boxingchat wrote:Spud, did he ever actually have a TV deal in place? I know he tried to give the rights away to ITV (Hardly a smart move and in the interests of the sport as a whole I might add) but they weren't interested in the product for one and secondly because the production costs were still not within their budget restraints. Furthermore, FA had no substance to back up Jeffries early fights and after Audley's embrionic career no TV exec was going to fall for that and show a 4 or 6 round contest on prime time, with no back up.
Jeffries states publically that it's not Dennis' fault but privately it's no secret that he is seething. He didn't receive his signing bonus nor the car he was promised either did he, hence the reason the deal has gone pear-shaped? You stated recenty (and with a puffed-out chest no doubt) that Fight Academy were thriving and then almost at the same time this news breaks - mugged you off a a tad I think!.
So enlighten us Spud because whilst you waive the FA flag with pride you really don't know the truth of whats going on do you? The truth and the facts are that FA took a punt and it backfired (Thats commendable in one respect and unfortunate in another) but the hard facts are, before anyone blames ITV for this debacle, is that there never was an ITV deal or the possibility of one either according to ITV.
Tony Jeffries has been let down badly and maybe he should blame himself initially for taking what was undoubtedly a good offer, the best out there no doubt, but he was blinkered by size of the carrot instead of looking at the ground in which it was growing.
Needless to say, with the dreaded credit crunch in full swing and budgets being cut everywhere, not to mention most of the big Promoters now having signed their new faces, set their dates and selling tickets, Tony may find himself taking a smaller offer than he would have got originally had he not signed with Hobson in the first place.
Forget the fact that many people are indeed using the excuse of the credit crunch and TV budgets being cut, in this case it appears to me that Tony Jeffries was duped from the off by Fight Academy and the deal he was offered was just pie in the sky from day one.
Perhaps you can enlighten us all Spud and let me know if I'm off the mark.
Too late.
He's been spotted boarding a plane for Cyprus after checking in a suitcase crammed full with teabags.
:P
