Acelino Freitas.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 02 Jan 2004, 19:39

Sky are normally pretty reliable when it comes to showing Acelino Freitas, does anybody know if the Freitas vs Grigorian fight will be shown on Sky. Probably not, I'm sure Sky are still pissed off about how many times Grigorian messed their schedule up by pulling out of a match with Michael Ayers several times.

Speaking of Sky's International shows, has anybody else noticed the frequency with which sky show Eric Morales, I would say he's 2nd to Tyson in the most times an international fighter is shown on Sky. Does anybody know if there is some special contract between Sky and Morales' team.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 02 Jan 2004, 20:35

Good point, SKY do always show Morales i am sure they must have some sort of deal with his people. After the success of Freitas-Barrios i think SKY should try and show the Grigorian fight, would not have thought that the BBC would be too interested though. It is on Showtime as well and BBC seem to stick to HBO fights.

The_Power · Post by **The_Power** » 03 Jan 2004, 11:56

Does not look like sky are going to show it.

And agreed, morales does get a lot of exposure on sky, not that i am complaining

bigynzing · Post by **bigynzing** » 03 Jan 2004, 12:38

prettyboyFloyd aswell.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 03 Jan 2004, 13:27

That's because Sky have a good relationship with Arum, who has both Pretty Boy Floyd and Morales too. The rights to his shows must be cheaper than King's, who Sky sometime pass on.

No chance of UK tv showing tonights fight I'm afraid, not live anyway - even German tv are not bothering to show it.
I guess Sky will show it a week later or so - they usualy screen the Freitas fights delayed.
Who knows, we might even get the first upset of the year?? Grigorian is no mug and Frietas can be outboxed. Artur might catch him coming in square on a put him over too.
Saying that you have to go with the younger Brazilian though, as Grigorian looks to be slipping lately - but a few years ago he might've been a good bet to win.