why setanta and not itv?

beduff · Post by **beduff** » 06 Aug 2007, 14:47

why is the calzaghe fight not being shown own itv?i thought mr warren had all his shows on there?

Rocky Balboa · Post by **Rocky Balboa** » 06 Aug 2007, 14:57

beduff wrote:why is the calzaghe fight not being shown own itv?i thought mr warren had all his shows on there?

Like any promoter, I guess Mr Warren went for the source that would pay the most money to show the fight. Can't blame him, really, although it is annoying when one says something, but then a completely different outcome occurs! Mr Warren's word is obviously worth eff-all!

Anyway, on another note, has the stadium for Kessler-Calzaghe been finalised? I know Warren said the Millenium was a bit too heavy in terms of prices etc!

Max Molyneux · Post by **Max Molyneux** » 06 Aug 2007, 15:43

Only Khan Is on ITV now.

Albert · Post by **Albert** » 06 Aug 2007, 16:49

beduff wrote:why is the calzaghe fight not being shown own itv?i thought mr warren had all his shows on there?

Money.

There was no way W arren was going to maximise his earning potential through broadcasting Calzaghe/Kessler on a terrestrial channel. It had to go to PPV or a firm who would pay big bucks and it seems the satelite broadcasters are the ones with that.

Albert · Post by **Albert** » 06 Aug 2007, 16:50

Twisted Transistor wrote:Only Khan Is on ITV now.

Until he loses!!!!!!!!

Poncey · Post by **Poncey** » 07 Aug 2007, 03:42

beduff wrote:why is the calzaghe fight not being shown own itv?i thought mr warren had all his shows on there?

Anyway, on another note, has the stadium for Kessler-Calzaghe been finalised? I know Warren said the Millenium was a bit too heavy in terms of prices etc![/quote]

Millenium stadium is confirmed.

Box Office · Post by **Box Office** » 07 Aug 2007, 10:09

ITV booted that prick off the Network ,
They just kept Kahn and after his last fight I bet ITV wishes they did not even do that.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 07 Aug 2007, 10:25

What a load of bollocks.

It's clearly so they can get PPV money, as this is a big money fight with Kessler and Calzaghe both earning career high sums.

Box Office · Post by **Box Office** » 07 Aug 2007, 14:41

So your saying FW has other dates on ITV other than Kahn?

sweetscience · Post by **sweetscience** » 07 Aug 2007, 15:49

box office your obsessed

you sound like such a twat - has FW bin biffing your wife or something

Box Office · Post by **Box Office** » 07 Aug 2007, 18:21

Just having a laugh, take it easy Sweet Science
Must be a touchy subject , I guess I hit a nerve.

BigEars · Post by **BigEars** » 08 Aug 2007, 19:11

As far as I'm aware Setanta and ITV both have 7 fight deals with Warren(although ITV may be 6) .

Amir Khan can only appear on ITV but I believe ITV can show cards without Khan should they wish .

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 09 Aug 2007, 04:17

Setanta appear to have got the big stuff. ITV seem mostly to have Khan fights every couple of months.

If it's PPV on Setanta that's no problem. Kessler-Calzaghe would be worth it. Don't think any of the other fights would be. Setanta made a big financial committment to make this fight, when HBO and Showtime weren't willing to make it happen.

Max Molyneux · Post by **Max Molyneux** » 09 Aug 2007, 04:28

Sentanta could of been chosen for Joe and Mikkel because of the huge purses they wanted.

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 09 Aug 2007, 05:50

they both wanted big paydays and everyone thought US TV were going to jump to make it. Showtime wanted to make Calzaghe-Dawson with the winner to fight Kessler - yeah right Showtime. HBO wouldn't commit,

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 09 Aug 2007, 08:33

Just cancelled Setanta for the time being, will subscribe closer to the next event.

I thought it was quite funny cause they were trying to get me to still subscribe cause and they were plugging the "Eric Morales" fight next weekend.

slimness · Post by **slimness** » 20 Aug 2007, 02:30

Calzaghe - Kessler will be aired on setana
the remainder of the card will be itv

101boxing · Post by **101boxing** » 21 Aug 2007, 09:32

Box Office wrote:ITV booted that prick off the Network ,
They just kept Kahn and after his last fight I bet ITV wishes they did not even do that.

its morons like you that give the boxing game a bad name. come up with something constructive or do one. inexplicable stupidity.

itv have kept the best upcoming talent on terrestrial tv for all the public to see. whats the problem with calzaghe kessler going on setanta if they were the only channel willing to put up the money that will allow the fight to happen. itv didnt want the fight when it was made, therefore FW has to go elsewhere to get the fights on that the fans want to see.

a little birdy now tells me that itv regret not having taken the fight..........

101boxing · Post by **101boxing** » 21 Aug 2007, 09:32

slimness wrote:Calzaghe - Kessler will be aired on setana
the remainder of the card will be itv

nope......its all on setanta

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 21 Aug 2007, 10:06

Is it really?

I'll bet ITV regret it, with suitable advance publicity, that fight could have been HUMUNGOUS on terrestrial. However, how do they claw back the money they spend on the event? Would they get the spend in advertising revenue? I guess they might, given that they could cram an advert in either every round or every other round.

I don't know a lot about the economics of TV advertising sadly.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 21 Aug 2007, 11:30

James,

Not sure if Kessler has the lay boxing fans' appeal of Lacy. Its naturally a better and bigger fight for the boxing fan than Lacy, but smaller IMO for the lay boxing fan.

Kessler isn't a yank and doesn't have a dynamite punch... Plus Lacy did beat a fairly (for a boxer) well known British Boxer in Rob Reid.

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