A new low - Jake Paul on BT Box office

[JamesPhilips]

Wake up Sunday morning and watch it free online

You won’t be able to watch it - it won’t have happened by then LOL

Whoops someone already said that!

But on serious matter, will BT Sport normal show or free the next day.? They did that last time with Merryweather I think…

[Boxerbeetle]

I will - For Shame !

Will you seriously buy this? I honestly wouldn’t even bother watching live if it was free, considering it’s on at like 4am on a Monday morning.

I'll be watching at 4 am...

You’re mental

[bigjack]

Will you seriously buy this? I honestly wouldn’t even bother watching live if it was free, considering it’s on at like 4am on a Monday morning.

I'll be watching at 4 am...

You’re mental

Maybe he's working nights therefore getting paid to watch it,if so then not so mental

[Loftgroov]

This will bomb hugely like the last one did on Sky and that had Mayweather. If it was a success Sky wouldn't have let it go. I keep on hearing how big the Paul brothers are but their 'millions' of UK fans aren't buying their PPVs on a Monday morning and having Dubois and Tommy Fury won't make any difference.

I assume most of Jake Paul's fans are about 13 years old and will have to beg their Mum for the £16.95.

[margaret thatcher]

isnt our boi greg a jake paul fan

[(craig)]

This will bomb hugely like the last one did on Sky and that had Mayweather. If it was a success Sky wouldn't have let it go. I keep on hearing how big the Paul brothers are but their 'millions' of UK fans aren't buying their PPVs on a Monday morning and having Dubois and Tommy Fury won't make any difference.

I assume most of Jake Paul's fans are about 13 years old and will have to beg their Mum for the £16.95.

I imagine most of them are savvy enough to know that there are ways of watching without paying.

[Nightmare Roy]

In the words of Roy Kean, the game is dead, finished

[My T Sharp]

Wake up Sunday morning and watch it free online

Or wake up Sunday morning and don't bother

If you wake up Sunday morning, it won’t even be anywhere. The fight is taking place 29th.

So will he Monday morning.

Don’t mean to sound like a prick.

Monday morning it is. Sounds like they are going after the WWE fans

[Ruthless-RKO]

Or wake up Sunday morning and don't bother

If you wake up Sunday morning, it won’t even be anywhere. The fight is taking place 29th.

So will he Monday morning.

Don’t mean to sound like a prick.

Monday morning it is. Sounds like they are going after the WWE fans

Well strangely Summerslam was last night. Saturday night for A change. It did finish by time Pac was walking out though.

[milpool]

I’d normally scoff at this but with it being a bank holiday, I might stay up.
I probably won’t, but I might…

[Ruthless-RKO]

I’d normally scoff at this but with it being a bank holiday, I might stay up.
I probably won’t, but I might…

Same..

[JamesPhilips]

I’d normally scoff at this but with it being a bank holiday, I might stay up.
I probably won’t, but I might…

Same..

What time would the main event be on?

[CaptainSpacerod]

This is all well and good for those involved and good luck to them but what irks me is the way Tommy Fury is treated as a serious prospect and fawned over by BT - Dempsey and Bunce regularly interview him with such reverence.

He’s a celeb not a boxer- a handsome kid who won Love Island and whose half brother is HW champ - he’s not a serious boxer trying to forge a career in the game. On talent alone he wouldn’t get anywhere near fighting on televised cards.

[Ruthless-RKO]

I’d normally scoff at this but with it being a bank holiday, I might stay up.
I probably won’t, but I might…

Same..

What time would the main event be on?

Probably between 4-5am UK time.

Is Ohio ET time zone?

It’s gonna start 9pm et

[JamesPhilips]

Same..

What time would the main event be on?

Probably between 4-5am UK time.

Is Ohio ET time zone?

It’s gonna start 9pm et

5 hours behind. So maybe 2am? If so could be tempted.....

[Ruthless-RKO]

What time would the main event be on?

Probably between 4-5am UK time.

Is Ohio ET time zone?

It’s gonna start 9pm et

5 hours behind. So maybe 2am? If so could be tempted.....

Yeh so you have undercard at 2am.. which is Dubois, TommyF and the other fight. Then the main event, which should be 5am at the very latest.

[JamesPhilips]

Probably between 4-5am UK time.

Is Ohio ET time zone?

It’s gonna start 9pm et

5 hours behind. So maybe 2am? If so could be tempted.....

Yeh so you have undercard at 2am.. which is Dubois, TommyF and the other fight. Then the main event, which should be 5am at the very latest.

Ok 5am a bit late maybe

[KiwiRider]

Jake is better known than Josh Taylor to the casuals.

100% this.

The Josh Taylor's need to adapt.
Boxing has always been more about hype - the Ray Robinson's and Ali's knew how to sell themselves outside of the boxing ring; the Charley Burley's And even Joe Calzaghe for much of his career were happy to just box and avoid everything outside the ring.

