DAZN earns distribution deal in Canada for World Boxing Super Series

DAZN, in its never-ending quest to dominate the entire sports market, has landed a major deal for one of its boxing organizations. The streaming service announced a three-year distribution deal for the World Boxing Super Series in Canada.

The WBSS is a tournament featuring some of the best fighters in the world. Their end goal is to win the Muhammad Ali Trophy. Season two will begin in September 2018 after season one had a successful run in late 2017. DAZN CEO James Rushton discussed the latest deal for the heralded streaming service:

“As a platform built for the fans, DAZN has been mining boxing chats and forums to see how we can bring immediate value to the community. We found that Canadians and Americans alike felt left out of the terrific action and thrilling competition on display in the World Boxing Super Series. To that end, we’re happy to announce that we’ll stream every fight of all three tournaments.”

This comes after the organization announced a deal to promote WBSS events in the United States. The whole deal includes 15 fight nights available for U.S. and Canadian markets. That includes the upcoming 2018-2019 season this fall.

Here are the announced tournament fights as it stands:

SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT:

• ‘Interim’ WBC World Title: Regis Prograis (United States) vs. Terry Flanagan (England)
• WBC Silver Title: Josh Taylor (Scotland) vs. Ryan Martin (United States)
• WBA World Championship: Kiryl Relikh (Belarus) vs. Eduard Troyanovsky (Russia)
• IBF World Championship: Ivan Baranchyk (Belarus) vs. Anthony Yigit (Sweden)

BANTAMWEIGHT:

• WBA World Championship: Ryan Burnett (Northern Ireland) vs. Nonito Donaire (Philippines)
• WBO World Championship: Zolani Tete (South Africa) vs. Mikhail Aloyan (Russia)
• WBA ‘Regular’ World Championship: Naoya Inoue (Japan) vs. Juan Carlos Payano (Dominican Republic)
• IBF World Championship: Emmanuel Rodriguez (Puerto Rico) vs. Jason Moloney (Australia)

A third weight class has yet to be announced. The North American market continues to grow for DAZN, as does boxing’s influence on the world.