So now that Frankie is back in bed with SKY

[Emule]

... What can we expect?

Obviously Amir now goes PPV.

Will this mean more promtions for SN and can we expect a legal challenge from Sultana?

Also will we now get more competitive fights on SN shows? This was the reason Frankie had to jump ship wasn't it? Sky were not happy with the quality of shows?

[leforge]

I think it be better than beforre sky learned lesson, there also maloney , matchroom. According to last sky show there be a few new contracts to annouce. This has not been annouced on sky yet

[Phenomenal-Nutrition]

I cant see Amir going P4P until at least he fights top10 opponents. If hardcore fan like ourselves dont buy then it cant sell too well

[leforge]

Thats what boxing new says.

[Poncey]

Disagree PN. There's more armchairs than hardcores ans SKY are VERY good at making a fighter credible.

[leforge]

I would pay for it, I love boxing Cook V Athur be good also another couple of good fights on bill

[leforge]

20 shows a year then.

[Loftgroov]

I couldn't care any less what Gavin does in any 'soon to be announced' pro career.

At least not until he writes a £150,000 cheque made payable to UK Sport.

[Autobarn]

Does Warren get priority for TV dates, over other promoters, as well now?

[leforge]

No I doubt he gets priority. Matchroom and Maloney have deals as well. Its good because we should get fights made with 3 of main promoters on sky. Whats happening with hennessy.

[Autobarn]

Seems like Hennessy has Froch on ITV. Not sure about his other top fighters though.

[leforge]

It be good to see Barker v Macklin, who will Elcock fight next? What happening to thaxton euro title

[Max Molyneux]

Why the hell did he go back to sky? He did alot of poor matchups In the past, but he was doing better on Setanta recently now goes nuts and puts Khan on box office. Thats bad even for him.

[leforge]

I doubt they allow mismatches again

[BAMBI]

I think he's milking out Khan early as expected before he loses via knock out to a Credible Opponent.

[yiddo14]

If this is Sky "fighting back" due to Setanta stealing the title of "Britains Best Boxing Broadcaster",
then they need their heads looking at.

As long as Setanta keep up their fine work(and hopefully add to it), Sky can sign a 25 yr exclusive deal with Warren for all I care.

[Poncey]

As long as Setanta keep up their fine work(and hopefully add to it), Sky can sign a 25 yr exclusive deal with Warren for all I care.

That's what worries me. The rumours that have been circulating for a while of their finances being going from bad to worse have started to make the press as well. I pray they don't as we desperately need competition for SKY, otherwise we'll go back to the pre Setanta boxing days where SKY pick and choose the US fights they want to show and they have a monopoly.

[Autobarn]

The way Warren won't let fighters get away from him (Hatton & Calzaghe), it would be interesting to see what Setanta have in store for Warren. Can they not sue him? Do they have a strong enough case? Sounds like Warren outwitted them a bit if the contract was with Sports Network fighters and not allegedly fighters. I mean, he can just walk out on a contract like that. Surely though, Setanta were led to believe there was no difference...

I hope Sky have covered their deal with FW from every conceivable angle. Have they been seduced by having a star fighter in Khan? Star power - obviously - was mising a bit from Sky Sports this last year, wasn't it?

[DG.]

Fwank is allegedly a snivelling cry baby and clever at this sort of thing.I would imagine any decent court would see it is possibly deception on fishy faces part all this Sports Networks and allegedly fighters lark.

Calzaghe
Hatton
Naz

All of them left the fish eyed one...GOOD!

Khan on PPV?

DG: Amy!

Amy: What?

DG: Should Khan he fight a stiff on PPV?

Amy: No fekkin way mate! in other words...NO NO NO!

[ArtOfWar]

We can expect the same old s**t we've been getting for god knows how many years, nothing more, nothing less.

[WildWaylon]

This Khan matchup and PPV as well says to me Frankie is already taking the piss and will continue to do so. Thing is Khan is not top of the bill, but we all know he is really. Would Arthur/Cook be PPV without Khan on the bill?

[BunglesFingers]

Anyone who pays for a PPV to see Khan vs N.O. Hoper needs their head examined. PPV has always been reserved for meaningful world title fights or an instalment of the Tyson comeback circus, not this.

[Goz]

I think going straight to PPV is a stunning mis-calculation by FW.

What I hate is that if it does misfire and there isn't much of a take up then he can just put Amir's next few fights on normal Sky Sports 1 and nobody (obviously we will but not the general public) will remember that they tried to shaft us.

[stujones]

I think going straight to PPV is a stunning mis-calculation by FW.

What I hate is that if it does misfire and there isn't much of a take up then he can just put Amir's next few fights on normal Sky Sports 1 and nobody (obviously we will but not the general public) will remember that they tried to shaft us.

To be honest though - I think only Lennox Lewis has gone from PPV to not PPV. You could say Calzaghe but they were part of Massive bills. There has been a few yanks I guess (Oscar).

Even after a major setback Sky tend to keep their "ppv" fighters as ppv... Hatton, Naz, Tyson

[dan-b]

I think the fact Khan is on PPV is an indication of the "quality" of match ups we will see. I expect to see a return to a lot of WBU/WBO mismatches. Come on guys, we know the score.