Comments Thread For: Al Haymon, PBC Target TV Invasion in The UK

[Weebler I]

So UK bros.....

How does ya tv station set up go over there?

Read previous post about itv and some other stuff but im lost

Roughly 60 free channels. Most watched are BBC1 & ITV (see below), ITV used to be the big boxing channel when the sport was at its height.



The article is talking about putting boxing on BT channels, which you have to pay extra for. PBC on ITV would be ideal and could do really well.

[The plunger man]

Doesn't get any worse than listening to that utter **** Jim Watt at 3/4 in the morning, I mean I don't know about most people but its one of the very fews on my want to do list.

Jim watt is a ****in idiot I agree....much better when it was ian darke doing the commentary back in the Lennox Lewis era..watt got dragged into it when itv and the reg gutteridge era finished.....watt just commentates for 40 minutes I have deal buncey the squeaker for 4 hours before the fight

[thack]

Amir Khan the Bolton puncher ....who is this guy ?
Some of these writers must be pissed when they get on the keyboard or have never watched a fight.

[285Kid]

Now this is a much better move boxing is more popular in the UK than in America

[techliam]

Im not sure how this would work

Would Hearn be willing to put his stars like Brook and Joshua on free tv when they probably are, or at least could, make huge money on Sky? I dont think Hearn would want to do anything that threatens his monopoly at Sky Sports

What fighters are we going to see on 'free tv'? Itd really have to be on BBC/iTV for it to have any impact. Id like to see Warren and Boxnations response to it.

People barely care for the naff domestic level matchups on Boxnation and they are usually more hardcore boxing fans. I dont think it makes much sense

[bigjavi973]

I don't really don't know were haymon can take this over here...we have box nation which a subscription channel for 10 (15 dollars) but we get HBO shows on that as well showtime and PBC , We have sky tv which use to be really big with all the match ups but now THYE are very hit and miss ....Barry hearns puts all his fights on that channel when he he has a big fight.....so I'm sure he won't be happy with haymon trying to quigg and brook now......I can you this from what I see....I don't like the way PBC events are set and to me it just feels very manufactured with no music ,no ring girls and the shows just seem industrial...weird shows....maybe he gonna steam roll warren and hearns over here and take there slices of the pie...I don't know what he is gonna do....hearns stable also has joshua....which could be the future golden egg....itv could play apart if there's money to be made They have 4 channels And they was a big player in the sport a few years back....maybe he is looking at that

Roughly 60 free channels. Most watched are BBC1 & ITV (see below), ITV used to be the big boxing channel when the sport was at its height.



The article is talking about putting boxing on BT channels, which you have to pay extra for. PBC on ITV would be ideal and could do really well.

Interesting. I think it's great that he's gonna be doing UK fights. Maybe we'll see more UK fighters on pbc shows here in the states

[Clegg]

So UK bros.....

How does ya tv station set up go over there?

Read previous post about itv and some other stuff but im lost

The main two are Sky (they show all the Hearn fights) and Boxnation (all the Warren fights). Normally the US fights are split between them.

In terms of free TV, BBC used to show fights but didn't spend much money. They had Haye and Froch when they were prospects but haven't shown any pro boxing in years. ITV used to show a lot of stuff in the 90s but then stopped. They showed Calzaghe-Lacy and Frampton's fights but not much else in recent years. Channel 5 shows domestic fights sometimes.

The article mentions BTSports. They don't show boxing at the moment but have spent a lot of football. Maybe they have the cash to outbid the others if Haymon in looking for a long-term deal. Hopefully it'll be on free TV but I doubt it, the free TV channels don't seem as interested in boxing as they were 20-30 years ago sadly.

[bigjavi973]

Hearn may eventually become the face of the brand.

[bigjavi973]

The main two are Sky (they show all the Hearn fights) and Boxnation (all the Warren fights). Normally the US fights are split between them.

In terms of free TV, BBC used to show fights but didn't spend much money. They had Haye and Froch when they were prospects but haven't shown any pro boxing in years. ITV used to show a lot of stuff in the 90s but then stopped. They showed Calzaghe-Lacy and Frampton's fights but not much else in recent years. Channel 5 shows domestic fights sometimes.

The article mentions BTSports. They don't show boxing at the moment but have spent a lot of football. Maybe they have the cash to outbid the others if Haymon in looking for a long-term deal. Hopefully it'll be on free TV but I doubt it, the free TV channels don't seem as interested in boxing as they were 20-30 years ago sadly.

BTSport haven't shown

Would be great imo if he gets the BT for boxing and then later on can get the ITV as well

[The plunger man]

Interesting. I think it's great that he's gonna be doing UK fights. Maybe we'll see more UK fighters on pbc shows here in the states

Personally javi ...I think we could be looking at sky sports and haymon involved with that.....you only have to look at the froch and groves fight to see the potential of really huge future PPV fights.... I can see at least 4 that can be made...... Brook vs Khan PPV wilder vs Joshua PPV frampton or quigg vs regondeaux PPV froch vs golovkin huge potential PPV fight....sky have the best promotion and are the leading sport channel in the uk.......hearn is tight with sky and haymon works with Hearn ......there is some big bucks to made if it's through this route.... war golovkn