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His PPV is "the strongest card Britain has seen in over a decade".


Headlined by Frankie Ga....

"After massive wins on massive cards at Wembley and the Echo Arena, here"


he Loves the massive usage

No its headline by Kell Brook v Frankie Gavin world ibf title + 2 other world title fight's 1 in Kevin Mitchel v George Linares, then Lee Selby v Evgeny Gradovich, both good scraps, a vacant middleweight British title John Rider v nick Blackwell, a vacant British lightweight title Scott cardell v Craig Evens, and Dave Ryan v Hibbert a for commonwealth title, then Antony Joshua V Kevin Johnson , That beats the Mayweather PPV for me

Ad halfway down the page on Sky Sports news story about the new deal, showing Joshua as 1/100 v Johnson, and Brook as 1/10 v Gavin....

Yep, quality.

What got you more excited this card or something like a kosta v Hatton or calzaghe v lacy?which had no undercard but the main events were genuine super fights broadcasting on primetime usa tv. Personally I prefer the latter which are true ppv fights

rio wrote:What got you more excited this card or something like a kosta v Hatton or calzaghe v lacy?which had no undercard but the main events were genuine super fights broadcasting on primetime usa tv. Personally I prefer the latter which are true ppv fights

Calzaghe v Lacy was on ITV! Those were the days...

Give me Haye vs A-Farce anyday over Frankie Gavin.

rio wrote:What got you more excited this card or something like a kosta v Hatton or calzaghe v lacy?which had no undercard but the main events were genuine super fights broadcasting on primetime usa tv. Personally I prefer the latter which are true ppv fights

I`m going and I`m looking forward to it as it`s a very good card, but it won`t compare to Froch-Bute which I was genuinely excited for despite the undercard being shite.

It is a great card, just a shame we've been served garbage on Sky Sports...had we had good fights on Sky Sports I'd have been saying that Matchroom had been doing great and deserved to have a PPV blow out (though maybe not so soon after the Mayweather Vs Pacquiao bout)

Ghost Train wrote:Is anyone old enough to remember the big American fights on Close Circuit at the pictures?

I remember them,although i never got to attend one,i did see Haye V Chisora at the cinema and it was brilliant,had a real good fight atmosphere.

Ghost Train wrote:Showing my age, I saw Ali v Spinks 2, Holmes v Cooney, Hagler v Leonard (and a few others I don't recall) Didn't know Haye v Chisora was on Closed Circuit, thought it was from another age.

Nothing to do with boxing, where you from in N. Wales mate? I'm in Penrhyn Bay at the moment

Yeh Haye V Chisore was on at the view cinema at cheshire oaks,i think it was £15 with full undercard too,I live in Flint.

Enough morons will pay for this so they'll keep doing it.

Ghost Train wrote:Is anyone old enough to remember the big American fights on Close Circuit at the pictures?

Yes I am must be getting old lol

Boxing Prospect wrote:It is a great card, just a shame we've been served garbage on Sky Sports...had we had good fights on Sky Sports I'd have been saying that Matchroom had been doing great and deserved to have a PPV blow out (though maybe not so soon after the Mayweather Vs Pacquiao bout)

This.

Its a very good card and if it hadn't been for the fact we've been fed shite on normal Sky Sports so far this year all so any decent fight can be added to this, i'd be happy to pay. At the min I'm still undecided really shouldnt give them my money as it paves the way for Matchroom/Sky to do it again BUT I wanna see the fights

It's an excellent card and I'm looking forward to it, but the fight I'm looking forward to the least is the main event, as I think it will be a huge mismatch that will last about as long as Brook's last defence.
I'm going to the show, so I'm not that bothered by the fact it is PPV.

Boxerbeetle wrote:

rio wrote:What got you more excited this card or something like a kosta v Hatton or calzaghe v lacy?which had no undercard but the main events were genuine super fights broadcasting on primetime usa tv. Personally I prefer the latter which are true ppv fights

Calzaghe v Lacy was on ITV! Those were the days...

