Madrid, Spain /
The former light heavyweight champion, the veteran Russian boxer Sergey Kovalev, Could face legal action for that transmitted without authorization the fight of the mexican Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Callum Smith.
Although it is illegal to broadcast content of events that have rights, the problem is latent, and it is a practice that is given constantly through social media where it is very difficult to be able to follow.
In general, people who provide unauthorized live broadcasts through social media are random people without many followers, but during the fight of Alvarez i Callum last saturday Kovalev he did.
Kovalev he streamed the fight on his Instagram account and this caught the attention of the DAZN company, Who had the rights to combat.
According to The Athletic, the company DAZN of transmission plans to take action against Kovalev for transmission without permission.
The Athletic reported that sources told them that the executives of DAZN “they were alarmed and extremely frustrated by Kovalev’s blatant behavior“.
The situation could even jeopardize the fight Kovalev against the Uzbek Bektemir Melikuziev next January 30, which is scheduled to air by DAZN.
Kovalev had a maximum audience of about 2,500 viewers in its live broadcast of Instagram.