Where have all Sky's big fights gone?

It seems so. The last big American fight I remember them having was Mosley vs Mayorga last year.

 

yeh setanta have taken them all. i wonder if sjy ever bother bidding anymore.

these were the fights the had from the states in 2005 on normal sky sports

Taylor v Hopkins II
Tarver v Jones Jnr
Hopkins v Taylor
Gatti v Mayweather
Trinidad v Wright
Morales vs Pacquiao
Gatti v Leija

these were the fights the had from the states in 2006 on normal sky sports

10 fights.
Taylor v Ouma
Wright v Quartey
Mayweather v Baldomir
Hopkins vs Tarver
Barrera v Juarez II
Barrera v Juarez
Witter v Corley
Mosley v Vargas II
Taylor v Wright
Baldomir v Arturo


in 2007 they brought us half of that

Wright v Hopkins
Taylor v Spinks
De La Hoya v Mayweather
Taylor v Pavlik
Barrera v Marquez

in 2008 they had

De La Hoya v Forbes
Mosley v Mayorga
Cotto v Gomez

in 2009 they have brought us...............

...............................................................



so yeh since setanta came along they have stopped going for any fight they can't out on PPV. basically i dont think boxing makes them much money.

 

Im sure they had Berto a couple of times too in 08

 

that was on undercards, i havent counted fights they showed delayed a week later.

 

To be honest, I'm glad!

Setanta have the big ones, but sky are still showing domestic shows. Makes for good coverage and sky seemed to have stayed pretty consistent with their domestic coverage.

ITV have had a handful of fights over the last twelve months (including ITV3+4) so hopefully they may start bringing us a few more shows.

 

:rofl

Try the following;

"Listen babe, we dont want another kid so soon after the last one. But you're so attractive to me that I just want to make love to you all the time. And it's usually between the hours of 11pm to 5am that I feel most attracted to you. I could really do with something that could keep me entertained in this time frame...

...You know, Setanta show a lot of fights at these hours. And Setanta is cheaper than another child right?"

Let me know how it goes...

 

setanta doesnt go on the same bill as sky. if you do it through a seperate account your missed will never no. dont have double cheese on your whopper and you will have 12.99 a mounth extra no problem.

tell the misses they gave you setanta for free because of some technical problem.

 

i dont think its a case of setanta getting all the fights, its more sky dont want to show these fights anymore

there are plenty of fights out there for sky to purchase that setanta dont have, like this weekend angulo, 28th jmm diaz

 

Does anyone know how much it costs for a British broadcaster to buy the live rights to a decent US (say HBO level) bill?

It is a surprise to me that we don't get everything one way or another. The UK is a big boxing market and I'd expect the US promoters to sell to British TV every time. Any extra cash made on a promotion in this way is all incremental and you'd expect the market to work efficiently enough that we get everything.

There are enough sports channels after all.

The answer to the question though is that Setanta's aggression has made Sky all but throw the towel in for US bills bar superfights which can by PPV'd.

 

nobody knows the exact amount, but we do know that unless a fight is PPV, boxing cards either fale to make the channel a profit from subscriptions and advertising, or does not make as much profit as other sports.

 

Really :huh

Don't think so :-(