Premier Boxing Champions will announce Thursday it is joining fellow major promotional companies by placing fights on boxing’s major streaming company, DAZN, two officials familiar with the situation told BoxingScene Wednesday.
Confirming a Tuesday report of a temporary PBC-DAZN union by Brunch Boxing, one official said company executives want to further spell out the agreement at a news conference in Hollywood, California, and all indications are that a separate, long-term agreement will be finalized in the near future.
While the current PBC-Prime Video union nears expiration, because Prime Video distributes DAZN content, including pay-per-view fights, logic indicates PBC’s major fights on DAZN will be continue to be carried by Prime Video beyond this year.
DAZN boasts current connections with established promoters including Matchroom, Queensberry, Top Rank and Golden Boy, bringing the promise that a slew of high-profile co-promoted bouts can be made to answer the entry of well-enriched Zuffa Boxing on Paramount+.
The short-term deal with PBC already includes the joint placement on DAZN and Prime Video of upcoming PBC cards featuring the 154lbs bout between Errol Spence Jnr versus Tim Tszyu July 25 (July 26 in Australia) and the August 22 WBA welterweight title defense by champion Rolly Romero versus two-division champion Teofimo Lopez at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The multi-fight union to close 2026 is also expected to include bouts in September, October and November headlined by cruiserweight/light-heavyweight champion David Benavidez, 154lbs champion Sebastian Fundora, former 140lbs champion Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz and former undisputed junior-middleweight champion Jermell Charlo.
Some of those fighters are expected at Thursday’s news conference at the Avalon Theater in Hollywood that is being staged to promote the bout between two-division champions Romero and Lopez.
