WBSS on Sky Sports

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  1. moog

    moog Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Eddie Hearn has just announced that the semi finals including Josh Taylor bill are on Sky. Great news.
     
    moog, Apr 23, 2019
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  2. I Shot JR

    I Shot JR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This is good news.
     
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  3. bladesman

    bladesman Active Member Full Member

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    May is going to be pretty packed with boxing on sky. Wbss cards, canelo v Jacobs, wilder fight + their own shows
     
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    BXNG101 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    It's a mess of a tournament in all honesty. They should just give it up. Months go by without hearing anything about it. Then you hear they're in financial difficulty. Then they're scrambling around desperately for TV deals.
     
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  5. nurological

    nurological Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Great news, hopefully that won't mean on PPV and it can get the exposure it needs over here.
     
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  6. bladesman

    bladesman Active Member Full Member

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    The finals will undoubtedly be ppv if any UK interest. They specifically mention its only for the semi finals
     
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    Rate it, even I can't **** on this
     
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  8. Holler

    Holler What a cocky saucy ****** this one is Full Member

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  9. UKboxingfan

    UKboxingfan Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Eases the pressure on Eddie a bit , some good fights there.
     
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    Eases the pressure on Sauerland as well, hopefully with Sky's backing the tournament will be financially secure.
     
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    You Should give up posting...and being a boxing fan with that guff.
     
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  12. Scissors

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    Great news that. Shocking that no other broadcaster has picked it up or arranged a deal thus far!

    *dont know if that’s their fault or WBSS’s.
     
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    Great for British viewers and the tournament itself. It needs some of the bigger broadcasters.
     
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    No brainer, sky needed some actual quality on their normal platform for once.
     
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  15. Holler

    Holler What a cocky saucy ****** this one is Full Member

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    This is good news.

    It's going to go a way towards making up for the relative decline in domestic cards. So it should take some pressure off Hearn, Sky Boxing and Sauerland and hopefully help to strengthen the tournament too.

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