No build up for the Degale Echo Arena card on this week's Bunce hour?

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by colinthfc, Dec 7, 2011.


  1. colinthfc

    colinthfc Guest

    I thought it was unusual that he never referred to the card at all. The first I heard of the postponement was on SkySports this morning.

    Was the card going pearshaped on Monday and were they looking for replacements etc?

    Was Bunce told to keep schtoom whilst they tried to sort it?

    The ironic thing is that when Dean Byrne replaced Frankie Gavin he made a big statement about on other channels the card would have not gone ahead, but Boxnation was different.

    I hope this is a blip as I have now got used to Friday night boxing and have invested a tenner a month towards it.

    Would have they pulled a card prior to encryption?
     
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  2. Sly

    Sly Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'd heard this card had been off for a while now, but maybe the truth has been kept under lock and key in order to make December, the first PPV month, seem slightly busier/more appealing than it actually was. Who knows? Let's be honest, there was NEVER anything solid about this card from the get go. Did DeGale's mystery Spanish opponent even exist?
     
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  3. modestbiggles

    modestbiggles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :deal

    the card has obviously been off for a while but they wanted to get the subscriptions in place for this weekend just gone. fairly disgraceful really.
    allegedly.
     
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  4. slip&counter

    slip&counter Gimme some X's and O's Full Member

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  5. GazOC

    GazOC Guest Star for Team Taff Full Member

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    Probably worth an extra tenner to not have to watch it.
     
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  6. WalletInspector

    WalletInspector Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    The Byrne card is different. That was caused by a pull-out, this was not.

    Name me one promoter/channel which would go for through with a card which has sold hardly any tickets...
     
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  7. Gary Barlow

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    Explain to me how these **** SKy cards go ahead everyweek, given the standard of the cards is just as poor or even worst as the card Fwank had, i don't get how these **** ones sell out on SKY but Fwanks flop ?

    Is it the pricing ?
     
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  8. Bunce

    Bunce Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Stephen Smith and James DeGale were meant to be on. I found out the show was off on Tuesday. I trailed it and talked about it during Monday's show.

    Adios.
     
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  9. joegrundy

    joegrundy Well-Known Member Full Member

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    holding a bill in a huge arena in liverpool with not one of the well known scouse boxers fighting on it is probably the reason
     
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  10. colinthfc

    colinthfc Guest

    OK understood. I took all the 70's thing as a mask for the bad news.
     
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  11. liger05

    liger05 puroresu fan 4 life!! Full Member

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    Doesnt Frank have to cover all the production costs now when before Sky would fit that bill.
     
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  12. achillesthegreat

    achillesthegreat FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE Full Member

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    Might be a blessing as DeGale and Saunders were being lined up to face no hopers.

    The Cotto Margo night justifies the tenner but we were promised a domestic and international card per week. In the early stages it looks like they worked hard to find a replacement. This time, they let the card die quietly. They shouldn't have turned PPV in a poor month.

    Still willing to make my investment of £50 but things like this only fuel the fire.
     
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