Top Rank Boxing will enter free‑agency in the media marketplace when its exclusive deal with ESPN sunsets in August 2025. CEO Bob Arum confirmed that, rather than renew with a single network, the promotion intends to slice its 54‑event annual schedule into packages that can live on several platforms at once - mirroring the NFL’s multi‑partner model. 
“The plan is to not rely on one outlet but, like other sports, have various outlets take our product,” Arum told Sports Business Journal, adding that ESPN has already re‑allocated much of its budget to the NBA and SEC football. Top Rank’s seven‑year pact with ESPN, signed in 2018, gave the broadcaster first‑run rights to every card plus deep library content, but Arum now sees “tremendous demand” elsewhere because boxing is comparatively cheap to produce.
Streaming heavyweight DAZN has been name‑checked as a frontrunner, while NBC, Amazon Prime Video and even YouTube are said to be in the conversation. Not everyone is lining up, though: preliminary approaches to Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery were rebuffed, according to Front Office Sports. The fractured landscape echoes recent shifts that saw Premier Boxing Champions jump from Fox to Amazon and Showtime exit the sport entirely.
ESPN has privately indicated it would allow Top Rank to walk early if a replacement partner is secured, loosening the timeline for announcements. Rights‑fee numbers are still under wraps, but media analysts note that Top Rank’s live inventory is a bargain next to UFC or major‑league stick‑and‑ball properties, giving Arum leverage to mix linear reach with streaming money.
For fans, the break ends an eight‑year run that returned big‑time boxing to basic cable and ESPN+. Top Rank, which has already survived eras on ABC, HBO and Showtime, is betting that a diversified lineup of partners will amplify its next crop of stars the same way it once did for Ali, De La Hoya and Pacquiao. If Arum’s vision lands, fight night could soon be as easy to find on a phone as it is on a traditional TV remote.