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It seems a bit harsh on Froch, surely this fight is bigger than Khan Vs Salita?
If possible he should have opted to have it shown on Sky Sports instead of Box Office in an attempt to build his fanbase. I can't see him getting much exposure on that Primetime Channel
Daily Star: Simply The Best 7 Days A Week :: In The Ring :: Carl Froch slams Sky TV
Froch/Kessler deserves way more coverage than any Khan fight except for the Barrera fight and that is because Barrera is a legend. Anyone who has been paying money to watch Khan is a clown.
Froch/Kessler is a quality matchup and whichever way it goes we are bound to see a good old tear up.
Hell Froch-Kessler deserves more coverage than Haye-Ruiz or Con boy vs whoever. At least Froch and Kessler are near teh top of their division and are willing to fight each other.
Haye just punks out against the Klit brothers and we all know about Con boy.
Sky have us by the balls. :mad:
Thing is Sky know Haye and even Khan are far more well known than Froch and will both sell more than Froch. I think Froch should have his fights shown on Sky Sports 1 and as was earlier mentioned build his popularity in the UK and then try for the PPV slot.
To be honest though, Primetime is the shittest setup ever and I'm not one bit surprised he wants to go on Sky Box Office. If he did let it go on Sky Sports 1 he has a fan friendly style that would sell, but I see him getting beaten quite badly by Kessler and that would lose him any future PPV appeal!!
I really doubt theres much truth in this
hennessy doesnt do business with sky hence even when itv didnt wanna know chose to create his own PPV channel instead in order to screen all the super 6 fights.
primetime tv has showtimes 24/7 show around the clock from 7pm onwards and promises to screen every super 6 fight. Why the hell would hennessy go back on all that and give up potential PPV revenue just so carl can earn himself a few more fans.
Froch-kessler and Froch-Abraham will both be screened on primetime ppv, count yourself lucky for that as when he fought taylor it didnt even make it to tv period until the very next night!!!
i feel sorry for froch he travels to america fights a decent challenger in 1st defence in his backyard & doesnt even get shown live in britain:confused: then stars in this supersix event the best thing to happen in boxing for a long time then no one wants to show his fights:confused:
all i wanna do is sit in my frontroom & watch boxing but us boxing fans get fkd again:mad:
fk khan i will never pay for a box office fight with him in it, never!!!!!!!!!!
he should consider it a favor, this way no one in Britain will see him get sparked by Kessler lol
First off it aint Fat Mick's channel, secondly the PPV potential on that shower of shite is fuck all, the channel is a fucking joke, the Dirrell fight was aired free.Quote:
Originally Posted by hattonthehammer
Well this is Hennessy's fault. Froch is closer to a Friday Fight Night boxer than a Haye/Khan/Hatton PPV one. Must be asking for too much dough.
Carl - the "world" champion - Froch is fighting the challenger, coming off a stoppage loss, in a place no-one has ever heard of called Herning. Yeah that's serious PPV material.
Froch's boat was on Question of Sport the other night, the panel couldn't even name him. He's a complete nobody outside hardcore fans
I think Froch and Hennessy are too far entrenched against Sky for there to be a compromise, and without a realistic competitor to Sky, this Primetime channel is the only option left to them.
It's sad for Froch that his exposure has been dreadful, and that Hennessey has hamstrung him in this way, but he's got to make the best of the lot he's got.
I'm quite surprised that he's stuck with Hennessy as long as he has!Quote:
Originally Posted by superheavyrhun
Although I cant stand Froch and think hes shite, if hed been with Warren he would be a name by now, he probably would have had a big domestic world level show down with Calzaghe after a few money spinning defences.
getting rid of my sky sub for virgin cable this friday so i think i'll turn my dish alittle to the left to start picking up all the german channels as i'm sure they will be showing all the super six fights for free :)
saying that...but frochs resume will readQuote:
Originally Posted by rjj tszyuI'm quite surprised that he's stuck with Hennessy as long as he has!Quote:
Originally Posted by superheavyrhun
pascal - win
taylor- win
dirrell- win
kessler - tba
abraham- tba
has warren EVER had a resume like that for a fighter?
Good resume but no-one knows who Froch is. He's on a par with Junior Witter, another faceless Hennessy "world" champion.Quote:
Originally Posted by oakleyno1saying that...but frochs resume will readQuote:
Originally Posted by rjj tszyuI'm quite surprised that he's stuck with Hennessy as long as he has!Quote:
Originally Posted by superheavyrhun
pascal - win
taylor- win
dirrell- win
kessler - tba
abraham- tba
has warren EVER had a resume like that for a fighter?
Warren made Enzo Macc bigger than Froch has ever been.
No but he's got his fighters much more money than their talent probably should have let themQuote:
Originally Posted by oakleyno1saying that...but frochs resume will readQuote:
Originally Posted by rjj tszyuI'm quite surprised that he's stuck with Hennessy as long as he has!Quote:
Originally Posted by superheavyrhun
pascal - win
taylor- win
dirrell- win
kessler - tba
abraham- tba
has warren EVER had a resume like that for a fighter?
Exactly Froch the world champ was getting 200k fighting Taylor ( big name ) on live Showtime.Quote:
Originally Posted by onoNo but he's got his fighters much more money than their talent probably should have let themQuote:
Originally Posted by oakleyno1saying that...but frochs resume will readQuote:
Originally Posted by rjj tszyu
pascal - win
taylor- win
dirrell- win
kessler - tba
abraham- tba
has warren EVER had a resume like that for a fighter?
Frank gets his fighters that sort of money for fighting local bin men in there local leisure centre.
With Warren recently making a habit of losing his big names (ie Calzaghe and Khan) once the big bucks start rolling in, any chance we might see a defector to the Warren camp in Froch?
Obviously it'd be a huge portion of humble pie for Froch to do so, but the man's prime years in his career are slipping away with him making relatively little money with Hennessey. To extend the gastro metaphor, would eating humble pie mean he was shitting money later on?
He doesn't have to go with Warren to make money though!! Hatton could be a good man to go with, he made much more money AFTER he left Warren and he pretty much comes hand in hand with Golden Boy Promotions to take care of affairs in the U.S.
Depends on how many fights the fat man has him under contract for still. I'm guessing Froch loses before the contract ends and he's going to be in tough fights for the next few too. There may not be much left to promote the next time he's a free agent and it's not like Warren can step him down in class and spend a few years building him up, he's 32 already. Froch should have been a name and marketable to British telly before he became world champion, too late now.
It's an object lesson to any fighter coming through though, go with the guy with the track record of making his fighters names/big money. I'm interested to see how Ricky Hatton goes on over the next few years when it comes to shelling out for prospects. So far it looks like he's tried to find an earner out of a bunch of retreads while Warren has spent some wedge signing up the actual talent. Hatton is going to have to get his cheque book out over the next few years if he's going to compete with Warren. Hennessy, in the words of Saddoboxer, might just get left in the dust.
feel sorry for froch he has not run from anyone & at the same time no one knows who he is