Dillian Whyte vs. Joseph Parker - 28 July 2018

[Stuarty]

Looking forward to this one. Interesting to see how much the Wilder fight has taken out of Ortiz. With Ortiz gassing out and getting KO'd badly and Whyte coming off a confidence boosting win I am slightly favouring Whyte....

Um
I agree - it WILL be interesting to see what Ortiz has left, but..
This is Whyte vs Parker ?
You're the second person talking about Ortiz on this thread - have you guys heard anything about the undercard ? or just a mistook ?

Started off Whyte v Ortiz thread last night then changed to Parker after he was announced today lol,

[Taansend]

RKO - did you pull a Wes

[Ruthless-RKO]

RKO - did you pull a Wes

There was around 20 comments, 1 page worth of comments. Wes used to change thread titles after 100+ comments and 4 pages in

By all means, I can read that there has been 2-3 people that this has affected. If that's the case, I can create a new thread or someone else can..

[TheLeprechaun]

He pulled a wes. I don't know why the mods don't just disable the ability to change thread titles

[Taansend]

Changing thread titles is shite

[CaptainSpacerod]

That wanker Horse will be along in a minute you mark my words

[Boxerbeetle]

Good fight on paper but PPV is a bit of a joke, does anyone really care enough about this fight to pay for it? I definitely won’t be buying and not at all bothered if I miss the fight altogether. Very strange decision really.

[Lenny]

PPV is the only way they could put the fight on
Undercard is going to be stacked
These are the best fighters in the division after one took Joshua the distance and one made him pause momentarily
Both exciting knockout artists
50/50
Genuine beef

[Ruthless-RKO]

PPV is the only way they could put the fight on
Undercard is going to be stacked
These are the best fighters in the division after one took Joshua the distance and one made him pause momentarily
Both exciting knockout artists
50/50
Genuine beef

Yeh, Higgins was saying that Hearn had a big budget for this even he was shocked. Based on PPV sales, I reckon they'll make around £2.5m each.. 50/50 split. His budget will be good to get some names on the undercard. He did mention there will be a world title fight too.

I'm not paying for this. Will watch it in a café..

[nitro5912]

PPV is the only way they could put the fight on
Undercard is going to be stacked
These are the best fighters in the division after one took Joshua the distance and one made him pause momentarily
Both exciting knockout artists
50/50
Genuine beef

Does Eddie have any world title holders left?

McDonnell has just lost his
Burnett is signed up the WBSS
Joshia doesn't do undercards
Groves is in the WBSS
Degale?

So the only one left I can think of is yafai and he has just fought.

Yeh, Higgins was saying that Hearn had a big budget for this even he was shocked. Based on PPV sales, I reckon they'll make around £2.5m each.. 50/50 split. His budget will be good to get some names on the undercard. He did mention there will be a world title fight too.

I'm not paying for this. Will watch it in a café..

[dr_devious]

Not paying £20 for this, down the pub to watch it

[Ruthless-RKO]

PPV is the only way they could put the fight on
Undercard is going to be stacked
These are the best fighters in the division after one took Joshua the distance and one made him pause momentarily
Both exciting knockout artists
50/50
Genuine beef

Yeh, Higgins was saying that Hearn had a big budget for this even he was shocked. Based on PPV sales, I reckon they'll make around £2.5m each.. 50/50 split. His budget will be good to get some names on the undercard. He did mention there will be a world title fight too.

Does Eddie have any world title holders left?

McDonnell has just lost his
Burnett is signed up the WBSS
Joshia doesn't do undercards
Groves is in the WBSS
Degale?

So the only one left I can think of is yafai and he has just fought.

I'm not paying for this. Will watch it in a café..

Sorted your quote out.

[KiwiRider]

Good fight on paper but PPV is a bit of a joke, does anyone really care enough about this fight to pay for it? I definitely won’t be buying and not at all bothered if I miss the fight altogether. Very strange decision really.

Just wait until the full card is announced BB.
I get the feeling Eddie will pack it out. Kell Brook Vs (someone decent) has been mentioned. Right now there are no decent HW fights scheduled, and I think this one is decent. If it is backed up with an undercard of 50/50 fights then we will see if it warrants the ££££

[leejonesjnr]

I am used to people complaining about PPVs now and realise that no matter what some people will always ‘steal’ via streams etc but a man that isn’t willing to pay to see this contest isn’t a boxing fan.
Does anyone here think that tickets to attend the show live should be free?

[Boxerbeetle]

I am used to people complaining about PPVs now and realise that no matter what some people will always ‘steal’ via streams etc but a man that isn’t willing to pay to see this contest isn’t a boxing fan.
Does anyone here think that tickets to attend the show live should be free?

Wtf? Most of us already pay for Sky Sports + B0xnati0n purely for the boxing coverage - are we supposed to be happy that we have to shell out even more for this? Or do you think that all boxing should be on PPV, and us humble fans should just be grateful, despite no other sports in the UK even doing PPV?

[Lenny Cravats]

I am used to people complaining about PPVs now and realise that no matter what some people will always ‘steal’ via streams etc but a man that isn’t willing to pay to see this contest isn’t a boxing fan.
Does anyone here think that tickets to attend the show live should be free?

