Last Saturday’s middleweight title unification bout between Canelo Alvarez and Daniel Jacobs was a landmark moment for sports streaming service DAZN, who are looking to grow its subscriber base around the world and more specifically the United States, where they launched less than a year ago.
While Canelo and Jacobs may not have put on a scintillating performance in the ring, DAZN claims that this was a successful event for them. A press release on Wednesday says that across all territories where DAZN is available — U.S., Austria, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain and Switzerland — the fight was seen live by 1.