Top Rank

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Since its founding, Top Rank has promoted many world class fighters, including Muhammad Ali, Alexis Argüello, Terence Crawford, Oscar De La Hoya, Roberto Durán, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Marvin Hagler, Juan Manuel Márquez, Manny Pacquiao, Sugar Ray Leonard, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Érik Morales, Thomas Hearns, Paulie Ayala, Iran Barkley, Michael Carbajal, Larry Holmes, Ray Mancini, Carlos Monzón, Terry Norris, Gabriel Ruelas, Rafael Ruelas, James Toney, Kubrat Pulev, Jared Anderson, Nico Ali Walsh, Guido Vianello and Tyson Fury.

The company has promoted such superfights as Hagler vs Leonard, Chávez vs De La Hoya, Holyfield vs Foreman, Foreman vs Moorer, Leonard vs Hearns, Hagler vs Hearns, Ali vs Frazier II and both Ali vs Spinks fights. The company also promoted George Foreman's comeback to regain the world championship, culminating in the knockout of then IBF/WBA champion Michael Moorer on November 5, 1994.

History

Main Bout

The precursor to Top Rank was Main Bout, a company founded by Muhammad Ali in 1966 to promote his fights. Along with Muhammad Ali, other early equity owners of the company included Jabir Herbert Muhammad, Bob Arum, and John Ali (chief aide to Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad).[1] The company was founded after the Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson fight, and the company mainly handled Ali's boxing promotions and pay-per-view closed-circuit television broadcasts in the late 1960s. The company's stockholders included several other fellow Nation of Islam members.[2]

Top Rank Boxing on ESPN

In the early 1980s, Top Rank Boxing and then-fledgling ESPN formed a partnership to bring a weekly boxing to the cable network which culminated with the first regularly televised boxing series since 1964. The first event was held on April 10, 1980, in Atlantic City, when middleweight Frank Fletcher decisioned Ben Serrano.[3] The original Top Rank Boxing on ESPN was the longest-running cable series and weekly boxing series in history, after celebrating its 16th consecutive year in 1996. ESPN broke away from the contract afterward, replacing it with Friday Night Fights—a new series that would feature fights from other promotions and aired on ESPN2.[4]

In July 2017, Top Rank began to soft launch a new broadcasting agreement with ESPN, beginning with Manny Pacquiao vs. Jeff Horn,[5][6] followed by two more cards in August.[7] That month, ESPN officially announced a multi-year agreement, calling for events airing across ESPN linear and digital properties (including its recently launched subscription service ESPN+), and an option to carry events on pay-per-view.[8][9] On August 2, 2018, ESPN extended the agreement through 2025.[10]

