BoxRec

maverick23 wrote: ↑25 Mar 2024, 16:50

handsofstone wrote: ↑25 Mar 2024, 16:20 Still no word on UK TV??

Nope.

There’s some speculation that Amazon may be concerned of people using VPNs to get it for free/cheaper in the US through using the U.K. stream.

Really? PBC are brutal, everything gets taking down, I can never find their fights

handsofstone wrote: ↑25 Mar 2024, 17:16

maverick23 wrote: ↑25 Mar 2024, 16:50

handsofstone wrote: ↑25 Mar 2024, 16:20 Still no word on UK TV??

Nope.

There’s some speculation that Amazon may be concerned of people using VPNs to get it for free/cheaper in the US through using the U.K. stream.

Really? PBC are brutal, everything gets taking down, I can never find their fights

That’s what people are speculating. They couldn’t/shouldn’t try PPV with the show in the U.K. and even if they do try it then it will be relatively cheaply priced compared to the US.

If Amazon are just on rev share with PBC (they haven’t done any marketing that I’ve seen) then they’ll want to protect the only market where they can charge for it.

It’s not like DAZN where they have a duty to provide boxing content in the U.K.

Let’s see. I’m still hoping it gets added.

maverick23 wrote: ↑26 Mar 2024, 03:02

handsofstone wrote: ↑25 Mar 2024, 17:16

maverick23 wrote: ↑25 Mar 2024, 16:50

Nope.

There’s some speculation that Amazon may be concerned of people using VPNs to get it for free/cheaper in the US through using the U.K. stream.

Really? PBC are brutal, everything gets taking down, I can never find their fights

That’s what people are speculating. They couldn’t/shouldn’t try PPV with the show in the U.K. and even if they do try it then it will be relatively cheaply priced compared to the US.

If Amazon are just on rev share with PBC (they haven’t done any marketing that I’ve seen) then they’ll want to protect the only market where they can charge for it.

It’s not like DAZN where they have a duty to provide boxing content in the U.K.

Let’s see. I’m still hoping it gets added.

Here's hoping eh

Tszyu vs. Fundora PBC Card ‘Just Available In The United States’ Via Amazon Prime Video

As with all new ventures, there are kinks and bugs to work out before it runs on all cylinders.

So while Amazon’s Prime Video makes its U.S. debut Saturday with a pay-per-view card headlined by Tim Tszyu’s pursuit of a second world-title belt against Sebastian Fundora at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, the rest of the world will have to access the bout by their own means.

A Prime Video spokesperson confirmed to BS Monday that the streaming service’s pay-per-views, for now, are “just available in the United States, with the potential to add more territories in the future.”

How much later is the question of the hour, and the spokesperson said international viewers should continue to check the Premier Boxing Champions website for global listings.

A global-television executive who handles foreign distribution of fights for PBC did not immediately respond to messages left by BS.

In Tszyu’s native Australia, for instance, an existing foreign broadcast arrangement with Fox will allow the bout to be seen there.

Tszyu (24-0, 17 KOs) is defending his WBO belt and fighting for the vacant WBC strap against Fundora (20-1-1, 13 KOs), a unique, 6-feet-5 ½ junior middleweight (154 pounds) with an 80-inch reach. The card’s co-main is Rolly Romero’s 140-pound title defense against Mexico’s Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz.

The ultimate beauty of PBC’s alignment with Prime Video is that beyond it’s powerful reach in the U.S., it intends to also connect the fights globally on the same platform.

The next scheduled Prime Video pay-per-view is undisputed super-middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez defending his four belts against Mexican countryman and unbeaten former 154-pound champion Jaime Munguia on May 4 – Cinco de Mayo weekend.

After that, boxing officials have reported a June 15 pay-per-view is coming with Gervonta “Tank” Davis versus Frank Martin and David Benavidez versus Oleksandr Gvozdyk heading that card.

The Prime Video spokesperson said the new “PBC Championship Series” cards of non-pay-per-view bouts with “up-and-coming fighters” will debut later this year on Prime Video in the U.K. and other countries.

The date for launch has not yet been finalized.

