BoxRec

sweetscience wrote:

stujones wrote:Why do boxing posters always make these bold claims about PPV costs... .

stujones wrote: my bet is it will be £19.99.

Yeah...but at least it's not a bold claim...that's pretty standard ppv pricing

They will go for ITV if it's feasible as there is much more of an audience than sky. If ITV were experienced in running PPVs it would be a no contest and they would have already announced it but since they are new it might go to Sky but make no mistake, sky are in trouble in terms of boxing and I for one hope they shut their boxing coverage down and we get rid of that Adam Smith muppet once and for all

You say sky are in trouble but according to Hearn the ppv buys are doing better than ever now

So what is it?

TheLeprechaun wrote:They will go for ITV if it's feasible as there is much more of an audience than sky. If ITV were experienced in running PPVs it would be a no contest and they would have already announced it but since they are new it might go to Sky but make no mistake, sky are in trouble in terms of boxing and I for one hope they shut their boxing coverage down and we get rid of that Adam Smith muppet once and for all

You hope Sky shut their boxing coverage down? That literally makes no sense at all. That would clearly be damaging for the sport and the avenues available to young boxers in the UK.

Ease of access is massive to companies. With Sky it's all 'press the red button and order the fight.' It's like buying something from Amazon. Stick your password in, two clicks, done.

I had a look at the order process for Eubank Abraham and it was absolute cack. 'If you get nothing but a blue screen call this number?' It's not exactly promising.

My guess? Sky still tend to get most of the big sports stuff. I think they'll get it and it'll be on the twenty quid mark. A major issue boxing fans missed with the BT deal was that in the mind of the general 'fan of all sports' individual BT is shite. The Premier League games you didn't want to watch, the BDO, the Ashes test down under rather than over here, and now, Warren boxers v Hearn boxers.

dirk2686 wrote:Ease of access is massive to companies. With Sky it's all 'press the red button and order the fight.' It's like buying something from Amazon. Stick your password in, two clicks, done.

I had a look at the order process for Eubank Abraham and it was absolute cack. 'If you get nothing but a blue screen call this number?' It's not exactly promising.

My guess? Sky still tend to get most of the big sports stuff. I think they'll get it and it'll be on the twenty quid mark. A major issue boxing fans missed with the BT deal was that in the mind of the general 'fan of all sports' individual BT is shite. The Premier League games you didn't want to watch, the BDO, the Ashes test down under rather than over here, and now, Warren boxers v Hearn boxers.

It was exactly the same as Sky, just cos of the problems with the Eubank vs Quinlan fight they had to give a bit of an idiots guide. Need to register with them first and then its red button, exactly as SBO.

dirk2686 wrote:Ease of access is massive to companies. With Sky it's all 'press the red button and order the fight.' It's like buying something from Amazon. Stick your password in, two clicks, done.

I had a look at the order process for Eubank Abraham and it was absolute cack. 'If you get nothing but a blue screen call this number?' It's not exactly promising.

My guess? Sky still tend to get most of the big sports stuff. I think they'll get it and it'll be on the twenty quid mark. A major issue boxing fans missed with the BT deal was that in the mind of the general 'fan of all sports' individual BT is shite. The Premier League games you didn't want to watch, the BDO, the Ashes test down under rather than over here, and now, Warren boxers v Hearn boxers.

I get your point regarding BT. However the champions league is significant. They do have all of the club rugby union now as well.

do like my European football as well but them cancelling the european football show takes the pi55. I watched that every week without fail.

If the bookies are taking bets on the price, I'd take a punt on £22.95.

powderPuff wrote:You say sky are in trouble but according to Hearn the ppv buys are doing better than ever now

So what is it?

Would say that ppv's alone won't be enough to rescue an ailing company .

There are so many other areas in where they are probably losing custom.

Surprised there hasn't been an announcement on the UK TV rights yet!!

aidenp25 wrote:Surprised there hasn't been an announcement on the UK TV rights yet!!

I assume it hasn't been decided yet.

They had a "world tour" of press conferences. If they knew what channel it was going to be on, surely they'd have announced it at some point.

If they've not announced channel, surely these prices of £130 for the PPV are completely fictitious.

The whole exercise is motivated by money for all concerned.

They know that a fool and their money are easily parted.

I forecast this will cost more than a typical event.