Another one bites the dust...

[chinny]

"decreasingly magnificent"

I like it

[freddydoesdallas]

Still one of the best cards of recent times and £15 isn't too bad if a few mates pile round

[m1kee50]

Still one of the best cards of recent times and £15 isn't too bad if a few mates pile round

hmm

[leforge]

Get Macklin another fighter. Barker should vacate title.

[TerribleTerry]

Still one of the best cards of recent times and £15 isn't too bad if a few mates pile round

Talking it up I see boxingchat

[freddydoesdallas]

Still one of the best cards of recent times and £15 isn't too bad if a few mates pile round

Talking it up I see boxingchat

:??

[gasman]

Still one of the best cards of recent times and £15 isn't too bad if a few mates pile round

It is NOT a PPV card - in fact it never was.

[freddydoesdallas]

Still one of the best cards of recent times and £15 isn't too bad if a few mates pile round

It is NOT a PPV card - in fact it never was.

every media outlet has said its a ppv and on the 'live on sky' section on sky sports its not listed with the rest of the shows that are on skysports 1, 2 etc

Nathan Cleverly says he'll KO Karo Murat in the first round - just like fellow Welshman Joe Calzaghe did to Mario Veit, in 2001.

Cleverly hopes to follow in the footsteps of Calzaghe by lifting a WBO world title against the Iranian based German Murat, live and exclusive on Sky Box Office.

[HomeOfBritishBoxing]

This cannot proceed as a PPV now surely???

It would be a fantastic Saturday night bill if at least two of Cleverly-Murat, Sexton-Chisora and Brook-Jennings goes ahead but it simply is not a box office bill anymore.

you think fwank gives an eff about what we think, he will still make this a ppv.

[caffrey]

mega disappointing but still not the end of the world if frank can get a decent replacement for barker ,maybe barker would vacate and then face the winner.
also is frankie gavin still on the bill ??

[HomeOfBritishBoxing]

Get Macklin another fighter. Barker should vacate title.

just because he's injured? bollox

[m1kee50]

Barker should get the same chance everyone else gets... Macklin can defend the Euro title or fight a ten-rounder... someone like Khurtsidze?

[exittored]

Still a stong line-up as long as there are no more drop outs

1) Nathan Cleverly vs. Karo Murat, 12 rounds, WBO light heavyweight eliminator
2) Enzo Maccarinelli vs. Alexander Frenkel, 12 rounds, for Maccarinelli's European cruiserweight title
3) Derek Chisora vs. Sam Sexton, 12 rounds, British/Commonwealth heavyweight unification
4) Kell Brook vs. Michael Jennings, 12 rounds, WBO welterweight eliminator
5) James DeGale vs. Carl Dilks, 12 rounds, super middleweights

1. PPV worthy?
2. Might still be strong but it isn't what it said on the tin, is it?

If your already shelling out for Sky sports mainly for the boxing then yeah you should be bloody angry that you have to pay an extra £15 on top of what your already paying but if you just have a basic Sky or Virgin package without Sky Sports then £15 is pretty good value as long as those 5 fights above take place.

[Jeff Thomas]

You have to be careful what you say these days.......


How can I best put this which will not upset anyone - or leave me susceptable to having my assets seized etc etc??


I have decided to release the following statement regarding the matter.

'After careful consideration I have decided not to purchase the 'magnificent seven'. The reason for this is that although I greatly admire the skillset of the likes of Frankie Gavin and Cleverly, and look forward to the only really meaningful matchup on the card in Brook- Jennings- the show lacks any fights or fighters that I consider 'star attraction'. If I were to pay for this marathon domestic boxing production I feel I would be sending the wrong message to Sky's analyst. Paying for domestic boxing is not the direction I think we should go in. Paying for Tyson, Hamed and co is one thing. Paying for a series of largely unproven contenders to take on highly rated but largely unknown opponents just doesn't seem a good idea- especially when I already subscribe to a sports channel which is supposed to show boxing for free. Had the bill being well promoted in terms of making these unknown foreign quantities 'known'- perhaps by matching them against some UK journeyman on a bill over the quiet months then maybe my apetite would have being wetted but unfortunately like the recent Khan shows i'll give it a miss. You don't create PPV stars by hiding them on PPV shows that no-one watches. Not for me anyway'.

[HomeOfBritishBoxing]

You have to be careful what you say these days.......


How can I best put this which will not upset anyone - or leave me susceptable to having my assets seized etc etc??


