Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum is very interested in securing the United States broadcast rights for the junior middleweight clash between Jeff Horn and Tim Tszyu.
Hornis well known to fans in the United States, for his 2017 shocker over Manny Pacquiao and his 2018 knockout loss to Terence Crawford.
Both of those bouts were secured for ESPN. And Arum hopes to bring Horn vs. Tszyu to the network as well.
Horn (20-2-1), a former WBO welterweight champion, will face his Australian rival in undefeated rising star Tszyu (15-0), who is the son of former champion and Hall of Famer Kostya Tszyu.
Their fight was originally scheduled to take place on April 22 at Queensland Country Bank Stadium in North Ward, Townsville, QLD.
But once the coronavirus pandemic broke out, the event organizers were forced to push back the event.
Both boxers are very eager to fight, and were even willing to face each other without a crowd, but their respective teams would prefer to wait a few weeks to see if restrictions will ease up enough to allow them to have a limited number of fans at their cards.
Because of Horn's past fights in the country, and the past accomplishments of Tszyu's father, Arum believes the fight would be a hit with American fans.
“Horn is very popular here [in the United States], " Arum said to Fox Sports. “Everybody saw what he did with Manny Pacquiao in Brisbane and he developed a big following. US fans may not have seen much of Tim Tszyu just yet but they all know the name Tszyu, so they’ll be very interested.
“I’ll be talking with ESPN about that [Horn vs Tszyu broadcast] once we have a date, and I’d expect they will be very interested in that fight.”