Premier Sports asking boxing fans what fight they should show this year

[quote="He's gone!";7750100]It's great there going after boxing which wouldn't be shown but that facebook page seems a bit unprofessional. They are asking for fights to show, the name of the promoter and American feed. Shouldn't they have someone who knows this? I just hope Premier sports doesn't go the way of Setanta.[/quote]

Well, as long as they don't try to run before they can walk they should be fine. Setanta had more subscribers than sky did at the same embryonic stage. The problem was they spent more money then they had, especially on the football, which is what ultimately killed them off. Boxing actually gave them the best return for what they were spending on it.

These people at premiersports seem to have their heart in the right place, but as you say it's a bit worrying the way they come across...in other words they seem a bit simple in their understanding and knowledge of these things, I hope they have a knowledgable boxing person on board.

 

sky channel 433, £6 a month, looking at showing load of boxing

had the fury o'donnell and limmond morales card and this week got carl frampton and the mosley mora fight

 

I would be happy if they got the Colonel Bob Sheridan shows. Surely they cant cost too much and it is good action and a good show in all IMO.

Afew of the big ones would also be good, but chances are I would watch them anyway, with these littler ones it provides good fights I would probably normally let fly under my radar.

 

These fights are awesome:

November 6th - Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Rafael Marquez, 12 rounds, for Lopez's WBO featherweight title

November 27th - Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Michael Katsidis, 12 rounds, for Marquez's Ring/WBO/WBA lightweight title

December 11th - Tournament semifinals: Vic Darchinyan vs. Abner Mares, 12 rounds, bantamweights; Yonnhy Perez vs. Joseph Agbeko, rematch, 12 rounds, for Perez's IBF bantamweight title

December 18th - Jean Pascal vs. Bernard Hopkins, 12 rounds, for Pascal's Ring/WBC light heavyweight title

 

Is this true? Is it the football in particular that hurt them?

 

Yep, they couldn't pay the premier league after buying the rights to the games with money they didn't have.

 

I doubt the England games they bought did them any favours either.