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What is Zuffa Boxing? Fighters, format, rules, more details
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Zuffa Boxing will formally launch with its inaugural event on Friday at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas with undefeated Callum Walsh headlining against former title contender Carlos Ocampo in a middleweight bout.
It's been a long time coming for UFC CEO Dana White, who teased the launch of a boxing promotion nearly a decade ago following the high-profile boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor in August 2017. He was out to fix what he called a "broken" system. The launch was repeatedly delayed until last year when White announced that the UFC's parent company, TKO Group Holdings, would enter the boxing industry under the name Zuffa Boxing in partnership with Sela Sport, with the backing of Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the General Entertainment Authority of Saudi Arabia.
Zuffa Boxing – Walsh vs Ocampo: Live streaming results and updates, how to watch, start time
Zuffa Boxing will premiere tonight on Paramount+, and Bad Left Hook will be here with live updates, results, and discussion during the first of the Dana White-promoted boxing events from UFC’s Meta Apex near Las Vegas.
The main event will see Callum Walsh take on Carlos Ocampo in a 10-round middleweight fight, which isn’t really much of a step up for the 24-year-old Walsh, an Irish southpaw White and others in and around the TKO group see as a potential star going forward.
Two more fights will feature on the main card. John Hansen and myself will be here for the show, so join us this evening!
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Zuffa Boxing launches with youth, tweaks and promise
LAS VEGAS – The anticipation, mystery and sporting consternation over the debut of Zuffa Boxing gave way to the simple reality Friday that impassioned boxers fighting to build a career in a blood sport continues to entertain many.
Staged for a humble debut on Paramount+ in the 700-seat UFC Apex, the eight-fight card honored the promise of youth.
Developing 20-something talents including Troy Nash, Robert Meriwether III and Emiliano Cardenas produced encouraging victories that will help further narratives certain to be accentuated beyond everyday prospects thanks to the marketing and financial muscle of Zuffa’s parent company, TKO.
A glimpse of that push was in play Friday as each fighter provided recorded footage with a brief back story of how they got here and what they hope to achieve – an element that the sport has frankly been missing on other platforms.
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