Comments Thread For: Mayweather-Pacquiao: Sky Gains Edge For UK Rights

[IronDanHamza]

Was obvious Sky would get it.

I bet they really splashed the cash for this one.

[fladz]

Can't believe people would rather have it on Boxnation than Sky. I have both but when it comes to it I'd rather any big fight was on Sky.
Steve Bunce - annoying tit.
Steve Lillis - same.
Richard Keys - f***ing Richard Keys??? What is doing on my boxing programme?

Yes Jim Watt can be annoying, but the overall package with Sky is infinitely better than Boxnation, not to mention production values. I have ****** and Boxnation isn't even available in HD on ******. It's like watching a ****ty stream sometimes.

[LacedUp]

Surprised this will be PPV in UK.

That's a pretty bold move.

Luckily, there are always streams.

[LacedUp]

Was obvious Sky would get it.

I bet they really splashed the cash for this one.

Because of PPV I think.

BoxNation's whole argument back in the day was that they would never do PPV and it was only a tenner, think it's £12 now.

They would bomb pretty heavily with their customers if they put it on PPV and obviously they couldn't match Sky in that department anyway.

But happy it's on Sky. Production is infinitely better than BoxNation's.

[IronDanHamza]

Because of PPV I think.

BoxNation's whole argument back in the day was that they would never do PPV and it was only a tenner, think it's £12 now.

They would bomb pretty heavily with their customers if they put it on PPV and obviously they couldn't match Sky in that department anyway.

But happy it's on Sky. Production is infinitely better than BoxNation's.

Yeah far far better.

The number they're looking at is £20.

I'm happy to pay that.

[heatman]

I pray that Boxnation gets it

Boxnation > Sky in terms of overall value. Most of the biggest and best American fights are on Boxnation and we get that for a flat fee. The PBC fights are gonna be on Boxnation. Sky's PPV's are ridiculously extortionate.

For a casual, the one off £15/£20 (whatever it is) isn't that bad but us hardcore fans that have to keep our box nation sub...get hit with a double whammy.

Plus if Sky have success with PPV then they're gonna keep putting more and more of their fights on there. Do we really want a return to the times when fights like Khan - Salita and Khan - Kotelnik were on PPV?

[LacedUp]

Yeah far far better.

The number they're looking at is £20.

I'm happy to pay that.

Infinitely better. Listening to Steve Bunce (my old boss ) with his high-picthed voice is beyond annoying.

£20? I don't pay for PPVs, but I would in this case if I was home. Which I'm not, so i'm good.

I pray that Boxnation gets it

Boxnation > Sky in terms of overall value. Most of the biggest and best American fights are on Boxnation and we get that for a flat fee. The PBC fights are gonna be on Boxnation. Sky's PPV's are ridiculously extortionate.

For a casual, the one off £15/£20 (whatever it is) isn't that bad but us hardcore fans that have to keep our box nation sub...get hit with a double whammy.

Plus if Sky have success with PPV then they're gonna keep putting more and more of their fights on there. Do we really want a return to the times when fights like Khan - Salita and Khan - Kotelnik were on PPV?

BoxNation is literally so sh!jt.

I've seen enough of Bradley Skeete, Frankie Gavin and Frank Bolognese fight bums and be heralded as great talents.

I would immediately switch to American broadcast if it was on BN. I still will, but not as badly.

[thejohnboy]

Surprised this will be PPV in UK.

That's a pretty bold move.

Luckily, there are always streams.

I hope thats a joke, the last PPV was Bellew Cleverly.
I would rather pay £100 for May Pac than the £16 for that rubbish

[Dr Rumack]

Fucking Jim Watt.

I much prefer Boxnation overall, they're way more real than Sky. You don't get half the bullshit you get on the other channel. They're not polished but the honesty makes up for it.

[moltres.]

Awful news.

Non Sky/****** media non cable UK customers can't buy the cvnt!

do you want it on BBC?

that would be kind of epic, dont the BBC get the tv license money, so they dont have no adverts. that would be cool, unrealistic though, but if they wanted it, they would get it, seeing as they get money for everyone who owns a tele.

They show superbowl, this is the super superbowl of boxing, an event which might never be beat.

ITV more realistic as it has adverts, but if you dont have sky/******, means you have freeview, boxnation isnt on freeview is it? key word free, i guess it doesnt.