As trash as what these celebrity contests are, they show what modern day boxers have got to do.

All the guys you mentioned doing their own hype were from a time when terrestrial TV and proper journalism were king.
If terrestrial TV isn't showing boxing, and most fights are complicated to watch, cost money, are shown all hours of the day ir njght and are not promoted on major platforms, then it's real hard for the Josh Taylors to get new fans into boxing.
Remember how you used to see Chris Eubank on the telly, Brits knew who he was. He was on Good Morning, a panel show or two. Then you could tune in, during prime time, and watch him fight. When does Josh Taylor turn up on TV? A news item after the fight.

[JamesPhilips]

Jake is better known than Josh Taylor to the casuals.

100% this.

The Josh Taylor's need to adapt.
Boxing has always been more about hype - the Ray Robinson's and Ali's knew how to sell themselves outside of the boxing ring; the Charley Burley's And even Joe Calzaghe for much of his career were happy to just box and avoid everything outside the ring.

As trash as what these celebrity contests are, they show what modern day boxers have got to do.

All the guys you mentioned doing their own hype were from a time when terrestrial TV and proper journalism were king.
If terrestrial TV isn't showing boxing, and most fights are complicated to watch, cost money, are shown all hours of the day ir njght and are not promoted on major platforms, then it's real hard for the Josh Taylors to get new fans into boxing.
Remember how you used to see Chris Eubank on the telly, Brits knew who he was. He was on Good Morning, a panel show or two. Then you could tune in, during prime time, and watch him fight. When does Josh Taylor turn up on TV? A news item after the fight.

If Taylor was on Love Island he’d be the best known boxer in U.K. unfortunately. He’s married I think

[KiwiRider]

100% this.

The Josh Taylor's need to adapt.
Boxing has always been more about hype - the Ray Robinson's and Ali's knew how to sell themselves outside of the boxing ring; the Charley Burley's And even Joe Calzaghe for much of his career were happy to just box and avoid everything outside the ring.

As trash as what these celebrity contests are, they show what modern day boxers have got to do.

All the guys you mentioned doing their own hype were from a time when terrestrial TV and proper journalism were king.
If terrestrial TV isn't showing boxing, and most fights are complicated to watch, cost money, are shown all hours of the day ir njght and are not promoted on major platforms, then it's real hard for the Josh Taylors to get new fans into boxing.
Remember how you used to see Chris Eubank on the telly, Brits knew who he was. He was on Good Morning, a panel show or two. Then you could tune in, during prime time, and watch him fight. When does Josh Taylor turn up on TV? A news item after the fight.

If Taylor was on Love Island he’d be the best known boxer in U.K. unfortunately. He’s married I think

He's also not pretty enough

[JamesPhilips]

All the guys you mentioned doing their own hype were from a time when terrestrial TV and proper journalism were king.
If terrestrial TV isn't showing boxing, and most fights are complicated to watch, cost money, are shown all hours of the day ir njght and are not promoted on major platforms, then it's real hard for the Josh Taylors to get new fans into boxing.
Remember how you used to see Chris Eubank on the telly, Brits knew who he was. He was on Good Morning, a panel show or two. Then you could tune in, during prime time, and watch him fight. When does Josh Taylor turn up on TV? A news item after the fight.

If Taylor was on Love Island he’d be the best known boxer in U.K. unfortunately. He’s married I think

He's also not pretty enough

Lol nah I seen the stuff they can do with makeovers. His face is not unattractive, he just never smiles. No homo. A tan, a flash haircut, some nice clobber and a few weight sessions and Taylor is in there giving aggro to people he feels are staring at him

[gregregegg]

Is there any downside to BT sport taking it and putting it on PPV?

[veriton]

Is there any downside to BT sport taking it and putting it on PPV?

None at all, and they've got a decent chips and gravy British card on as part of the sub earlier in the evening. Not to mention Arsenal getting spanked by Man City as their main game on Saturday. BT Sport well worth it this weekend even ignoring the Paul v Woodley show.

[maverick23]

Is there any downside to BT sport taking it and putting it on PPV?

None at all, and they've got a decent chips and gravy British card on as part of the sub earlier in the evening. Not to mention Arsenal getting spanked by Man City as their main game on Saturday. BT Sport well worth it this weekend even ignoring the Paul v Woodley show.

The Paul/Woodley show is on Sunday night not Saturday.

[Manchester Hitman]

I was in my work office for the first time in months today (working from home) , and I was pretty horrified to be asked by one of my colleagues who’s a casual fan type whether I would be watching the Jake Paul fight this weekend..

I just looked at him and pretended I didn’t know what he was talking about- hopefully this is a one off and the Paul’s are not really starting to get there names about over here..