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Terminator666 wrote:If it's ppv only then that is different to paying out £85 per month for Sky then being asked to fork out again to watch something that the subs should cover.

I feel the same. The only way to stop PPV from SKY Box Office and Primetime is to stop buyinh the events. As long as there is a market for it, PPV will always be an option.

My local bar will be showing the fight. £17.95 will buy me 6 pints and a packet of scampi fries. A much better option than PPV in the house I feel Probably better to put money back into the local community ahead of SKY's coffers.

chad wrote:

@markmcgee87 wrote:The Danes have to pay triple that so it's not that bad but I don't have to worry about SBO I'll be there

What is the average Danish salary?

Lurpak and Bacon.

I haven't paid for one for about 5 years. So yeah, it's probably about time I forked out for one.

Well it depends if I win the ballot at work to get tickets to the Corporate Box at the O2 to watch it. Even if the ticket is £65 to go down at watch it. But I hope we get a terrific bill to go with it. If I don't win it I will be forking out as well...

No, I'll see if a pub has the fight on instead.

righthook wrote:Yes I would be happy to pay it especially if there a good under card, there is talk all over the net that from now on all of sky's shows will show the entire under cards. If this is correct then I think it's value for money

I think if Eddie does maybe 4-5 ppv shows a year with a massive main event and a really good under card wich we get to see all of the under card then I would be happy to pay for ppv a few times a year

Righthook, are you referring to "normal" sky shows or the PPV ones when you say they're going to show the whole undercard too ?

Hopefully the former, that would be a big improvement.

Well its a simple call.
Without PPV revenue this fight would not be happening.
We can all argue the ifs buts whys wherefores but that's where we are.
100,000 sales easily achievable even at an inflated price.
We all have the power of the on off button.

I'll pay it; I can't see this being a shit fight

Anyone who pays for this is part of a problem that began in 1996 with Tyson/Bruno II on PPV.

You're a mug if you pay for this.

Why ?
If you're a massive Froch fan and can't afford a ticket to see it live then £17.95 is the price to view it.
3 mates round and its £4.45 each.
Oh and no ones said its gonna be that price yet.
Pure speculation.

Parson Cross wrote:Why ?
If you're a massive Froch fan and can't afford a ticket to see it live then £17.95 is the price to view it.
3 mates round and its £4.45 each.
Oh and no ones said its gonna be that price yet.
Pure speculation.

Totally agree.

Il have a few of the lads round it will work out about £3 each, not bad to watch 2 world class fighters slug it out.

Of course no one would want to pay for ppv if they had the choice but if we want to see the big fights its the only way they can be made (fact)

What a crock of shit, if we want to see them get in the ring then everyone is going to have to cough up a little extra on the PPV or it's not going to happen. Spoken like Hearn himself.
The reason it's PPV is that Eddie had to chuck big money at team Kessler to get the fight on home turf which means fornicate all If you're watching it on the box
Fact is this is the biggest fight on the British boxing season on Sky and they've made it PPV milking the boxing punters.

Can't see why it's gone up by £3 (20%)

I am buying it
already have 4 mates lined up

my beer is paid for
plus they will be bringing over a monster of a cuzza from the Raj

cheap night then

Their first fight was a hard fight - but certainly not the great fight some people now claim.

At this stage of their careers it doesn't really mean alot though.
We know the limitations of Froch now. We also know Kessler is on his last legs.
It just seems more a show than an event.

I will give it a look the morning after if it gets good reviews.

milpool wrote:First of all I'm slightly disappointed that I'll have to pay £17.95 to watch Wrestlemania, particularly as this year's line up looks largely predictable...but that's for another thread!

Froch v Kessler, well, yes I would pay it because for me it's a must see.

Ha, Ha, Ha, Wrestling has always been predictable and full of childlike storylines. I wouldnt pay 17P to watch it. Froch v Kessler is predictable as well. Kessler on points, I reckon.

I will be hunting for a bar in sunny Tenerife with it on. If i was home I would have no problem paying for it though, its a fight I WANT to see, potential to be an all time classic going on last time and like has been said before if there's a few lads round for a drink to watch it, it's only a few quid each.

Final Round,
Surely you get the concept that boxing is a business ? Without ppv revenue how do you suggest the Promotor raises the capital to cover the whole costs of the show plus purses etc ? Ticket sales, advertising ?
Get real.
No ppv no fight.
I know which I prefer.
How would you have responded if you had been told the fight was off because they couldn't match the fighters terms ?
You'd have slaughtered the Promotor.

palooka wrote:Can't see why it's gone up by £3 (20%)

It hasn't.

No prices have been mentioned for Froch v Kessler. £17.95 is what SBO are charging for WWE.

It's always amazing that so many "hardcore" boxing fans refuse to buy PPVs and steal content via streaming.

So you all steal Boxing News from the Newsagent and hack into your neighbours WiFi network, to avoid paying for that, too?

If you don't, you should.

£17.95?... oh man, you guys are so lucky!

Here in Denmark the PPV price will be 499 kroner (as it was for Kessler's last 2 fights) - which, at today's exchange rate, is slightly more than £58.

man you danes are being ripped off. though saying that i dont know how much stuff costs or rate of pay is over there

Adamj1987 wrote:man you danes are being ripped off. though saying that i dont know how much stuff costs or rate of pay is over there

You're right - but we're used to it!

Bundana wrote:

Adamj1987 wrote:man you danes are being ripped off. though saying that i dont know how much stuff costs or rate of pay is over there

You're right - but we're used to it!

Surely paying more than the ticket price is ludicrous to watch on Tv.

Bundana wrote:£17.95?... oh man, you guys are so lucky!

Here in Denmark the PPV price will be 499 kroner (as it was for Kessler's last 2 fights) - which, at today's exchange rate, is slightly more than £58.

But the average Dane is loaded isn't he? Britain is knackered and nearly everyone is broke.