Sky Sports announces new boxing schedule with Top Rank and BOXXER

[peter barlow]

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[JamesPhilips]

Sky sports Boxing has a new logo as well.

And it's awful and seems to be based on the BOXXER brand.....

[JamesPhilips]

Ben Shalom: Meet Sky Sports' new boxing promoter whose vision is set to skyrocket the sport to new heights


The new era is upon us.

LOL a new era run by a 27 year old whose only boxing experience is some prizefighter style crap no one watched. Why did he get this gig? I am very suspicious- I bet he's got a relative or someone close working at Sky.

[a force]

Obviously the current line up isn’t great but for any Olympian turning pro knowing there’s a 4 year deal with Sky & huge promotion on sky sports news they’ve got to be your first choice as long as they’re anywhere near on purses.

Yafai, Whittaker, Clarke, McCormack etc can turn pro & be the 3rd biggest star on the platform behind Taylor & Eubank.

I’d imagine they’ll be snapping up plenty of other Hearn fighters as their contracts run out as well.

[peter barlow]

Once again these shows are about names not competitive fights which fans want.

How many genuine competitive fights on the 2 cards, just Ward - Lawal ?

Same old story, meet the new boss same as the old boss

[a force]

Ben Shalom: Meet Sky Sports' new boxing promoter whose vision is set to skyrocket the sport to new heights


The new era is upon us.

LOL a new era run by a 27 year old whose only boxing experience is some prizefighter style crap no one watched. Why did he get this gig? I am very suspicious- I bet he's got a relative or someone close working at Sky.

He’s the young figurehead who’ll be behind the camera. John Wischusen is the brains behind the operation who used to be at Matchroom. Plus they’ve still got the majority of the Sky team. They’ve only really lost Bellew haven’t they? They’ll be fine.

[a force]

Why do promoters push hughie ?

Like it or not he’s a big name & a heavyweight.

I’d imagine he gets good viewing figures too.

Matthew Hatton’s fights on Sky used to do really good numbers compared to far more exciting fighters.

[JamesPhilips]

Ben Shalom: Meet Sky Sports' new boxing promoter whose vision is set to skyrocket the sport to new heights


The new era is upon us.

LOL a new era run by a 27 year old whose only boxing experience is some prizefighter style crap no one watched. Why did he get this gig? I am very suspicious- I bet he's got a relative or someone close working at Sky.

He’s the young figurehead who’ll be behind the camera. John Wischusen is the brains behind the operation who used to be at Matchroom. Plus they’ve still got the majority of the Sky team. They’ve only really lost Bellew haven’t they? They’ll be fine.

Can you think of a single boxing fan signing up to Sky just for the boxing?

[a force]

LOL a new era run by a 27 year old whose only boxing experience is some prizefighter style crap no one watched. Why did he get this gig? I am very suspicious- I bet he's got a relative or someone close working at Sky.

He’s the young figurehead who’ll be behind the camera. John Wischusen is the brains behind the operation who used to be at Matchroom. Plus they’ve still got the majority of the Sky team. They’ve only really lost Bellew haven’t they? They’ll be fine.

Can you think of a single boxing fan signing up to Sky just for the boxing?

No but most of my mates aren’t really proper boxing fans. They’re more casuals who tune in just because they’ve got Sky due to the football.

In the group chat a few of them will mention the boxing on Sky or even Channel 5 when it’s on but none of them have mentioned the Dazn cards & none mention the BT ones either.

We’ve been & watched Warrington fight before & not one of them have mentioned him fighting this Saturday. I don’t think they even know it’s happening.

I think Sky promotion is massive for a fighter.

[high tower 1]

Why do promoters push hughie ?

Like it or not he’s a big name & a heavyweight.

I’d imagine he gets good viewing figures too.

Matthew Hatton’s fights on Sky used to do really good numbers compared to far more exciting fighters.

Big numbers ?? Are you sure

[jameswilson]

Hughie Fury’s photo for Sky looks like it’s from a hostage video.

‘We are fighting people and are not being mistreated.’

And then holds up today’s newspaper with a sad face.

[handsofstone]

Hughie and Eubank, what would wins here tell us?

Everybody has to start somewhere so hopefully Sky can gain some momentum, pick up some better boxers but just now its a bit meh

[a force]

Why do promoters push hughie ?

Like it or not he’s a big name & a heavyweight.

I’d imagine he gets good viewing figures too.

Matthew Hatton’s fights on Sky used to do really good numbers compared to far more exciting fighters.

Big numbers ?? Are you sure

Hughie or Hatton?

I don’t know what figures Hughie does but he’s got the family name, he’s been on big PPV cards & he’s a heavyweight. Plenty will watch him.

