Skys faith in Matchroom pays off - Record viewing figures

Good stuff.

 

:happy Matchroom are setting the standard, not only are they putting on good cards, there making them quality events, sell out crowds, It really is refreshing to see.

 

Great stuff but I hope this doesn't push Sky towards PPV.

 

That's pretty impressive well done to Matchroom I was expecting around 500k.

 

Hope sky invest more in boxing, credit to the Hearns, boxings becoming massive again

 

Put on good competitive fights and there will always be an audience. Understandably people resent getting fed **** and being told it's sugar.

 

Delighted. Froch deserved a night like this.

 

spot on

lets see what they show with all the extra dates they have got to fill coz it wont be froch vs bute it will probably be mostly prizefighters

 

That's bloody good for effectively a post-midnight show!

Kessler II in Nottingham/Manchester could finally get him to the level he deserves.

What has the tabloid coverage been like for him at home? All over the back pages?

 

Yeah, it's all down to Matchroom. Our saviour Eddie is really growing the sport, reducing investment from Sky, monopolizing all the dates, what a guy!

 

****s sake DF, when will you ever give Hearn credit :-(

 

Hard to argue with the figures though franky

Froch Bute was an easy sell, but they did a tremendous marketing job for Brook Hatton in fairness (hatton name and all but still).

With the poor efforts Hatton and Maloney have given us in the last 18 months, its hard to blame sky / matchroom

 

The last 2 big events they've put on have been magnificent to watch and really build up the excitement for a fight. Even Brook-Hatton for god's sake, which in truth was a bit of a mismatch, had some people going away thinking Kell could compete with Mayweather!

Regarding Hearn, he's doing a good job at the moment but I can't help thinking Matchroom effectively running Sky's boxing coverage single handedly could prove a wrong decision. Don't think they should've got rid of Hatton Promotions. Anyway, let's hope Hearn's over enthusiastic celebrations don't put any more of his fighters in danger of being DQ'd.

 

Can you at least give a "wee" bit of credit to Eddie for drawing Bute over to the UK?:yep