Sky taking advantage?

Yes. If you don't like it don't buy it. It's not hard to wrap your head around.

 

So let me get this straight. I put up a whole load of sports sky hold rights to and your come back is show me what sky have taken back from BT.

You do realise that sky retaining sport rights is a win right.

If you think BT hold more key sports rights then sky then I really suggest you start checking your TV guide.

 

Why should they be part of your subscription?

You get boxing on Sky sports as well as ppv events as optional extras. Its been this way for 20 years has it not?

But yes if you believe a particular fight isn't worth a PPV purchases just don't buy it. It's simple really.

 

Would you expect Tescos to be overtaken by your new Corner Shop within 3 years?

The BT portfolio of sport is building month by month, year by year while Sky's is reducing year by year.

It is now the 'Pay MORE for MUCH LESS Channel' and you are SEETHING

SEETHING WITH RAGE I SAY

 

It is part of the Subscription - Sky Sports is a multi sport subscription channel.

Boxing is a sport - why is none of the football, golf, cricket, rugby F1 ....... not pay per view

Simple - Sky would be finished and they know it.

Matchroom and Sky Boxing mug the public off time and again as people are so thick.

The PPVs are mainly all hype followed by tripe - lucky if 10% of the PPVs are decent fights

 

It's not only hearn though is it. Overpaying fighters by vast amounts all stemmed from al haymon.

 

Exactly have not seen one post this thread complaining about wlad vs Joshua. As it's a world champion big following vs the best hw for last ten odd years so 17 yeah no prob it's a huge fight. Joshua vs whyte not even a Euro level fight and card poor so it shouldn't be Ppv. Some say brook vs gavin had a great underecarrd that's y paid for that.
Sometime not all about the main event but realistically fans want
1 the main event to be an "elite fight" with at least an ok card.
Or 2. A good fight with aloy great fights on undercard simple. None this constant woman boxing being pushed on us it's unreal or fights wher ppl are 1-100 on mismatches.

 

Different fighter different circumstances. I'm pretty sure he's spoke openly abut hardly making anything on brooks career so far (up until golovkin). Very true he is, but if he loses he is at the bottom of the pile and hearn has done his money.. I agree with all the PPV arguments, brook v gavin was a late addition and wasn't the PPV event, it was sold as one of hearns PPV 'CARDS' we all know, hearn included that brook v gavin is not ppv. Didn't a fight get cancelled that was headlining?

He also has to pay his fighters well to keep them away from haymon, thats why joshua went on PPV so soon. He knew if he didnt star delivering big paydays and events for him haymon would try sign him.. Its a shame because we all suffer but as you say there other ways to watch

 

I look forward to the same outrage once boxing ppv's end up on BT.

 

I get that but it doesn't really work like that.

Joshua v Whyte PPV did 400k buys. Vlad v Fury for all the belts did 430k.

Now why was it that this domestic dust up did so well nearly matching the world title fight?

For those that bought both which fight do you think they enjoyed more and secondly which fighter would they pay to watch again on ppv?

I would argue Vlad v fury was PPV but didn't deliver value for money at all. The fight sucked and a rematch would of bombed on ppv.

Every promoter and network in the UK would have Joshua fights on ppv. The idea that only sky and matchroom would is laughable.

Surely they are only taking advantage if there was no choice involved? People can happily not purchase a PPV however at the moment the business model is working. Why is that? I don't really know other than people are clearly entertained by what they see for £17

 

It's bad enough they put women's boxing on in the first place, let alone so far up the card. What kind of degenerate wants to watch women fight? Not only is it rubbish, it's also disgusting.

 

What would you of thought of Fury v Vlad 2 being on ppv? Would of bought it?