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Looks like SKY have hung up their gloves on PPV boxing due to mismatches and crap under cards. This could be great turn of event for fans who might get boxing back on free terrestrial TV.
Hope this happens cause boxing fans have been shafted for quiet sometime now and also bring back boxing to the mainstream public
job biscuit (well done SKY...please stick to your word)!!!
eh eh!!!
would be fantastic if true, where did you hear this?
yes wheres the source ?
Boxrec.com
yes i agree would be the best boxing news this year
job biscuit (and the Channel 5 coverage was superb)!!!
eh eh!!!
all well and good but if pbf pac gets made everything changes again
I said before on other threads in the 15+ years of ppv boxing over here theres only two I have not paid for (when I been at home to do so) and thats the last two Khan fights.
....of course there is a flipside and that is that we don't get to see the fights on TV at all :-\
yep, I just been thinking the sameQuote:
Originally Posted by BIG H
This ain't really the great news many think. Which fighters do Sky currently show that are PPV? Khan is currently on Primetime PPV. Haye, the only other PPV fighter, is currently set to retire.
That leaves Frank Warren shows. Have you not noticed the new BoxNation channel 456? It's all Frank Warren repeats. It's probably been set-up for his own PPVs.
So nothing is really changing.
have final ppv figures for Khan v Judah been released ?
PPV "worthy" fights can't even happen without TV.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark TKOyep, I just been thinking the sameQuote:
Originally Posted by BIG H
Pac v PBF (for example) wouldn't be dependant on a British audience.Quote:
Originally Posted by FensterPPV "worthy" fights can't even happen without TV.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark TKOyep, I just been thinking the sameQuote:
Originally Posted by BIG H
Oh right, I was thinking specifically of British PPVs. That fight is just about the only Non-Brit fight Sky would show PPV anyway. The only time they have American PPVs is when they're bolstering the British leg.Quote:
Originally Posted by BIG HPac v PBF (for example) wouldn't be dependant on a British audience.Quote:
Originally Posted by FensterPPV "worthy" fights can't even happen without TV.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark TKOyep, I just been thinking the sameQuote:
Originally Posted by BIG H
Should that fight happen there's no doubt whatsoever their "no ppv" would quickly get the spanish. Fact. Double fact.
Great news.
As for Floyd fighting Pac being ppv. Whilst I agree it SHOULD be ppv (or at least I'd pay it), I don't think Sky would be able to justify a fight starting at 5am, not involving a British fighter, being ppv. Then again, I think a clue is in the source: ""That is not to say we will never return to pay-per-view. It’s just not right for us at the moment." I.e until a big enough fight happens.
o i, i never thought about all that shit
This must be after the 2 shocking fights David Hayes been in, at least he has done something for the fans.
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Originally Posted by littlebif
thats probly not far from the truth
and there was that khan bill that went under, and the mitchell katsidis night was pretty rubbish, and the second super 7 wasnt worth the money, and the mitchell murray fight was top but thecard wasnt really worth PPV in the end
so thats plenty of money i have waisted
Khan vs Judah PPV figures are being released in a couple of weeks but they are reported to be 'positive'.
I'm gonna guess around 50k.
I reckon you could be onto something there mate. Can't see them creating a channel to solely show repeats.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenster
F*ck Sky, they should never have gone PPV, lost me as a loyal customer years ago, only join monthly to watch the Pac Man fights and whatever else I can get in that month. I will join again for his next fight and get to hopefully watch Cotto v Marg, and froch v Andre for "free" on their channel.
If sky don't do ppv some other channel will primetime etc I think there's always going to be ppv in boxing, I think the haye v Harrison fight done a bit of damage to boxing and ppv
Is Khan really a ppv fighter?