finalize multi-year deal; network will provide large budget https://t.co/WhoAAjWvU4 @premierboxing @EddieHearn @MikeCoppinger @FS1

— Bible of Boxing (@ringmagazine) September 4, 2018

PBC and Fox have finalized a long-term deal for fights to appear on both Fox and FS1 with an annual boxing budget that eclipses $50 million, multiple sources told The Ring. The deal, which will be announced Tuesday, will kick off in December; the agreement calls for 10 championship-level fights on Fox, with at least another 12 shows on FS1. That’s to be added to Showtime’s existing budget, estimated at over $50 million. “Between Showtime and Fox, PBC will have a bigger pool of budget money than any other promoter in boxing, including Eddie Hearn with DAZN,” an industry source who was not authorized to speak publicly told The Ring. \ The link is in the tweet. So looks like Haymon will have over $100 million in the budget for the PBC. When it says 10 championship level fights, are we talking 10 cards or just 10 championship caliber fights total? If 10 cards, that is GREAT. Then the PBC will have close to 30 high level budget cards and then 12 FS1 cards.