Usyk's Fight in Ukraine Will Only Be Available for a Fee
The first sports broadcast in Ukraine on a pay-per-view basis.
The heavyweight boxing bout between Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk and Briton Dereck Chisora can be watched in Ukraine only for a fee on the MEGOGO video service. This is the first sports broadcast in Ukraine on a pay-per-view (PPV) basis.
The fight will take place on October 31 in London at the O2 Arena. It will be Usyk's first bout in a year and his second in the heavyweight division, after his victory over American Chazz Witherspoon on October 12, 2019.
The cost of watching the broadcast on MEGOGO is UAH 49, but currently it can be pre-ordered at a discount for UAH 25.
Showing boxing bouts on a PPV basis is a traditional system in the United States and Great Britain. In Ukraine, however, since 2008 all top boxing bouts have been shown free of charge by the TV channel Inter, and before that by 1+1.
The fight of another leading Ukrainian boxer, Vasyl Lomachenko, against Teofimo Lopez, which takes place on October 18, can also be watched on MEGOGO on a paid basis. However, there is no need to pay separately for it: the broadcast is available in the Maximum package for UAH 197.
This is probably due to the less convenient fight time. Lomachenko is fighting in the United States and will enter the ring at around 4 a.m. Kyiv time. Usyk's fight is expected to start at 11 p.m.
Oleksandr Usyk has professionally fought 17 times and won all of them, but 16 of those bouts were in a different weight class. Chisora has fought 41 times, winning 32 and losing 9.
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