Madrid, Spain /
Former light heavyweight champion, veteran Russian fighter Serghei Kovalev, you could face a legal lawsuit because transmitted without authorization Mexican fight Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez and Callum Smith.
Despite the fact that it is illegal to transmit the content of events that have rights, the problem is latent and it is a practice that appears constantly through social networks where it is very difficult to follow.
Usually, people who broadcast unauthorized live broadcasts via social networks are random people, without many followers, but during the fight. Alvarez and Callum last saturday Kovalev made.
Kovalev He posted the fight on his Instagram account and this attracted the attention of DAZN, who had the rights to fight.
According to The Athletic, the company DAZN transmission intends to take action against Kovalev for transmission without permission.
Athletic reported that sources told them that the directors of DAZN “they were alarmed and extremely frustrated by Kovalev’s naughty behavior“.
The situation could even endanger the fight Kovalev against the Uzbek Bektemir Melikuziev on January 30, which is scheduled to air DAZN.
Kovalev He had a peak audience of about 2,500 viewers on its live broadcast of Instagram.