Is anyone actually ordering Tyson v McBride?

Kilburn · Post by **Kilburn** » 10 Jun 2005, 06:44

I think Setanta are going to have a huge flop with this one. Has this fight been given any news coverage? I haven't been listening to Talksport lately but I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have gone overboard on this.

Had I not caught the full page ad in Boxing News last week I wouldn't have even remembered about it.

I just don't believe anyone in this country is aware this fight is happening tomorrow. The typically shite Tyson undercard isn't going to help draw attention either.

DG. · Post by **DG.** » 10 Jun 2005, 06:48

No way!

Coconut · Post by **Coconut** » 10 Jun 2005, 06:49

Maybe the least attractive PPV ever. Tyson fans either get to see their hero humbled by a lumberer or get to see their hero win in a round.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 10 Jun 2005, 06:50

Seriously thinking about ordering it. I'd like to see how Tyson works with Fenech who has been a close friend for years with Mike.

bugs · Post by **bugs** » 10 Jun 2005, 06:51

I am not going to order it, no way! But at the same time I feel kinda guilty about that as PPV is a way of supporting boxing being shown. If I order this then Setana keep trying to get PPVs, shame this fight is not an undercard fight on a bigger bill really.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 10 Jun 2005, 06:53

bugs wrote:I am not going to order it, no way! But at the same time I feel kinda guilty about that as PPV is a way of supporting boxing being shown. If I order this then Setana keep trying to get PPVs, shame this fight is not an undercard fight on a bigger bill really.

Thats another reason I might order it. What Sky are showing us now is fab, but there are still other fights we are missing out on - lets hope Setanta pick up the rest.

Kilburn · Post by **Kilburn** » 10 Jun 2005, 06:58

I couldn't pay out extra for this fight knowing how unlikely it is that I'd feel any kind of emotion watching it. McBride was pretty hopeless last time I saw him 6 years ago. I doubt he's improved.

Were Mitchell and Hussein not just in comeback fights, and Laila Ali actually facing Anne Wolfe then I might have gone for it.

Manos de Oro · Post by **Manos de Oro** » 10 Jun 2005, 07:24

Just been sickened by this whole event. It was on Sky News yesterday - the press conference - showing clips in the sport segment and the main broadcast. Couldn't help but think how bad this is for boxing: Tyson with his tacky insults, which were once soundbite-worthy because of his aura, now just sound sad. Then there's McBride, who just looks shit. Then there's the news reader saying Tyson is due $5 million for this farce. Just the whole thing is horrible...

A picture paints a thousand words:

Had to laugh earlier at this leader in yahoo's boxing news:

load of horseshit wrote:Heading into Saturday's fight against Kevin McBride, Mike Tyson finds himself at a crossroads. A win, and he is back on track; a loss and it could be all over.

Yeah, right. Unless he gets seriously injured he's gonna be fighting for a long time to come - win or lose. They always say the same after all his losses, but the same thing happens over and over: a 'new' Mike Tyson emerges. First it was the wildman one capatalising on the publicity for the second Holyfield fight, then it was the calm, gentle 'Mike' that came to the fore, after the wildman was brutally humiliated by Lewis. Then that 'gentle, humble' version was horribly exposed by Danny Williams. Now he's stuck inbetween the images he has to sell himself as: cf. how he was all affable for most of the press conference but interspersed it with smalk talk.

The 'new' Mike Tyson, indeed.

Fully expect him, win or lose this latest farce, to disappear for a year then pop up at a presser spouting all the usual self-hate diatribe. Yawn....

leforge · Post by **leforge** » 10 Jun 2005, 07:27

I have booked it already. I have not missed a fight of his since i saw him on itv beat Berbick i think they showed it delayed on sunday evening.
Hopefully mitchell v smith will be good on the undercard.

barry · Post by **barry** » 10 Jun 2005, 07:36

For $44, no way...maybe if it was $19.

Syntax Error · Post by **Syntax Error** » 10 Jun 2005, 07:38

Not me.

I'm not paying to watch 2 bums fighting each other.

If I can see it free-to-air delayed then I'll watch, but I'm not shelling out for it.

Loynesy · Post by **Loynesy** » 10 Jun 2005, 07:38

Sorry - I know its a farce but I can't not watch boxing on the telly.

