Top Rank Boxing and DAZN have officially signed a landmark multi-year streaming partnership, the two companies announced Wednesday at an event in New York City, ending an eight-month stretch in which Top Rank operated without a major broadcast home.
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The deal will deliver between 8 and 10 live Top Rank fight cards annually to DAZN, with license fees ranging from $1 million to $1.25 million per event — putting the total package value at roughly $10 million per year. DAZN will serve as the exclusive global streaming home for events included in the agreement, with Top Rank also retaining the option to stage events on DAZN’s pay-per-view model.
The arrangement is considerably smaller in scope than Top Rank’s previous deal with ESPN, which ran for eight years and reportedly paid in the neighborhood of $85 million annually for more than 30 events per year. That partnership concluded following Top Rank’s July 2025 card at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Since then, promoter Bob Arum and company president Todd duBoef explored options including HBO Max before ultimately landing on DAZN.
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Top Rank’s roster includes Teofimo Lopez, Janibek Alimkhanuly, Keyshawn Davis, Abdullah Mason, Bruce Carrington, and Richard Torrez Jr., among others. First events under the new deal are expected to begin as early as May or June 2026.
For DAZN, the addition of Top Rank further cements its position as a global boxing hub. The streamer already holds long-term deals with Matchroom Boxing — recently extended through 2031 — as well as Golden Boy Promotions and Queensberry Promotions.
Top Rank’s arrival gives DAZN a significant inventory boost as it competes with new entrants including Zuffa Boxing, backed by UFC parent TKO and airing on Paramount+, and Netflix, which has increasingly staged high-profile one-off boxing events.
The partnership carries a notable footnote: Arum once publicly dismissed DAZN as the “Dead Zone” back in 2022. The 94-year-old Hall of Fame promoter, who founded Top Rank in 1966, ultimately played a patient long game — and landed on the platform he once mocked.
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