Comments Thread For: Frank Warren on Channel Five, Haye's Return, Broner

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Channel Five’s declaration that it has ‘no plans to show boxing at the moment’ was damning news to cauliflower ears this week.

Since July 2011, C5 had provided live coverage of shows promoted by hard grafting Londoner Mick Hennessy whose stable includes Tyson Fury, James DeGale and Chris Eubank Jnr. The ratings had been high, particularly for Fury who, at near prime time on a Saturday evening, attracted close to three million viewers for his thrilling victory over Dereck Chisora.

C5’s withdrawal means there is now no ‘free to air’ coverage of boxing in the UK and given the huge interest that remains, the sport deserves far better. Please note, that the BBC Sports Personality for the Twentieth Century was boxer Muhammad Ali, and the two highest earning athletes in 2012 according to Forbes magazine were boxers Floyd Mayweather Jnr ($85m) and Manny Pacquiao ($62m). They generate enormous revenue through pay-per-view sales because clearly people are interested in watching them perform. [Click Here To Read More]

[Weltschmerz]

Where is Haye? Why isn't he all over the place promoting his comeback?

[LacedUp]

Where is Haye? Why isn't he all over the place promoting his comeback?

Maybe he did learn something from the Wlad fight after all I'm pretty sure he's working on the opponent. Povetkin in the O2 on July 6th would be a big fight. Don't forget to give credit where credit is due when Povetkin rolls around on the floor.

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Originally Posted by Weltschmerz

Where is Haye? Why isn't he all over the place promoting his comeback?

Maybe he did learn something from the Wlad fight after all I'm pretty sure he's working on the opponent. Povetkin in the O2 on July 6th would be a big fight. Don't forget to give credit where credit is due when Povetkin rolls around on the floor.

Haye beats Povetkin. So do the Klistchko's.


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[LacedUp]

Haye beats Povetkin. So do the Klistchko's.

Couldn't agree more. So would Fury, Helenius, Pulev probably. Hell, even Del-Boy would give him a good scrap.

[Weltschmerz]

Maybe he did learn something from the Wlad fight after all I'm pretty sure he's working on the opponent. Povetkin in the O2 on July 6th would be a big fight. Don't forget to give credit where credit is due when Povetkin rolls around on the floor.

Good fight, doubt Povetkin will risk it though.

[croz]

So channel 5 have cut boxing after all? Brilliant ... even when boxing does great TV ratings they go ahead and cut it anyway.

[chocolate]

So channel 5 have cut boxing after all? Brilliant ... even when boxing does great TV ratings they go ahead and cut it anyway.

This is what Fury posted on his facebook a couple of days ago from channel 5 -

''We are not pulling out of boxing, and we are currently in talks for the Tyson Fury fight in April.''

[Apple Mac Stud]

Frank, you might want to worry about Ricky Burns and other boxers in your stable taking the same route and not other fighters who you DO NOT promote.

[croz]

This is what Fury posted on his facebook a couple of days ago from channel 5 -

''We are not pulling out of boxing, and we are currently in talks for the Tyson Fury fight in April.''

I saw that, but if that falls through then are they still going to show other boxing events? Also, it could be BS. When news like this comes out they usually screw the fans around for a while before flat out admitting it eventually.