Boxing news 2020: Sergey Kovalev, Illegal streaming, DAZN, Canelo Alvarez vs Gennady Golovkin
Membership athletics streaming system DAZN is reportedly contemplating action towards Sergey Kovalev soon after he hosted a live stream of their main party.
DAZN was exhibiting final week’s massive struggle concerning Canelo Alvarez and Callum Smith, with the main party open up for subscribers to tune into.
A monthly membership is worth $USD19.ninety nine although an yearly deal is $USD99.ninety nine and the struggle was even offered on pay-for every-look at for $USD69.ninety nine with an further four-month membership.
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But previous light-weight heavyweight winner Kovalev hosted an illegal live stream of the main party.
In accordance to The Athletic’s Mike Coppinger, all those steps could land him in major hot water with DAZN contemplating action towards him.
“Executives at the streaming services, resources reported, have been alarmed and particularly discouraged by Kovalev’s brazen behaviour,” Coppinger wrote.
Neither Kovalev’s supervisor Egis Klimas nor DAZN presented a remark for the unique report from The Athletic.
Complicating issues is the reality Kovalev is thanks to struggle Bektemir Melikuziev on DAZN on January thirty.
Alvarez ended the longest layoff of his occupation final Saturday, capturing two earth tremendous middleweight titles by beating previously undefeated Smith with a unanimous conclusion in Texas.
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3 division winner Alvarez claimed the vacant WBC title and Smith’s WBA version of the 168-pound belt, conquering a stark height variance as he moved up in weight class for the struggle in front of a pandemic-restricted group at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
Alvarez enhanced to fifty four-one-2 with 36 knockouts, although Smith suffered the very first defeat of his pro occupation and dropped to 27-one, 19 knockouts.
Saturday’s victory rekindles the chance of a third struggle concerning Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin, who dropped to Alvarez in a controversial the vast majority conclusion in Las Vegas in 2018.
All 3 judges gave the struggle to Alvarez with two scoring it 119-109 and the third 117-111.