That’s disappointing

Poverty outfit are PBC, no wonder Al Haymon has run through, HBO, Showtime, Fox, Spike, Bounce, ITV, Channel 5 and more no doubt, no publicity, everything is ppv and bang average, a streaming service like Amazon can't get a UK stream?, bollocks , half arsed again and clearly it's gonna be same old

handsofstone wrote: ↑26 Mar 2024, 07:04 Poverty outfit are PBC, no wonder Al Haymon has run through, HBO, Showtime, Fox, Spike, Bounce, ITV, Channel 5 and more no doubt, no publicity, everything is ppv and bang average, a streaming service like Amazon can't get a UK stream?, bollocks , half arsed again and clearly it's gonna be same old

Yup. It’s so stupid how in this day and age it’s not available in the U.K.

£19.99 for this fight?
Admittedly there are a few on the undercard I want to see... But talk about greedy!

I’d imagine it’d do less than 1,000 buys in the U.K.

20 squid give that a miss

What a joke!

They will need some serious PPV buys if it's TRUE Tim is getting 15 million Aussie Dollars for the fight. That's over £7m in real money

it's a nice arse card tbf, a lot better than many of the ones with bigger names that get hyped to the gills

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑26 Mar 2024, 20:53 it's a nice arse card tbf, a lot better than many of the ones with bigger names that get hyped to the gills

Definitely 4 fights I want to see.
And the main event is better without Keith "brittle" Thurman IMO.

This will make a lot of money in Aus. And a lot in USA. Can’t see any reason to go more than 9 quid in the uk. It’s not going to do big numbers, early morning no uk talent even free… but for 20 quid it’s like they are just chasing the Aussie expat market for an extra 30 grand hah.

Fight Night

"Anyone, anywhere, any height"

Tim Tszyu

KiwiRider wrote: ↑30 Mar 2024, 17:31 "Anyone, anywhere, any height"

Tim Tszyu

more i think about this one more i can't pick a winner, really pushed though i favor Fundora , just think Tim is gonna have a hard time catching him and can't see him outboxing him ,, will say though if Tim does a number on him , he will go up in my expectations big time

coneye wrote: ↑30 Mar 2024, 17:48

KiwiRider wrote: ↑30 Mar 2024, 17:31 "Anyone, anywhere, any height"

Tim Tszyu

more i think about this one more i can't pick a winner, really pushed though i favor Fundora , just think Tim is gonna have a hard time catching him and can't see him outboxing him ,, will say though if Tim does a number on him , he will go up in my expectations big time

Same mate.
I have enjoyed watching Tim's fights, definitely entertaining, but him belonging at the top is still in question for me.
Thurman wouldn't have answered that as well as Fundora IMO.
Just got to hope Fundora bounces back from his last outing and gives a good account of himself.
May the one who wants it most wins.

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑26 Mar 2024, 20:53 it's a nice arse card tbf, a lot better than many of the ones with bigger names that get hyped to the gills

What you thinking on The Soul Taker vs The Towering Inferno ?
I know you love Timmeh, but TTI is such a freak he makes a tough late replacement for anyone ever...

Tszyu to chop him down like he fights giraffes every week ?
Seb to mess him up like "Octopus vs Shark"

skanksta wrote: ↑30 Mar 2024, 18:39

margaret thatcher wrote: ↑26 Mar 2024, 20:53 it's a nice arse card tbf, a lot better than many of the ones with bigger names that get hyped to the gills

What you thinking on The Soul Taker vs The Towering Inferno ?
I know you love Timmeh, but TTI is such a freak he makes a tough late replacement for anyone ever...

Tszyu to chop him down like he fights giraffes every week ?
Seb to mess him up like "Octopus vs Shark"

still lean toward tim but it's a really interesting fight. fundora defo a potental banana skin. ya he got ktfo last fight but he won every second of that until the big shots. was doing a better job on the guy than tim. he's a f@cking giraffe with a great engine and output. tough last minute switch whe n the original was a 5'7 low output mover

wow!

tim has a very good first 2 rounds, gets cut up by a headbutt, and then obviously bothered by it he strrugles and loses a split!

tbf, lack of output has been something ive calld him out on for a while, but that bleeding defo threw him off. wonder what's next and if he has a rematch clause