The Big Question, How will Hopkins avoid Calzaghe now?

marting · Nov 4, 2007

sean said:

it was shown on a small £10 a month irish sports tv station called setanta, rival to the big player in the uk sky sports and was not on a ppv .

it was shown to try and increase its base membership figures and to try and take some of sky`s marketshare from it.

so basically setanta bought the fight as a loss leader to boost its profile and figures would have been tiny.

they have a total pay subscription in the uk of 200,000 plus a freeview channel option another 300,000 plus they are ireland sport channel .

then you have to factor in the fight was at 2 am in the morning and the numbers watching would be tiny .
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Hmm. So basically all the real money in this fight was the live gate.

Now I know why Calzaghe wants to fight Hopkins so badly.

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