So British fans get Floyd and Pacquiao fights for free???

Well, PPVs in America have massive economical success, that's why they keep happening. For many other countries it is considered outrageous to make someone pay to watch just ONE event.I believe they are popular in Denmark for Kessler's fights. I don't know what other countries do, but at Greece for example, we don't have PPVs. If you 're a sports fan you can subscribe for 50E/month to NOVA satellite bouquet and watch almost any big sports event you want + access to movie and doc channels. I read a few months ago that this greek bouquet is getting popular among british pub owners because it's cheaper. I don't know if it has boxing, but pretty much everything else is in. Also, greek MMA fans can watch UFC main cards for free (and legally) via a greek sports website whereas americans and many others pay for the main event. To conclude, I believe that the whole PPV system is just a fraud. You pay to watch HBO, you pay to watch SkySports, so why do you have to pay them again? Especially when the amounts are as big as I read above (25$+).

i don't believe there is a big enough market in the UK for fights with US fighters to be on ppv especially to be broadcasted at 1am-5am (which is usually the timeslot for american fights) just would not sell and does not make ANY sense!!!

We have to pay for David Haye's fights.

That's correct. We get most of the big fights for free and have done for a long time. We only have to pay PPV for UK fighters. For example, DeGale-Groves was on PPV whereas all of Mayweather's fights have been for free (except when he fought Hatton and his next one) since the early 00's. We have to pay for Sky Sports, ESPN and Premier Sports (Premier Sports is a new channel and have the same owners as Sentanta I believe) Which for example showed the Bantamweight final on saturday. It's possibly because Boxing isn't really that big at all in this country.

They need a Mayweather fight to put them to sleep fast and a Pacquiao fight to wake them up.

I realize that, but before this whole Primetime thing they were getting the fights free (as long as they had Sky.) And Star Power is costing us how much in America? It ain't no $25 that's for sure. Even for those that have HBO. Well, market pricing is appropriate. You price things based on their demand or perceived value. They pay for Khan. The US gets Khan for free.

StarPower is NOT free. It's 15 GBP...or $25 USD I realize that, but before this whole Primetime thing they were getting the fights free (as long as they had Sky.) And Star Power is costing us how much in America? It ain't no $25 that's for sure. Even for those that have HBO.

we have to pay a monthly subscription for our sky sports package, and then a one off price if its on ppv

Well, PPVs in America have massive economical success, that's why they keep happening. For many other countries it is considered outrageous to make someone pay to watch just ONE event. I believe they are popular in Denmark for Kessler's fights.

That doesn't seem very fair in my opinion. The American boxing fans are the only ones coming out of their own pocket to support the sport. Basically we are subsidizing it for a lot of these other countries around the world. StarPower is NOT free. It's 15 GBP...or $25 USD

That doesn't seem very fair in my opinion. The American boxing fans are the only ones coming out of their own pocket to support the sport. Basically we are subsidizing it for a lot of these other countries around the world. Well, PPVs in America have massive economical success, that's why they keep happening. For many other countries it is considered outrageous to make someone pay to watch just ONE event.

Wrong. They pay for Skysports/ESPN thus getting anything that comes with it. It's like us paying for HBO for boxing. They have to get up late to see it aswell.