Mate honestly go and look at Hatton and Calzaghe's fights leading up to Kostya and Lacy. We had those on Sky and then that Calzaghe v Lacy fight on ITV along with Amir Khan's early career blow outs and Audley v Danny Williams 1 and 2. With zero undercard.

Yeah those were the fornicating days alright.

Macca-Hobson was a brilliant fight whilst Calzaghe-Lacy was hugely anticipated. Hatton-Kostya was a true PPV event with an unrivalled atmosphere, and I was at Wembley too... Only Froch-Bute has been a genuinely intriguing fight on normal Sky on home soil. Eddie is terrible for British boxing.

In boxing Monthly Hearn told Mark Butcher that nothing has changed in the way Matchroom are now doing things and how they did things when they started....well lets take a quick look shall we?

January 28th 2012-
A young and up coming Frampton (then 11-0, 7) Vs Kris Hughes (then 15-1, 1) in the main event, Erick Ochieng (then 8-1, 2) Vs Nick Quigley (10-1) in what turned out to be the show stealer.

On paper they looked interesting and whilst Frampton was, if memory serves, a very clear favourite it was a good solid first defense of the Commonwealth title. Ochieng Vs Quigley ended up being a domestic FOTY contender (maybe even the winner)

Card also featured John Ryder, Robin Reid, Wadi Camcho (debut).

March 17th-
Main event was Kell Brook (then 26-0, 18) Vs Matthew Hatton (42-5-2, 16) with notable support bouts featuring Carl Frampton (then 12-0, 8) vs Prosper Ankrah (then 18-2, 13) in a Commonwealth title defense, Gregorz Proksa (then 26-0, 19) defending the European title against Kerry Hope (then 16-3, 1) and an English title fighter between Adnan Amar (then 25-1, 7) a Lee Purdy (then 16-3-1, 9).

The main event there was widely called for, Frampton defending the Commonwealth title against an opponent that was just about acceptable, Proksa vs Hope looked disappointingly one sided though was surprisingly competitive in the end.

Really solid card.

April 27th-
Tony Bellew (then 16-1, 10) Vs Danny McIntosh (13-2, 7) in a British title fight

Bellew may have finished off McIntosh relatively easily but it was a decent match up, a domestic scrap with a British title on the line and Bellew's first bout since linking up with Matchroom.

May 26th-
Lucian Bute (then 30-0, 24) Vs Carl Froch (then 28-2, 20) in a very highly demanded bout, Carl Frampton (then 13-0, 9) vs Raul Hirales (then 16-0-1, 8) in a great looking bout on paper.

There was more to this card than the two bouts mentioned but they really were good match ups, the sort of thing we're now seeing put on to box office.

(They were 4 of the first 5 "Eddie Hearn" shows on boxrec, the other from the 5 was a prizefighter show with Corley Vs McCloskey on it)

Doesn't really look like the recent cards get close to those which had 50-50 bouts, and progressive match making.

Boxing Prospect wrote:In boxing Monthly Hearn told Mark Butcher that nothing has changed in the way Matchroom are now doing things and how they did things when they started....well lets take a quick look shall we?

January 28th 2012-
A young and up coming Frampton (then 11-0, 7) Vs Kris Hughes (then 15-1, 1) in the main event, Erick Ochieng (then 8-1, 2) Vs Nick Quigley (10-1) in what turned out to be the show stealer.

On paper they looked interesting and whilst Frampton was, if memory serves, a very clear favourite it was a good solid first defense of the Commonwealth title. Ochieng Vs Quigley ended up being a domestic FOTY contender (maybe even the winner)

Card also featured John Ryder, Robin Reid, Wadi Camcho (debut).

March 17th-
Main event was Kell Brook (then 26-0, 18) Vs Matthew Hatton (42-5-2, 16) with notable support bouts featuring Carl Frampton (then 12-0, 8) vs Prosper Ankrah (then 18-2, 13) in a Commonwealth title defense, Gregorz Proksa (then 26-0, 19) defending the European title against Kerry Hope (then 16-3, 1) and an English title fighter between Adnan Amar (then 25-1, 7) a Lee Purdy (then 16-3-1, 9).

