AJ v Ruiz £25 box office

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  1. Jurgen

    Jurgen Pay Per Pudding Advisor banned Full Member

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    I will leave that to Tony Hayers - his brown Matchroom logo tongue can access all areas.
     
  2. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    Wheres the personal insults to him?
    You maybe because as least Tony imo gives a decent account of his argument
    Your just a troll and have been since day 1

    And i look silly... Please
    Your post history does that for you
     
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  3. Fhaggis

    Fhaggis Active Member Full Member

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    Don’t buy PPV, but did for Taylor as it was worthy, my casual mates sometimes buy aj fights but doubt they will for £25.

    This is why people have IPTV etc
     
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  4. Holler

    Holler Doesn't appear to be a paid matchroom PR shill Full Member

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    If you're listening to 5Live's online broadcast (not sure whether this will be licensed for overseas consumption) there will definitely be a lag but even if you could get the radio via airwaves you'd be very lucky for there not to be some sync issue one way or the other I'd have thought with live pictures. This is to do with the various ways each signal undergoes on its way.

    Depending on where you're watching maybe you could pause the tv till the commentary caught up, but it's probably going to be too much of a faf, I've never been suffiently sober in Amsterdam to attempt such a feat so kudos to you if you manage it...

    In general though his radio coverage is great although I appreciate it may seem like going back to the steam age. I couldn't say he's perfectly unbiased, he wants the British fighter to win, but he's fair in saying what he sees and Andy Lee who is usually alongside him is a good foil.

    You'd get a flavour from listening to the Costello and Bunce podcast, they often replay fight commentary there...
     
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  5. Fhaggis

    Fhaggis Active Member Full Member

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    Struggle to get a pub in Scotland that bothers with boxing now. Mind the groves Eubanks fight (which was on council telly) was on in the pub and had loads of people in front, but pub where adamant they weren’t showing it caus they had a regular aj in, eventually decide to show it, without sound and due to the hassle put the sound on at first bell.

    I once asked for a pub to put on a Ricky burns fight in Glasgow city centre and was told “we don’t show that type of thing in here”.

    Puns won’t pay hundreds of pounds for an aj fight now
     
  6. Jurgen

    Jurgen Pay Per Pudding Advisor banned Full Member

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    The locals have watched Skippy Burns for the past 2 years and I don't blame them for not wanting that fight on.
     
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  7. Fhaggis

    Fhaggis Active Member Full Member

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    Did manage to watch him become a 3 weight world champ with no sound in an Irish bar
     
  8. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    Keep paying the increases and they will continue every few years
     
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  9. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    But his other uk fights have been 20 quid
    And on at a reasonable time
    Whats changed for this?
    Im dying to hear the inevitable IFL spin
     
  10. Hattonmad

    Hattonmad Boxing Addict Full Member

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    There's a few reasons there's uproar over this sudden extra £5 hike:

    - AJ's PPV prices were only hiked up a couple of years ago after being £15.99 for many years. PPV prices shouldn't have risen again for a long time
    - AJ lost his last fight. How does a fighter/promoter justify rising his price after being battered?
    - Everyone wants to see this fight. It's a complete liberty

    Using Fury/Wallin/Schwartz as an example is silly because we all know that was a joke. It was dismissed as much at the time and nobody bought it. It was laughed at the same way Eubank Jr was on ITV box office. God help us if Fury/Wallin is the PPV yardstick.

    People actually want to see this fight. That's why there's uproar!
     
  11. Snowy1989

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    Totally unjustifiable and reeks of pure greed.

    IPTV all the way for me now
     
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  12. Wizbit1013

    Wizbit1013 Drama go, and don't come back Full Member

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    I do wonder if the extra fiver is to pay for Whyte to appear on the card
    Either that or his solicitors
     
  13. Potwash

    Potwash The Real Untouchables Full Member

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    Cheers Jurgen will drop you a pm around fight night.
     
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  14. alpo1

    alpo1 #TeamShanny Full Member

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    bloody hell. football mugths are the worst. The average working class football fan probably spends a fair chunk of his wages following his team.
     
  15. Jurgen

    Jurgen Pay Per Pudding Advisor banned Full Member

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    Shocking mate - these top sportsmen can even wipe their arris with £100 notes for the rest of their lives yet still cannot get enough wonga.