Buglioni headlining the o2 July 1st

[Andrew]

This is no typing error he is headlining

Matchroom just announced it today. So Whyte v Wach ( due to take place this weekend) was cancelled because Whyte damaged his foot has had its undercard moved to July 1st at the same venue.

This is mental IMO I would say this would be Bethnal Green or Copperbox max.

the line up is here.


http://boxrec.com/show/752353

I think the aim is to lower the quality of usual sky cards further so anything even moderately decent is PPV. I swear Hearn would have tried to make Josh Taylor v Ohara Davies as PPV for example.

[Stuarty]

I wasn't sold on Buglioni from the start and felt vindicated after Khomitsky battered him. However he turned me after his gutsy performance against Chudinov and his excellent win against Burton. He's never going to be a world beater but he's good to watch and has bags of heart.

[keirw]

Looked at the line up and I have to say, TBA will have a very busy night

[Stuarty]

Looked at the line up and I have to say, TBA will have a very busy night

Aye it's a bag of pish mate! How the hell do they expect folk to fork out for tickets and can't even name the majority of the opponents. It's because it'll be last minute fodder being brought in. I've no problem if guys do that for small hall and local shows but it's Sky ffs!

Any half decent fight and we're getting our pants pulled down for a PPV fee and this is the crap we've got to watch for our sky sports subscription! I'm cancelling again.

[ashedward]

Shit card no question,but he's obviously had the o2 booked for a Degale ppv that isn't happening now and is using the date to get people out and it's not worthwhile moving it at this stage so is going for a card that will look shit at the o2 but I think some names will.be added if not decent fights.

Conspiracy theorys and the like don't wash for me and this is not the the type of card he would want to put on I'n an ideal world(hopefully there will be some additions added and it's odd that he's not defending it on twitter which might mean he has a half decent fight to add )

counting next week 5 out of his the last 6 shows has a had world title headline with this one it would bring it down to 5/7 .also on the 17th we have Ward-Kovalev on sky so it swings and roundabouts for me.

[Nightmare Roy]

Lol

[mullenman]

I like eddie to be honest but this is his worst ever card by a distance. If that show makes money I'd be shocked and I'll start renting out the o2 for school discos

[Coco]

While he is not the best fighter in the world he is one of the most exciting, he is worth the ticket money on his own, a proud British champion.

[Stuarty]

While he is not the best fighter in the world he is one of the most exciting, he is worth the ticket money on his own, a proud British champion.

I like the guy but I wouldn't go that far. This is a Sky show. I only pay for Sky Sports for the boxing and from where I'm standing this isn't anywhere near good enough. They take us hardcore fans for mugs. Some of the guys on a certain podcast have started calling Hearn on it and he doesn't like the heat. Thinks he can feed us whatever he deems passable and we're supposed to just swallow it!

[Coco]

Buguloni is a fighter who earns his money, I wish him all the success, he is not on the big money, and never leaves fans disappointed

[jameswilson]

This will blatantly not have the upper tier open. Not sure what the capacity is without he upper tier open but if it's over 8k I'd be surprised if this sells though unless someone like George Groves is added.

London cards never sell out unless its Joshua or an arena with less than 5k seats.q

[deadpan]

It'd only sell out if the undercard was a reformed Oasis. And Noel v Liam at catchweight headlining.

[Horse]

They are going to add a couple of decent fights to the undercard, right?

[Stuarty]

They are going to add a couple of decent fights to the undercard, right?

Seriously hope so but its Hearn and Sky so....

[boxingknockout]

Apparently he sells a lot of tickets.....

[straali]

This is quite an interesting tactic in response to the rise of boxing on BT. Hearn seems to be loading non PPV bills with unspectacular main events supported by mediocrity.
Even the recent PPV have had abysmal undercards: the Joshua-Klitschko bill was a dog and Brook-Spence was only redeemed by Groves.
Joe Gallagher loved the AJ undercard though.

[crusader]

This is the first time Ive heard of Ricky Summers

[maley1984]

This is the first time Ive heard of Ricky Summers

I know him nice lad untested really as a pro and it's a massive step up for him. His only been on small hall circuit in midlands. Hope he can pull off an upset. His putting the miles in getting great sparring in prep. .cleverly burton just to make a few.

[Andrew]

This is quite an interesting tactic in response to the rise of boxing on BT. Hearn seems to be loading non PPV bills with unspectacular main events supported by mediocrity.
Even the recent PPV have had abysmal undercards: the Joshua-Klitschko bill was a dog and Brook-Spence was only redeemed by Groves.
Joe Gallagher loved the AJ undercard though.

With key fighters took significant Ls over the last few months. His stable is struggling Burns Crolla Brook lost.

Warrington a genuine headliner in his city left. Even Eubank jr to an extent could have been very useful ( it would have stopped Brook getting smashed by GGG for a start.

Now normal sky has NXTgen cards which are worse than old Friday fight nights he rips on. Same for this Buglioni card. Instead anything decent is PPV. He wants to lower the standard on normal sky to defend anything decent being PPV. I would not be shocked to see the Chisora v Whyte rematch a PPV headline.

He could really do with Burnett absolutely blasting Haskins out in style on Saturday, but that fight could potentially ruin Burnetts career commercially. That could potentially be unwatchable.

[ste1983]

Shocking main event and at the O2!

[3132DW]

Looks like an extra bill to get the younger fighters out and in regular action.

They'll only open the lower tier to keep costs down.

It's more live boxing - nobody is forced to go so don't see any issue - more boxing on TV the better.

[ste1983]

Looks like an extra bill to get the younger fighters out and in regular action.

They'll only open the lower tier to keep costs down.

It's more live boxing - nobody is forced to go so don't see any issue - more boxing on TV the better.

Even the lower tier only that's still a big arena surely this will have to be the ring shoved in a corner with only a few blocks open.

[3132DW]

Depends how many the fighters themselves shift - if you have 14 fighters on the bill you'd fancy they would shift a fair amount plus walk ups and buys.

It'll end up 5000 region.

[maverick23]

Hearn's announcing supposedly a big new signing tomorrow who will debut on the card.

My guess would be Joshua Buatsi. The card will still need a couple of other strong fights to shift over 5,000 tickets.

[wesshaw1985]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZcqIqByb24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-xfHY1ymhg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3yRX_lPNEo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gn91wk14lg