Sky arn't interested in that side of it at domestic level, I get the impression they are just quite happy filling air time rather than getting into the "politics" of British boxing. On one level, I don't blame them. Its a real can of worms to open for a TV Exec.
8 man tournament but all 4 quarter finals would be on the same night. Which might sound stupid at first, but what if it was on ppv? I mean if you had something like Chisora v Rogan Sexton v Price Audley v McDermott Fury v Sprott on the same night, would you buy that **** on ppv for say £7.99? I would consider it.
I actually think it is a great idea with Saturday boxing to have something like a tournament that makes sense to the man on the street.
Then again, as if the average person knows who the **** Chisora and Fury areatsch Bad idea on PPV. Or is it?
No but they are easy to sell and if you say to the average football fan after the game we are having an 8 man tournament to find the best heavyweight in Britain I think they'd be interested. EDIT: PPV would be a bad idea
Exactly the their the only company showing domestic boxing they can dictate their own terms , If their going to start showing boxing at 9pm on a saturday which is essentially primetime then they should demand better than mismatches , dodgy stoppages and fighter quitting on their stools while ahead .
not a worthwhile ppv, split it over a few week. 4 man elimination. do it in each division not including a single fighter that could fight for a world title in the next year. Chisora-Sexton-Rogan-Fury Nortan-Dolan-Askin-Dickinson Bellew-Mcintosh-McEnzie-Dodson Anderson-Quigley-DeGale-Groves Murray-McEwan-Samuels-Saunders Webb-Aaron-Hall-Small Vassell-Hatton-Watson-Jennings (all manchester) Daws-O'Donnell-Wright-Gavin McAllister-Limond-Watson-Arthur Skykes-Morris-Foster-Johanesson Lindsay-Simson-Smith-Choi Quigg-Marsh-Hughes-Arthur McDonnell-Hall-Davies-Napa Broadhurst-Sexton-Edwards-Bayaar
Have the two elimination fights on the same card so people get a look at the fighters involved and get people excited .
not sure if you could do it due to different promoters. Chisora-Sexton-Rogan-Fury (Warren) Nortan-Dolan-Askin-Dickinson (Hattons) Bellew-Mcintosh-McEnzie-Dodson Anderson-Quigley-DeGale-Groves Murray-McEwan-Samuels-Saunders Webb-Aaron-Hall-Small (Hattons) Vassell-Hatton-Watson-Jennings (Hattons) Daws-O'Donnell-Wright-Gavin (Hennesey) McAllister-Limond-Watson-Arthur Skykes-Morris-Foster-Johanesson (Maloney/Hattons) Lindsay-Simson-Smith-Choi (Warren) Quigg-Marsh-Hughes-Arthur (Maloney) McDonnell-Hall-Davies-Napa (Maloney) Broadhurst-Sexton-Edwards-Bayaar (Maloney) simply get the promoters listed to do the fights they can make with there own guys, and out the rest to pruse bids.