Fubo is the latest player to present boxing pay-per-view events.
Fubo announced on Thursday that it will offer former WBC heavyweight champion
Deontay Wilder’s fight against Tyrrell Herndon on June 27 on its sports streaming television platform. Billed as “Legacy Reloaded,” the main event fight will take place at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kansas.
The pay-per-view event is priced at $24.95.
Event promoter Global Combat Collective announced the show also will be distributed by BLK Prime and Integrated Sports across the United States and Canada live on cable, satellite and digital PPV via In Demand, DirecTV, Dish, Bell TV, Rogers and PPV.com. The broadcast begins at 9 p.m. ET.
“PPV demonstrates Fubo’s continued commitment to serve consumers with an aggregated content offering at attractive price points, and with the flexibility to subscribe to content of their choosing,” Fubo co-founder and CEO David Gandler said in a statement.
In separate news earlier this week,
Fubo and DAZN announced a multi-year distribution partnership designed to get more viewership for both platforms, as DAZN content will head to Fubo on the new linear channel, DAZN1, while DAZN will distribute the Fubo Sports FAST channel.
“Fubo and DAZN’s partnership delivers more premium sports to fans, wherever they choose to watch,” Gandler said. “Adding DAZN’s unmatched fight content enhances our sports entertainment lineup while offering customers greater flexibility.”
DAZN Group CEO Shay Segev said: “Our deal with Fubo enables DAZN to increase access to top-tier sports content for fans in the U.S. and Canada, as we continue to provide the ultimate sports entertainment experience. Fubo’s viewers can now watch the world’s leading fight talent compete in unmissable events as part of a new DAZN premium fight package. Meanwhile, the launch of Fubo Sports on the DAZN platform will be an exciting addition to our ever-expanding portfolio of premium sports content.”
A Fubo spokesperson told The Ring that the company did not have anything else to share about its long-term boxing PPV and live boxing event plans at this time.
Wilder (43-4-1, 42 KOs), 39, is 1-4 in his last five fights and looked lackluster in the two most recent matchups. The Tuscaloosa, Alabama, native was stopped in the fifth round by
Zhilei Zhang last June and lost a unanimous decision to
Joseph Parker in December 2023.
Herndon (24-5, 15 KOs), of San Antonio, Texas, has never competed on the world level. He was stopped in the second round by upstart prospect Richard Torrez Jr., his toughest opponent to date, in October 2023.
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