ESPN+ is the streaming home of Top Rank Boxing in the United States. The Top Rank–ESPN partnership has been in place since 2017 and is the longest-running of the current US boxing carriage deals. In 2025-26, Top Rank’s headline cards run on ESPN linear with the prelims and undercards on ESPN+, and the smaller domestic cards stream as ESPN+ exclusives.
What ESPN+ costs
ESPN+ has a single subscription tier:
- Monthly: $11.99 per month.
- Annual: $119.99 paid up front, saving roughly $24 over 12 months.
- The Disney Bundle: ESPN+ comes packaged with Disney+ and Hulu in several tiered options, starting around $16.99 per month for Disney+ and Hulu with ads, ESPN+ with ads.
The cheapest entry to live US boxing is the standalone ESPN+ monthly at $11.99. That gets the full Top Rank slate apart from the ESPN+ PPV cards.
What is included with the subscription
The ESPN+ boxing catalogue is built around the Top Rank deal:
- Top Rank Saturday cards. Live coverage of the regular Top Rank schedule, anchored by fighters like Naoya Inoue, Teófimo López, Vasiliy Lomachenko and the Top Rank stable of younger US prospects.
- Top Rank Tuesday and Thursday cards. Lower-tier developmental cards that air directly on ESPN+ without an ESPN linear simulcast.
- Boxing studio shows and replays. Pre-fight breakdowns, post-fight reviews, and the Top Rank back library.
A note on ESPN linear: the biggest Top Rank cards usually air on ESPN proper, not ESPN+. You can watch them via cable, via the ESPN app with a cable login, or via one of the live-TV bundles that includes ESPN (YouTube TV, Hulu Live TV, Sling TV Orange, Fubo).
ESPN+ PPV — what it actually costs
Three or four times a year, Top Rank stages a PPV-tier card. These run as ESPN+ PPV at $79.99 per card on top of the ESPN+ subscription. Both pieces are required: the PPV purchase alone does not work, and the standard subscription alone does not unlock the PPV.
The PPV pricing has been steady at $79.99 since 2023. There are occasional bundle offers where ESPN+ rolls a card into the standard subscription (Inoue cards have done this twice in recent years), but the default expectation is the $79.99 add-on.
How ESPN+ compares to DAZN
ESPN+ at $11.99 is the cheapest tier-one US boxing subscription. It covers Top Rank exclusively. DAZN at $24.99 covers Matchroom and Queensberry. The two services do not overlap on promoter coverage. Most engaged US boxing fans hold both, plus Prime for the PBC slate.
For Matchroom and Queensberry, see our DAZN boxing guide. For the full US carriage map, see the US boxing guide.
How to subscribe and watch
ESPN+ runs through the ESPN website and the ESPN app on iOS, Android, Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, smart TVs, Xbox, and PlayStation. Signup is on plus.espn.com. The Disney Bundle signup is on disneyplus.com.
A practical 2025-26 viewing plan
For a Top Rank follower with no other boxing interest, ESPN+ at $11.99 plus the occasional PPV add-on is the cleanest setup. Expect three to four PPV cards a year on average, so the all-in annual cost is roughly $440 across subscription and PPVs.
For a multi-promoter follower, ESPN+ joins DAZN ($24.99/mo) and Amazon Prime ($14.99/mo) on the core stack, with PPV purchases on top of each.
Related guides
- DAZN Boxing US — schedule and price
- Boxing PPV schedule and pricing
- US boxing fight schedule
- UFC PPV guide — ESPN+ also handles UFC PPV cards.