Reggie Perrin wrotescootay wroteI think pay per view is the worst thing to happen to the sport. Sky charging the way they do and then making us pay more. It used to be huge fights only but then they put the amir khan breidis Prescott as ppv. Out of order. I've seen far more poor UFC fights than boxing matches tho. Wrestling bores me to tears as does a lot of martial arts. But a good fight is a good fight no matter what the code.
Paying fighters what they want doesn't fit in with the Sky model without PPV. Trick is not to pay for it....
The last pub i had sky wanted 1500 quid a month for sport so i skirted round it. They used to want on average 250 quid for ppv boxing. Completely unafordable and economically unviable. Those great nights we used to have in the pub watching boxing are very rare now. The only pub near me that has sports on from al jazeera or whateverit is is run by a pal of mine who is currently paying an 8 grand fine off to sky.
boxing is undoubtedly the ONLY sport i absolutely love and its been taken off our terrestrial screens and also gone very corporate on the live stage with mental ticket prices. I want boxers to earn top money but some match ups are not deserving, some protected records are not deserving and the publics only interested in ex olympic gold medalists and world titles. Long gone are the days when area titles would be aired on itv and nearly all british titleists were known. So many world belts that the domestics can be ignored easily and are. Ive been to a cracking main fight but every undercard scrap was dog shit. All thd money going to the top
