![]() ![]() ![]() “We’ll also be looking to bring over individual names for individual fights, legends of the sport, current world champions during different fight weeks to integrate them into the commentary but it’s an interesting point on the two or three. “From our side, Mike is always going to lead commentary for the principal fights on the night, prior to that Chris Lloyd will do commentary with Darren Barker for the earlier fights on the night and then as we go to the main card it will be Mike and Andy always, Tony Bellew is part of the presentation and commentary team so will be in and out of commentary,” Hearn explained. “Whereas over here there are just the two voices, so that’s something we’ll work out but I think it can work anyway because I think they’re such good broadcasters, they’ve got such good insight and they’ve got such experience getting that insight across, they’re both brilliantly articulate in their different ways, they have a different style of broadcasting, different characters come across in their voice and I think it will work whichever way we decide to go ahead with it.”įor big fight nights, including the upcoming Fight Camp series, there will be special guests added for special attractions but Costello, Lee and Bellew will form the core. “Having spoken to Eddie on this in the past, the Americans are very keen on three voices, sometimes even four,” explained Costello. Tony Bellew will assist them but how the broadcast booth will look on fight nights is still to be finally determined. Matchroom’s Eddie Hearn was clearly delighted with his signing and Costello will be paired with Irish star Andy Lee, whom he has worked with on the BBC before. coverage but also be the voice of big shows in the U.S. ![]() Veteran broadcaster Mike Costello is the new voice of DAZN and he’s excited about the challenges that lie ahead.Ĭostello is leaving his role at the BBC, where he has covered boxing and athletics, to be the figurehead of DAZN’s ringside commentary team and his position will see him lead the U.K. ![]()
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