The main event there was widely called for, Frampton defending the Commonwealth title against an opponent that was just about acceptable, Proksa vs Hope looked disappointingly one sided though was surprisingly competitive in the end.

Really solid card.

April 27th-
Tony Bellew (then 16-1, 10) Vs Danny McIntosh (13-2, 7) in a British title fight

Bellew may have finished off McIntosh relatively easily but it was a decent match up, a domestic scrap with a British title on the line and Bellew's first bout since linking up with Matchroom.

May 26th-
Lucian Bute (then 30-0, 24) Vs Carl Froch (then 28-2, 20) in a very highly demanded bout, Carl Frampton (then 13-0, 9) vs Raul Hirales (then 16-0-1, 8) in a great looking bout on paper.

There was more to this card than the two bouts mentioned but they really were good match ups, the sort of thing we're now seeing put on to box office.

(They were 4 of the first 5 "Eddie Hearn" shows on boxrec, the other from the 5 was a prizefighter show with Corley Vs McCloskey on it)

Doesn't really look like the recent cards get close to those which had 50-50 bouts, and progressive match making.

I'd say this card is much better.

The July MEN card looks to be strong also.

hoot wrote:No its headline by Kell Brook v Frankie Gavin world ibf title + 2 other world title fight's 1 in Kevin Mitchel v George Linares, then Lee Selby v Evgeny Gradovich, both good scraps, a vacant middleweight British title John Rider v nick Blackwell, a vacant British lightweight title Scott cardell v Craig Evens, and Dave Ryan v Hibbert a for commonwealth title, then Antony Joshua V Kevin Johnson , That beats the Mayweather PPV for me

It looks much better than the Mayweather - Pacquiao card to me, but it all comes down to who you want to see.

DMA1987 wrote:

Boxing Prospect wrote:In boxing Monthly Hearn told Mark Butcher that nothing has changed in the way Matchroom are now doing things and how they did things when they started....well lets take a quick look shall we?

January 28th 2012-
A young and up coming Frampton (then 11-0, 7) Vs Kris Hughes (then 15-1, 1) in the main event, Erick Ochieng (then 8-1, 2) Vs Nick Quigley (10-1) in what turned out to be the show stealer.

On paper they looked interesting and whilst Frampton was, if memory serves, a very clear favourite it was a good solid first defense of the Commonwealth title. Ochieng Vs Quigley ended up being a domestic FOTY contender (maybe even the winner)

Card also featured John Ryder, Robin Reid, Wadi Camcho (debut).

March 17th-
Main event was Kell Brook (then 26-0, 18) Vs Matthew Hatton (42-5-2, 16) with notable support bouts featuring Carl Frampton (then 12-0, 8) vs Prosper Ankrah (then 18-2, 13) in a Commonwealth title defense, Gregorz Proksa (then 26-0, 19) defending the European title against Kerry Hope (then 16-3, 1) and an English title fighter between Adnan Amar (then 25-1, 7) a Lee Purdy (then 16-3-1, 9).

The main event there was widely called for, Frampton defending the Commonwealth title against an opponent that was just about acceptable, Proksa vs Hope looked disappointingly one sided though was surprisingly competitive in the end.

Really solid card.

April 27th-
Tony Bellew (then 16-1, 10) Vs Danny McIntosh (13-2, 7) in a British title fight

Bellew may have finished off McIntosh relatively easily but it was a decent match up, a domestic scrap with a British title on the line and Bellew's first bout since linking up with Matchroom.

May 26th-
Lucian Bute (then 30-0, 24) Vs Carl Froch (then 28-2, 20) in a very highly demanded bout, Carl Frampton (then 13-0, 9) vs Raul Hirales (then 16-0-1, 8) in a great looking bout on paper.

There was more to this card than the two bouts mentioned but they really were good match ups, the sort of thing we're now seeing put on to box office.

(They were 4 of the first 5 "Eddie Hearn" shows on boxrec, the other from the 5 was a prizefighter show with Corley Vs McCloskey on it)

Doesn't really look like the recent cards get close to those which had 50-50 bouts, and progressive match making.

