Pacquoa-Horn to kick off Top Rank's new platform on ESPN

[Sweet Jones]

Can't wait to read all the bashing of Top Rank for creating a vertical vehicle for their in house Fights. Can't wait to read how all these fight fans won't watch in protest.

I mean, that's what happened last time boxing saw an announcement like this.

Right?

[Pigeons]

I can't read. Is this gonna be on ESPN or a subscription based network that is tied to ESPN?

[ironmt]

Awesome, a boxing setup like WWF network.

[REMOVE SHARK 55]

But he'll never get credit for moving boxing towards basic cable and network tv. Just like Floyd never gets credit for bringing drug testing in boxing to the forefront

It's up to Steve Kim, Kevin Iole, Dan Raf, Mannix & the rest of the Boxing media cartel. Us Boxing heads know what it is.

[HanzGruber]

Awesome, a boxing setup like WWF network.

I guess it's good if you enjoy old fights. But im not paying extra every month to watch mic conlan fight a bunch of nobodies

[Sup]

Can you hook it up with a TL;DR version?

Is Pac vs Horn gonna be on ESPN?

[R_Walken]

If true then HBO essentialky going to be done for all intents and purposes

Seems like a great idea from Arum, hopefully PBC on CBS/Showtime/Fox
TR on Espn& Abc and HBo to show what Ever is left over

Damn though Pac fighting on Espn,that's a rather quickly fall from grace

[Motorcity Cobra]

If true then HBO essentialky going to be done for all intents and purposes

Seems like a great idea from Arum, hopefully PBC on CBS/Showtime/Fox
TR on Espn& Abc and HBo to show what Ever is left over

Damn though Pac fighting on Espn,that's a rather quickly fall from grace

Pac is still a big enough name where he could easily pull 3 mil on ESPN. EASILY! That's a better platform than HBO.

[SkillspayBills]

I love it! The more boxing, especially in the mainstream, the better.

[Mitchell Kane]

This right here...

It’s expected Top Rank will also roll out an over-the-top network in the vein of WWE Network where fans will have digital access to the company’s massive fights library, built over 50-plus years, with a slew of Muhammad Ali bouts. The tentative plan is for Top Rank to also televise live fights on that network, where prospects from their 2016 Olympic class — fighters such as Michael Conlan, Shakur Stevenson and Teofimo Lopez — will gain exposure.

It’s also expected ESPN will kick in its massive library of classic fights for viewership on the unnamed over-the-top network.