Let's improve Sky's coverage

think the level of fights are a bigger problem, as the case with the brum card this Saturday, AJ, Macklin, Campbell treble gets you 3.50 profit on a £100 quid.

need to get better fights first, then sky and whoever the pundits are won't have to try and make shyte cards sound good

like paul smith and macklin as pundits actually, and think they'll end up on the sky team in a few years.

 

No one at Sky gives a f.uck.

 

dont mind adam smith and johnny nelson

 

froch as been great on sky i hqve had ufc fans telling me how funny it is he will never let george forget that knock out , the same way first time round george would not let carl forget he dropped him , thing is one far out weighs the other lol

george , i cant think of one good thing you do well


froch , george groves is famous for getting knocked out in front of 80,000 fans



froch made george famous

 

Good post but cannot stand Paul Smith.

The cards need to be improved by Sky s****ping the solo promoter deal with Hearn and getting regular weekly boxing back on Sky.

 

scr ap ping

 

Think Johnny Nelson is very good in my opinion, Halling is average, Watt is terrible, I disagree with Gary Lockett I think he is poor, Froch is a poor pundit, Haye and Paul Smith are two of my personal favourites as pundits, this will get me some abuse but I don't mind Bellew in there either.

 

The coverage was far better when Paul Dempsey was the presenter and Ian Darke the main commentator.

Dempsey as seen on BT will give reasoned opinions,good questions rather than not looking to upset anyone like Smith.Ian Darke always a good natural commentator.Halling looks like he is winging it hence the cliched commentary.

 

Its the quality of fights that need looking at first and foremost

 

Too true the shows Hull,Newcastle,Leeds etc awful this year.

The headline fight should be just that.I have no problem with young talent being showcased but 4 hour shows with no 60-40 fights let alone 50-50 really doesn't help.

Having only one promoter with an exclusive deal means no competition to produce the type of cards that the hardcore fan wants to see.

 

The bloke from Channel Five or the reporter from Ringside are both far better than Halling.

As for the cards- I'd set a formula such as one "showcase" bout (in other words a star against a lesser opponent), one British level 50/50 and an area level 50/50. All other lesser bouts can be used as floats not live. This would keep cards fresh and at least give the fans competitive bouts. Four times a year have events with a higher level of title fight 50/50s (such as Smith vs. Fielding) as specials. Restrict PPVs to two a year with genuine marquee fights.

Six/seven mismatches is no way to sell a card/PPV.

Also allowing purse bids to be public would stop promoters from doing PPV "on the cheap" so to speak.

 

We need more domestic matches, not Campbell fighting numerous journeymen. Fights like Blackwell vs Ryder should be the fights we see on regular sky, it shouldn't be deep down on a ppv card.

 

Nothing wrong with glen mcory

 

McCory