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Zuffa Boxing Debuts Tonight on Paramount+ With Walsh–Ocampo at Meta Apex

Backed by TKO and Saudi-linked Sela, Dana White’s venture launches a UFC-style boxing model with governance and title plans still unsettled.

Overview

  • The inaugural Zuffa Boxing 01 card streams exclusively on Paramount+, with prelims at 6 p.m. ET and the main card at 9 p.m. ET headlined by Callum Walsh vs. Carlos Ocampo at middleweight.
  • Joe Tessitore calls the broadcast with analysts Max Kellerman and Andre Ward, Molly Qerim hosts desk coverage, Heidi Androl reports ringside, and Joe Martinez serves as ring announcer.
  • The event takes place at the UFC-owned Meta Apex in Las Vegas, which has been reconfigured for public ticketing with images indicating space for roughly 1,000 spectators.
  • Nevada’s athletic commission says standard boxing rules apply, while Zuffa’s drug-testing arrangements have not been detailed publicly.
  • Zuffa plans its own titles using The Ring Magazine rankings as a guide, H.R. 4624 to enable unified organizations advanced in a House committee this week, and a Feb. 1 follow-up show featuring Jose Valenzuela vs. Diego Torres is slated at the same venue.