Comments Thread For: “Fighting Words” – Free Fights, Pugilistic Piracy: Boxing, Broadcasts and Bootlegs

[lynchy]

great read hit on alot of key points i just hope that the "man" is listening (hbo vultures)
here is ireland we have a similiar problem except most of the ppv in america are free to air in the uk and ireland the thing is its only with the mainstream fights that the casual fight fan would appreciate but the less fasionable boxers never even get a mention. which brings me to have to find streams online....its a vicsous circle lol

[cooper5]

Fight collectors are on the rise. I know of several major ones here. From what I heard there is not much enforcement against them primarily because the real collectors will not deal with anyone that makes a profit. But I haven't done much myself and I don't think a few old recordings count.

[marvdave]

Interesting read, David

I do watch feeds online..mostly the euro cards,etc. Its really good stuff that I would never have the opportunity to see otherwise. I feel no guilt whatsoever.

As far as the big PPV shows, I usually buy them because the view on my 58" hd screen is too good to pass up. That and I prefer not to watch on a computer screen that is usually not a good picture. I do it for the euro cards because i have no choice.

I dont blame people at all for doing illegal streams. Times are tough and its tough to justify 60.00 bucks for one big fight and a ****ty undercard.