Thread: No more PPV boxing

As long as I can help it I will never buy another Pay per View event. Especially one headlined by bums who dont come to fight but rather just to go the distance. Even though I am embarrassed to say it I watched the T.J. thunder event but not on PPV . I watched it for free on justtintv.com. Sacrificed a lil bit of picture quality but it was still watchable non the less. So remember justintv.com ( free )

Originally Posted by scraptime

As long as I can help it I will never buy another Pay per View event. Especially one headlined by bums who dont come to fight but rather just to go the distance. Even though I am embarrassed to say it I watched the T.J. thunder event but not on PPV . I watched it for free on justtintv.com. Sacrificed a lil bit of picture quality but it was still watchable non the less. So remember justintv.com ( free )

Ouch.
Whatever ya think of Chavez jr and his limitations and or future that was a pretty solid fight waged.Cuello came in fresh off the milk carton as far as being known and I think proved himself a stern acid test and capable fiighter to watch progress down the road.Far from 'bums' by any standared.Aside from Silva being totally out classed,I think each guy
fought pretty gritty.Montiel is one of the better fighters around and both he and Soto are major players.


Agreed though about the sham of PPV and where it stands,shelling out dollars to watch the sport we are so fond of but those links can be spotty.No doubt about that.

Originally Posted by scraptime

As long as I can help it I will never buy another Pay per View event. Especially one headlined by bums who dont come to fight but rather just to go the distance. Even though I am embarrassed to say it I watched the T.J. thunder event but not on PPV . I watched it for free on justtintv.com. Sacrificed a lil bit of picture quality but it was still watchable non the less. So remember justintv.com ( free )

Yep that's the site I have gone to for all PPV action since that Cotto-Margarito fight.

Two fights I haven't been able to see was Calzaghe-Jones and De La Hoya-Pacquiao. HBO pulled the plug on those fights.

Originally Posted by "The L.A. Earthquake"

Originally Posted by scraptime

As long as I can help it I will never buy another Pay per View event. Especially one headlined by bums who dont come to fight but rather just to go the distance. Even though I am embarrassed to say it I watched the T.J. thunder event but not on PPV . I watched it for free on justtintv.com. Sacrificed a lil bit of picture quality but it was still watchable non the less. So remember justintv.com ( free )

Yep that's the site I have gone to for all PPV action since that Cotto-Margarito fight.

Two fights I haven't been able to see was Calzaghe-Jones and De La Hoya-Pacquiao. HBO pulled the plug on those fights.

Cotto-Margarito was an awesome fight, so how that would make you not wanna watch boxing on PPV just kinda blows my mind....

Margarito was o.k. but it was far from great. Margarito just has a very difficult style which makes most of his fights kinda boring to watch. Cotto is a different story. Although not a class a fighter he brings more skill, speed, and excitement.

Originally Posted by scraptime

Margarito was o.k. but it was far from great. Margarito just has a very difficult style which makes most of his fights kinda boring to watch. Cotto is a different story. Although not a class a fighter he brings more skill, speed, and excitement.

What would you define as a great fight then? It must be one exclusive club in your eyes.

get yourself over to britain boys


Then pretty much all the big fights other than the british lads are free to air on digital tv.

Will be watching froch-taylor, bradley-holt etc in the next few weeks and wont pay a penny for the pleasure

Originally Posted by hattonthehammer

get yourself over to britain boys


Then pretty much all the big fights other than the british lads are free to air on digital tv.

Will be watching froch-taylor, bradley-holt etc in the next few weeks and wont pay a penny for the pleasure

It's brilliant at the moment !
Setanta and ITV are really putting their ends in ,really is a good time to be a british fight fan !
God save our gracious que........... ( not quite Setanta is Irish,right ? )

Originally Posted by scraptime

Margarito was o.k. but it was far from great. Margarito just has a very difficult style which makes most of his fights kinda boring to watch. Cotto is a different story. Although not a class a fighter he brings more skill, speed, and excitement.

need to get off the hash pipe, never really seen Margarito in a boring fight, shit even Margarito/Clottey which was a slow paced fight wasn't even really boring, i mean if you can't appreciate actual skill and technique and expect every fight to be Marquez/Vazquez I,II,III or Barrera/Morales I & III, Corrales/Castillo, etc. than what would make any of those fights special?

Yeah.. We'll be watching it for free.. at least on HBO, right? Holt-Bradley will be awesome. I love these guys style, and I don't hink either of these guys like to share the limelight in the ring! WAR!

Originally Posted by hattonthehammer

get yourself over to britain boys


Then pretty much all the big fights other than the british lads are free to air on digital tv.

Will be watching froch-taylor, bradley-holt etc in the next few weeks and wont pay a penny for the pleasure

Are you sure about the Froch fight? I read the other day that niether ITV or Setanta had picked up up u to the credit crnch. Froch was mega pissed off because no channel would be showing the fight

It is hit and miss, two week ago we did not see Vitali or Roy Jones fight.

I'll buy that!

Have only ever paid for one, Cotto and Margarito. Don't regret it, as was a great night and spent with friends. Worth every penny. All the rest I've watched online, but justintv is prob. the last place for PPV I use unless it is a private room. All the feeds usually end up getting cut and the pic quality and delay make it hard to watch, but it is better then nothing I guess.

I don't have a prob. with supporting boxing by paying to watch it, but not exactly rolling in $$ so do what I have to. Will prob. pay for and make nights again out of it a few times this year with friends for fights i'm interested in getting the best live quality out of. Pac/Hatton will be the next one.

If I had lots of money, I'd pay for it more. Part of supporting boxing as a fan I believe is paying up a bit for it, be it with a PPV or a live seat if you are capable.