According to Front Office Sports, the partnership between Top Rank, the leading boxing promoter in the United States, and ESPN will be ending in a few months. The report said the decision was made by ESPN not to renew the contract that is set to expire in August. Top Rank will search for a new broadcast partner, although that search will be hindered by ESPN leaking out this news. The article further reported that ESPN would not object if Top Rank signed a deal with another network and wanted to leave ESPN even earlier than August. The current relationship between the two dates back to 2017.