Amir Khan vs Sky TV (Who will crawl back to who first???)

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  1. Darni187

    Darni187 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    After Sky dropping Khan's last fight with McCloskey from PPV 10 days before fight night Khan moved over to a little known outlet Primetime on PPV.

    Khan's next fight was gearing towards Bradley Unbeaten American who is a No.1 140 fighter holding WBO, WBC titles or Zab Judah also a IBF title holder Sky according to Khan rejected both fights as PPV before they were even signed.

    Can Khan keep winning and move up in weight to 147 a division with all the big names and could he land a fight with one of the big names at that weight and have Sky running back to Khan and want him back on PPV.

    Or Will Khan suffer another loss on the way and be willing to fight on normal Sky Sports?
     
  2. Pug1list

    Pug1list Boxing Addict Full Member

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    When Khan fights Mayweather they will invite him back, other then that Khan should keep his nose clean and sack his 'team' of spongers.
     
  3. Mandanda

    Mandanda SkillspayBills Full Member

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    Yep unless he fights PBF i doubt they will bring him back. They have taken hardline stance towards him.
     
  4. happydrinks

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    Khan should target the winner of Floyd - Ortiz(spoiler alert: it'll be Floyd) if he gets past Judah. **** Bradley off imo. He had his chance and didn't want it, move past him. Sky would be interested in that.
     
  5. Flash Jab

    Flash Jab Boxing Junkie banned

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    It looks like Khan might've won a moral victory this saturday. But I don't think Sky care enough to promote him.
     
  6. ChristoDuran

    ChristoDuran Member Full Member

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    He doesn't need Sky. I got a lovely answer phone message from Amir this afternoon offering to take me on holiday to Vegas as a thank you for my support on Primetime! I'm really excited. Hopefully he'll text me some pictures of his **** first. I don't know if i have the heart to tell him i've only ever bought Froch fights on Primetime...
     
  7. Darni187

    Darni187 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think it will be interesting if Khan beats Judah, Bradley still not interested, Khan moves up to 147, Floyd beats Ortiz, Floyd still don’t come to terms with Manny.

    Enter next biggest fight at the weight for Floyd, Khan.
     
  8. Canibus98

    Canibus98 Member Full Member

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    Sky aint crawling back to Khan. Froch is there main guy now. Just say Khan was gonna fight mayweather do we really think Golden Boy or PBF would want it to be on little old primetime? Not a chance!!
     
  9. i dont know, i see froch getting beat by ward, but i dont think thats the end of him, but as of right now the only person who is worth ppv and who has a decent following is Khan
     
  10. and to answer your question i think Sky will once he signs to fight mayweather
     
  11. El Greeno

    El Greeno Well-Known Member Full Member

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    If I were SKY I would not turn my back completely on Khan. As long as his chin holds up and maybe even improves as he puts on the weight; he has a potentially HOF career ahead of him and also there is a map to him becoming one of the biggest names in the sport.

    Judah-Bradley-Brook-Ortiz/Mayweather winner in UK-Alvarez is not completely out of the question (bare with me), with maybe a couple in between and if he won enough of them he would be huge globally.

    This is quite a wild hypothesis though:yep
     
  12. JIM KELLY

    JIM KELLY Bullshyt Mr Han Man! Full Member

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    if he loses on the 23rd then he will be left hanging..he is tied with goldenboy who are finding it hard to sell him to the US.
    Now that haye is out of the picture..carl froch is the main dude.
     
  13. Darni187

    Darni187 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    You know if Sky were smart they would of just let the McCloskey fight ride on PPV thinking we could win back money off Khan a product who before Maidana a product with a FLAW, but went some way in proving he is not.

    What did GBP Oscar be thinking after Maidana, we have a young fighter with the full package now, before i bet even they were not sure if Khan's chin would hold up.

    CEO of Golden Boy Promotions Oscar flys over to watch a tune up fight of Khan's why? So Khan could sign a contract extention with GBP, thats what GBP and HBO think of Khan.

    Dumb Sky Backs Khan after he got KOed under a min, yet after Khan's FOTY vs Maidana where he went some way to prove he has a chin Sky drop him, dont want to back him :patsch
     
  14. El Greeno

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    Tbf, in that instance I feel Khan and his team should have accepted the SS3 slot. Part of what sells a PPV is that it is on a PPV-channel, if that makes sense, and SKY need to protect their product to a certain extent. It could have worked perfectly with people switching over after El Classico and probably you could argue Khan would have made his money back down the line with the extra exposure he would have received.

    Sky made the mistake of guaranteeing Khan the PPV slot months in advance with no idea what they were gonna have to sell. In that sense, they backed him too much after the Maidana fight.
     
  15. Darni187

    Darni187 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I agree also Khan should just taken the SS3 option, which in the long run would of been better as alot of viewers would of seen Khan without paying for PPV.

    I think both parites made some blunders, hope things can workout between them soon.