Any mugs here paying Sky Box Office for Groves V DeGale ?

I'm buying it, there are two important fights on the card that should both be competitive. Groves Degale, though domestic, still has a big prize for the winner and their prospects. I drew the line by not buying Haye Fraudley but this passes my criteria. edit, Frankie is always a good watch too!

I agree that it's a shame we have to pay on top of subscriptions but this is down to those who promote and market the sport.

The fact that most sports fans probably couldn't name 5 current British boxers is a disgrace, unfortunately ppv exacerbates this problem.

 

I'm a big Cleverly fan too, so it's worth it to me, if I had Sky, which I don't.

I go to a mates with a few of us and we all chip in with beer or money so it's peanuts really.

Personally I think Sky is a rip-off, the channels are mainly full of repeated style-over-substance US shows, and I don't watch a lot of TV anyway.

Freeview gets you a couple of music channels and decent UK channels like Dave for **** all, thats about all I watch, plus you can add ESPN for a bit of sport if you wanted. Any big footie or boxing that I want to watch, I just go to a mates or the pub.

 

I think I will get it.

 

Me and my mate usually split PPV´s over some Papa Johns pizza and litres of Irn Bru, works out well.

 

Not a hope of me buying. Hopefully a pub somewhere around here will shell out on it. Though come around 8 saturday if im not going I just might give in.

 

Just though id say that Skysports 1 are showing the Clev-Murat fight at 10 tonight.

 

If it was Cleverely-Breamer and a couple of other supports, I wouldnt buy it. But, I cant turn down Groves-Degale.

It really should have been better for it to be bolstered with Murray-Mitchell on the same card to make it real PPV worthy, but it is borderline PPV as it stands.

 

I'm buying as usual, the only PPV I've hesitated over was Khan v Mcloskey and I gave and paid ten mins before that fiasco of a fight unfolded.

We all know that without PPV these fights wouldn't be happening in Britain, lots of interesting stuff in Boxing Monthly about the TV side of the game.

Just one thing: Sky, after you've done your presentation bull**** and the credits have rolled, SHOW THE WHOLE OF THE ****ING CARD FROM BEGINNING TO END YOU ****ING ARSEHOLES.

 

Good fight but i forgot how shitty the stoppage was!

 

I dont understand why Sky dont show more fights considering you pay £15 for a PPV and the cameras are there probably recording most the bouts anyway. Why dont they show more of the fights after the main event. Its not like they need to free up the schedule. The boxing has the entire channel to itself.

 

had money on that going the distance. **** stoppage

 

Partly, but it takes two to tango. If fans dug their heels in and boycotted these unworthy PPVs, then they would be forced to rethink their strategy.

As it is the greedy ****s are simply exploiting the loyalty of boxing fans.

 

Loads of cheap ****ers on here. £15 buys you **** all nowadays. I bought Khan / McCloskey without a consideration. I bought Haye / Harrison and didn't regret it in the slightest. I love watching boxing and am thankful it's not more expensive because I'd still be buying it. I bought all the PPV's that were on Primetime including **** Klitschko fights.

I could be staying up till some ungodly hour to watch Pacquiao / Mosley and I'd have to pay for the privilege.

Get a better job or something, or if it stops you crying about it, send your girl round mine one evening and I'll buy the PPV for you.

 

i cant imagine how much it will do on ppv.
I just hope the fight itself isn't a let down, heard haye will be in groves corner aswell.

 

After the events of the last 48 hours - boxing fans really have been taken for mugs in this latest pay per view farce.

How much do you reckon Frank Warren paid Bellew to get the train down to London to stir up some interest ?

Maybe £2000 - plus hotel and train tickets.

Bellew was never fighting from the start - and Warren and he knew it.

Good fun though - "We can go for it now you ****ing rat" - funny press conference.