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Michael Buffer Explains His Move To DAZN USA/Matchroom

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Michael Buffer Explains His Move To DAZN USA/Matchroom

Emcee Michael Buffer has jumped ship, and gone from being a freelancer, to being exclusive to Matchroom and DAZN, and Eddie Hearn.

The smooth-lunged man was in London for the Anthony Joshua-Alexander Povetkin weigh in, the day before their faceoff at Wembley Stadium.

Buffer said that he’s done most of AJ’s fight, and also many of Povetkins’—the “Let’s Get Ready To Rumbler” said he was a “free agent for 36 years” but he’s never been contracted to a promoter or network.

We talked also about the changes within the sport; with HBO seeming to be on the wane, perhaps even leaving the sphere, and how Top Rank and Bob Arum have masterflly moved with the times.

Check out this video and hear more from Buffer on what he’s up to these days:

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Founder/editor Michael Woods got addicted to boxing in 1990, when Buster Douglas shocked the world with his demolition of the then-impregnable Mike Tyson. The Brooklyn-based journalist has covered the sport since for ESPN The Magazine, ESPN.com, Bad Left Hook and RING. His journalism career started with NY Newsday in 1999. Michael Woods is also an accomplished blow by blow and color man, having done work for Top Rank, DiBella Entertainment, EPIX, and for Facebook Fightnight Live, since 2017.

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