SKY to Not show PPV

[Otley]

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!!!

[erics44]

would be fantastic if true, where did you hear this?

[Mark TKO]

yes wheres the source ?

[Otley]

Boxrec.com

yes i agree would be the best boxing news this year

job biscuit (and the Channel 5 coverage was superb)!!!

eh eh!!!

[Mark TKO]

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.

[BIG H]

....of course there is a flipside and that is that we don't get to see the fights on TV at all

[Mark TKO]

....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 same

[Fenster]

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.

[Mark TKO]

have final ppv figures for Khan v Judah been released ?

[Fenster]

....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 same

PPV "worthy" fights can't even happen without TV.

[BIG H]

....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 same

PPV "worthy" fights can't even happen without TV.

Pac v PBF (for example) wouldn't be dependant on a British audience.

[Fenster]

....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 same

PPV "worthy" fights can't even happen without TV.

Pac v PBF (for example) wouldn't be dependant on a British audience.

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.

Should that fight happen there's no doubt whatsoever their "no ppv" would quickly get the spanish. Fact. Double fact.

[boxingbantz]

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.

[erics44]

o i, i never thought about all that shit

[littlebif]

This must be after the 2 shocking fights David Hayes been in, at least he has done something for the fans.