Will Charlo vs Castano be picked up in the UK?

That’s what annoys me man, they’re not even expensive, Boxnation had a shoe string budget and were showing 4-8 international shows per month. Picking up this card would be a drop in the ocean for mega multimedia outlets like Sky and BT. I met Sky’s head of boxing Adam Smith at a boxing dinner a couple of years back and I asked him why they don’t pick up international fights and his response was “we can’t show them all” and I was like show them all, you don’t show f***ing any!!! :lol1: Yet they’ll put YouTubers on f***ing PPV… I get it’s a business and stuff but it constantly feels like take, take, take over here, never any reward for the hardcore boxing fans who support the sport week in week out. Anyway rant over… I’ll buy it on Fite if they pick it up or find a stream if not. Lol, YouTubers bring in good ratings!!!! But yeah, I like that ESPN+ now picks up a lot of the UK cards and obviously DAZN now with the partnership with Matchroom. Charlo vs Castano is too good of a fight for no one to pick up.

I think Tank/Santa Cruz was the last PBC show on free tv, I should imagine Fite tv will pick the Charlo card up in a few days time Yeah, you're right. Channel 5 showed that fight :lol1: So maybe there's a small chance of them showing future PBC fights.

I can't imagine the rights to Charlo/Castano would cost all that much. But networks probably know that fight doesn't draw all that great ratings at 5 am in the morning. Putting it on Fite TV gives them an out. That’s what annoys me man, they’re not even expensive, Boxnation had a shoe string budget and were showing 4-8 international shows per month. Picking up this card would be a drop in the ocean for mega multimedia outlets like Sky and BT. I met Sky’s head of boxing Adam Smith at a boxing dinner a couple of years back and I asked him why they don’t pick up international fights and his response was “we can’t show them all” and I was like show them all, you don’t show f***ing any!!! :lol1: Yet they’ll put YouTubers on f***ing PPV… I get it’s a business and stuff but it constantly feels like take, take, take over here, never any reward for the hardcore boxing fans who support the sport week in week out. Anyway rant over… I’ll buy it on Fite if they pick it up or find a stream if not.

We need Boxnation to make a come back. They showed all the international fights and as a result it forced the other networks to up their game and buy international content as well. I can't imagine the rights to Charlo/Castano would cost all that much. But networks probably know that fight doesn't draw all that great ratings at 5 am in the morning. Putting it on Fite TV gives them an out.

I think Tank/Santa Cruz was the last PBC show on free tv, I should imagine Fite tv will pick the Charlo card up in a few days time Yeah it was. That was on ITV4 I believe.

Got it, then I guess the Viacom connection means nothing lol. Get ready to pay for Fite TV PPV for this fight then! We need Boxnation to make a come back. They showed all the international fights and as a result it forced the other networks to up their game and buy international content as well.

No. The last PBC card on free to air tv in the uk was Pacquiao vs Thurman, after that ITV cancelled their 3 year PBC deal after eight months to focus on that new AEW. Channel 5 show a few Hennessey cards per year. I think Tank/Santa Cruz was the last PBC show on free tv, I should imagine Fite tv will pick the Charlo card up in a few days time

Got it, then I guess the Viacom connection means nothing lol. Get ready to pay for Fite TV PPV for this fight then! I don’t even think it’s on FITE

No. The last PBC card on free to air tv in the uk was Pacquiao vs Thurman, after that ITV cancelled their 3 year PBC deal after eight months to focus on that new AEW. Channel 5 show a few Hennessey cards per year. Got it, then I guess the Viacom connection means nothing lol. Get ready to pay for Fite TV PPV for this fight then!

I hope so but I wouldn't be surprised if nobody picked it up as the UK networks have passed on some good American fights already which was a real kick in the balls for us Boxing fans. I don't know if it's high prices and the late times that just puts them off but they didn't bother with Josh Taylor either and that's an insult as far as I'm concerned. Charlo v Castano is a very exciting match up and a big unification I wouldn't want to try find a crappy stream for it either.

Doesn't Channel 5 get all the PBC SHO fights, or at least the marquee ones? ViacomCBS owns it along with SHO. Which, if any network aired Tank vs Barrios? No. The last PBC card on free to air tv in the uk was Pacquiao vs Thurman, after that ITV cancelled their 3 year PBC deal after eight months to focus on that new AEW. Channel 5 show a few Hennessey cards per year.

Doesn't Channel 5 get all the PBC SHO fights, or at least the marquee ones? ViacomCBS owns it along with SHO. Which, if any network aired Tank vs Barrios?

Sadly I doubt it. Boxing coverage in the UK has become a joke in recent years. Sky should pick it up, they have no other boxing content at the moment, but they won’t… F*** Adam Smith AKA Mr Bean as well. He’s largely at fault for the decline of Sky’s international boxing content. Suck bro! I’m proper excited about this fight!!

Sadly I doubt it. Boxing coverage in the UK has become a joke in recent years. Sky should pick it up, they have no other boxing content at the moment, but they won’t… F*** Adam Smith AKA Mr Bean as well. He’s largely at fault for the decline of Sky’s international boxing content.