The Fight Network Starts Exclusive Boxing Live Series This Month In The UK

The Fight Network, newly launched to British fight fans on Sky Channel 427, is starting a series of exclusive live bouts this month featuring some of the world’s most exciting fighters. The live series begins in the early hours of Sunday 18th May when Mexican boxing history is made as WBC champion Cristian Mijares and WBA title-holder Alexander “El Explosivio” Munoz contest the first super flyweight unification title bout in over 10 years..

The fight is to be broadcast exclusively live from the Auditorio Centenario in Gomez Palacio, Mexico, which is Miljares’ hometown. The 12-round co-feature also pits Mexican warriors Omar Salado and Julio Cesar “Pingo” Miranda in a WBC flyweight elimination bout.

As the No 1 combat sports news channel, The Fight Network will also offer exclusive live coverage of the boxers’ weigh-ins, and live pre-and-post fight coverage on Before The Bell and After the Bell with the channel’s resident expert Mauro Ranallo.

“This unification fight is just the beginning of a massive block of great live events on the channel,” says The Fight Network COO Paul Laberge. “In the future, we will feature British and European fighters live as well as the best from the rest of the world – the kind of contests that fight fans have always wanted to see, but never before had a channel so devoted to their sport. The Fight Network is that channel.”

The Fight Network, which already features daily fight news, British boxing and many hours of top class combat sports – including mixed martial arts (MMA), wrestling and kickboxing – will be making more announcements later this year about regular live events for its growing UK audience.

Sunday 18 May – Mijares vs Munoz: 2a.m. GMT Live in the UK on Sky Channel 427

ABOUT THE FIGHT NETWORK

Launched in 2005, The Fight Network is currently seen in nearly 10 million homes in Canada and the UK. The Fight Network is a multi-platform, international sports and entertainment company, providing its content to fight fans on digital television, pay-per-view, VOD, radio, mobile and online. The Fight Network is the global leader in presenting and covering all combat sports, including Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), Boxing, Wrestling and Kickboxing and theme-related entertainment, through its 24/7 dedication to the sports. The Fight Network Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of TFN Global Inc., whose corporate headquarters are located in Toronto, Canada.