Comments Thread For: Top Rank's Todd DuBoef on future of ESPN deal, other potential broadcast homes

[BoxingUpdates]

With Top Rank's deal to air boxing on ESPN currently slated to end in or around August 2025, the promotional company is in the process of looking at another home, or potentially multiple homes, according to Todd DuBoef, Top Rank's president.
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[57Blues]

Where else are they going to go ? What other cheap channel or app would take them in ?

[LAchargers373]

Where else are they going to go ? What other cheap channel or app would take them in ?

DAZN obviously lol

[DClefthook]

3 takeaways:
1. if they sign another exclusive deal with ESPN then unfortunately it will be business as usual and we will continue with "sides of street"
2. deal with multi broadcasters will fail because they don't have the inventory
3. exclusive deal with Dazn is bad because all fights will be moved to Fallujah and eventually Delta Force will have to go rescue them
4. join PBC at Amazon. This is the only logical option since PBC and TR together account for 95% of the American fight interest. The United States just voted to M.A.G.A. now the Top Rank execs need to vote to M.B.G.A.

[wrecksracer]

Where else are they going to go ? What other cheap channel or app would take them in ?

both Netflix and Amazon Prime seem to be dipping their toe into boxing. I think ESPN gives them some kind of budget to work with, though. I'm not sure they will get that elsewhere.

[DClefthook]

Seriously I don't know what's going on with the biz of boxing but 2025 is poised to be a very interesting year for our sport. Could be good. Could be bad. But what I do know is:
1. Top Ranks deal is up and they will have a new partner by summer 2025
2. GBP signed a 3 yr exclusive deal w/DAZN in May '22 that ran out this past summer. So they don't have a deal
3. PBC's start with Prime has been sort of rocky if we're at the glass half empty. If we're looking at the glass half full like I am then I gotta believe that Haymon and PBC is cooking up a pot of greens and almost ready to serve (as long as he don't wash them in the bathtub we're good)

[DClefthook]

I think 2025 will be a make r break year for boxing fans. It looks as though Turki Al-bobblehead has firmly taken control of UK boxing and all jokes aside that could be great for them to eliminate the sides of street between MR and Queens. Hopefully Al, Bob and Oscar are going to bless us with a huge 4th of July announcement next summer!!

[Oldskoolg]

Obviously I hope they get with Amazon don’t would be easier to make fights with PBC. Would be great to have all of American boxing on one platform

[MalevolentBite]

Seriously I don't know what's going on with the biz of boxing but 2025 is poised to be a very interesting year for our sport. Could be good. Could be bad. But what I do know is:
1. Top Ranks deal is up and they will have a new partner by summer 2025
2. GBP signed a 3 yr exclusive deal w/DAZN in May '22 that ran out this past summer. So they don't have a deal
3. PBC's start with Prime has been sort of rocky if we're at the glass half empty. If we're looking at the glass half full like I am then I gotta believe that Haymon and PBC is cooking up a pot of greens and almost ready to serve (as long as he don't wash them in the bathtub we're good)

You better thank a union member lol.

[DClefthook]

You better thank a union member lol.

say it correctly please..."U BETTA TANK AH YOUYON MEMBAH"