Matthew Hatton used to yes. Him v Kell held the normal Sky Sports record viewing figures for a spell until Froch fought Bute.

His fights for the European title against foreign opponents also did well in comparison to other standard Sky sports cards.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Why do promoters push hughie ?

Because he's a Brit, and he's called FURY.

[JamesPhilips]

Hughie Fury’s photo for Sky looks like it’s from a hostage video.

‘We are fighting people and are not being mistreated.’

And then holds up today’s newspaper with a sad face.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Like it or not he’s a big name & a heavyweight.

I’d imagine he gets good viewing figures too.

Matthew Hatton’s fights on Sky used to do really good numbers compared to far more exciting fighters.

Big numbers ?? Are you sure

Hughie or Hatton?

I don’t know what figures Hughie does but he’s got the family name, he’s been on big PPV cards & he’s a heavyweight. Plenty will watch him.

Matthew Hatton used to yes. Him v Kell held the normal Sky Sports record viewing figures for a spell until Froch fought Bute.

His fights for the European title against foreign opponents also did well in comparison to other standard Sky sports cards.

Hughie used to do around 1 million on CH5..

Sometimes peaking at 2m..

[peter barlow]

We have to hope Frank and Eddie up their game on the back of this.

They've been serving up shite for a long time and it's been worse recently. They won't do it for us obviously, but the potential for Sky to take their fighters is obvious.

[JamesPhilips]

He’s the young figurehead who’ll be behind the camera. John Wischusen is the brains behind the operation who used to be at Matchroom. Plus they’ve still got the majority of the Sky team. They’ve only really lost Bellew haven’t they? They’ll be fine.

Can you think of a single boxing fan signing up to Sky just for the boxing?

No but most of my mates aren’t really proper boxing fans. They’re more casuals who tune in just because they’ve got Sky due to the football.

In the group chat a few of them will mention the boxing on Sky or even Channel 5 when it’s on but none of them have mentioned the Dazn cards & none mention the BT ones either.

We’ve been & watched Warrington fight before & not one of them have mentioned him fighting this Saturday. I don’t think they even know it’s happening.

I think Sky promotion is massive for a fighter.

I get it but we’re in a transitional period where streaming is going to blow up big. Semi-Niche sports are going to move to streaming services. Boxing, bareknuckle, MMA. Maybe the big fights will stay on big channels like BT, Sky etc but eventually they may go to streaming.

A lot will be PPV. Fite TV and DAZN etc are the future of boxing broadcasting. In many ways it will better - far more fights will be shown and we can pick and chose what we want to watch. So if we want to watch Charr Lovejoy we can

[Coco]

Does Frank have women fighters?

She didn't get a medal in the Olympics either, is it only because of Daniel that she has a bit of a name?

For her age she’s terrific. It ease only 28 months ago when Bunce was saying she could be the best women’s boxer ever. Well OTT but I don’t she lost a fight as a junior. Lost a couple though (at a high level) in the seniors.

I would have thought she'd stay amateur and try medal in Paris?

I think Dubois is the best of the women, she is still young, her weight class was by far the strongest and she did really well beating good fighters untill she was edged out.

[tony1234]

Sky's still got the cross promotion with the other channels to make fighters into big names unlike DAZN who will be buried away.
Trouble is with all promoters now having their own TV deals then cross promotional fights will be avoided

[Ruthless-RKO]

Sky's still got the cross promotion with the other channels to make fighters into big names unlike DAZN who will be buried away.
Trouble is with all promoters now having their own TV deals then cross promotional fights will be avoided

Shame that..

DAZN were supposed to sign a deal with a free-to-air channel to help promote..

[Ruthless-RKO]

[peter barlow]

It will be built at PPV most likely

Joshua Usyk and likely all Joshua fights

Khan Vs Brook

Josh Taylor after Catterall

Eubank Jr Vs GGG

[Ruthless-RKO]

It will be built at PPV most likely

Joshua Usyk and likely all Joshua fights

Khan Vs Brook

Josh Taylor after Catterall

Eubank Jr Vs GGG

AJ is at £24.95 now.

I do believe guys like Eubank and Taylor on PPV should be capped at £16.95 though.

Unless it's a massive fight.

[peter barlow]

It will be built at PPV most likely

Joshua Usyk and likely all Joshua fights

Khan Vs Brook

Josh Taylor after Catterall

Eubank Jr Vs GGG

AJ is at £24.95 now.

I do believe guys like Eubank and Taylor on PPV should be capped at £16.95 though.

Unless it's a massive fight.

I won't pay for any PPV anymore on principle just not worth it and the undercards are shit. I don't like giving Sky anymore money than necessary.

I'll sort them through other means.