A major broadcast change has been announced that will have a huge impact on Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua.
Sports streaming service DAZN has struck an exclusive partnership with Riyadh Season, led by Saudi boxing supremo Turki Alalshaikh.
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DAZN has been in the boxing business since 2018 and launched a pay-per-view platform in 2022.
Riyadh has been involved in every event of the season since the streaming app entered the boxing market in 2023.
And now DAZN becomes the global distributor and exclusive digital streaming app for Riyadh Season events.
This means that any sports that DAZN has the rights to, from football and boxing, can only be streamed on their platform.
But SunSport understands that traditional TV networks such as Sky Sports and TNT Sports will still have the option to broadcast the fight on PPV.
To give boxing fans a boost, DAZN, Sky and TNT have all teamed up to broadcast massive fight nights.
Dmitry Bivol and Artur Beterbiev will meet in the light-heavyweight undisputed title decider on Saturday.
And Battle of the Undefeated airs on all three networks.
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As did Joshua’s knockout loss to Daniel Dubois, which was Alalshaikh’s first contest in Britain.
But it remains to be seen whether all three channels will share the rights to Fury’s December 21 rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.
DAZN also has UK rights to the NFL, Professional Fighters League MMA, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship boxing and Saudi football.
