Global Sportnet, the Sports marketing Agency of the WPP Group, and the longstanding business partners Sauerland Event GmbH and ARD Werbung SALES & SERVICES GmbH (ASS) have forged an exclusive partnership to market all boxing events which will be broadcast live on 'Das Erste' (ARD) as of 2005.

UFA Sports signed a marketing contract with Vitali und Wladimir Klitschko. The Hamburg-based sports rights agency will coordinate all future marketing and sponsoring activities of the two heavy-weight champions.

Advisers Media International and Media Investments joined forces this month to produce and distribute a new 30-minute weekly boxing show – 'KOTV' - to be launched at SPORTEL, Miami on the 7th May 2001.