This is something that I've been thinking about over recent months, and although I think that British boxing is in a healthy position, and there are a lot of good fighters coming through and developing, but I feel that as the strength has increased the broadcast situation has actually deteriorated so that less people get to see the good British fighters as they develop and work through the ranks.

Primetime and Boxnation are the recent experiments in terms of taking boxing on to specialist channels, and with a couple of promoters and more importantly a few of the big names in British boxing being featured on these minority channels, then this reduces the exposure. I think the real impact will be felt once Boxnation adopts the subscription model on this front.

As for Sky, their boxing output looks very weak at the moment, although fair play Quigg v Booth this weekend looks decent. When Sky had Frank Warren on board, and the large stable that he brings with him, they were a big player, at the moment people are not going to be subscribing purely for their boxing output as I did a few years ago.

However, there is a ray of light, and although he may not be the biggest or best name Tyson Fury is getting very good audiences on Channel 5, and showing that it is possible to put boxing on terrestrial TV, and that is ultimately what would really push the sport back into the mainstream limelight again.

My own opinion is that by going to a specialist subscription model, the promoters are making a rod for their own back by severly restricting the number of people who will be watching, and thus reducing the advertising revenue dramatically, which I don't think that the subs will eclipse.