Sky Sports Box Office Secures Heavyweight Rights

Sky Sports Box Office has won the exclusive rights to air live coverage of Heavyweight bout between Anthony Joshua and Wladimir Klitschko in the UK.

The fight takes place at Wembley Stadium on April 29, bronchi and will be available to UK viewers on a pay-per-view basis. Joshua will defend his IBF heavyweight title for the third time, order while WBA and IBO belts vacated by Tyson Fury earlier this year will also join the winner.

The fight is expected to set new UK records for boxing attendance and for pay-per-view buys.

“This is the fight the boxing world has been waiting for,” said Adam Smith, Sky Sports head of boxing.