If they took Khan of the MEN bill people would be pissed, 90% of the tickets sold our to see khan not arthur or harrison.
bet frank hates setanta even more now they signed up with Calzaghe. if he was angry when they did a deal with Haye, bet that deal tipped him over the edge.:twisted: And if Setanta can't get Khan, what's the point of a big deal with Sports Network for them. So i imagine both side will find a way out and Sept 6th will be the first part of a new deal with his old friends and then hated enemies at Sky.
Odd though - just over 3 weeks away and still no official announcement as to who Khan is fighting next????
Sky bosses will think any Amir show is PPV. If six million are regularly watching him late Saturday night on ITV they will be hoping a percentage of them will carry on wanting to follow his career. Even a small % will make it work PPV. four Khan shows a year PPV for Sky.
Top stuff, all this **** will be free on polsat then. Who in there right mind is going to pay to watch khan fight little fat guys ? The general public can't be that gullible. He only get 6m viewers on ITV because it was free to watch. I can imagine more then a few thousand paying to watch khan on ppv if he fights his usual level of opponent.
In the current economical climate expecting anyone to pay £15 on top of a £50 subscription for a non title fight is an absolute **** take.
is that what it costs? Never had Sky ... and you'e right. If they expect you to pay that much for Khan knocking over rubbish for a year or two is bollox. Hope the people who tell me all this **** are worng for the Khan fans.
Khans opponents aren't usually announced this late in the day. For a headline act I'd expect to know by now. Seems ages ago Arthur's opponent for Sept 6th was confirmed.
Khans fighting a big punching genuine lightweight, with an iron chin. In other news The pope is muslim The sun comes out at night Julian Clary isn't gay Jessica Alba isn't attractive Dunky under-rates scottish fighters The heavyweight division isn't bleak Frank Warren puts on good shows Don kings hair is normal Evander shouldn't retire Tyson for president Robinson wasn't the greatest Joe Louis couldn't punch and Olu hates Ajose Olusegun.
Come on elle, this is Frank Warren afterall. Enzo Maccainelli's opponents are never named until 3pm on the day of the fight at the earliest.
I think the demographic breakdown of that 6m viewers would be interesting to know. If, as I suspect, a lot of the viewers were of Asian origin then I can see a lot of them going down the PPV route.
Perhaps FW will raise his game if Sky are promoting over half his bills on a PPV basis - suspect Sky will want potential customers to know who the opponents are well in advance if they are going to be persuaded to shell out extra. Hopefully the quality of opposition will improve also.