About Main Events
MAIN EVENTS is internationally recognized as one of the top boxing promotional firms in the world. Main Events was founded in 1978 by Hall-of-Fame promoter Dan Duva, and is now run by his widow and Hall-of-Fame promoter Kathy Duva. Main Events is committed to promoting quality fights that boxing fans want to see.
History
1980's & 1990's
Main Events gained a reputation throughout the 80’s and 90’s as the sport’s number one incubator for new talent, working with legendary athletes such as Rocky Juarez, Rocky Lockridge, Pernell Whitaker, Johnny Bumphus, and Livingstone Bramble. As an innovator and leader in the sport of boxing, Main Events was the first major boxing promoter to share profits with boxers under promotional contracts. In 1991, Main Events partnered with HBO and Top Rank to create TVKO, which introduced pay-per-view in the United States.
Late 90's & 2000s
By the late 90’s the companys' continued success led to some of the highest grossing boxing events at that time: Leonard-Hearns, Holyfield-Foreman, Lewis-Tyson. In 2003, the company orchestrated the return of professional boxing to broadcast television. “The NBC Boxing Series” drew strong ratings and rave reviews in its May 2003 debut, and returned in April/May 2004. In 2005, Main Events joined forces with ESPN to bring pay-per-view boxing to the sports cable giant. The highly-acclaimed April 2005 event generated twice the number of buys than was predicted by many boxing insiders and television network executives.
2010's - Today
In 2011 Main Events introduced pay-per-view to Poland with World Heavyweight Title Fight Vitali Klitschko vs. Tomasz Adamek. In 2012, Main Events again brought boxing back to broadcast television on NBCSN with the NBC Sports Fight Night series. The debut of Fight Night on NBC produced a record-setting most-viewed daytime broadcast. Since then, Main Events has promoted a stacked roster of international contenders, including former WBO, IBF and WBA Light Heavyweight World Champion Sergey "Krusher" Kovalev, and current IBF Super Welterweight World Champion Bakhram Murtazaliev.