Just seen a load of shit on Sky Sports...

[Bo-Bo24]

On Sky Sports just now they showed Gloves Are Off: Footballers Special. Joe Cole, Jamie Redknapp and Darren Bent sat around for an hour with Jonny Nelson talking about Froch vs Groves. They rolled out every cliche in the book and the show was essentially a tribute to Eddie Hearn and Matchroom. Am I the only one who thinks Sky Sports is fucking up British boxing?

[Silkeyjoe]

Ive said this so much and always get criticised for it. Matchroom is a joke and basically have a monopoly with sky so can dominate the domestic scene. Its pretty pathetic

[Beanz]

Ive said this so much and always get criticised for it. Matchroom is a joke and basically have a monopoly with sky so can dominate the domestic scene. Its pretty pathetic

You don't always get criticised for it. I may disagree but a lot of people obviously share your opinion. I don't think Matchroom quite have a monopoly but you are right in that they control the Lions share of British boxing talent. They often put on some really solid stacked domestic cards that are usually much better than similar offerings by Warren and Hennessey e.t.c but sometimes like many promoters there are mismatches and filler. Surely It is up to the other promotional outfits to up their game ?

Sky are as much to blame for shafting smaller outfits like Hatton and Maloney but it is a business and Matchroom obviously bring in the numbers and make good financial returns for them.

[Master]

The hype of this fight which has been going on forever is a joke. Sky is a walking advert for the event as it is on every where. The fight is good but not great.

[Bo-Bo24]

Ive said this so much and always get criticised for it. Matchroom is a joke and basically have a monopoly with sky so can dominate the domestic scene. Its pretty pathetic

You don't always get criticised for it. I may disagree but a lot of people obviously share your opinion. I don't think Matchroom quite have a monopoly but you are right in that they control the Lions share of British boxing talent. They often put on some really solid stacked domestic cards that are usually much better than similar offerings by Warren and Hennessey e.t.c but sometimes like many promoters there are mismatches and filler. Surely It is up to the other promotional outfits to up their game ?

Sky are as much to blame for shafting smaller outfits like Hatton and Maloney but it is a business and Matchroom obviously bring in the numbers and make good financial returns for them.

Matchroom have a decent stable because they can lure the biggest UK fighters off against each. Do you really think Eddie Hearn won't promote George Groves if he wins? Will he keep both DeGale and Cleverley after he's cashed in on their rematch? Of course not. And Sky just act like Matchrooms the be all and end all of UK boxing. They've completly frozen out coverage of the Chisora - Fury fight because its on another tv station.

[Silkeyjoe]

Ive said this so much and always get criticised for it. Matchroom is a joke and basically have a monopoly with sky so can dominate the domestic scene. Its pretty pathetic

You don't always get criticised for it. I may disagree but a lot of people obviously share your opinion. I don't think Matchroom quite have a monopoly but you are right in that they control the Lions share of British boxing talent. They often put on some really solid stacked domestic cards that are usually much better than similar offerings by Warren and Hennessey e.t.c but sometimes like many promoters there are mismatches and filler. Surely It is up to the other promotional outfits to up their game ?

Sky are as much to blame for shafting smaller outfits like Hatton and Maloney but it is a business and Matchroom obviously bring in the numbers and make good financial returns for them.

Matchroom have a decent stable because they can lure the biggest UK fighters off against each. Do you really think Eddie Hearn won't promote George Groves if he wins? Will he keep both DeGale and Cleverley after he's cashed in on their rematch? Of course not. And Sky just act like Matchrooms the be all and end all of UK boxing. They've completly frozen out coverage of the Chisora - Fury fight because its on another tv station.

Which is wrong. Sky should tell matchroom to fuck off and show whatever boxing they want. Surely sky has the power here so dont understand how matchroom can call the shots and not show any other promoters fights?

[Master]

Ive said this so much and always get criticised for it. Matchroom is a joke and basically have a monopoly with sky so can dominate the domestic scene. Its pretty pathetic

You don't always get criticised for it. I may disagree but a lot of people obviously share your opinion. I don't think Matchroom quite have a monopoly but you are right in that they control the Lions share of British boxing talent. They often put on some really solid stacked domestic cards that are usually much better than similar offerings by Warren and Hennessey e.t.c but sometimes like many promoters there are mismatches and filler. Surely It is up to the other promotional outfits to up their game ?

Sky are as much to blame for shafting smaller outfits like Hatton and Maloney but it is a business and Matchroom obviously bring in the numbers and make good financial returns for them.

Matchroom have a decent stable because they can lure the biggest UK fighters off against each. Do you really think Eddie Hearn won't promote George Groves if he wins? Will he keep both DeGale and Cleverley after he's cashed in on their rematch? Of course not. And Sky just act like Matchrooms the be all and end all of UK boxing. They've completly frozen out coverage of the Chisora - Fury fight because its on another tv station.

Which is wrong. Sky should tell matchroom to fuck off and show whatever boxing they want. Surely sky has the power here so dont understand how matchroom can call the shots and not show any other promoters fights?

