Boxing will be big component of ESPN+ service, with live fights and library content

Former undisputed super lightweight champion Terence Crawford will challenge Jeff Horn for the WBO welterweight title on June 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas as part of ESPN’s new ESPN+ over-the-top streaming service. (Getty Images)

ESPN+, ESPN’s newly announced over-the-top streaming service, will have exclusive live monthly boxing cards, as well as a library of some of the greatest fights in boxing history as part of its $4.99 per month subscription fee.

The service begins on Thursday and includes many sports, but will have a significant amount of boxing content.

It will include 12 live fight cards from the U.S. and six international cards that will be exclusive to the ESPN+ service. Its first card will be one of the international shows, featuring former champion Amir “King” Khan against Phil LoGreco from Liverpool, England.

The first U.S. based card will be a WBO welterweight title fight between champion Jeff Horn and pound-for-pound king Terence “Bud” Crawford, which will be held June 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

In addition to the live fight cards and on-demand archived shows, ESPN+ will also include a consistent studio show, live weigh-ins, press conferences and post-fight interviews and re-airs of all content shown on Top Rank on ESPN bouts, including re-airs of pay-per-view cards.

“ESPN is thrilled to take our relationship with Top Rank to a new level via this innovative and exclusive distribution on ESPN+,” Burke Magnus, ESPN’s executive vice president of programming and scheduling, said in a statement. “By distributing more Top Rank events and boxing content than ever before, we are showing fans our commitment to boxing through a more personalized and targeted manner.”

The ESPN+ service is $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year, and in addition to boxing will include live games from Major League Baseball, the NHL and MLS, tennis, golf and many college sports.

 

 

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