Terence Crawford
In March 2005, the unit broadcast its first boxing PPV, headlined by Shane Mosley vs. David Estrada. ESPN's contract with the promoter Top Rank since 2017 includes the possibility of PPV events; in January 2019, ESPN announced its first Top Rank PPV, between Terence Crawford and Amir Khan for the WBO Welterweight title. Although ESPN had preferred to use its subscription streaming service ESPN+ for larger fights not on linear TV, Bob Arum stated that the fight's scale was too large to be covered by rights fees alone. In December 2019, it was announced that ESPN would jointly produce the Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury II PPV with Fox Sports.