Tonights Sky/Matchroom Fights - uncompetitive

it not great viewing for sky customers but for locals who can pay £20 there ticket and see the undercard its a good card

 

Camacho vs Clarke looks to be the best fight on the card. the groves fight i can understand as it was at the last minute, but the headliner is just shite. i understand its for rankings, but as a fan i couldnt give a ****.

theres macklin, lee and murray (not right now obv) just from the domestic scene for starters. from fringe world level theres countless better opponents. i would actually rather see him fight proska tbf.

this is one downside we might see of a dominant matchroom, fighters with complicated politics to deal with to get opponents. the fact that the best domestic middleweights seem to have no intention of getting is exactly the sort of thing that we as real fans should not be putting up with.

 

The Groves fight is a waste of time. It's not football where you need to show off the new guy to your fans.
Will the crowd be chanting "Georgie" or "Eddie" for the ringwalk tonight?:dead

 

He does need to be kept busy though, a **** fight is better than no fight at all.

 

Prozska, Andy Lee, Vera, Rubio, Dzinziruk all turned the fight down. But no excuse Barker vs Ritollo should be a support fight at best.

 

This.

 

a long well thought out post. i definitely dont agree with you all the time, but i hope people read long posts like this as it shows real thought.

i do wonder if a dominant matchroom will create problems delivering competitive cards. perhaps the best situation would be two or three strong promoters with sky as a much more committed partner. matchroom have set a solid standard for uk boxing in the last two years though. fights like barker vs martinez and rees broner have been brilliant to watch as a fan.

 

where did you read that?

 

Hearn said he made offers to all of them on ifilm.

 

:deal

 

It's a glorified spar and should be buried deep in the undercard. Instead it's getting a fanfare and it's nauseating. Sky didn't give a **** about Groves but suddenly he's a star now because he is with Eddie.

 

That would be a better situation bit you can't magic these promoters out of thin air. If Matchroom is the minimim standard and evey other promoter is 2/3 levels below them, what are Sky going to do? There not a charity.

From 2014 Season on when Matchrooms deal will be renegotiated, I would like to see them given 20 dates again for Saturday nights, then a contract for 4 PPV's per year. This would mean a show every other week. Then have 6 Prizefighters per year on Wednesday nights when there is no football, and 10 dates on friday nights that are open to be filled by the smaller promoters. If Coldwell or Fearon put on a show thats good enough Sky show it on a Friday. Obviously in conjunction with that they pick up more US shows.

 

Where did the "Sky didnt give a **** about Groves" stuff come from? They showed highlights of his last 3 fights, been to all his press confences and interviewed him numerous times.

You have been watching to much Buncey.