WTF is going on with UK boxing PPV's?

For those in the UK you will know how bad it has become at the end half of 2017. Pulev/Joshua on Sky PPV Parker/Hughie Fury on YouTube PPV Eubank against some guy on ITV PPV Groves/Cox on ITV PPV This is all in a one month period too and there's going to be one more Sky PPV in December rumored to be a Bellew fight. The only good channel for boxing anymore is Boxnation/BT Sport who won't even be charging extra for Canelo/GGG. I don't think any of these fights mentioned are worthy of box office and I think most will bomb pretty bad. I don't think any other country is being plagued with this many PPV's for boxing either. Crap like this is going to kill boxing in the UK again.

Comments (9)

redmish

Nobody gets robbed like the boxing fan. It's 21 years since the first UK PPV which was Tyson vs bruno and we've been getting shafted ever since. You either pay or you dont get to see these fights because ive never enjoyed streaming them illegally.

8y ago

Cobra_

Insanity. But they have a few other fighters like Brook and Bellew who wont fight without PPV money now even though they are probably not that popular. Brook/Spence fight was said to have bombed badly on PPV. Don't think you'll see Brook on PPV headliners for a long time. The current rumor is Brook will be at 154 on the undercard for the December Sky PPV. Most likely fighting for one of those ABC contender titles to build up to a world title fight in 2018 which will most likely be away and not on box office. I've heard Cotto is the target.

8y ago

Cobra_

I really cant see what ITV are going to achieve trying to cram this many PPVs into just a few months. Unless the price of each is massively reduced. They would surely be better off putting at least the QFs on free TV and buulding a bit of momentum for the Semis and the final. Yeah I agree with this. Either of the three Groves/Smith/Eubank fighting each other for a world title is a worthy PPV at a good price. But putting Eubank Jr against some random guy on PPV is awful as well as Groves/Cox, I mean do they really think the whole domestic thing will sell for someone who hardly anyone has ever heard of?

8y ago

Cobra_

Wrong. If you get Boxnation free through a BT sport package you have to buy the PPV. Only if you subscribe to Boxnation itself do you get the fight free. I sub to Boxnation anyway so it's technically in the package which is an amazing deal. £12 for Canelo/GGG and more is a steal. And then there's these idiots charging £15 for Eubank vs. euro bum and £17 for Joshua/Pulev.

8y ago

Tom_Cruise

Boxnation is easily the best value for money for a boxing fan in the UK. Especially since the BT deal we get plenty of top UK action and also still get big cards from the US. I subscribe to the online service and they have all their content from the last 3 months on their catch up section. Its great being able to scroll through and pick random fights to watch in HD. The app on apple tv is great. Thats the future of sports viewing let alone boxing. Subscribe to exactly what you want to watch. Watch it when you want to watch it.

8y ago

Tom_Cruise

Increasingly these days we are seeing fights put on PPV not because the event is a must see, but just because networks dont want to pay for the fight out of their own pockets. It happens in the US too at a higher level with fights like Crawford vs Postol and GG vs Lemiuex. I really cant see what ITV are going to achieve trying to cram this many PPVs into just a few months. Unless the price of each is massively reduced. They would surely be better off putting at least the QFs on free TV and buulding a bit of momentum for the Semis and the final.

8y ago

HanzGruber

promoters know how stupid the brits are

8y ago

paulf

Mick Hennessy is still in the business? He's a terrible promoter.

8y ago

Tom_Cruise

Insanity. ITV want that PPV money while not putting anything into the sport in terms of exposure on free channels, advertising build up shows or anything. Complete joke. Youtube PPV is just Fat Mick being a terrible promoter and inexplicably not staying aligned with Warren and Boxnation. Sky are doing what they do. Joshua is a PPV fighter now i get that. But they have a few other fighters like Brook and Bellew who wont fight without PPV money now even though they are probably not that popular. I will only pay for what i deem worthy as always. Most of this ****e will get streamed.

8y ago