Wtf? Most of us already pay for Sky Sports + B0xnati0n purely for the boxing coverage - are we supposed to be happy that we have to shell out even more for this? Or do you think that all boxing should be on PPV, and us humble fans should just be grateful, despite no other sports in the UK even doing PPV?

Innit.

If you'd paid your Sky subs to watch football, then they asked for an additional £20 to watch each of the top games, you'd tell 'em to fvck off.

[Ruthless-RKO]

I am used to people complaining about PPVs now and realise that no matter what some people will always ‘steal’ via streams etc but a man that isn’t willing to pay to see this contest isn’t a boxing fan.
Does anyone here think that tickets to attend the show live should be free?

Wtf? Most of us already pay for Sky Sports + B0xnati0n purely for the boxing coverage - are we supposed to be happy that we have to shell out even more for this? Or do you think that all boxing should be on PPV, and us humble fans should just be grateful, despite no other sports in the UK even doing PPV?

Innit.

If you'd paid your Sky subs to watch football, then they asked for an additional £20 to watch each of the top games, you'd tell 'em to fvck off.

Too fkîn right!!

[Taansend]

Two of the top heavyweights meet & you lot are too stingy to shell out a measly 20 quid

Outrageous.

[Boxerbeetle]

Two of the top heavyweights meet & you lot are too stingy to shell out a measly 20 quid

Outrageous.

The last 2 PPVs I’ve bought have been total rubbish.

I went to Joshua’s last 2 fights, and they were both a bit crap.

Maybe I just don’t like boxing anymore

[Nightmare Roy]

Two of the top heavyweights meet & you lot are too stingy to shell out a measly 20 quid

Outrageous.

Mate, people are paying £40+ a month for sky sports anyway, to charge a PPV is a piss take, I can remember years back we had better and bigger fights than this in the free channels

[Taansend]

I was just taking the piss

I'll be watching on a stream anyway, unless I'm working. And they'll have to have a great undercard to make me want to take the day off.

[leejonesjnr]

It would be splendid if all boxing was available at all times for free, but it isn't.
The argument that 'I pay for Sky Sports' doesn't really work. If you pay for Sky Sports then in exchange for your money you are able to watch the output of those channels, not events which are not shown on those channels.
Boxing is a difficult sport to finance as we have got to a situation where the top level competitors command large payments but the audience they attract doesn't generate enough revenue from advertisers on TV platforms and in the case of Sky and other subscription channels the viewing figures don't merit huge percentages of subs being spent on the sport.
Other sports will undoubtedly become PPV based over time. Is MMA on PPVs in the UK yet?
Regardless it has been discussed numerous times on here along with the don't steal content/streaming isn't illegal/blah blah blah so not really any need to do it all again.

[funso banjo baby]

wouldn't pay for this

Parker has proven to be too defensive.

if AJ cant break him its unlikely Whyte can.

its a top fight certainly...but has the hallmarks of another stinker.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Anthony Joshua: Dillian Whyte Will Knock Joseph Parker Out!

One would think that Joshua would back the man who took him the distance - but the Olympic gold medal winner believes Whyte will not only come out on top - he expects him to win by knockout. Joshua views Whyte as the bigger puncher and feels that he has more hunger to win.

"Very, very, very good fight," Joshua exclusively told Sky Sports. "If you ask who I'm backing, I'm going with Dillian, and I'm going by knockout as well.

"I feel like Dillian ain't got nothing to lose. He's been screaming out world champions, saying he wants to fight here, he wants to fight there, and I feel like he wants to prove himself.

"Parker is strong, Parker can take a shot, but I feel like in my fight, he was on the back foot and I boxed clever, because I'm trying to set up the big fight with Wilder, so I wanted to box clever, so I could secure the next one, without taking no risks.

"But I feel like Dillian has got nothing to lose, everything to gain. He's going to go in there guns blazing and try and knockout Parker ASAP, secure the win, and get that world title shot."

[Ruthless-RKO]

Anthony Joshua: Dillian Whyte Will Knock Joseph Parker Out!

One would think that Joshua would back the man who took him the distance - but the Olympic gold medal winner believes Whyte will not only come out on top - he expects him to win by knockout. Joshua views Whyte as the bigger puncher and feels that he has more hunger to win.

"Very, very, very good fight," Joshua exclusively told Sky Sports. "If you ask who I'm backing, I'm going with Dillian, and I'm going by knockout as well.

"I feel like Dillian ain't got nothing to lose. He's been screaming out world champions, saying he wants to fight here, he wants to fight there, and I feel like he wants to prove himself.

"Parker is strong, Parker can take a shot, but I feel like in my fight, he was on the back foot and I boxed clever, because I'm trying to set up the big fight with Wilder, so I wanted to box clever, so I could secure the next one, without taking no risks.

"But I feel like Dillian has got nothing to lose, everything to gain. He's going to go in there guns blazing and try and knockout Parker ASAP, secure the win, and get that world title shot."

AJ is talking a bit of shnit here IMO. Saying he was taking it easy,