Sky v Setanta :Who has the more fighters/promoters and is value for money

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by alba, Aug 16, 2008.


  1. kurt2006

    kurt2006 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If I did not have my super duper satellite box I would go for setanta. As it happens the germans and poles show most the big fights and you can watch these with a patched sat box.
     
  2. rooq

    rooq Rooq's Boxing Promoter Full Member

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    can you message me with how and how much?
     
  3. HOF

    HOF Well-Known Member Full Member

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    This is a bit of a dilemma in the midst of the credit crunch! At the moment Setanta are winning the boxing battle. Can't believe the sept 6 show with Khan and Arthur is ppv on Sky Box Office. From reading Warren's site it seems Khan's deal is exclusively with Sky Box Office so looks like he won't be on regular Sky Sports
     
  4. alba

    alba Guess who? Full Member

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    i dunno.i do like watching the big american fights however i really do like the domestic matches.i know some of them can be a mismatch however i do feel iget more out of it when i see someone who ive watched come through the ranks (ala appleby) and it annoys me know that sky basically have the monopoly on this.

    from my perspective if i want to watch arthur,appleby,barry morrison,kevin mcintyre,and mcalister (i know there all scottish but there my main intrest) ihave to go and get a sky dish .

    its a total monoply is it not.
     
  5. Dunky McCafferty

    Dunky McCafferty Boxing Junkie banned

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    Lets just be honest here folks, being a boxing fan on these shores is a complete pain in the ass, isnt it?

    **** SKy & Setanta. Neither of them deserve praise for the way they treat us few boxing fans who are left as a financial banquet to feast upon.

    Do these two have any initiatives to attract the future fan? Do they ****. They just want to leech upon the remaining fight fans like us until there is nothing left.

    **** giving either of these PPV bloodsucking monsters credit.
     
  6. SeasideSlugger

    SeasideSlugger Active Member Full Member

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    I've got setanta1 through that BT vision sports package thing and it's ok as all the big stuff is on set1 anyway. I do miss some of the domestic stuff having got rid of sky, but I don't miss Jim Watt.
    Might try and get a live stream for the box office stuff (worked a treat for the hatton fight).

    Looking forward to the Haye fights, just hope he doesn't get banged out 1st fight, that'd be the biggest bubble bursting since the Hindenberg disaster!

    Setanta are still winning for me and the Fantastic Cotto Margarito fight confirmed it!
     
  7. Tuffnutz

    Tuffnutz ESB 2002 Club Full Member

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    FFS Dunky you miserable *******! :lol:

    Where else are you going to get all the bloody world class boxing PPVs' and UFC PPV events we've had this year for the price of Setanta?

    If you can find that shore then **** off to it!

    Setanta IS the ****ing ****!

    SKY ARE ****!

    Stop bloody moaning you bleeding Scroodge! :nut
     
  8. trotter

    trotter Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Good job he doesn't have to pay American PPV rates eh Tuffie

    I think between Sky, Setanta and ITV we've had a cracking service the last year or two, loads and loads of fights
     
  9. kosaros

    kosaros Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    setanta are better.

    sky get the better domestic fights which have recently been pretty good, but worldwide fights are a rarity. Recent big fights on sky have been hatton and cotto (against a very limited gomez, very one-sided) while setanta have had potentially the fight of the year (cotto - margo) one of the most highly anticipated british fights in years (haye - macca) and many other fights that rate higher than sky's.