View Full Version : How can Warren pass this off as a PPV


col Blake
12-07-2008, 08:57 AM
Khan fights someone who my Nana could beat, Audley can’t even beat an Irish Gangster who struggled his way through Prize fighter, and the icing on the cake was Enzo fighting wait for it, Mathew Ellis, who was Ko'd of Audley FFS, why didn’t he bring in Herbie Hide, why wont Warren try and get a fight with Jean Marc Mormeck or O Neil Bell.

number6
12-07-2008, 09:49 AM
Khan fights someone who my Nana could beat, Audley can’t even beat an Irish Gangster who struggled his way through Prize fighter, and the icing on the cake was Enzo fighting wait for it, Mathew Ellis, who was Ko'd of Audley FFS, why didn’t he bring in Herbie Hide, why wont Warren try and get a fight with Jean Marc Mormeck or O Neil Bell.

To be fair Hide was in action only two weeks ago. It was just too short notice to bring Mormeck or Bell in at that kind of notice.

In general i agree with your point, very poor PPV.

It seems like any sort of British name that would normally be on Sky will be Box Office from now on. All they do is piggyback the event with an American show. They did it this time with the De La Hoya fight and they did it last time with the Middleweight prizefighter and Hatton.

Sky sports has become very poor for boxing these days.

The_Visitation
12-07-2008, 01:16 PM
why didn’t he bring in Herbie Hide

He tried after Flores turned it down. Seems like they were close to a deal, but it was Herbie who pulled out in the end.

broxi51
12-07-2008, 02:35 PM
i'm not a warren fan but the original ppv was for 2 semi legit wbo titles cook v foster and enzo v banks plus khan comeback, Not his fault that the two main fights were postponed.

StackMo
12-07-2008, 07:36 PM
Nothing new here. Warren profits off of fraud.

The Legacy
12-08-2008, 08:50 AM
I only bought it because of the De La Hoya - Pacman fight. I wouldn't have bothered if it was just Khan and Enzo. £15, you're having a laugh.

The Gunner
12-08-2008, 09:21 AM
To be fair Hide was in action only two weeks ago. It was just too short notice to bring Mormeck or Bell in at that kind of notice.

In general i agree with your point, very poor PPV.

It seems like any sort of British name that would normally be on Sky will be Box Office from now on. All they do is piggyback the event with an American show. They did it this time with the De La Hoya fight and they did it last time with the Middleweight prizefighter and Hatton.

Sky sports has become very poor for boxing these days.

Warren didn't Sky did. They passed it off as a double header from the UK and America and at 15 quid it was a very good night infront of the TV.

col Blake
12-08-2008, 09:40 AM
The fact is, the best fight on the ight was Fraoch, and it was free, lol.

The Gunner
12-08-2008, 10:05 AM
The fact is, the best fight on the ight was Fraoch, and it was free, lol.

I must have missed the Fraoch fight was it better than the Froch fight?

RiZo is Gay
12-09-2008, 07:41 PM
I must have missed the Fraoch fight was it better than the Froch fight?

:lol:


hahahah nice one

Mr Man
12-10-2008, 03:57 PM
Frank Warren should die.

jamiegeorge91
12-10-2008, 07:09 PM
i think it was worthit there was alot of kos that night in the undercard the americans got like 2 kos atleast per fight khan was good i didnt watch audley i went to itv to watch carl froach vs pascal much more entertaining then khans comeback was good sure the guy was a bum but the night was entertaining

Ron..
12-10-2008, 09:50 PM
Frank Warren should die.

yes. he should

Southpaw16BF
12-10-2008, 10:55 PM
I think it was one messed up card, lots of pull outs. But overall the card was weak.

_Hunter_
12-13-2008, 11:46 AM
Frank Warren should die.

Phuck off!

Testdead
12-13-2008, 02:46 PM
At least you got Oscar vs Manny.

Im just worried about Macarinellis career path for one reason or another he keeps getting bums (Haye aside).

I would hate for Enzo waste his peak fighting B level operators.

_Hunter_
12-13-2008, 02:49 PM
At least you got Oscar vs Manny.

Im just worried about Macarinellis career path for one reason or another he keeps getting bums (Haye aside).

I would hate for Enzo waste his peak fighting B level operators.


He got Banks next. and probably hide too.Enzo is one of the best cruisers out there at the mo

JulioCesaChavez
12-16-2008, 04:09 PM
It was mainly Warren's doing, but does anyone seriously think GBP did not take their cut too? It was an eliminator for Ricky's next fight and he knows their will be interest in this fight in England. Plus by making them pay for it with their hero Amir Khan's fight will make them more likley to stay up and watch!

