Frank Smith on TKO’s Boxing Entry, Netflix’s Canelo-Crawford & Matchroom’s Future

“In terms of Sky, there has been no thoughts about making the move [back]. We have a great relationship with them – we’ve just extended our darts deal – but the focus very much is, with the investment DAZN are making in boxing, to stick with them and extend the deal with them. You have to be with a partner that has a heavy investment and interest in the sport and, at times, it felt like Sky didn’t have that. When we were with Sky, boxing didn’t have the push that it had when we left. With DAZN, even with the football rights in independent territories, boxing is a focus for their business and that’s what we want. Our job is to push boxing to the masses and make it as big as possible; when you’re aligned with a partner who agrees with that, on a global scale, that is our focus.”