Good work Adam Smith, Froch on Ringside

[leforge]

maybe good news for future Carl Froch fights as Ringside have him as a guest tomorrow Good work Adam Smith and i hope this is the direction he will start steering the ship from now on.
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 66,00.html

Good piece in Boxing Montly this month with Adam Smith and the Boxing could be on an up on Sky me thinks

I would think Froch could be on sky in the future! Good move.

[statmanjohn]

When he said he was going to talk to a TV channel this week, I thought they may get him to do Ringside too... Hope they throw a few highlights of Saturday in too....
A well deserved guest and good on Smith and Ringside for Acknowledging his performance!

[Buncey]

I will even plug this on my show tonight on BBC London 94.9. I'm on 8-9pm and then Ringside, nice.
Adios.

[leforge]

I will even plug this on my show tonight on BBC London 94.9. I'm on 8-9pm and then Ringside, nice.
Adios.

Who on tonight?

[LeedsLad]

It's great that Sky are finally paying attention to Froch. He's our #1 fighter, after all.

Now all we need is for them to stop doing deals with promoters. Force them to work together and bid for TV dates..... send out a list every six months of the fights they want to see and make them happen.

Less of this ''let's wait until it's worth millions and they both hold world titles'' crap. It's just an excuse to make money without facing good fighters half the time.

[leforge]

It's great that Sky are finally paying attention to Froch. He's our #1 fighter, after all.

Now all we need is for them to stop doing deals with promoters. Force them to work together and bid for TV dates..... send out a list every six months of the fights they want to see and make them happen.

Less of this ''let's wait until it's worth millions and they both hold world titles'' crap. It's just an excuse to make money without facing good fighters half the time.

Promotors have another year half on there deals. Adam Smith did say in boxing monthly that wants promotors to make fights!

[HS Press]

London Dec, 2. After his master class performance on Saturday night in Helsinki, the 2 times WBC World Champion and Super Six semi finalist Carl "the Cobra" Froch will be on tonight’s boxing program, Ringside on Sky Sports 1HD.

Froch will be talking through his career best win and his upcoming Super Six semi final fight against veteran hard man Glen Johnson in 2011, when he joins Sky’s head of boxing Adam Smith and former World Champion Johnny Nelson in the studio.

To hear Carl’s views and watch the highlights from his dominant display against "King" Arthur Abraham, tune in to Sky Sports 1 HD from 9pm tonight.

The program will be repeated at 11.45pm tonight on Sky Sports 2HD and also at 9am and 12pm on Friday on Sky Sports HD1.

For more information on Ringside, please go to http://www.skysports.com/ringside

[Chambers2]

Froch on Sky.................... ABOUT FCUKING TIME!!!!

Keep up the Good work Adam Smith

[damianhucker1]

not that it makes any odds to me , i wont be able to see it due to this damn snow , just as i couldnt see the fight itself other than about a total of 5 mins .

[boxingchat]

not that it makes any odds to me , i wont be able to see it due to this damn snow , just as i couldnt see the fight itself other than about a total of 5 mins .

What it's buried your TV? Blimey must be deep where you are!

[damianhucker1]

not that it makes any odds to me , i wont be able to see it due to this damn snow , just as i couldnt see the fight itself other than about a total of 5 mins .

What it's buried your TV? Blimey must be deep where you are!

, buried the satelite dish and too out of reach to get up and clear it off .

[Jeff Thomas]

Well done hs for getting froch on sky sports!! Didn't think u knew about those extra channels we got 20 years ago with a satelite dish

[Jon Saxon]

Shame on them, the presenters are fine but the puppetmasters are 100% scum..pure sub-human scum.

The Froch situation is the worst that I can think of when it comes to the decline of this sport.

Nice of Sky to help put the nails in.

[leforge]

Shame on them, the presenters are fine but the puppetmasters are 100% scum..pure sub-human scum.

The Froch situation is the worst that I can think of when it comes to the decline of this sport.

Nice of Sky to help put the nails in.

I think you have agenda against sky some of your posts are irrational on this subject.

[Jon Saxon]

Shame on them, the presenters are fine but the puppetmasters are 100% scum..pure sub-human scum.

