Boxer Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez signed a landmark deal with DAZN, the streaming broadcaster, worth at least $365 million for 11 fights. It’s a five-year deal that’s being heralded as the most lucrative contract for an individual fighter in sports history. I have four takeaways from this development, not least of which is that the era of streaming is upon us. More than that, however, is how intertwined MMA and boxing are and that between the WWE moving to their own network and this deal, UFC’s days on pay-per-view must be numbered.
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2018-10-18
DAZN is taking over and here's why. They started their expansion in Europe, you can watch all the big european football leagues there. They have the UFC main events for the next 3 years and also Bellator. They have all the Joshua fights and also two NBA games per night. Not to forget the NFL, they got that too.
So, everything they're paying in NA right now is money they made in Europe, especially the football (soccer) fans. And that money will keep on coming, no worries about that. Canelo will not be the last athlete with a DAZN deal.
Fight pass needs to sign Conor exclusively.
Does anyone know if there's a separate fee on dazn for big fighters like Joshua and canelo. Kinda like a ppv similar to HBO ppv
luke " white demo " thomas
I want to hear about mma fighters signing some big $ deals too.
BUT , Canelo is no going to fight a real contender for years , DAZN will not want to risk the cash cow and Canelo has the money garanty, only cero risk fights
i open lt video to thumbs down
I pay for it just for bellator MMA
However DAZN doesn't have streaming rights for Australia, which is SUPER frustrating
Eddie Alvarez is known for making the worst decisions ever.