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whiteboy wrote:Such a joyous bunch on here...

Going to the show and can't wait

And so you should. It's a pretty decent card.

However, you've probably paid a similar amount to someone who bought a similar seat to the birmingham show in order to watch Frankie Gavin fight Chris Van Heerden and we know how that worked out for fans.

The people who are 'moaning' are just fed up with the way the sport is going on sky. Mismatches galore on a paid for tv channel, fights being declared as 'sold-out' as the tickets are sold onto secondary sellers Stub-hub (i hope you got your ticket at face value) etc etc.

I'm sure the majority could afford to pay for this and i'm sure everyone wants to see this fight but sometimes you have to try and make a bit of a stand even though it doesn't seem like much.

If you tolerate this then your children will be next!

freddydoesdallas wrote:

whiteboy wrote:Such a joyous bunch on here...

Going to the show and can't wait

And so you should. It's a pretty decent card.

However, you've probably paid a similar amount to someone who bought a similar seat to the birmingham show in order to watch Frankie Gavin fight Chris Van Heerden and we know how that worked out for fans.

The people who are 'moaning' are just fed up with the way the sport is going on sky. Mismatches galore on a paid for tv channel, fights being declared as 'sold-out' as the tickets are sold onto secondary sellers Stub-hub (i hope you got your ticket at face value) etc etc.

I'm sure the majority could afford to pay for this and i'm sure everyone wants to see this fight but sometimes you have to try and make a bit of a stand even though it doesn't seem like much.

If you tolerate this then your children will be next!

That's fair enough, and the Birmingham card on its own was a disgrace - no doubt about that. They were selling face value tickets until the other day by the way...

If the Matchroom boys all pull through tomorrow we should be in for a pretty special second half of the year both on ppv and regular sky.

I didn’t pay for the Mayweather PPV as I guessed it may not be the most exciting of fights plus I wasn’t that thrilled with the undercard (start time to fight put me off also).

I’m reluctantly going to pay for this – I went to Kells last fight and the rest of the card is decent enough.

NO.

This fight is just too much of a mismatch for my liking.

I'll be watching. It is a good card and I want to see it.
Sure I would rather it was on regular sky tv but I wan't to see it more than I want the few pounds it will cost to watch.

ILikeBeer wrote:

freddydoesdallas wrote:
I've also found this. I was playing snooker last night and a few people were trying to tell me how good johnson was and how they were looking forward to this.

Snooker Face.

Was planning not to but me dad's just text me asking if I want to go halves so I'll be watching it now. £8 to watch Mitchell Linares, Selby Gradovich, Ryder Blackwell, Cardle Evans & Hibbert Ryan is worth it in my book. The Brook and Joshua fights are far from 50/50's but still decent contests.

No gonna stream it as I feel if we all start paying for these type of fights, it will happen too often

I hate paying but it's a good bill and I'm particularly interested in the Lee Selby and Craig Evans fights. So, I will be parting with the money.

WelshDevil wrote:I hate paying but it's a good bill and I'm particularly interested in the Lee Selby and Craig Evans fights. So, I will be parting with the money.

Would you not rather they were on a smaller card in wales rather than this one in London? Buying this reduces the liklihood of him coming back as he'll be used to 'stack' the card

freddydoesdallas wrote:

WelshDevil wrote:I hate paying but it's a good bill and I'm particularly interested in the Lee Selby and Craig Evans fights. So, I will be parting with the money.

Would you not rather they were on a smaller card in wales rather than this one in London? Buying this reduces the liklihood of him coming back as he'll be used to 'stack' the card

Yes, of course, but then I would be in attendance covering the show. Some pretty even fights on this card, so happy with that.

I didn't buy the Mayweather v Pacman fight simply because I knew Mayweather would win. I may buy this one because although we think we know the results, there could be some surprises in at least two of the bouts. It could turn out to be a good night, you never know.

I hate PPV as much as the next one but the more I think about it, really when you look at the match ups we are getting all in one night this is decent value. It is one of the better value PPVs in recent times.

Why are the 102 people who haven't purchased the PPV not posting on my Spike TV bill thread?

I bought it in the end. On first glance I hated the PPV, Brook vs Gavin wasn't PPV material. but the whole card was loaded and I think overall was worth it, glad I did in the end as it was a very good night's boxing for £15.

Didn't buy it. Got pretty steaming instead.

Feeling slightly smug and very rough this morning

Bought it, enjoyed it. 14.95 well spent to me.

Find it amusing that those feeling superior for not buying it were begging for streams. Probably because this actually was a good card and those sending the 'message' were too tight to pay for it.

DMA1987 wrote:Bought it, enjoyed it. 14.95 well spent to me.

