Khan Vs Witter April 16?

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by bam bam, Jan 31, 2011.


  1. ashishwarrior

    ashishwarrior I'm vital ! Full Member

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    other than this which i would like to see is king khan v special kell this would sell in the uk very very well imo
     
  2. boxing4eva

    boxing4eva Boxing Addict Full Member

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    On the other hand, Witter has about as much chance as Mccloskey had, **** all

    Khan Vs Witter would be a PPV disaster
     
  3. pathmanc1986

    pathmanc1986 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    if Sky PPV this its another Haye harrison in the waiting. Witter will either come to survive and it will be a 12 round stinker or else Khan blows him out in 2/3 with Witter looking terrible.



    I think Khans team have to realise he isnt the big PPV star they think. He needs another name ie Katsidis or someone who will add to the pot (McCloskey from irish PPV sales).

    What did him and Kotelnik do? 30,000?

    Barerra before that - people bought into that because of Barerra beating the **** outa Naz
     
  4. Tora

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    love the way witter is willing to make himself look silly for a payday
     
  5. boxing4eva

    boxing4eva Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That 30,000 you quoted IS NOT TRUE, the more people keep saying it, the more other morons read it and they to begin putting it out as fact. It was made up by Boente to cause an argument with David Haye.

    If Khan Kotelnik had done 30,000 buys, Khan Salita would not have been PPV.

    A **** PPV does around 70K-75K.
     
  6. Trout Mask

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    And risking his health
     
  7. pathmanc1986

    pathmanc1986 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    How dare you! thats straight fromt the mouth of Rob Palmer (jokes rob)



    Seriously though I thought it was released it did around 30,000- 40,000


    Either way, even your guesstimation of 75,000 is a pretty dire return for all the press it gets on sky
     
  8. Trout Mask

    Trout Mask The Original & The Best Full Member

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    I wonder if they've approached Vivian Harris or Souleymane MÂ’baye
     
  9. boxing4eva

    boxing4eva Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No, all references of the 30K stem from people re-quoting each other all off the Boente comment. As I said, 30K would have resulted in no Khan Salita.

    Sky don't release the actual figures, however obviously the numbers are usually well known within 8 weeks of a fight due to advertising.

    75K isn't great, but it's in the 'survivable' zone to speak, if you were to get another you'd have to have a decent undercard, do a lot of begging and what not. A decent UK PPV, that's considered acceptable is around 125K-150K
     
  10. pathmanc1986

    pathmanc1986 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    i was under the impression that Khan and Warren had a PPV deal with Sky and therefore the Salita fight, being the last on that deal, was PPV due to this?
     
  11. boxing4eva

    boxing4eva Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This is another myth touted around on the British boxing forums.

    Frank Warren and Sky had an agreement... but that doesn't really mean anything. Sky can do whatever they please , someone provides an event and it doesn't match expectations, very poor PPV buys, they can just say "Ok.. Goodbye". Do you really think they'd sign a deal which says "10 PPV fights for Frank Warren. No matter what the results of the previous events. "... not a chance.

    They don't need to, it was Warren wanting it as PPV, because PPV was the only way of providing the revenue necessary for what Asif Vali and Shah Khan were demanding. Sky supply what terms they feel comfortable with.

    All these stupid myths and claims that go around are easily realised to be nonsense if you think through the consequences of them.

    While I'm at it in rant mode... Makes me laugh when Khan made comments around the time of the Malignaggi fight stating how it's "a shame boxing isn't on terrestrial", when the very reason he moved off ITV was because there was no way of paying him the sums demanded using it.
     
  12. Big Dunk

    Big Dunk Rob Palmer Full Member

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    Khan has never done over 100,000 PPV sales. Don't expect this to do the same.
     
  13. ishy

    ishy Loyal Member Full Member

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    Witter? Seriously? :patsch
     
  14. pathmanc1986

    pathmanc1986 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    well HBO sign fighters to multi fight deals (hamed got a 6 fight one i believe) as do Showtime, most recently with Bute - if they do it why wouldnt sky?


    Khan v ***an was PPV (albeit with pac de la hoya) after he got clobbered by Prescott - so why would sky ppv that?


    Anyway swings and roundabouts - howz about having some actual good fights to talk about (for the 1st time in what seems like years!)


    If it is Witter - they had better stick a couple of guaranteed brawls on there too - else the casuals are gona be hella angry!
     
  15. SouthpawSlayer

    SouthpawSlayer Im coming for you Full Member

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    khan kotelnik done 25,000