by Thinus Ferreira
ESPN (DStv 218 / StarSat 248) will show African boxing in 2022 on the American sports channel, with 12 boxing events during 2022 that are planned and with one boxing event that will be shown on the last Thursday of every month next year.
ESPN plans to African boxing events live on the channel, which will also be shown on broadcast partners with the first African boxing event that will take place in Johannesburg on Thursday 27 January at 19:00.
Each boxing event will include 5 fights per event and two "undercard bouts", with ESPN that also plans to include one "all-female" fight per event to give young female boxers a platform.
Boxing analyses and running commentary will be done on ESPN shows like Sports Center.
"ESPN is known for bringing the most exciting sporting moments to sports fans across the continent and the return of African boxing takes that further," says Kyle De Klerk, director for sports commercial and business at The Walt Disney Company Africa, in a statement.
"Knowing Africa's rich history of developing boxing champions, ESPN will showcase some of our continent's best talent to a global audience which will hopefully give them a platform to progress and challenge for world titles in the near future."