Announcers

Blow-by-blow
Color Commentator

Current boxers

Boxer Nationality Weight Record Title
Efe Ajagba Template:Flagicon Nigerian Heavyweight 20-1 (14 KO)
Jared Anderson (boxer) Template:Flagicon American Heavyweight 17-1 (15 KO)
Sonny Conto Template:Flagicon American Heavyweight 13-0 (10 KO)
Ali Feliz Template:Flagicon American Heavyweight 5-0 (4 KO)
Tyson Fury Template:Flagicon British Heavyweight 34-1-1 (24 KO) Former WBC World Champion
Bakhodir Jalolov Template:Flagicon Uzbekistani Heavyweight 14-0 (14 KO)
Damian Knyba Template:Flagicon Polish Heavyweight 15-0 (9 KO)
Arslanbek Makhmudov Template:Flagicon Canadian Heavyweight 19-1 (18 KO)
Brandon Moore Template:Flagicon American Heavyweight 14-1 (8 KO)
Richard Torrez Jr. Template:Flagicon American Heavyweight 10-0 (10 KO)
Guido Vianello Template:Flagicon Italian Heavyweight 12-2-1 (10 KO)
Artur Beterbiev Template:Flagicon Canadian Light heavyweight 20-0 (20 KO) Former WBC, WBO, IBF World Champion
Nico Ali Walsh Template:Flagicon American Middleweight 11-1-1 (5 KO)
Janibek Alimkhanuly Template:Flagicon Kazakhstani Middleweight 15-0 (10 KO) WBO, IBF World Champion
Troy Isley Template:Flagicon American Middleweight 13-0 (5 KO)
Javier Martinez Template:Flagicon American Middleweight 10-1-1 (3 KO)
Jahi Tucker Template:Flagicon American Middleweight 11-1-1 (5 KO)
Christian Mbilli Template:Flagicon Canadian Super middleweight 27-0 (23 KO)
Xander Zayas Template:Flagicon Puerto Rican Junior middleweight 19-0 (12 KO)
Vito Mielnicki Jr. Template:Flagicon American Junior middleweight 20-1-1 (13 KO)
Art Barrera Jr. Template:Flagicon American Welterweight 6-0 (4 KO)
Mikaela Mayer Template:Flagicon American Welterweight 19-2 (5 KO) Former IBF, WBO, Lineal World Champion
Brian Norman Jr. Template:Flagicon American Welterweight 26-0 (20 KO) WBO World Champion
Giovani Santillan Template:Flagicon American Welterweight 32-1 (17 KO)
Kelvin Davis Template:Flagicon American Junior welterweight 13-0 (7 KO)
Lindolfo Delgado Template:Flagicon Mexican Junior welterweight 20-0 (15 KO)
Tiger Johnson Template:Flagicon American Junior welterweight 13-0 (6 KO)
Teofimo Lopez Template:Flagicon American Junior welterweight 21-1 (13 KO) WBO World Champion
Sandor Martin Template:Flagicon Spanish Junior welterweight 42-3 (15 KO)
Hugo Micallef Template:Flagicon Monégasque Junior welterweight 10-0 (2 KO)
Jose Pedraza Template:Flagicon Puerto Rican Junior welterweight 29-6 (14 KO) Former IBF World Champion
Josh Taylor Template:Flagicon Scottish Junior welterweight 19-2 (13 KO) Former WBC, IBF, WBA, WBO, Lineal World Champion
Rohan Polanco Template:Flagicon Dominican Junior welterweight 13-0 (8 KO)
Charlie Sheehy Template:Flagicon American Junior welterweight 10-0 (4 KO)
Emiliano Fernando Vargas Template:Flagicon American Junior welterweight 11-0 (9 KO)
Elvis Rodriguez Template:Flagicon Dominican Junior welterweight 16-1-1 (13 KO)
Keyshawn Davis Template:Flagicon American Lightweight 11-0 (7 KO)
Alan Garcia Template:Flagicon American Lightweight 14-0 (12 KO)
Vasiliy Lomachenko Template:Flagicon Ukrainian Lightweight 18-3 (12 KO) IBF World Champion
Abdullah Mason Template:Flagicon American Lightweight 14-0 (12 KO)
Raymond Muratalla Template:Flagicon American Lightweight 21-0 (16 KO)
Robson Conceição Template:Flagicon Brazilian Junior lightweight 19-2-1 (9 KO) WBC World Champion
Andres Cortes Template:Flagicon American Junior lightweight 22-0 (12 KO)
O'Shaquie Foster Template:Flagicon American Junior lightweight 22-3 (12 KO) Former WBC World Champion
Emanuel Navarrete Template:Flagicon Mexican Junior lightweight 38-2-1 (31 KO) WBO World Champion
Abraham Nova Template:Flagicon Puerto Rican Junior lightweight 23-3 (16 KO)
Oscar Valdez Template:Flagicon Mexican Junior lightweight 32-2 (24 KO) WBO Interim World Champion
Demler Zamora Template:Flagicon American Junior lightweight 13-0 (9 KO)
Bruce Carrington Template:Flagicon American Featherweight 12-0 (8 KO)
Rafael Espinoza Template:Flagicon Mexican Featherweight 25-0 (21 KO) WBO World Champion
Albert Gonzalez Template:Flagicon American Featherweight 10-0 (6 KO)
Arnold Khegai Template:Flagicon Ukrainian Featherweight 22-1-1 (14 KO)
Isaac Dogboe Template:Flagicon Ghanaian Featherweight 24-4 (15 KO) Former WBO World Champion
Luis Alberto Lopez Template:Flagicon Mexican Featherweight 30-3 (17 KO) Former IBF World Champion
Robeisy Ramirez Template:Flagicon Cuban Featherweight 14-2 (9 KO) Former WBO World Champion
Julius Ballo Template:Flagicon American Featherweight 0-0
Naoya Inoue Template:Flagicon Japanese Junior featherweight 29-0 (26 KO) WBO, WBC, IBF, WBA, Lineal World Champion
Jason Moloney Template:Flagicon Australian Junior featherweight 27-3 (19 KO) Former WBO Champion
Andrew Moloney Template:Flagicon Australian Junior bantamweight 26-4 (16 KO)
Steven Navarro Template:Flagicon American Junior bantamweight 2-0 (1 KO)
Seniesa Estrada Template:Flagicon American Minimumweight 26-0 (9 KO) WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, Lineal World Champion
Floyd Diaz Template:Flagicon American Bantamweight 12-0 (3 KO)

Notable fighters

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Other events

Early in its history, Top Rank promoted the Snake River Canyon jump of daredevil Evel Knievel in September 1974.[19][20] The event, at Twin Falls, Idaho, was shown live on paid closed circuit television in hundreds of theaters, for about ten dollars each.[21][22][23] The steam-powered Skycycle X-2 had a premature deployment of its parachute and Knievel survived.[22]

References

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External links

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