Sky Sports and Zuffa Boxing have announced a new multi-year deal, confirming Sky as the UK and Irish broadcaster for all Zuffa Boxing events. The deal adds to the broadcaster\u2019s already world-class offering in sporting entertainment and means customers can look forward to seeing action-packed fight nights, including\u00a0at least\u00a0five\u00a0shows per year\u00a0on UK soil. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Sky Sports has brought fight fans the best and biggest bouts in the sport for over three decades\u00a0with this deal underlining\u00a0the broadcaster\u2019s\u00a0renewed commitment to\u00a0showcasing\u00a0the\u00a0very best\u00a0boxing talent to UK fans alongside Zuffa Boxing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sky Sports\u2019 Chief Officer UK & Ireland, Jonathan Licht, said: \u201cSky Sports has been a long-standing partner to boxing for more than 30 years. Zuffa Boxing has exciting plans for the sport, and we share that same ambition when it comes to putting on the best fights for our customers. We look forward to a new era where\u00a0we\u2019ll\u00a0use our platform to both build stars and\u00a0showcase\u00a0elite boxing talent\u00a0here in the UK and internationally.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dana White said: \u201cThe UK has played such a pivotal role throughout the history of boxing. The fans there are some of the most loyal and passionate in the world. When you talk about boxing in that region, Sky Sports has always been the home for legendary boxing fights.\u00a0There\u2019s\u00a0no bigger or better platform to\u00a0showcase\u00a0the best boxing in the UK. This is a massive milestone for Zuffa Boxing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The first event to be broadcast on Sky Sports will be ZUFFA BOXING 05: CORTES vs. GARCIA on Sunday, April 5, live from the Meta APEX in Las Vegas. The main event will feature rising contender, Andres Cortes (24-0, 13 KOs), looking to keep his perfect record as he takes on\u00a0Eridson\u00a0Garcia (23-1, 14 KOs), who is coming off a six-fight win streak. The co-main event will see former world champion Mark Magsayo (28-2, 18 KOs) take on Ireland\u2019s own Feargal McCroy (17-1, 9 KOs) with both looking to stamp their mark on Zuffa Boxing\u2019s lightweight division. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Sky Sports and Zuffa Boxing will reveal a more detailed fight schedule for the\u00a0remainder\u00a0of 2026 over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sky Sports and Zuffa Boxing have announced a new multi-year deal, confirming Sky as the UK and Irish…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-486037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}