CSI SPORTS™ 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 boxing’s biggest global events including the highest grossing pay-per-view events of all time. In 2012, CSI SPORTS™ launched FIGHT SPORTS®, the fastest growing 24/7 sports network worldwide. CSI SPORTS™ controls global rights to HBO World Championship Boxing events and is also the exclusive owner of the iconic USA Tuesday Night Fights® 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 SPORTS’ FIGHT SPORTS® network reaches over 190 countries with U.S. distribution through the FIGHT SPORTS® branded block in over 80M households. The FIGHT SPORTS® linear channel currently reaches 60+ countries globally. Over the past two decades, CSI SPORTS’ rights to the biggest PPV events in history— including Mayweather vs. Pacquiao, Mayweather vs. De La Hoya, Tyson vs. Lewis, and many others—have generated billions of dollars in PPV revenue.
In 2026, CSI SPORTS™ 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 SPORTS™ signs worldwide agreement for the rights to K-1 Kickboxing globally, which includes the rights to broadcast K-1 events Live on FIGHT SPORTS® in Japan.
2023
American Ninja Warrior
CSI SPORTS™ acquires the rights to over 60 countries to multiple seasons of the reality competition series ‘AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR’, FIGHT SPORTS® adds series to its schedule Premiering June 1st.
2022–2023
Live Events
FIGHT SPORTS® continues to launch FIGHT SPORTS® 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 SPORTS™ begins plans to launch a global digital content offering with a strategic partnership around a series of LIVE Championship events.
FIGHT SPORTS® MAX
FIGHT SPORTS® rolls out beta version of FIGHT SPORTS® 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
2018–2019
Paid TV Expansion
FIGHT SPORTS® 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 SPORTS® channel launches in Hong Kong and Nepal and extends its coverage in Sweden, Finland and Lithuania.
FIGHT SPORTS® re-launches the global FIGHT SPORTS® website www.fightsports.tv to support all premium fight related sports news and events around the world.
FIGHT SPORTS® expands its digital team and begins its social presence on Facebook in July of 2017: www.facebook.com/fightsports
2016
FIGHT SPORTS® Globalization
FIGHT SPORTS® 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 SPORTS® signs carriage agreements for multiple countries to launch its new 24/7 HD Network with leading Pay-TV operator, TELIA SONERA, becoming Scandinavia’s first dedicated network to support the entire genre through exclusive live events and original programming.
FIGHT SPORTS® launches in Sweden, Finland and Norway.
FIGHT SPORTS® expands in the U.S. with the launch of a LIVE and VOD premium offering with Verizon on their “go90” mobile video platform as one of only a dozen “premium partners”.
2014
Asia & Europe
FIGHT SPORTS® 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 SPORTS® channel launches in the Philippines.
2013
Thailand
FIGHT SPORTS® channel launches in Thailand.
CSI SPORTS™ secures the long term exclusive rights to “LIVE” HBO Championship Boxing for major and emerging international territories for FIGHT SPORTS®.
2012
Indonesia
Launched the global 24/7 linear HD network FIGHT SPORTS® on Cable, DTH and IPTV with Pay TV carriage agreements, and today reaching 30 countries, with many more to be announced soon.
FIGHT SPORTS® channel launches in Indonesia.
CSI SPORTS™ 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 SPORTS™ continues worldwide rollout and launches a weekly FIGHT SPORTS® block nationwide in the Philippines and becomes the largest provider of the widest variety of fight related content in the Country. CSI’s 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 SPORTS™ signs an agreement with the leading mobile operator in the U.S. to launch FIGHT SPORTS® mobile, making the programming available to over 80M U.S. mobile phones nationwide.
2000s Foundation Building
2009
China
CSI SPORTS™ enters China and becomes the largest supplier of fight related programming in the Country and makes the historic introduction of FIGHT SPORTS® to the nationwide Chinese audience with weekly broadcasts reaching 250M+ viewers.
2008
BodogFIGHT MMA
CSI SPORTS™ acquires the high definition (“HD”) 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 SPORTS™ 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 SPORTS™ acquires rights to multiple fight related program series featuring a variety of fighting; MMA, martial arts, kickboxing, magazine programs, including World Extreme Cagefighting (“WEC”). CSI SPORTS™ also begins producing other fight related programming in HD and launches the “Knockouts!” series on U.S. PPV which has become a consistent PPV product in the U.S. each month.
2004
UFC Partnership
CSI SPORTS™ begins acquiring mixed martial arts and starts a relationship with Zuffa, owner of Ultimate Fighting Championship (“UFC”) by licensing a series of UFC programs for distribution within CSI’s 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 SPORTS™ retained sponsorship rights to one of the highest grossing Pay-Per-View events ($120M) of all time: Tyson vs. Lewis (Photo of CSI SPORTS™ logo on ring mat featured in Sports Illustrated).
1990s Early Success
1999
HBO Sports
CSI SPORTS™ starts a long term relationship with HBO Sports. CSI SPORTS™ has since acquired rights to various high profile boxing matches for international markets from HBO’s series World Championship Boxing, Boxing After Dark and HBO Pay-Per-View.
1997
Corona’s World Class Championship Boxing
CSI SPORTS™ created, produced and distributed a series entitled “Corona’s World Class Championship Boxing”. 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.