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LAS VEGAS -- When Manny Pacquiao faced Jeff Horn in Australia on July 2 in Brisbane, Australia, in the main event of a card that aired live on ESPN, it was Pacquiao's first non-pay-per-view fight since 2005. Turns out it was only the beginning for major fights regularly airing on ESPN.

For months before that card, and through late last week, Top Rank and the network have been hammering out a complicated agreement that will bring Top Rank's fights exclusively to ESPN platforms for years to come under a minimum four-year deal.