Find it amusing that those feeling superior for not buying it were begging for streams. Probably because this actually was a good card and those sending the 'message' were too tight to pay for it.

You're missing the point to be honest. People were saying it was a decent card and they are boxing fans who like to watch the sport.

The reason people don't want to pay is because they don't like the way the tv coverage in this country is going ie anything competitive is landed with a £16.95 price tag. It's a tough choice and jas nothing to do with being tight. The only way to make a stand against anything these days is not to buy. If enough do the same maybe they will listen

freddydoesdallas wrote:

DMA1987 wrote:Bought it, enjoyed it. 14.95 well spent to me.

Find it amusing that those feeling superior for not buying it were begging for streams. Probably because this actually was a good card and those sending the 'message' were too tight to pay for it.

You're missing the point to be honest. People were saying it was a decent card and they are boxing fans who like to watch the sport.

The reason people don't want to pay is because they don't like the way the tv coverage in this country is going ie anything competitive is landed with a £16.95 price tag. It's a tough choice and jas nothing to do with being tight. The only way to make a stand against anything these days is not to buy. If enough do the same maybe they will listen

Exactly good post. Admittedly I almost caved and bought a it but resisted. £15 isn't much money but out of principle I resisted. We pay enough for Sky Sports and the boxing on there is quite frankly, crap. 90/10 and most top class international fights are on allegedly.

freddydoesdallas wrote:

DMA1987 wrote:Bought it, enjoyed it. 14.95 well spent to me.

Find it amusing that those feeling superior for not buying it were begging for streams. Probably because this actually was a good card and those sending the 'message' were too tight to pay for it.

You're missing the point to be honest. People were saying it was a decent card and they are boxing fans who like to watch the sport.

The reason people don't want to pay is because they don't like the way the tv coverage in this country is going ie anything competitive is landed with a £16.95 price tag. It's a tough choice and jas nothing to do with being tight. The only way to make a stand against anything these days is not to buy. If enough do the same maybe they will listen

Making a stand against paying for a great card? If its good enough to spend 6 hours watching a stream for, it was good enough to pay for.

I'm all for making a stand against sh*t PPVs, I just do it for the actually shit ones.

DMA1987 wrote:

freddydoesdallas wrote:

DMA1987 wrote:Bought it, enjoyed it. 14.95 well spent to me.

Find it amusing that those feeling superior for not buying it were begging for streams. Probably because this actually was a good card and those sending the 'message' were too tight to pay for it.

You're missing the point to be honest. People were saying it was a decent card and they are boxing fans who like to watch the sport.

The reason people don't want to pay is because they don't like the way the tv coverage in this country is going ie anything competitive is landed with a £16.95 price tag. It's a tough choice and jas nothing to do with being tight. The only way to make a stand against anything these days is not to buy. If enough do the same maybe they will listen

Making a stand against paying for a great card? If its good enough to spend 6 hours watching a stream for, it was good enough to pay for.

I'm all for making a stand against sh*t PPVs, I just do it for the actually poo ones.

A great card? That's debatable. Headline was a mismatch, aj blow out and 2 Title fights that should have been headlines on a standard sky card. There was nothing on that show that had an impact on world boxing.

There was no need for this to be ppv. It could and should have been split over 3 cards plus fans in Birmingham were shafted for this too.

This seems to be the new model for boxing on sky. Poor quality cards on sky sports and then anything decent moves to ppv. That's what the stand is against.

Ps - for the record, i didn't watch any of it. Got leathered at my folks instead!

freddydoesdallas wrote:

DMA1987 wrote:Bought it, enjoyed it. 14.95 well spent to me.

Find it amusing that those feeling superior for not buying it were begging for streams. Probably because this actually was a good card and those sending the 'message' were too tight to pay for it.

You're missing the point to be honest. People were saying it was a decent card and they are boxing fans who like to watch the sport.

The reason people don't want to pay is because they don't like the way the tv coverage in this country is going ie anything competitive is landed with a £16.95 price tag. It's a tough choice and jas nothing to do with being tight. The only way to make a stand against anything these days is not to buy. If enough do the same maybe they will listen

freddydoesdallas wrote:

DMA1987 wrote:
Making a stand against paying for a great card? If its good enough to spend 6 hours watching a stream for, it was good enough to pay for.

I'm all for making a stand against sh*t PPVs, I just do it for the actually poo ones.

A great card? That's debatable. Headline was a mismatch, aj blow out and 2 Title fights that should have been headlines on a standard sky card. There was nothing on that show that had an impact on world boxing.

There was no need for this to be ppv. It could and should have been split over 3 cards plus fans in Birmingham were shafted for this too.

This seems to be the new model for boxing on sky. Poor quality cards on sky sports and then anything decent moves to ppv. That's what the stand is against.

Yep this is a good summary of the situation