I'll be watching.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 10 Jun 2005, 07:45

McBride's training camp must have been in gregg's bakers. He looks about as athletic as my auntie nelly.

DavidPayne · Post by **DavidPayne** » 10 Jun 2005, 07:47

Cant believe anyone is buying this.

They should have named the bill

'SHAFTED'

Stick the £15 quid in a charity box. Tyson deserves no help for shit like this.

He's not interested, why should we be.

I'd back Ruiz to beat him, thats how lowe he is on the food chain and in McBride he's found a guy they considered as an Audley opponent two years ago......

Jeez, who's he gonna fight next Brian Nix.

DavidPayne · Post by **DavidPayne** » 10 Jun 2005, 07:49

jamesmcdonnell wrote:McBride's training camp must have been in gregg's bakers. He looks about as athletic as my auntie nelly.

There are Rugby Union guys I back to last longer than McBride. Physically he's a shambles....not everyone is an adonis but he looks like he just walked in from driving a van....

He's a professional athlete.

dbf · Post by **dbf** » 10 Jun 2005, 07:51

I love Japan. They are showing this one live and totally for free. They showed the hatton tszyu fight the day after with corrales v castllio on the same show!!! In regards to boxing the Japanese, in the words of Ricky Gervais(Politics) "fornicating love it".

Theres no way I would fork out for this on ppv.

barry · Post by **barry** » 10 Jun 2005, 07:56

This McBride is probably one of the most terrified opponents of Tyson that I have seen in a long time. If it goes beyond a minute, then Tyson should be ashamed!

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 10 Jun 2005, 07:58

I won't be watching it , as i'll be at the Isle of Wight festival this weekend , dancing like a muppet.

And seeing as my front door is 15 minutes away, and i can get a shower, i won't stink like all the rest of the would be hippies

Goz · Post by **Goz** » 10 Jun 2005, 08:26

topper123 wrote:I won't be watching it , as i'll be at the Isle of Wight festival this weekend , dancing like a muppet.

And seeing as my front door is 15 minutes away, and i can get a shower, i won't stink like all the rest of the would be hippies

Nice one! Great line up...

I won't be ordering it. If it was a fiver then maybe but £15, no chance. Will just try and download it on Sunday, I expect a short download.

Chopping Right · Post by **Chopping Right** » 10 Jun 2005, 08:31

No purchase from this one either. A PPV has to be pretty good to keep me up until 5AM these days, I even gave up on the Naseem Hamed PPV's until he fought Barrera. As a discerning boxing fan you know when something is worth the money and the lack of kip. Tyson win or Tyson loss, neither is appealing these days.

Shirow · Post by **Shirow** » 10 Jun 2005, 10:01

I wouldn't even consider buying it just on principle.

This isn't about boxing - if it was Tyson would be facing a credible opponent - this is about debt repayments.

I refuse to be insulted.

I'll check for the result online on Sunday but that's it. I don't care if i never see it.

DG. · Post by **DG.** » 10 Jun 2005, 10:05

[quote="DavidPayne"]Cant believe anyone is buying this.

They should have named the bill

'SHAFTED'

Neri · Post by **Neri** » 10 Jun 2005, 12:10

I have to take a stand on this one. As someone who has for years bought every PPV involving Tyson its a sad day. I wont be disaapointed the way i was for the Ettienne fight again.

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 11 Jun 2005, 07:49

No.

Two ways I see this fight going.

(1) Quick blowout win for the former Champ over a slow, easy to hit journeyman.

(2) The big, strong lumbering Irishman wrestles his way through the initial onslaught then the shell of Tyson quits, get injured or DQ'ed etc.

Either way it's not worth £15.

Mr Tyson can't rely on me to help him with his money problems I am afraid. A problem mostly of his own making.

Manos de Oro · Post by **Manos de Oro** » 11 Jun 2005, 08:06

KOJOE90 wrote:No.

Two ways I see this fight going.

(1) Quick blowout win for the former Champ over a slow, easy to hit journeyman.

(2) The big, strong lumbering Irishman wrestles his way through the initial onslaught then the shell of Tyson quits, get injured or DQ'ed etc.

Either way it's not worth £15.

Mr Tyson can't rely on me to help him with his money problems I am afraid. A problem mostly of his own making.

Yep, that's the long and short of it. The best thing to do if you feel an urge to watch Tyson, as I do sometimes, is slip in a video of him circa 1987.