CSI SPORTSā¢ founded in 1997 by Richard and Craig Miele, has grown from creating, producing and distributing live championship boxing events in the U.S., into a leading global multimedia business controlling rights to boxingās biggest global events including the highest grossing pay-per-view events of all time. In 2012, CSI SPORTSā¢ launched FIGHT SPORTSĀ®, the fastest growing 24/7 sports network worldwide. CSI SPORTSā¢ controls global rights to HBO World Championship Boxing events and is also the exclusive owner of the iconic USA Tuesday Night FightsĀ® series, acquired from Comcast/NBC Universal and including thousands of hours of content featuring boxing legends Floyd Mayweather, Mike Tyson, Oscar De La Hoya, and many more.
CSI SPORTSā FIGHT SPORTSĀ® network reaches over 190 countries with U.S. distribution through the FIGHT SPORTSĀ® branded block in over 80M households. The FIGHT SPORTSĀ® linear channel currently reaches 60+ countries globally. Over the past two decades, CSI SPORTSā rights to the biggest PPV events in historyā including Mayweather vs. Pacquiao, Mayweather vs. De La Hoya, Tyson vs. Lewis, and many othersāhave generated billions of dollars in PPV revenue.
In 2026, CSI SPORTSā¢ will also debut new technology set to revolutionize and forever enhance the sport and the viewing experience for audiences worldwide.
Syndication
- Over 190 Countries
- Over 80 Million U.S. Households
Linear Channel
- Over 60 Countries
- 24/7 Broadcast
TIMELINE
2020s Today
2024
K-1 Kickboxing
CSI SPORTSā¢ signs worldwide agreement for the rights to K-1 Kickboxing globally, which includes the rights to broadcast K-1 events Live on FIGHT SPORTSĀ® in Japan.
2023
American Ninja Warrior
CSI SPORTSā¢ acquires the rights to over 60 countries to multiple seasons of the reality competition series āAMERICAN NINJA WARRIORā, FIGHT SPORTSĀ® adds series to its schedule Premiering June 1st.
2022ā2023
Live Events
FIGHT SPORTSĀ® continues to launch FIGHT SPORTSĀ® branded content, offering its 24/7 network in new markets including Japan, and continues to secure exclusive LIVE rights to the top live events featuring Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder, Anthony Joshua, and more. CSI SPORTSā¢ begins plans to launch a global digital content offering with a strategic partnership around a series of LIVE Championship events.
FIGHT SPORTSĀ® MAX
FIGHT SPORTSĀ® rolls out beta version of FIGHT SPORTSĀ® MAX app in specific markets in Europe, Asia, and Africa, providing subscribers with access to Live Championship Events in Boxing, MMA, Kickboxing, and Martial Arts; Encore presentations of premium events; Daily News across all combat sports; as well as thousands of hours of VOD content including documentaries, reality programming, magazine programs, and classic bouts from fighters such as Mike Tyson, George Foreman, Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather, and Lennox Lewis.
2010s Global Growth
2018ā2019
Paid TV Expansion
FIGHT SPORTSĀ® expands its global distribution across paid TV platforms in Europe and Asia, including a strategic distribution digital partnership with streaming services in top western European markets.
2017
Asia Expansion
FIGHT SPORTSĀ® channel launches in Hong Kong and Nepal and extends its coverage in Sweden, Finland and Lithuania.
FIGHT SPORTSĀ® re-launches the global FIGHT SPORTSĀ® website www.fightsports.tv to support all premium fight related sports news and events around the world.
FIGHT SPORTSĀ® expands its digital team and begins its social presence on Facebook in July of 2017: www.facebook.com/fightsports
2016
FIGHT SPORTSĀ® Globalization
FIGHT SPORTSĀ® launches in Germany, Japan, the Caribbean, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, all the Pacific Islands including Fiji, Timor Leste, and Sri Lanka and extends its coverage in Sweden and Finland as the global footprint expands to 37 countries throughout Asia, Europe, and North America.
2015
Scandinavia
FIGHT SPORTSĀ® signs carriage agreements for multiple countries to launch its new 24/7 HD Network with leading Pay-TV operator, TELIA SONERA, becoming Scandinaviaās first dedicated network to support the entire genre through exclusive live events and original programming.
FIGHT SPORTSĀ® launches in Sweden, Finland and Norway.
