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Press Release: By DAZN – LAS VEGAS (Oct. 31, 2019) : The undercard of the Canelo vs. Kovalev card hosted a press conference featuring Ryan Garcia (18-0, 15 KOs), "Ruthless" Romero Duno (21-1, 16 KOs), Seniesa "Super Bad" Estrada (17-0, 7 KOs), Marlen Esparza (7-0, 1 KO), Blair "The Flair" Cobbs (12-0-1, 8 KOs), and Carlos Ortiz (11-4, 11 KOs). The event will take place Saturday Nov. 2, 2019 at The MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will be streamed live exclusively on DAZN.  Credit:Amanda Westcott/DAZN  Below is what the fighters had to say at today's press conference: Ryan Garcia, Lightweight Contender: "This fight is a big fight, a big moment, there's a lot of hype around it. A lot of things have been said about me not taking the fight in September but look, I'm taking it now. It's a big moment on a big stage, and it had to happen here. You have two hungry fighters and Romero, he's a big puncher and he'...

Press Release: By DAZN – LAS VEGAS (Oct. 30, 2019): Canelo Alvarez (52-1-2, 35 KOs) and Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (34-3-1, 29 KOs) hosted their final press conference today ahead of their 12-round fight for Kovalev’s WBO Light Heavyweight World Title. The event will take place on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will be streamed live exclusively on DAZN.  Credit: Amanda Westcott/DAZN     Below is what the fighters and their teams had to say at today's final press conference:  Canelo Alvarez, WBC Franchise, WBA, Lineal, Ring Magazine Middleweight World Champion and WBA Super Middleweight World Champion: “I want to say thank you to all of you guys, familiar faces, I want to thank you for all the support you’ve given me throughout my entire career. Thank you to Main Events, Golden Boy, DAZN, everybody, thank you. I’m ready. I’m ready to make history. I’m ready for this great fight with Kovalev. Thank you to my te...

The sport of Women Boxing has been enjoying a long overdue resurgence and belated recognition In recent years. Although much of the attention has centered around undefeated multi-division world champion Claressa Shields, the resurgence of Women’s Boxing Is also attributed to fighters such as undefeated Undisputed Welterweight world champion Cecilia Braekhus, who will go down in history as a fighter to have competed in and won the final fight to be broadcast by Home Box Office (HBO) in December of last year bringing the network’s forty-five year run in the sport to an end, and undefeated Undisputed Lightweight world champion Katie Taylor, who has been showcased over the last year as one of the stars of digital subscription streaming network DAZN. Much like Shields and Braekhus, Taylor is not only unbeaten, but has also emerged as one of the top fighters in the sport. The native of Bray, Ireland compiled an Impressive record of 154-10-1, with 34 Knockouts as an amateur before embar...

Press Release: By DAZN – LAS VEGAS (Oct. 29, 2019): Canelo Alvarez (52-1-2, 35 KOs) and Sergey “Krusher” Kovalev (34-3-1, 29 KOs) made their grand arrivals today at the MGM Grand Resort and Casino in Las Vegas ahead of their 12-round fight for Kovalev’s WBO Light Heavyweight World Title. The event will take place on Saturday, Nov 2, 2019 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will be streamed live exclusively on DAZN. Below is what the fighters had to say at today's grand arrivals: Canelo Alvarez, WBC Franchise, WBA, Lineal, Ring Magazine Middleweight World Champion and WBA Super Middleweight World Champion:  Credit:Amanda Westcott/DAZN  “As always, I’m very grateful that everybody is here, I’m very honored and I’m ready. This is very important for myself, for my career, for my history, for my family, for my team. To be a world champion in four different weight classes would be another chapter of my story.” “Everything has been different, the weight, ...

Over the last year, it is indisputable that one of the biggest players in the broadcasting realm that has emerged in the sport of Boxing has been digital subscription sports streaming network DAZN. One of the key reasons for that in the wake of Home Box Office’s (HBO) decision to exit Boxing in an announcement in September 2019 was the near-immediate signing by DAZN of Saul “Camelo” Alvarez. Alvarez, one of the sport’s biggest stars signed a landmark five year contract worth an estimated $365 Million with the streaming network after coincidentally being one of the key fighters in HBO’s stable and the biggest pay-per-view draw in recent years for the sport. The signing of Alvarez by DAZN, which coincidentally expanded into the United States last year shortly before HBO’s announcement last September that it would leave Boxing at the end of 2018 ending a forty-five year run, helped usher in a new era for the sport and served as a significant part of the network’s strategy to serve ...