Boxxer under pressure from Sky ?

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  1. I Shot JR

    I Shot JR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Makes sense for Boxxer to be on Peacock given Sky is owned by Comcast now.

    Peacock is incredibly cheap- $5-10 per month with a lot of sport including Premier League football. I wish it would launch with similar sports in the UK but that’ll never happen due to undercutting Sky.
     
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    chrisfinch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    They couldn’t bin it off quick enough a few years back when they were getting the rights for free, they certainly wouldn’t bother now.
     
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  3. DramaShow

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    Is this a joke? Is this supposed to be for pulling fighters out of purse bids on the day of them?
     
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  4. scandcb

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    Your time will come Mr Smith.
     
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  5. DramaShow

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    Eddie Hearn and Frank Smith are making Ben Shalom and Boxxer sweat. I wouldn't want to be Ban Shalom right now that's for sure.
     
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  6. Bfcad

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    'I wouldn't want to be Ben Shalom right now' - on the flip side, I bet he is desperate to be you sat in a room alone posting copy & paste message after message after message at all hours of the day & night to receive no likes on a boxing forum........perhaps he would be envious of all your fictional 'sources'

    Keep up the good work, comedy gold this
     
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  7. Punchdrunk1

    Punchdrunk1 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Hearn is one to talk about losing an absolute fortune.
    He's wasted so much DAZN money I'm surprised he's not made them fold
     
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  8. DramaShow

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    Poor Okolie. He was promised to be the “face of Sky Sports boxing”.
     
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  9. Gooner4ever

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    It's hard to be the face of anything when you lose your title and your performance in such title defence was abysmal.
     
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    You could also argue that if he were to be the face of Sky, why did he defend his World Title in the challenger's backyard and football stadium.

    Boxxer's stable is really thin. They only have 4 fights for tomorrow and 2 fights announced for November 18 (other two being local ticket sellers in 6-rounders Dylan Cheema and Gully Powar). Lawal vs Chamberlain and Greene vs Giley are two very good fights but more suited for a Friday-night.
     
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  11. Inglis_1

    Inglis_1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Don't be so bitter, just congratulate him on his achievement.
     
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  12. Gooner4ever

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    Very good money and believing he would win?

    Okay about Boxxer's stable, I can't say I care either way how small or big any of the stables are with these promotion companies, I only care about seeing big, well matched up competitive fights and hopefully most not on PPV so I don't have to fork out even more on top to watch.
     
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  13. DramaShow

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    Unfortunately it seems that Sky are only interested in PPV fights. They put Taylor vs Catterall II on PPV before it got cancelled, and the plan was for Okolie vs Rhiakporhe to be PPV. TNT / BT have put on Joyce vs Parker on PPV as well. It's a sad time when fights like these are on PPV. The thing is that they would have done terribly on PPV as well (Joyce vs Parker did horrible numbers).
     
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  14. unfriendlyorchid

    unfriendlyorchid Probably moaning about Sky Sports Full Member

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    What were the sales for Joyce v Parker?
     
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  15. DramaShow

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    No idea. Warren never gave a number, which again has been ignored - imagine the flack Hearn would get for not saying how many PPV buys a show did. My guess is it did between 100,000 and 150,000 PPV buys. I'd imagine closer to 100,000.

    @Trafford will probably give you a better answer.
     
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