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This is part three. You can catch part one here and part two here.
AUSTRALIA has also contributed significantly to the boxing scene in the sport's top-level champions and star players such as George Kambosos, Tim Tszyu, Ebanie Bridges and Skye Nicolson in recent times.
Fox Sports Australia, to its credit, has also stuck with boxing and done some good things for the sport on the continent in recent years.
Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol of Russia recently won professional boxing, as did Usyk of Ukraine. They are the archetypal road warriors.
If Beterbiev and Bivol fight later this year, it will not only be a matchup of two of the best current pound-for-pound boxers of these times and future champions, it will be Russia's biggest world championship. always a boxing match.
Not only that, it will probably be the biggest meeting of two of the toughest boxers of all time, outside of Gervonta Davis and Deontay Wilder, in all of boxing, pound for pound. Death is guaranteed in the ring.
Terence Crawford's card in LA on August 3 rightfully gives the pound-for-pound man the big stage he deserves.
The Enigmatic Terence Crawford (Showtime)
The Saudis combined their talents with superstar Eminem also performing that night.
This is boxing made bigger and better than ever. Moreover, these are just the beginning stages, and, they will grow and become bigger in the coming years.
It's all driven by great battles between the best (mostly) combat. Some still elude fans right now like Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez vs David Benavidez.
Alas, times change, and while boxing has always been around, it's doing more than that now— one boom after another.
Hitting and not hitting. Have fun while you do it. That's professional boxing at its best.
Then you have the title of Amazon Prime, led by Gervonta 'Tank' Davis, broadcasting boxing in America in 2024. Amazon Prime and Netflix are two of the biggest streaming platforms in the world, and they're both in the pay-per-view box right now. Think about that.
Gervonta “Tank” Davis has stopped his last four opponents
Peacock, which has nearly 34 million subscribers (more than DAZN and ESPN Plus), shows boxing. NBC, too, is showing next week's Olympics in America for novice boxing fans—and Olympic fans—who are eager to see the fights at the 2024 Paris Games. It's not a bad return for a young boxer at a major level, either, considering the lackluster matches over the years.
Yes, Peacock and NBC Sports are also in professional boxing now, showing fights with Boxxer from the UK, which has many international TV partners and many countries outside the UK and US (not just English speaking areas).
All in all, in 2024, boxing is bigger than ever.
It's changing more than ever. All in all, these are exciting moments of sports known for their cool science and great art.
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