Wembley undercard

[ElJefe]

About the card:

Joshua vs Povetkin - Not the fight we wanted but still a decent fight. Top 5 opponent.
Campbell vs Mendy - Makes sense. Rematch that probably puts the winner in line for a world title shot. No problem with it.
Askin vs Okolie - Good fight. Another step up for Okolie. Should be entertaining.

So the fights themselves are fine. But there's 2 major problems. Firstly is the levels. One world title fight, one world title eliminator and one British title fight. Is that really worth PPV money? If that's any other main event than AJ then it's a Saturday Fight Night level. Even that is ambitious these days though. This weekend on regular Sky we've got a fringe world level fight, a British title fight and several area level fights.

Secondly, THERE'S ONLY FVCKING 3 OF THEM! No doubt he'll throw in 2 or 3 half decent names (or just recognisable names e.g Benn and Allen) but at this late notice they'll only be knockover jobs. It's fvcking awful.

[littlepug]

About the card:

Joshua vs Povetkin - Not the fight we wanted but still a decent fight. Top 5 opponent.
Campbell vs Mendy - Makes sense. Rematch that probably puts the winner in line for a world title shot. No problem with it.
Askin vs Okolie - Good fight. Another step up for Okolie. Should be entertaining.

So the fights themselves are fine. But there's 2 major problems. Firstly is the levels. One world title fight, one world title eliminator and one British title fight. Is that really worth PPV money? If that's any other main event than AJ then it's a Saturday Fight Night level. Even that is ambitious these days though. This weekend on regular Sky we've got a fringe world level fight, a British title fight and several area level fights.

Secondly, THERE'S ONLY FVCKING 3 OF THEM! No doubt he'll throw in 2 or 3 half decent names (or just recognisable names e.g Benn and Allen) but at this late notice they'll only be knockover jobs. It's fvcking awful.

Its certainly a sad state of affairs especially if your old enough to remember the greener pastures that boxing used to inhabit, really pisses me off if im skint and cant afford a fight and pisses me off just as much if i get the fight anyway only to be served up up a load of sh1t like im some mug punter rather than a life long supporter of the game.

[Tangerine]

Why will people hate him?

Just from what ive seen of him in the amateurs he can be quite over aggressive,has tricks up his sleeve and if he carries this into the pros I think people will see him as a dirty fighter.Not saying he will hit guys when theyre down or after the bell etc but dirty fighters tend to get a bit of stick.

[mickey1975]

This could be watched by 10,000 people in America, they best step up.

[Gnome]

It would be good if they lined up David Price again. His fight last time was much more exciting than the main event.

[punchers chance]

This card is lacking depth but I'm not too sure when this golden age of PPVs happened.
In my recollection they have always been about the main events with as little padding as the promoter can get away with.
One exception I recall was FWs Magnificent Seven bill.

[mickey1975]

This card is lacking depth but I'm not too sure when this golden age of PPVs happened.
In my recollection they have always been about the main events with as little padding as the promoter can get away with.
One exception I recall was FWs Magnificent Seven bill.

British-USA all night marathons were common in Tyson, Lewis, Naz days.

[Oiky]

Giyasovs one to watch

[jamamb]

i actually think these are 3 good fights, and very few ppvs have more then a couple good fights

obviously 3 fights is too little,but add a few other fights with recognizable names and it doesnt really seem bad

[Stuarty]

It would be good if they lined up David Price again. His fight last time was much more exciting than the main event.

He's on BN in Belfast next month against Sean Turner.

[Gnome]

It would be good if they lined up David Price again. His fight last time was much more exciting than the main event.

He's on BN in Belfast next month against Sean Turner.

Ah yes of course, I forgot about that.

[Stuarty]

It would be good if they lined up David Price again. His fight last time was much more exciting than the main event.

He's on BN in Belfast next month against Sean Turner.

Ah yes of course, I forgot about that.

That card looks ok(ish) for BN. Few decent fights but still a lot of TBAs on the schedule which is always worrying!

[punchers chance]

This card is lacking depth but I'm not too sure when this golden age of PPVs happened.
In my recollection they have always been about the main events with as little padding as the promoter can get away with.
One exception I recall was FWs Magnificent Seven bill.

British-USA all night marathons were common in Tyson, Lewis, Naz days.

That's true now you mention it.
You would often have a UK leg and then switch stateside on a PPV event so you'd be getting twice as much boxing on those occasions.
They were a marathon especially if you had a few drinks - trying to stay up til 4.30am for the main event was tough!

[Boxerbeetle]

It’s not great, but not terrible and certainly not as bad as some of the recent PPVs that have been served up. I’ll consider buying it if one if my mates comes over to chip in.

[Avitar]

if whyte is going to fight AJ next then he should be on that card

[pyenest77]

Didn't Hearn say that Dillian Whyte was PPV in his own right?

If that's the case then why miss out on another PPV.

[thatllbeme]

Brandon Rios v Sam Eggington is being rumoured??

[Boxing Prospect]

Giyasov's opponent is apparently a 14-0 (10) Nicaraguan called Julio Laguna...On paper a decent looking test for the 4-0 (3) Uzbek-

http://www.asianboxing.info/asian-news/ ... ten-laguna

[Coco]

Eddie will do well to better the 2 bill toppers from his Birmingham card

[ILikeBeer]

That’s all..,

Edward starting to get greedy

When wasn't he?

[ILikeBeer]

Obviously they will add more but damn, under three weeks and five bouts, two versus Mr TBA. This is shocking.

I cancelled Sky Sports recently and they called me today to ask why and I explained that as a boxing fan they were fcking me up the ass and I do not believe they have shown any male world title bouts this year on normal sky, anything slightly decent is on PPV and now even PPV is a joke with this card. I bet he wished he never phoned me

What did he reply when you told him that?

[ILikeBeer]

All this card needs is Paul Smith in a six rounder vs a 5-25 former Light Middleweight.

I know that sounds like a dangerous fight, but Smigga has never been a fighter who shies away from a challenge.

On a serious note, this card needs at least 2 more competitive fights.
I wouldn't mind seeing Eddie bring over some of his USA stable to pack the card with.

That's a 50/50 fight.

[ILikeBeer]

I patched them years ago and got Virgin

A couple of weeks ago, I had a right barney at Virgin Media. I told them they were a dishonest company, who continually lied to customers.

Not allowed a Sky dish in my block of flats, so ended up getting a year's contract worth £20 a month less than I'd been paying. Should go to BT really, Virgin are awful.

Couldn't be bothered to get a phone line installed.

[tobyh5]

Obviously they will add more but damn, under three weeks and five bouts, two versus Mr TBA. This is shocking.

I cancelled Sky Sports recently and they called me today to ask why and I explained that as a boxing fan they were fcking me up the ass and I do not believe they have shown any male world title bouts this year on normal sky, anything slightly decent is on PPV and now even PPV is a joke with this card. I bet he wished he never phoned me

What did he reply when you told him that?

Well you'll laugh but he told me they do have US stuff and then mentioned GGG v Canelo. I pointed that it was not on Sky!!!

[garethhop]

Rios V Eggington now by the wayside.

There is another fight to confirm apparently which Hearn described as being “around Super Middle”.

James Degale in a non testing fight? Assuming they want to make the Fielding fight for before Christmas so this is a possibility.