You wouldnt know there was a British Fighter in a World Title fight on Saturday

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by bluenoseshf, Apr 21, 2010.


  1. bluenoseshf

    bluenoseshf Active Member Full Member

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    The sheer lack of promotion for saturdays fight has astonished me. If i wasnt a hardcore boxing fan i would have no idea the froch fight was on saturday. Compare this to the Haye fight where for the month before you couldnt open a newspaper or watch a chat show without Haye popping up. Also the fact that this is on primetime doesnt help as they cant advertise it on there own channel. If it was on sky there would be adverts on for it all the time. What makes it even more shocking is that this fight is between 2 world class, top 5 (in their division) fighters unlike Hayes fight which was top class against and old past his best fighter. Its no wonder British boxing is in a dire straights when you have one of the top fighter fighting and theirs going to be know one watching
     
  2. wrimc

    wrimc Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Agreed definitely its in part Mick's fault after all heis the promoter thagts his job but i dont know whether Froch can get on mainstream tele either. Apparently Haye asked for a slot on Jonathan Ross before his fight with Valuev and he was rejected. As soon as he won however..... they were begging him to come on. I have to admit though he needs to put himself out there more especially if it is PPV or he just wnt do the numbers primetime is obscure enough already. Kesselr is a name British fans know from Calzaghe the more i think about it the more it makes me want to hit my head agaisnt a wall
     
  3. paddycfc

    paddycfc Active Member Full Member

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    its a shame for froch a wonder how he feels he has had no where near the attention calzagie had and hes probaly fought harder opponents than calzagie did
     
  4. ashishwarrior

    ashishwarrior I'm vital ! Full Member

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    im with paddy cfc on this one froch as done it the hard way us brits hate winners we love second place we are mezmarised by it we teach it our kids its the taking part that counts b00ll0cks where as the pride in britain gone?
     
  5. robpalmer135

    robpalmer135 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    im sure froch said sky told fat mick that if kessler was still WBA champion and has beaten Ward, it would have been Sky Box Office.

    look at the promotion Mitchell is getting and the fight is not even box office. he is on ssn every 3 days, hanging out with england players.
     
  6. Grant1

    Grant1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Darren Gough was on radio yesterday and knew Kevin Mitchell as 'Joe Cole's mate'.

    Proof if proof was needed that all of Skys work pays off massively.
     
  7. bluenoseshf

    bluenoseshf Active Member Full Member

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    I would say this fight is most worthy of being on Sky Box Office compared to some of the fights that have been on in recent years such as the Khan rubbish. Its is a real shame for Carl as he should be making a helluva lot more money than he is atm. Surely they could have orgaised a couple of publicity stunts in the run up to the fight to get in the press more. I dont know how the whole chat show circuit works but im guessing the guests get paid, surely it would be worth his while going on for free to shows like the one show and paul O'Grady just for the extra publicity and PPV buys.
     
  8. ashishwarrior

    ashishwarrior I'm vital ! Full Member

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    froch sure wouldnt mind the cash but i think a place in the history books is worth a lot more, money cant buy you immortality
     
  9. paddycfc

    paddycfc Active Member Full Member

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    true fat mick could of done alot more to get this fight in the papers but you have to say if carl froch was a frank warren fighter he would be a very rich man and known around the world the downfall off signing with a smaller promotion company and its payin now that he is in big fights now but cant get on a decent tv channel
     
  10. portside

    portside Boxing Addict Full Member

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    behind the scenes froch is a real personable fella, and lets be honest he's fighting top world opponents, one after the other,who else has a regime like he's in uk. maybe he needs to talk a load of crap like some of the others, i wouldent mind his fight on itv with pascal was a *******, its shamefull treatment by uk tv companys. im paying primetime, just wish there was more uk fighters on bill.
     
  11. Mazallan

    Mazallan ESB yes man Full Member

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    To be honest being Joe Coles mate is better than being Dexter Blackstocks mate.
     
  12. ashishwarrior

    ashishwarrior I'm vital ! Full Member

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    yeah he could be with frank warren spoon fed fight bums gets a world title and leaves him, ripping off the british public and boxing fans in general and frank himself wonder if he will sign haroon now he as left britain and representing pakistan :think
     
  13. izmat

    izmat Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It's all Khan and Haye's fault!

    Seriously, why doesn't Froch change promoters?
    Is he really that stupid?
     
  14. paddycfc

    paddycfc Active Member Full Member

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    froch should of changed promoters along time ago if he wanted to get money pointless now hes stuck by his manager cant really complain it aint worked out..... how does frank warren rip off the public by showing ya the best prospects the country has.... by geddin the fighters the british people follow world title shots the majority off recent top level britsh fighters who we all enjoyed watchin was with warren
     
  15. Primadonna Kool

    Primadonna Kool Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Told you the supersix was pathetic....!

    And i remember i was slated for making that topic.

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