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Don't think this is confirmed yet but there are talks, if it ends up going through will be an enormous deal, Premier League would be a huge get for DAZN, BT also show Champions League, WWE, UFC etc....

 

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That's... interesting, AJ is in a stratosphere few other current boxers are in terms of name recognition and star power, you gotta wonder how they convinced him that he never wanna be a free agent like how Canelo got recently or Floyd by the later years of his career.

But I wish all good to him, I guess he's just more of a chill person who only had positive experiences with Hearn so he's trusting him to guide him through the rest of his career :manny:
 

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Don't think this is confirmed yet but there are talks, if it ends up going through will be an enormous deal, Premier League would be a huge get for DAZN, BT also show Champions League, WWE, UFC etc....


EPL distribution rights are chaos in my country, over half of the matches are on a TV network that is the TV network of a satellite provider so it's kind of a conflict of interest and they couldn't agree with the other 2 big satellite companies and those who are with the other two miss all these matches.
If upon the expiration of their deal all PL stuff goes to DAZN that's welcome by me :ehh:

Also... now Hearn and Warren will be on the same network? :pachaha:
 

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That's... interesting, AJ is in a stratosphere few other current boxers are in terms of name recognition and star power, you gotta wonder how they convinced him that he never wanna be a free agent like how Canelo got recently or Floyd by the later years of his career.

But I wish all good to him, I guess he's just more of a chill person who only had positive experiences with Hearn so he's trusting him to guide him through the rest of his career :manny:

He did an interview speaking a bit more about it...



He's a loyal guy though and Eddie Hearn and Matchroom have backed him and done a good job overall also so he probably happy where he is, hasn't had to deal with any B.S and some people turned on him but during that time they fully backed him so that probably plays a role, goes without saying they would ensure he's super paid too. Sometimes when you got a team/company you feel at home with you just wanna stay. He's a businessman so wouldn't be surprised to see him do some major things after boxing, already has the management company, I'm sure Matchroom/DAZN can greatly help fighters signed to his company too, their relationship will probably continue to grow over the years with AJ making major moves, not just his own career but as a businessman.
 
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EPL distribution rights are chaos in my country, over half of the matches are on a TV network that is the TV network of a satellite provider so it's kind of a conflict of interest and they couldn't agree with the other 2 big satellite companies and those who are with the other two miss all these matches.
If upon the expiration of their deal all PL stuff goes to DAZN that's welcome by me :ehh:

Also... now Hearn and Warren will be on the same network? :pachaha:

I think that would be for U.K, but if it happens would be absolutely huge, football/soccer is the biggest sport in U.K, they will instantly up subscribers drastically if they get those rights, UFC has potential to grow too in U.K too.

And Frank Warren could leave, he was just dissing DAZN the other day, he could leave by mutual consent, get paid off, he could see out his contract and work for DAZN while it runs or he could retire. He may try reignite Box Nation again, as have heard some rumors. Without seeing the contracts am not certain, but they could be on the same network too, but that don't really mean much in a sense, Eddie and Oscar are too and don't really get on either so would be separate really still, even if DAZN pushed for certain stuff. It means DAZN would have the full U.K rights to AJ vs Fury if it went through also if it happened, as Fury has a deal with BT.
 
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