I'd say this card is much better.

The July MEN card looks to be strong also.

This one is PPV the ones I mentioned were all Sky Sports. The July one does look good though sadly we've had a lot of crap this year so we sort of deserve a good one.

david1963 wrote:

hoot wrote:No its headline by Kell Brook v Frankie Gavin world ibf title + 2 other world title fight's 1 in Kevin Mitchel v George Linares, then Lee Selby v Evgeny Gradovich, both good scraps, a vacant middleweight British title John Rider v nick Blackwell, a vacant British lightweight title Scott cardell v Craig Evens, and Dave Ryan v Hibbert a for commonwealth title, then Antony Joshua V Kevin Johnson , That beats the Mayweather PPV for me

It looks much better than the Mayweather - Pacquiao card to me, but it all comes down to who you want to see.

Mayweather-Pacquiao shits all over this card, I genuinely can't believe anyone would rather pay to watch May 30th than a superfight between the two best P4P fighters in the world

expe wrote:

david1963 wrote:

hoot wrote:No its headline by Kell Brook v Frankie Gavin world ibf title + 2 other world title fight's 1 in Kevin Mitchel v George Linares, then Lee Selby v Evgeny Gradovich, both good scraps, a vacant middleweight British title John Rider v nick Blackwell, a vacant British lightweight title Scott cardell v Craig Evens, and Dave Ryan v Hibbert a for commonwealth title, then Antony Joshua V Kevin Johnson , That beats the Mayweather PPV for me

It looks much better than the Mayweather - Pacquiao card to me, but it all comes down to who you want to see.

Mayweather-Pacquiao shits all over this card, I genuinely can't believe anyone would rather pay to watch May 30th than a superfight between the two best P4P fighters in the world

Presumably you've seen Mayweather - Pacquiao. Perhaps you marvelled at the brutal intensity of a 12 round "event" in which the boxers landed about 150 punches between them. Personally, I'd much rather see a fight, especially if both guys are trying to use their attributes to win rather than avoid losing. Or maybe it was the undercard of Mayweather - Pacquiao that thrilled you.

expe wrote:

david1963 wrote:

hoot wrote:No its headline by Kell Brook v Frankie Gavin world ibf title + 2 other world title fight's 1 in Kevin Mitchel v George Linares, then Lee Selby v Evgeny Gradovich, both good scraps, a vacant middleweight British title John Rider v nick Blackwell, a vacant British lightweight title Scott cardell v Craig Evens, and Dave Ryan v Hibbert a for commonwealth title, then Antony Joshua V Kevin Johnson , That beats the Mayweather PPV for me

It looks much better than the Mayweather - Pacquiao card to me, but it all comes down to who you want to see.

Mayweather-Pacquiao shits all over this card, I genuinely can't believe anyone would rather pay to watch May 30th than a superfight between the two best P4P fighters in the world

I have actually been looking forward to this card more than I was the May v PAC tbh. May v PAC had went a bit stale by the time they eventually agreed to fight IMO. It was never going to live up to the hype. At least on this card there are some genuine 50/50 fights.

david1963 wrote:

expe wrote:

david1963 wrote: It looks much better than the Mayweather - Pacquiao card to me, but it all comes down to who you want to see.

Mayweather-Pacquiao shits all over this card, I genuinely can't believe anyone would rather pay to watch May 30th than a superfight between the two best P4P fighters in the world

Presumably you've seen Mayweather - Pacquiao. Perhaps you marvelled at the brutal intensity of a 12 round "event" in which the boxers landed about 150 punches between them. Personally, I'd much rather see a fight, especially if both guys are trying to use their attributes to win rather than avoid losing. Or maybe it was the undercard of Mayweather - Pacquiao that thrilled you.

I watched the fight and enjoyed it, two quality fighters going at it trying to work each other out and get the upper hand. If you think that two fighters standing in front of each other and blocking punches with their faces because they lack the ability to do anything else is the only thing that constitutes a 'fight', then you really don't know anything about boxing.