Hennessy getting ANY terrestrial TV coverage is a GOOD thing, brilliant, and he deserves lots of credit for it. I just hope the card doesn't dissapoint as we (the fans), boxing as a sport and all the people involved in taking this show on at chaqnnel 5 - really need a decent night's scrap to encourage public demand for more.
I can't wait for this fight but we just need to get as many people tuning in as possible this is a trial run for Channel 5 and having spoken to one of their representatives they need for it to exceed the 1 million viewers it usually gets in that slot for it to be a viable option for future boxing events on the channel.
Slightly disingenuous - Judah has refused to do any UK press [because it's on Primetime] and C5 are only showing boxing with a view to building fighters for PPV.
BIGMARK wrote:I think we all have a bit a little hard on Meaty Mick in the past especially over his handling of Froch. However he really has done an excellent job with Fury - Del Boy which no only has he landed on C5 but he has also got it a lot of mainstream coverage through TV/Newspapers/Radio. Now if you compare this to the poor showing Primetime have done with the excellent Khan-Judah fight it shows that Mick's past problems with TV coverage may of been out of his control and more down to bad luck (ITV dropping Boxing / Sky budget). The Froch situation was always a fustrating one but he did land Carl some big fights and maybe it was the TV people who let him down rather than the other way round.
I would just like to add that i hope Fury wins, not because i prefer him as a fighter but i think he has the personality to be a crossover star which would be fantastic for the sport.
So long as they replace the fighters that go to PPV with other ones, I don't care too much. I watched the last few rounds with 4 people that never watch boxing and they were talking about it, first time that's happened since I can remember.
