Big-fight let downs - does this cast doubt on Boxing PPV?

[Lightsoot]

The last 3 major SKY Box Office fights have been:

Haye-Harrison
DeGale-Groves
Haye-Klitschko

All three fights were poor, in terms of excitement, and considerably failed to live up to their pre-fight billing. Is this the beginning of the end for UK Boxing on pay-per-view, and how much damage has the lack of action in these fights done to Boxing's longevity in this country?

[Jeff Thomas]

They've done it good- hopefully now people will stop paying for all but the very best cards and match ups. I paid last night, and I don't regret it- it was a great fight in terms of significance and potential. That it turned out a damp squib is just one of those things- seen countless match ups of that type before that have failed to match the build up.

The only other fight I would pay for is Pac against Mayweather or Martinez- other then that no combination of domestic fighters, novices or ABC title holders would persuade me to part with more money then I already pay.

The only people that are damaging boxing are you (or us), the mugs that support these ppv shows. You are killing it by encouraging the more greedy to charge ridiculous amounts for what should be shows as part of our current subscriptions and licence fee's.

Two fights last night, poor Terry Dunstan getting stopped early, a small hall eight rounder and that main event..... blinder..

My message is DO NOT PAY, pass around as many stream sites to your social network as possible and then maybe the people who are making these demands will get the message. As i've said before i'm not stingy and I really couldn't give a monkeys about £15- but the principle and the foresight of where this is going tell me that I should not support PPV.

[exittored]

The last 3 major SKY Box Office fights have been:

Haye-Harrison
DeGale-Groves
Haye-Klitschko

All three fights were poor, in terms of excitement, and considerably failed to live up to their pre-fight billing. Is this the beginning of the end for UK Boxing on pay-per-view, and how much damage has the lack of action in these fights done to Boxing's longevity in this country?

Well i'd have to disagree with you about Degale-Groves which i personally found an entertaining fight in a purely technical way but to answer your question i don't think it's the end of PPV in this country, more like a validation of it as last night captured a British audience like no other since Hatton-Mayweather. Sure the fight was no where near a classic but it was a great occasion and the various Media outlets who devoted space to it will have found there was a demand and hunger for it and will come back again when there's another big British boxing event.

I guess this is the end of David Haye's PPV career in terms of shifting the 500,000 plus PPV's he's been doing lately but i could still see him facing a Tyson Fury/David Price in October and it doing pretty well. The knock on effect is that a large section of the British public now know who Wlad Klitchko is so it'll benefit a future contest between him and the British heavyweight boxer who emerges from the pack of FURY, PRICE and CHISORA to sell a PPV fight between the two next year.

[Lightsoot]

The last 3 major SKY Box Office fights have been:

Haye-Harrison
DeGale-Groves
Haye-Klitschko

All three fights were poor, in terms of excitement, and considerably failed to live up to their pre-fight billing. Is this the beginning of the end for UK Boxing on pay-per-view, and how much damage has the lack of action in these fights done to Boxing's longevity in this country?

Well i'd have to disagree with you about Degale-Groves which i personally found an entertaining fight in a purely technical way but to answer your question i don't think it's the end of PPV in this country, more like a validation of it as last night captured a British audience like no other since Hatton-Mayweather. Sure the fight was no where near a classic but it was a great occasion and the various Media outlets who devoted space to it will have found there was a demand and hunger for it and will come back again when there's another big British boxing event again.

I guess this is the end of David Haye's PPV career in terms of shifting the 500,000 PPV's he's been doing lately but i could still see him facing a Tyson Fury/David Price in October doing pretty well.

Hi Exittored,

I take your point that Groves-DeGales was engrossing to a degree however, for the average fan who may have purchased the ppv hoping to see the next generation of Benn, Eubank, Watson etc etc I wonder if they'd share this view?

I acknowledge that the buzz around Boxing clearly still exists but at some point its got to deliver excitement with greater consistency, in the fights that capture the general public's imagination IMO. Khan-McCloskey was another disappointing, all too-typical, boxing pay-per-view 'event'.

[alexpaterson]

I thought the undercard would of been far stronger. Ola/Dunstan looked a half decent fight on paper but in reality Ola was a different level. Robinson/Sexton was a decent undercard for a normal SFN but for a massive PPV I'm not sure

[the_great_trype_hype]

I thought the undercard would of been far stronger. Ola/Dunstan looked a half decent fight on paper but in reality Ola was a different level. Robinson/Sexton was a decent undercard for a normal SFN but for a massive PPV I'm not sure

Totally agree thought they could of made more of a effort with the undercard which you didn't see much of anyway. if I didn't make a party of it I would of just found a stream somwhere to watch it.

[THE MESSIAH]

No disrespect meant, but the undercard was not PPV worthy.

Is HAYE so greedy he can or wonlt insist on a decent PPV for the fans in the UK?

His PPV days are over, but we are ripped off undercard wise.