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Re: I Hate prizefighter(no spoilers)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008, 08:04
by Poncey
DavidPayne wrote:Sky and the promoter must be pissing themselves.

They get 7 fights of short length, easy to manage, no TBA and a format even an idiot could understand.

And for this you have a total bill roughly the price of a British Champions purse for a defence.

They must be lapping it up.
Poster tube? Deadline end of this week. :TU:

Re: I Hate prizefighter(no spoilers)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008, 09:06
by housesecond
DavidPayne wrote:Sky and the promoter must be pissing themselves.

They get 7 fights of short length, easy to manage, no TBA and a format even an idiot could understand.

And for this you have a total bill roughly the price of a British Champions purse for a defence.
Do you realise how much British champions get for a defence?

Re: I Hate prizefighter(no spoilers)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008, 09:20
by Coco
housesecond wrote:
DavidPayne wrote:Sky and the promoter must be pissing themselves.

They get 7 fights of short length, easy to manage, no TBA and a format even an idiot could understand.

And for this you have a total bill roughly the price of a British Champions purse for a defence.
Do you realise how much British champions get for a defence?
It completely depends on ticket sales, tv, weight class etc there are big differences in the same way as there are for world title fights

Re: I Hate prizefighter(no spoilers)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008, 15:22
by housesecond
Coco wrote:
housesecond wrote:
DavidPayne wrote:Sky and the promoter must be pissing themselves.

They get 7 fights of short length, easy to manage, no TBA and a format even an idiot could understand.

And for this you have a total bill roughly the price of a British Champions purse for a defence.
Do you realise how much British champions get for a defence?
It completely depends on ticket sales, tv, weight class etc there are big differences in the same way as there are for world title fights
I know, but my point was there aint many that get 25 grand.

Re: I Hate prizefighter(no spoilers)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008, 16:02
by jonp
housesecond wrote:
DavidPayne wrote:Sky and the promoter must be pissing themselves.

They get 7 fights of short length, easy to manage, no TBA and a format even an idiot could understand.

And for this you have a total bill roughly the price of a British Champions purse for a defence.
Do you realise how much British champions get for a defence?

I think he was saying that a british champion gets more like 72 grand a defence as he says a total bill roughly the price of a defence.Hmmm dont think hes done hes maths here as i dont know any british champs earning around the 70 grand mark :o .

Re: I Hate prizefighter(no spoilers)

Posted: 24 Nov 2008, 16:57
by MightyWarrior
Yeah I'm bored with the whole thing as well, gave last one a miss. First time it was slightly interesting as a newish format, now it's just boring. Undercard fights dressed as a main event.