Is Premier Boxing Champions broadcast in the UK?

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by BoxerFan89, Sep 9, 2015.


  1. BoxerFan89

    BoxerFan89 Active Member Full Member

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    Is it broadcast? I can't find it.

    Which channel will Deontay Wilder's fight be on in the UK? In America it's free.
     
  2. delboy82

    delboy82 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think it tends to go to a bid usually between Boxnation (subscription channel) which you then get for free (kinda) if you subscribe or Sky (equivalent of cable) and again yes its free assumin you have Sky.
     
  3. BoxerFan89

    BoxerFan89 Active Member Full Member

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    Boxnation certainly isn't free...

    PBC should be shown on ITV.
     
  4. fatcity

    fatcity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Consider yourselves fortunate if these Haymon mismatches(for the most part) are not picked up in the UK.They are free-but again,you pay for what you get-which is nothing.:deal
     
  5. PaddyGarcia

    PaddyGarcia Trivial Annoyance Gold Medalist Full Member

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    Wilder's fight will most likely end up on Sky
     
  6. delboy82

    delboy82 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I did say it was subscription hence not free but the fight itself would be free in a sense
     
  7. BoxerFan89

    BoxerFan89 Active Member Full Member

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    Sky Sports main channel or Box Office?

    The whole point about PBC is that it should be FREE...these UK promoters are garbage.
     
  8. delboy82

    delboy82 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    doesnt quite work like that we get a lot of American PPV for free...neither channel will charge a PPV for it. Also if one of the free channels want it im sure they can bid for it so long as their bid is high enough i dont think there would be anything stopping it. Unless Sky have maybe some sorta official or "gentleman" agreement put in place now with Haymon that i dont know about? Someone can prob clarify better than i can
     
  9. delboy82

    delboy82 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    the only recent fight that was PPV in America and PPV in UK was the mayweather - Pac fight .... i think .... !
     
  10. muggerefc

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    Spike tv has some shows on aswell might be on there, thinks its channel number 160 on sky
     
  11. BoxerFan89

    BoxerFan89 Active Member Full Member

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    The premise of PBC is that it's bringing boxing back to free cable/networ TV in America, just like it was in the 1980's. So putting it on a subscription channel, or a PPV, defeats the purpose.

    Logically, the UK counterpart should be ITV.

    The entire PBC marketing campaign is flaunting the fact that network TV is bringing back boxing:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AeiEZzIvmg
     
  12. delboy82

    delboy82 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Na i do get it, im just saying in the UK the channels will need to bid to get the viewing rights .... If ITV bid high enough they will win it and we get it for free, otherwise it will likely go to one of the channels/networks we need to pay monthly for. Its just how it works over here
     
  13. BoxerFan89

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    Yeah but that's not how the PBC worked. Al Haymon bought air time for his show, that means he paid ESPN, FOX, Spike, ABC and other networks to broadcast his show, not those channels paying him.

    Haymon has like...$400 million investment, I think he could bid for a mainstream network in the UK.

    Where were Mike Tyson's early 1985/6 fights broadcast in the UK?
     
  14. I Shot JR

    I Shot JR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Something like eight Tyson fights in the eighties were shown live on ITV including the Berbick and Spinks fights. The fight with Bruno was shown on Sky however.
     
  15. delboy82

    delboy82 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I aint arguin with you here bud honestly ... trust me I wish EVERY fight was on ITV or another terrestrial channel.

    I couldnt honestly answer the tyson question i was only 4/5 at the time chief sorry !