One of my best friends, who doesn't follow boxing, asked to come round and watch it on Setanta with me. That's the sort of star Joe was. No one...
:lol: Are you suggesting that more people watching the sport is bad for boxing? Or are you suggesting that selling your product to an...
I enjoyed all three of those fights. Some people are never happy!
Fighting in front of a football stadium full of welsh fans on HBO (I think), Setanta, Danish PPV, etc. It was huge - the biggest international...
I'm not sure if Kessler is still capable enough to do a job on Froch, but I think he can beat him. He's shown better ability to adapt in the ring,...
Of course you wouldn't. Putting fights behind an exclusive paywall is the best way to grow casual interest in the sport.
There's only a certain amount of weight a human can out on without bloating out.
Froch is remarkable. His loses clearly twice and somehow that makes these fights PPV.
The fighters probably get a percentage of total PPV sales. The TV deals will be used to fund the purses, along with the licence fee from Sky.
I remember the whining of Froch and his fans, but I had Mikkel clearly up. It was a tough, competitive fight, but Kessler took about 8 rounds.
Because Sky employees are bound to be objective sources.
Oh my... How do you find the strength to keep writing this stuff? It makes no economic sense whatsoever.
And he has been a singular failure on PPV. His loss to Prescott did abysmal numbers and even his Primetime stint did poorly. PPV, and being on Sky...
Absolute bull**** regarding Calzaghe or Khan. Khan hasn't attracted a major UK TV audience since he's been off of ITV. Calzaghe's fight with...
The last time ITV got behind two fighters was Calzaghe and Khan. Both were huge stars, without the forced marketing of Sky. That was the last...