The Froch situation is the worst that I can think of when it comes to the decline of this sport.

Nice of Sky to help put the nails in.

I think you have agenda against sky some of your posts are irrational on this subject.

"Irrational" based on what? Sky have been reaming the arse out of us for years, it's not my fault if you don't have the brains to see it.
"agenda"? mate I know no one in boxing, I'm a 100% fan, baby..nothing else, ask around.

PS Please don't post if all you want to do is just fire cheap shots, it just looks bad for you.

[leforge]

If sky pulled out of boxing what would happen to uk boxing?

[Srebmun]

Excellent stuff, am really enjoying the Ringside show, I work nights at the moment so get home around 4/5am, can't wait to get home tomorrow morning, crack open a beer and watch this.

I will even plug this on my show tonight on BBC London 94.9. I'm on 8-9pm and then Ringside, nice.
Adios.

On a complete sidenote - my missus absolutely loves your show Buncey, she listens to it on her phone when on her wayy home from the gym.

[MightyWarrior]

It's good because it used to drive me mad when the muppets at Sky would refuse to mention fighters not on their network. Like when Joe or Eubank would knockover some WBO deadbeat on the same night as Roy Jones, who'd get no mention at all.

Or never refering to Hop/Trinidad, because they didn't show it....

Hopefully Adam Smith, who seems a real fan, will pull some strings and sort that out. It's madness not to.

Better late than never with Carl. Now they just have to SIGN him.
Pity it's Johnson he's got, as he deservers a bigger fight now, a money earning mega fight v Ward. Or the Canadian champ maybe, Bute? He'd blast him out, and could do it in front of a huge Canadian crowd too.

How about throw some big cash at a bored Joe Calzaghe, who's got very little wear and tear on him, and I'm sure would be sorely tempted.

[Chambers2]

Excellent show

[nobby_nobbins]

If sky pulled out of boxing what would happen to uk boxing?

I imagine it would disappear for a short time before reappearing on terrestrial, free-to-air channels.

The main reason it disappeared from terrestrial channels is this:

Sky would sit back and watch the BBC and ITV doing all the donkey work of building up a fighter's profile - eg Eubank and Calzaghe. When it was clear that they were major attractions, Sky would then poach the star fighter in the belief that their addicted fans would be poached with them and cough up the subsciption charges. Before long, the BBC and ITV got sick of getting their fingers burnt, building up a product just so Sky could reap all the benefits of the investment, and pretty much pulled out of the sport altogether.

It's a bit like going through all the foreplay with a woman only to see a flash mate step in and get the shag. Irritating.

Nobby

[alexpaterson]

I thought Froch came across really well at last!

[ourkid1984]

He came across really well and really does seem to know his stuff. I never really have an issue of what he's said in the past or maybe in the future about fighters he seems to be able to back it up and admits if a fighter has gone up in his estimation.

On the subject of Sky I think they generally do a good job and it seems to be doing better now Smith is in charge, they didn't really shy away too much from people critisising the Haye shambles and having Froch on ringside is a good touch. I very much doubt though that Sky will be able to show Froch until after the super 6 because I'm sure Primetime signed the deal to show all the Froch super 6 fights but hey I might be wrong.

[whiskey]

I'm sure Primetime signed the deal to show all the Froch super 6 fights but hey I might be wrong.

There is no deal with Primetime.

I can assure you of that. And Sky have done a lot of fights in conjuction with Showtime, so they have a strong relationship.

Hatton vs Tszyu was a showtime fight for example.

[ourkid1984]

I'm sure Primetime signed the deal to show all the Froch super 6 fights but hey I might be wrong.

There is no deal with Primetime.

I can assure you of that. And Sky have done a lot of fights in conjuction with Showtime, so they have a strong relationship.

Hatton vs Tszyu was a showtime fight for example.

Like I said I might be wrong but I just thought I remembered seeing or hearing that on a show that they done on the super 6 before it started. I think back then it was more about which promoters had signed up to Sky rather than what other tv channel was showing the fight.

[alexpaterson]

I was really surprised how knowledgeable Macklin seemed he really knew his stuff, it was a superb guests to have. I'm fast becoming a big Ringside fan!