So true.

[Bo-Bo24]

Ive said this so much and always get criticised for it. Matchroom is a joke and basically have a monopoly with sky so can dominate the domestic scene. Its pretty pathetic

You don't always get criticised for it. I may disagree but a lot of people obviously share your opinion. I don't think Matchroom quite have a monopoly but you are right in that they control the Lions share of British boxing talent. They often put on some really solid stacked domestic cards that are usually much better than similar offerings by Warren and Hennessey e.t.c but sometimes like many promoters there are mismatches and filler. Surely It is up to the other promotional outfits to up their game ?

Sky are as much to blame for shafting smaller outfits like Hatton and Maloney but it is a business and Matchroom obviously bring in the numbers and make good financial returns for them.

Matchroom have a decent stable because they can lure the biggest UK fighters off against each. Do you really think Eddie Hearn won't promote George Groves if he wins? Will he keep both DeGale and Cleverley after he's cashed in on their rematch? Of course not. And Sky just act like Matchrooms the be all and end all of UK boxing. They've completly frozen out coverage of the Chisora - Fury fight because its on another tv station.

Which is wrong. Sky should tell matchroom to fuck off and show whatever boxing they want. Surely sky has the power here so dont understand how matchroom can call the shots and not show any other promoters fights?

So true.

When DeGale signed for Matchroom last week he was mentioned by Sky Sports for the first time in months. Before if they mentioned him it was without praise because he was fighting on a different channel. Same goes for Cleverley. They've blasted Tyson Fury every time he's been mention since the Haye fight fell through because he critised them and Adam Smith.

[Fenster]

What a load of nonsense.

Cleverly, DeGale, Frampton, Frankie Gavin, David Price etc have all appeared on Sky Sports Ringside in recent months even though they were fighting on BoxNation or Channel 5.

Do BoxNation promote the Matchroom bills on Sky? They are a dedicated boxing channel so surely they have ample hours every week to plug all the bills that are not on their channel? As if.

Fury-Chisora haven't even sold half the tickets in the MEN arena. The general public don't give a shit about it. Ricky Burns and Kell Brook do better numbers than those two.

[Master]

What a load of nonsense.

Cleverly, DeGale, Frampton, Frankie Gavin, David Price etc have all appeared on Sky Sports Ringside in recent months even though they were fighting on BoxNation or Channel 5.

Do BoxNation promote the Matchroom bills on Sky? They are a dedicated boxing channel so surely they have ample hours every week to plug all the bills that are not on their channel? As if.

Fury-Chisora haven't even sold half the tickets in the MEN arena. The general public don't give a shit about it. Ricky Burns and Kell Brook do better numbers than those two.

That is because Sky is a far bigger business outfit than Box Nation. They are a walking advert for their fights and have the resources and spend t promote their product no matter how crap it is remember Haye v Audley. They said they would not do another ppv again.

[Fenster]

What a load of nonsense.

Cleverly, DeGale, Frampton, Frankie Gavin, David Price etc have all appeared on Sky Sports Ringside in recent months even though they were fighting on BoxNation or Channel 5.

Do BoxNation promote the Matchroom bills on Sky? They are a dedicated boxing channel so surely they have ample hours every week to plug all the bills that are not on their channel? As if.

Fury-Chisora haven't even sold half the tickets in the MEN arena. The general public don't give a shit about it. Ricky Burns and Kell Brook do better numbers than those two.

That is because Sky is a far bigger business outfit than Box Nation. They are a walking advert for their fights and have the resources and spend t promote their product no matter how crap it is remember Haye v Audley. They said they would not do another ppv again.

So what's your point? Sky preview/promote fights every week that are not on their station. Tonight Khan and Ogogo are guests on Ringside, neither of whom are with Matchroom or Sky. They never said they would never do another PPV. Haye retired and Frank Warren moved his stable to BoxNation, then Matchroom got the exclusive gig with Sky and wiped the floor with everyone, hence Froch-Groves 80,000 punters.

[Master]

Sky will want to work with Khan especially if he gets to fight Floyd which will be another PPV bollock.

Amazing what hype can do 80,000 people for Froch v Groves when it is not a big fight compared to Benn v Eubanks.

[Fenster]

Sky will want to work with Khan especially if he gets to fight Floyd which will be another PPV bollock.

Amazing what hype can do 80,000 people for Froch v Groves when it is not a big fight compared to Benn v Eubanks.

Not as big if you ignore the fact that it's sold double the amount of tickets and Groves purse alone covers what both Benn and Eubank got for their rematch.

[Master]

Sky will want to work with Khan especially if he gets to fight Floyd which will be another PPV bollock.

Amazing what hype can do 80,000 people for Froch v Groves when it is not a big fight compared to Benn v Eubanks.

Not as big if you ignore the fact that it's sold double the amount of tickets and Groves purse alone covers what both Benn and Eubank got for their rematch.

Have you factored inflation?