Callum Simpsons fight in June in Barnsley, Boxxers last date on Sky?

Probably the last fight of this contract, but I thought all signs were pointing to them renewing it.

 

I thought Ben had confirmed it was renewed

 

Was this Drama shows latest comeback attempt?

 

It'll get renewed.

 

Would like to see Sir Mick of Hennessy making a comeback on Sky Sports.

 

Good. They've been pretty patchy, but at least Sky haven't given up on UK boxing.

 

I have never understood this debate.

Sky Sports has invested heavily in Boxxer over the last 4 years so the deal between the 2 parties will be renewed.

This will be announced soon along with the announcement of at least 2 major UK fight nights.

 

I think a lot of it is people just wanting Shalom to fail. He’s young, bit of an outsider, and there’s a few questions about where his money comes from.

But it’s pretty clear the brief from Sky was to build a diverse roster of young fighters on the cheap, that they could build their boxing output around for years. And he’s done that, even if progress has been a bit slow, and people like Buatsi, Riakporhe and Azeez haven’t quite worked out.

The only thing he’s not done is create PPV headliners yet, but that’s not as important now Sky (and Shalom) have their fingers in the Riyadh Season pie. But given the time and effort Sky have put in to building the likes of Azim, Simpson, Whittaker, Riley, Dubois, Price (and token white man Billam-Smith), Sky would be mad to pull out now and let TNT or DAZN reap the benefits.