Eubank Jr to box on ITV PPV

[ILikeBeer]

Without meaning to sound like Outraged Of Milton Keynes, I've just e-mailed [email protected]

I told them that I have no intention of paying ITV to watch boxing, and even if I did I wouldn't for Eubank Jr. I said his behaviour last year has put me off ever having to pay for him.

[jamesmcdonnell]

Surely eubanks won't be top of bill ? There must be other big names on the bill

Have you read the link?

[daviddee]

It's funny people one here have dislike for the guy so think this will be a disaster he has 354k followers on Twitter.. Been told he's maxed out SnapChat and about 500k likes on his Facebook page.. ITV has a far superior reach has millions of people watching their station every day.. Sky Sports looking at around 200k.. They are able to reach a far wider market. The casual fan will buy this fight..As long as some big profile fighters fight then it will fly.. I believe it would do over 150k buys but let's say worst case scenario and 100k views at £17 that's £1.7 million in TV revenue more than enough to run a show of this magnitude get it right with the right build up could easily double or triple that.. The Eubank name sells.. They are interesting and if the can get the right undercard it will give another outlet to go against Eddie and Frank. To make boxing better we need more competition

[ILikeBeer]

It's funny people one here have dislike for the guy so think this will be a disaster he has 354k followers on Twitter.. Been told he's maxed out SnapChat and about 500k likes on his Facebook page.. ITV has a far superior reach has millions of people watching their station every day.. Sky Sports looking at around 200k.. They are able to reach a far wider market. The casual fan will buy this fight..As long as some big profile fighters fight then it will fly.. I believe it would do over 150k buys but let's say worst case scenario and 100k views at £17 that's £1.7 million in TV revenue more than enough to run a show of this magnitude get it right with the right build up could easily double or triple that.. The Eubank name sells.. They are interesting and if the can get the right undercard it will give another outlet to go against Eddie and Frank. To make boxing better we need more competition

Sadly, I can see it being a success.

Too many muppets out there.

[afcmarshall]

It's funny people one here have dislike for the guy so think this will be a disaster he has 354k followers on Twitter.. Been told he's maxed out SnapChat and about 500k likes on his Facebook page.. ITV has a far superior reach has millions of people watching their station every day.. Sky Sports looking at around 200k.. They are able to reach a far wider market. The casual fan will buy this fight..As long as some big profile fighters fight then it will fly.. I believe it would do over 150k buys but let's say worst case scenario and 100k views at £17 that's £1.7 million in TV revenue more than enough to run a show of this magnitude get it right with the right build up could easily double or triple that.. The Eubank name sells.. They are interesting and if the can get the right undercard it will give another outlet to go against Eddie and Frank. To make boxing better we need more competition

surely they wont charge £17

[Kit]

This is bizarre, moving up a weight and fighting a unknown novice for an irrelevant title on ppv...

I don't see this appealing to hard core or casual fans on any level.

Trying to put a Positive spin on this

Quinlan beat Geale qucker than GGG, so must be at least as good if not better, right?

David Have has twice challenged for the IBO title and come up short both times.

Quinlan sounds a bit like Quillan who would be a good opponent for a non ppv show.

Nobody will waste money on this.

Can't think of any others.

[samwbr]

It's funny people one here have dislike for the guy so think this will be a disaster he has 354k followers on Twitter.. Been told he's maxed out SnapChat and about 500k likes on his Facebook page.. ITV has a far superior reach has millions of people watching their station every day.. Sky Sports looking at around 200k.. They are able to reach a far wider market. The casual fan will buy this fight..As long as some big profile fighters fight then it will fly.. I believe it would do over 150k buys but let's say worst case scenario and 100k views at £17 that's £1.7 million in TV revenue more than enough to run a show of this magnitude get it right with the right build up could easily double or triple that.. The Eubank name sells.. They are interesting and if the can get the right undercard it will give another outlet to go against Eddie and Frank. To make boxing better we need more competition

his followers will all stream it for nowt

[Boxerbeetle]

It's funny people one here have dislike for the guy so think this will be a disaster he has 354k followers on Twitter.. Been told he's maxed out SnapChat and about 500k likes on his Facebook page.. ITV has a far superior reach has millions of people watching their station every day.. Sky Sports looking at around 200k.. They are able to reach a far wider market. The casual fan will buy this fight..As long as some big profile fighters fight then it will fly.. I believe it would do over 150k buys but let's say worst case scenario and 100k views at £17 that's £1.7 million in TV revenue more than enough to run a show of this magnitude get it right with the right build up could easily double or triple that.. The Eubank name sells.. They are interesting and if the can get the right undercard it will give another outlet to go against Eddie and Frank. To make boxing better we need more competition

I wouldn't read anything into social media followings - at the end of the day, it's easy to click a button to 'like' or 'follow' someone. But it's another thing altogether to actively pay out money for something.

[Tangerine]

Not even the thickos will buy this surely.Joke fight and thats not even going into the fact they want to charge for it.ITV is just weird fullstop nowadays anyway

[Manchester Hitman]

How are ITV planning to charge people?
There's no sky red button facility or have they followed BNs lead...

