froch v kessler tv deal announced today?

Please not primetime Carl deserves better.

 

Slim, with the Haye fight 3 weeks earlier. Sky won't want their 'new Hatton' David Haye potentially losing out on PPV buys.

Plus, the PPVs sell because of casual fans, not the hardcore mob on forums like this. It's no coincidence that Hatton v Mayweather and Haye v Valuev drew such large numbers when there was an interest to the general public.

Froch v Kessler does very little for the casual fan, he isn't known outside of Nottingham or solid boxing fans. Admittedly people will remember Kessler from the Calzaghe fight, but you can bet the average casual fan on the street would much rather buy Haye v Ruiz.

This suggests to me it won't be on sky, as Hennessy will want to garner every penny he can by putting it on PPV-see the Taylor webstream and Dirrell on an obscure PPV channel and I just can't see sky having 2 Box Office fights in 3 weeks.

Hennessy said the Primetime deal "was a good one" before the Dirrell fight, so I'd expect them again.

EDIT: But i bet it won't be announced today.

 

http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/h...ight-year/article-1846915-detail/article.html

Expected to be on Primetime according to Froch's local rag - let's hope that's lazy journalism :roll:

 

http://twitter.com/sportchippers

Yep, looks like primetime, this guys a Nottingham radio guy who's been there today judging by his pictures.

Fat Mick delivers again. I assume I cant watch it as im with virgin media.

 

is it pay per view in denmark and in the states?

why do we always end up with the **** arse deal?

the last primetime was awful!

i think i'll be youtubeing it the next morning thanks to some german who probly got it for nothing.

 

This is bollocks this fight has gone from one in which me and a few mates were all going to, to one that I probably wont even get to watch on TV live!

 

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Fat Mick, great work dude -(

 

and will we get a good undercard with the likes of barker, murray, fury, o'donnell? probably not thanks to old flabby arse!

 

According to someone seemingly "in the know" on boxrec, as well as Froch v Kessler, primetime will be showing Artur Abraham v Andre Dirrell on March 6th and Wladimir Klitschko v Eddie Chambers on March 20th.

Also according to this gomez fellow...

Could be quite interesting IF it all turns out to be true. Gotta be pissed if your on Virgin though.

 

"No virgin yet"

What a ****ing joke. Tin pot outfit.

 

More underwhelming news from Fat Mick.

 

yeah virgin are tin pot, get sky

 

Please be sky, itv, or bbc, hell even chnnel 4. Anything exept that 15£ online stream that only finishes buffering when the damn fights over then it skips to post fight interview....

 

he's 0 and 3 for me!

1. Froch vs Kessler, firstly u want it in the uk, especially with Froch having a victory, and kessler not having one, what do u we get? In Denmark!
2. Get it in Copenhagen, where i can get on a plane from the airport, catch a taxi to the hotel, to the fight, back to the hotel, back home!, what do u we get? in some far corner of lapland, where to watch it, u've gotta take reindeers!
3. Get a decent Tv deal, where maybe some of my firends who arent into boxing, and maybe want a taster of a decent fight, one which could be a potential gateway into becoming fans, can watch, what do we get? A dreadul ppv service, whch let me down badly online last time!

Fat mick takes a big L for this one!