I have decided to release the following statement regarding the matter.

'After careful consideration I have decided not to purchase the 'magnificent seven'. The reason for this is that although I greatly admire the skillset of the likes of Frankie Gavin and Cleverly, and look forward to the only really meaningful matchup on the card in Brook- Jennings- the show lacks any fights or fighters that I consider 'star attraction'. If I were to pay for this marathon domestic boxing production I feel I would be sending the wrong message to Sky's analyst. Paying for domestic boxing is not the direction I think we should go in. Paying for Tyson, Hamed and co is one thing. Paying for a series of largely unproven contenders to take on highly rated but largely unknown opponents just doesn't seem a good idea- especially when I already subscribe to a sports channel which is supposed to show boxing for free. Had the bill being well promoted in terms of making these unknown foreign quantities 'known'- perhaps by matching them against some UK journeyman on a bill over the quiet months then maybe my apetite would have being wetted but unfortunately like the recent Khan shows i'll give it a miss. You don't create PPV stars by hiding them on PPV shows that no-one watches. Not for me anyway'.

cleverly-murat is a 50/50 fight in most peoples eyes....

[Jeff Thomas]

You have to be careful what you say these days.......


How can I best put this which will not upset anyone - or leave me susceptable to having my assets seized etc etc??


I have decided to release the following statement regarding the matter.

'After careful consideration I have decided not to purchase the 'magnificent seven'. The reason for this is that although I greatly admire the skillset of the likes of Frankie Gavin and Cleverly, and look forward to the only really meaningful matchup on the card in Brook- Jennings- the show lacks any fights or fighters that I consider 'star attraction'. If I were to pay for this marathon domestic boxing production I feel I would be sending the wrong message to Sky's analyst. Paying for domestic boxing is not the direction I think we should go in. Paying for Tyson, Hamed and co is one thing. Paying for a series of largely unproven contenders to take on highly rated but largely unknown opponents just doesn't seem a good idea- especially when I already subscribe to a sports channel which is supposed to show boxing for free. Had the bill being well promoted in terms of making these unknown foreign quantities 'known'- perhaps by matching them against some UK journeyman on a bill over the quiet months then maybe my apetite would have being wetted but unfortunately like the recent Khan shows i'll give it a miss. You don't create PPV stars by hiding them on PPV shows that no-one watches. Not for me anyway'.

cleverly-murat is a 50/50 fight in most peoples eyes....

Have you ever seen him fight?

[crusader]

You have to be careful what you say these days.......


How can I best put this which will not upset anyone - or leave me susceptable to having my assets seized etc etc??


I have decided to release the following statement regarding the matter.

'After careful consideration I have decided not to purchase the 'magnificent seven'. The reason for this is that although I greatly admire the skillset of the likes of Frankie Gavin and Cleverly, and look forward to the only really meaningful matchup on the card in Brook- Jennings- the show lacks any fights or fighters that I consider 'star attraction'. If I were to pay for this marathon domestic boxing production I feel I would be sending the wrong message to Sky's analyst. Paying for domestic boxing is not the direction I think we should go in. Paying for Tyson, Hamed and co is one thing. Paying for a series of largely unproven contenders to take on highly rated but largely unknown opponents just doesn't seem a good idea- especially when I already subscribe to a sports channel which is supposed to show boxing for free. Had the bill being well promoted in terms of making these unknown foreign quantities 'known'- perhaps by matching them against some UK journeyman on a bill over the quiet months then maybe my apetite would have being wetted but unfortunately like the recent Khan shows i'll give it a miss. You don't create PPV stars by hiding them on PPV shows that no-one watches. Not for me anyway'.

cleverly-murat is a 50/50 fight in most peoples eyes....

I'm pretty sure most people are favoring Cleverly. Still, it will be a great step up.

[dondada]

I have decided to release the following statement regarding the matter.

One of the funniest lines I've ever read on here.

Jeff, I'll get Max Clifford's number for you mate

[Jeff Thomas]

Cheers Ian, got to protect my assets mate.

I ran my statement by my lawyer and he says i'm all good.

My kids are safe for now

[leforge]

Get Macklin another fighter. Barker should vacate title.

just because he's injured? bollox

If Barker two weeks ago he was injured he should have pulled out then. I doubt this fight will happen now.

[zojo]

Call James Toney

[chinny]

Jeff Thomas

It'll be FFN standard after all these pull outs

[Adamj1987]

i've read matt is prepaird to fight a sub so hopefully hes still on the bill