New broadcaster urgently needed
Posted: 31 May 2015, 10:25
With the demise of Friday night fights, and Fox/Mainevent very rarely showing world class boxing the sport in Australia urgently needs a new broadcaster.
I believe boxing is on a steep rise world wide and PBC leading the way, however other than illegally downloading or getting a stream which you hope works we have very limited, if no way of watching any of these bouts. The only way the profile of boxing will rise again in this country is to have fights such as:
Khan v Algieri
Soliman v Wade
Walters v Marriaga
Wilder v Molina (heavyweight title fight)
Broner v Porter / Shumenov v Bj Flores
Ward v Smith
Bradley v Vargas
Hogan v Abril
and many many others readily available to pay TV subscribers or free to air (not likely free to air). The fights mentioned are all within a couple of weeks of each other and i understand the only fight we will get is Geale v Cotto on PPV. In the interest of the sport I believe there are many people in this country invested in the sport financially as managers, trainers & promoters who may be able to pressure Foxtel or other companies utlising Pay TV to better cater for boxing. My understanding is the powers at be at Foxtel are over boxing. If this is the case those people should never have been in charge if they cannot see what is on the horizon and a fresh approach is needed. Boxing is not dead, its on the rise with great match ups. We just dont get to see them. Even if foxtel started showing some of the USA network bouts at a reduced fee - I just dont think they are interested.
I believe allegedly is a dedicated boxing channel in the USA (may not be correct name). This would be a start on Foxtel.
Am I dreaming......or is there a possibility we could achieve something with a broadcaster to help boxing rise again.
I believe boxing is on a steep rise world wide and PBC leading the way, however other than illegally downloading or getting a stream which you hope works we have very limited, if no way of watching any of these bouts. The only way the profile of boxing will rise again in this country is to have fights such as:
Khan v Algieri
Soliman v Wade
Walters v Marriaga
Wilder v Molina (heavyweight title fight)
Broner v Porter / Shumenov v Bj Flores
Ward v Smith
Bradley v Vargas
Hogan v Abril
and many many others readily available to pay TV subscribers or free to air (not likely free to air). The fights mentioned are all within a couple of weeks of each other and i understand the only fight we will get is Geale v Cotto on PPV. In the interest of the sport I believe there are many people in this country invested in the sport financially as managers, trainers & promoters who may be able to pressure Foxtel or other companies utlising Pay TV to better cater for boxing. My understanding is the powers at be at Foxtel are over boxing. If this is the case those people should never have been in charge if they cannot see what is on the horizon and a fresh approach is needed. Boxing is not dead, its on the rise with great match ups. We just dont get to see them. Even if foxtel started showing some of the USA network bouts at a reduced fee - I just dont think they are interested.
I believe allegedly is a dedicated boxing channel in the USA (may not be correct name). This would be a start on Foxtel.
Am I dreaming......or is there a possibility we could achieve something with a broadcaster to help boxing rise again.