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alexpaterson wrote:I think Warren has done wonders for Khan 3 fights after his 1st round defeat he's a world champ that is some shrewd matchmaking imo I think BJ Saunders will bring big crowds with his all action style

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

Goz wrote:If W@rren has a half a effing brain he would be running regular shows with the Olympians on the BBC or ITV even if it means making no money now. The $$$ will come later when they are household names.

Even in the man in the street knows who Audley Harrison despite him being shite.

Frank, you're a fool if you don't attempt to build them up on terrestrial tv, and Sky you are fools too.

Build them up for 2/3 years then take them across to Sky and then onto PPV if they ever progress to big enough fights (although our opinion of what constitutes a big fight clearly varies).

Yes, but terrestrial TV is not interested. They have recoiled from boxing almost totally, so it's not really an option. Unless you count ITV4 as 'mainstream TV.'

teddy007 wrote:

alexpaterson wrote:I think Warren has done wonders for Khan 3 fights after his 1st round defeat he's a world champ that is some shrewd matchmaking imo I think BJ Saunders will bring big crowds with his all action style

IMO BJS is not in the best shape and should be fighting at a maximum Middle-Weight, probably light-middle.

Goz wrote:If W@rren has a half a effing brain he would be running regular shows with the Olympians on the BBC or ITV even if it means making no money now. The $$$ will come later when they are household names.

Even in the man in the street knows who Audley Harrison despite him being shite.

Frank, you're a fool if you don't attempt to build them up on terrestrial tv, and Sky you are fools too.

Build them up for 2/3 years then take them across to Sky and then onto PPV if they ever progress to big enough fights (although our opinion of what constitutes a big fight clearly varies).

Goz wrote:

Bomber 1 wrote:Hatton was built on sky and is the biggest draw this countrys ever seen.

Calzaghe couldn't draw flies until he beat Lacy and even then was still struggling!! Look at the Bika & Manfredo match attendances.He got a huge draw in Wales for the Kessler match but the show was still at a loss to FW, To the tune of £500'000 if I remember him printing right ...

FW would not be backing Amir if it wasn't in his best intrests, The place was sold out when he fought Barrera, Yes it was far from full when he boxed Kotelnik BUT the show was moved from the 02 in London and thousands had already paid good money for tickets,travel & accomodation etc,2 weeks is not nearly long enough to sell out a show. I think you'll see Amir built up and in the end he'll be able to rival almost anyone with attendance figures, In the end I can see him filling the Reebok stadium in a unification match that will make tens of millions of pounds in revenue TV,Attendance,Sponsors etc etc..

I can't remember FW ever backing someone as much as he's backed Amir and it not workin out..

Hatton was built on Sky but more importantly he was built at the MEN and on the back of the boozed up Manc football supporting type crowd.

I still firmly believe the Brunos, Benns, Eubanks etc were all so popular because they were so easily identifiable by the man on the street.

DG. wrote:Unless Khan makes him some money Fwank will cash out with a big fight against Manny Pac in the States - or maybe Cotto if Khan REALLY pisses fwank off.

Asterix wrote:

teddy007 wrote:

alexpaterson wrote:I think Warren has done wonders for Khan 3 fights after his 1st round defeat he's a world champ that is some shrewd matchmaking imo I think BJ Saunders will bring big crowds with his all action style

IMO BJS is not in the best shape and should be fighting at a maximum Middle-Weight, probably light-middle.

I touched on that a while back. I think they're letting him stay a little fleshy as he's so young. It's important not to stunt his growth with severe weight draining. No doubt he'll get more and more in shape over the next year or so.