Eddie Hearn attempts to justify the decision to make Nathan Cleverly-Bellew II PPV

I think the big problem is that this fight was suppose to be on a special K undercard to become PPV. So basically this undercard fight is now a ppv fight? Which is quite stupid.

 

http://www.matchroomboxing.com/fight-nights/cleverly-vs-bellew-2/ look at the right column - how many of those boxers have most people heard of? I've seen Sprott knocked over several times but none of the others..

 

Exactly. It's the worst right side of a bill there's been for yolks. Hull had a better right side and that's saying something.

 

The only people who should be complaining are those who already pay for Sky Sports, and if that is what you mean I'm in full agreement.

I ditched Sky Sports on principle a year ago as they insist on rotating events on Sports 1,2,3,4,5 etc.... forcing what ought to be a small spend into something more significant each month. I don't understand what stops Sky Sports subscribers seeing this card for free, with PPV for all others (like me).

 

It is a PPV fight, i will get it as it means more money to the boxers

 

I think at one point the greedy basterds even tried to pull that stunt. :-(

 

I believe they did, was either £4 or £8 a game wasn't it? think it was for Monday night football?

 

It was the saturday packages - either £40 the season for 20 odd games or £6 a game, but when other companies were able to get a package they seemed to get that one

In their defence they never put something like liverpool v man United on it, think they did have the merseyside derby on it a few times tho

 

You moan about the lesser man making a buck.. then you moan the 2 fighters are lesser men.

 

It's never barx.

 

Boxnation is the more expensive..

Coz.. it doesn't cover SBO by oxymoron no matter how many international fights they show.

 

You can add as many fighters as you like, but if they only appeal to the same people you won't get any more sales. There's not a fighter on that undercard with the possible exceptions of Joshua and maybe Groves who will appeal to the casual sports fan. If Eddie's complaining about the cost of staging the event he could take three of those named fights off, replace them with lesser-known 50/50 matchups and still do the same numbers.

 

i think it all comes down to how big a fan you are of boxing in general , some fans are only interested in one or two fighters and would never even consider paying to watch them unless it was a top tier fight going for a world title , me on the other hand love boxing so will pay the money to see the full card .