You can't blame Warrent though, for the fact that Brits actually think Khan is the next Floyd Mayweather and Calslappy beat a prime RJJ!:rofl: It is not his fault they are dumb as ****. He is just cashing in on their stupididty!

chilly9876
12-17-2008, 11:14 AM
Thats a typical warren card...
2 title fights, both fall through and maybe one gets a last minute 2nd tier replacement.
I knew this card was much too strong for warren to keep, enzo, khan,fraudley and 2 title fights? he could put on three shows with that. He does this all the time, makes a good card, sells the tickets and then fighters drop out.

I once bought tickets for a card that was advertised as-
Calzaghe stepping upto light heavy to fight glen johnson for ibf title
Hatton fighting a guaranteed world top ten recognised fighter
&
Anthony Farnell wbu defence.

Calzaghe's fight fell through
Hatton ended up fighting an unheard of carlos vilches who i dont think had ever fought outside argentina.

only the farnell fight was as advertised.

Im sure many more have had this experience

Testdead
12-17-2008, 12:04 PM
He got Banks next. and probably hide too.Enzo is one of the best cruisers out there at the mo



He is but he needs to unify.

Savino
12-17-2008, 01:00 PM
I would love to know how many ppv buys they did for this event.

The only time I can remember sky showing us box office numbers was for the hatton-mayweather fight.

kerrminator
12-17-2008, 01:07 PM
I know back in september when they tried to pass off Khan Prescott as PPVthey needed 250,000 buys to make it worthwhile and the got less than 50,000. Khan is a relative novice even though he has been pro for 4 years coz his opposition has been ****e. He hasnt even faced the best fighters in greater manchester never mind all the talk of world titles lol

Savino
12-17-2008, 01:13 PM
I know back in september when they tried to pass off Khan Prescott as PPVthey needed 250,000 buys to make it worthwhile and the got less than 50,000. Khan is a relative novice even though he has been pro for 4 years coz his opposition has been ****e. He hasnt even faced the best fighters in greater manchester never mind all the talk of world titles lol

That is poor to be honest. he basically went from fighting infront of 8mil to 50k on BO. BO is killing boxing.

ButlerBoxing
12-26-2008, 11:46 AM
fully agree, i was disgusted to see khan sign up with sky, it just deminishes the amount of people watching boxing. Really anoys me.

Testdead
12-26-2008, 01:17 PM
Khan will no doubt fight a padded bum or a washed up Feather in his next bout.

Question is how on earth can he put on a card that is PPV worthy.

Unless he gets Rogan a title shot and Cook vs Barerra he is **** outta luck.

Sky really, really should be putting its foot down on this. people already pay a subscription for Skysports.

LetsgetSAVAGE
12-26-2008, 03:48 PM
I thought you guys were talking about Raushee Warren =X

Wyson
12-27-2008, 08:05 AM
thats so stupid...i wont be buying this fight

Savino
12-28-2008, 10:29 PM
Khan will no doubt fight a padded bum or a washed up Feather in his next bout.

Question is how on earth can he put on a card that is PPV worthy.

Unless he gets Rogan a title shot and Cook vs Barerra he is **** outta luck.

Sky really, really should be putting its foot down on this. people already pay a subscription for Skysports.

I think everytime the is a world title fight on sky now they will put Khan on it and make it a PPV.

Testdead
12-29-2008, 12:55 PM
I think everytime the is a world title fight on sky now they will put Khan on it and make it a PPV.



Thing is it needs to be a marque title fight plus it needs to be a fight Setanta has not already picked up.

p4pFuturRoi
12-29-2008, 07:48 PM
Khan fights someone who my Nana could beat, Audley can’t even beat an Irish Gangster who struggled his way through Prize fighter, and the icing on the cake was Enzo fighting wait for it, Mathew Ellis, who was Ko'd of Audley FFS, why didn’t he bring in Herbie Hide, why wont Warren try and get a fight with Jean Marc Mormeck or O Neil Bell.

Because Mormeck would have taken his head off and no limey dared face him in his prime even Mark Hobson who I beat up in sparring! Vive La France!

Savino
12-29-2008, 08:37 PM
Thing is it needs to be a marque title fight plus it needs to be a fight Setanta has not already picked up.

They have done it alot with Warren fighters. I remember them makin Calzaghe a PPV fighter just cos the was a big fight on in America. Setanta>>>>>SBO