FIGHT SPORTSĀ® expands in the U.S. with the launch of a LIVE and VOD premium offering with Verizon on their āgo90ā mobile video platform as one of only a dozen āpremium partnersā.
2014
Asia & Europe
FIGHT SPORTSĀ® becomes the fastest growing global sports channel with distribution reaching almost 20 countries in only 24 months since launch with multiple carriage agreements in territories throughout Asia and Europe.
FIGHT SPORTSĀ® channel launches in the Philippines.
2013
Thailand
FIGHT SPORTSĀ® channel launches in Thailand.
CSI SPORTSā¢ secures the long term exclusive rights to āLIVEā HBO Championship Boxing for major and emerging international territories for FIGHT SPORTSĀ®.
2012
Indonesia
Launched the global 24/7 linear HD network FIGHT SPORTSĀ® on Cable, DTH and IPTV with Pay TV carriage agreements, and today reaching 30 countries, with many more to be announced soon.
FIGHT SPORTSĀ® channel launches in Indonesia.
CSI SPORTSā¢ acquires worldwide rights to HBO Championship Boxing with hundreds of hours, all in HD, that feature Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather, Oscar De La Hoya, Juan Manuel Marquez and many more of the highest grossing fights in the sport. These events span over 5 years and have generated over $3B in revenues.
2011
Philippines
CSI SPORTSā¢ continues worldwide rollout and launches a weekly FIGHT SPORTSĀ® block nationwide in the Philippines and becomes the largest provider of the widest variety of fight related content in the Country. CSIās local distribution partner is one of the leading media and Pay TV businesses in the country with a market cap of $5B+.
2010
Mobile
CSI SPORTSā¢ signs an agreement with the leading mobile operator in the U.S. to launch FIGHT SPORTSĀ® mobile, making the programming available to over 80M U.S. mobile phones nationwide.
2000s Foundation Building
2009
China
CSI SPORTSā¢ enters China and becomes the largest supplier of fight related programming in the Country and makes the historic introduction of FIGHT SPORTSĀ® to the nationwide Chinese audience with weekly broadcasts reaching 250M+ viewers.
2008
BodogFIGHT MMA
CSI SPORTSā¢ acquires the high definition (āHDā) 1080i produced BodogFIGHT mixed martial arts (MMA) series. BodogFIGHT invested approximately $40M in building one of the largest and most recognizable MMA series produced in native HD 1080i. The series includes some of the best fighters in the sport, including Fedor Emelianenko, one of the best heavyweights in MMA history, former UFC champions Cain Velasquez and Eddie Alvarez, and superstars Jorge Masvidal and Chael Sonnen.
2007
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather
CSI SPORTSā¢ acquires the international rights for over 30 countries to the largest grossing PPV event in history ($150M), Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather.
2005
Programming Expansion
CSI SPORTSā¢ acquires rights to multiple fight related program series featuring a variety of fighting; MMA, martial arts, kickboxing, magazine programs, including World Extreme Cagefighting (āWECā). CSI SPORTSā¢ also begins producing other fight related programming in HD and launches the āKnockouts!ā series on U.S. PPV which has become a consistent PPV product in the U.S. each month.
2004
UFC Partnership
CSI SPORTSā¢ begins acquiring mixed martial arts and starts a relationship with Zuffa, owner of Ultimate Fighting Championship (āUFCā) by licensing a series of UFC programs for distribution within CSIās U.S. distribution outlets. CSI also begins to license international rights to multiple fight and MMA series including UFC, K-1, KOTC, etc.
2001
Tyson vs. Lewis
CSI SPORTSā¢ retained sponsorship rights to one of the highest grossing Pay-Per-View events ($120M) of all time: Tyson vs. Lewis (Photo of CSI SPORTSā¢ logo on ring mat featured in Sports Illustrated).
1990s Early Success
1999
HBO Sports
CSI SPORTSā¢ starts a long term relationship with HBO Sports. CSI SPORTSā¢ has since acquired rights to various high profile boxing matches for international markets from HBOās series World Championship Boxing, Boxing After Dark and HBO Pay-Per-View.
1997
Coronaās World Class Championship Boxing
CSI SPORTSā¢ created, produced and distributed a series entitled āCoronaās World Class Championship Boxingā. This series, sponsored by the Corona brand for over a decade, quickly became one of the most successful and longest running independent Championship boxing series to date. This series features current, former, and future boxing Champions and each program features a Championship Main Event.