[whiskey]

[dirk2686]

I disagree with the notion of Eubank being an easy sell to casual fans. He's never really found a home so to speak and whilst ITV being back in boxing is no bad thing this fight is both pretty bad and against an absolute no-mark. Yes he's a name, but he's only a PPV fighter if he gets a PPV fight, and this isn't that.

[DannyMCR]

I wonder if he's moving up to avoid certain names at 160

[deadpan]

He hasn't the punch power for a higher weight.

[Oiky]

He hasn't the punch power for a higher weight.

I agree

[Andrew]

[Rob3_142]

It's funny people one here have dislike for the guy so think this will be a disaster he has 354k followers on Twitter.. Been told he's maxed out SnapChat and about 500k likes on his Facebook page.. ITV has a far superior reach has millions of people watching their station every day.. Sky Sports looking at around 200k.. They are able to reach a far wider market. The casual fan will buy this fight..As long as some big profile fighters fight then it will fly.. I believe it would do over 150k buys but let's say worst case scenario and 100k views at £17 that's £1.7 million in TV revenue more than enough to run a show of this magnitude get it right with the right build up could easily double or triple that.. The Eubank name sells.. They are interesting and if the can get the right undercard it will give another outlet to go against Eddie and Frank. To make boxing better we need more competition

Which is a lot less than half the number of followers AJ has for his respective social media outlets. It's a complete joke that they'll try set up a PPV for one fight (if the under card is supposed to be on ITV4) between two fighters relatively unknown. CEJ is probably known to a portion of the casual market, but not all. His opposition, well, I consider myself a big boxing fan, and I don't know this fella.

If they charge anything over £10 it'll bomb embarrassingly. At least with Saturday's fight there was value in the under card, here there is absolutely nothing.

[freddydoesdallas]

I can't see this doing anything but bombing. Why would anyone pay to watch eubank Jr face a rank outsider, it's not even for a world title.

Why would anyone pay to watch Joshua fight a rank outsider?

[chad]

Everything about this is farcical.

Eubank Jr. has been in prime position to compete for a legitimate world title on 3 separate occasions, over the past 12 months, but has managed to find a way to avoid the opportunities. The Interim WBA World Middleweight title put him in line to face Daniel Jacobs but Eubank vacated and went the British route. He called out both Golovkin and Saunders but lost his pen when offered the fights. Moving up in weight to face the relatively unknown Renold Quinlan for the IBO title, which has about as much prestige and relevance as my Dad of the year mug, smacks of someone who's accepted he can't compete with those at the top of his current division.

After burning his bridges with the 3 biggest promoters in the UK Eubank Jr. has done well to find a new home on ITV Box Office. The return of ‘The Big Fight Live’ can however only be viewed with cynicism. The UK's biggest commercial broadcaster dropped boxing from their schedule 7 years ago and have only broadcast 3 lives shows since. Whilst broadcasters like SKY Sports and B0xnati0n have helped grown the sport it feels like ITV have been sitting on their hands waiting for public interest to crescendo before stepping in to get their piece of the PPV pie.

Thankfully today's news has been greeted with the disdain it deserves by boxing fans on social media and boxing forums. It's going to be a tough sell to get them on board with the boy who cried wolf and the broadcaster who treated boxing like a bastard son.

[Khaosai-Galaxy]

Eubanks advisors (his dad, presumably) are doing him no favours at all.

I don't normally moan bout PPV, but this is a joke

[ILikeBeer]

[davie]

I think this could have been a success if Eubank had tried one or two fights on free to air ITV, before going PPV

He's a recognisable name and ITV would have been an excellent platform to get his name commonly known among a casual fanbase
Headline a couple shows against fairly weak opposition (this Quinlan lad would probably qualify) then build to a ppv

This has a slim chance of success and if it does, succeed, it could build into a fairly successful venture

but I strongly suspect this will fall flat on it's face and a failure at the first hurdle will likely see both side go their separate ways

[Stuarty]

Why isn't it just on regular ITV? What a lot of pish flaps! The only reason for this is greed!

[Finn]

They haven't announced the price for the PPV yet it could turn out to be a good deal.

Quinlan is half decent he ko'd geale in 2 rounds in his last fight. With groves and degale around there's potential for some big match ups on the ITV platform. Eddie better get degale some decent coverage and mega fights before he leaves matchroom.

[chad]

They haven't announced the price for the PPV yet it could turn out to be a good deal.

Quinlan is half decent he ko'd geale in 2 rounds in his last fight. With groves and degale around there's potential for some big match ups on the ITV platform. Eddie better get degale some decent coverage and mega fights before he leaves matchroom.

I don't share your enthusiasm. Quinlan has fought 12 times in 8 and a half years. Never fought outside Australia and got beat by the only fighter he ever faced with an undefeated record. I'd be disappointed if Eubank Jr. Vs. Quinlan was a Saturday night main event on SKY Sports never mind ITV Box Office.

If I was drunk, and it cost about £2.50 to view, I'd probably cave in and buy it if there wasn't live boxing on SKY or B0xnati0n on the same night.