fightfan Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Are the current fights on PPV killing the sport? Which fighters are killing PPV? The price of PPV in Scandinavian is unreal 50 pounds +, how do you rate your countrys PPV price? Do you buy PPV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ko Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 I buy every PPV I can because I dont trust streams and would rather watch on telly than computer anyway. The price's are fair in UK, some disagree but they never buy them anyway. David Haye's recent fights, Amir Khans dissapointing numbers and Warren's attempt with Mag Seven didnt really work, sky have pulled out for a while, they will be back, if a Khan vs Mayweather fight happens or another big fight like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siren1927 Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 I dont mind paying for decent cards but I will not fork out money for basicly one fight. The mag 7 and return of the 7 bills I ordered and watched on TV while chatting with the lads over at gurus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightfan Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share Posted August 21, 2011 I think most PPV's especially in the UK are poor value for money and put fans off the sport The prices in Germany/Denmark etc are unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 If its a huge fight then I can see the point of it but most of the time the fan is just getting fleeced and at the same time marginalizing the sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Galveston Giant Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Scandinavia is expensive in general i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 PPV should've been handled like the old Closed Circuit used to be, if you had so much as Two Closed Circuits in the same year, that was considered a good year, and you might go as long as 2 years without a quality matchup that demanded CC. Just saying it was Closed Circuit meant that you were talking one of the Elite/Historic matchups, even at the time it was happening you KNEW that much. The ease to which a PPV can be put on is part of the culprit, CC required renting venues across the country (world) and getting equipment to all of them, etc. A LOT went into them. Now it's just a case where you buy the TV Time and then fish for the Suckers to buy. The access to it is too damn easy and the people that put them on too damn greedy........but in the end, it's the fans who press the Buy Button because they're desperate to watch boxing on a Saturday Night that are strangling themselves. You buy one inferior product, you can't be surprised when others pop up for the offering!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londoner Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 I paid for a few PPVs back when i still had Sky and they weren't good value for money. The undercards were often poor or the main event didn't live up to the hype. The best time in British boxing in the last few years was the Setanta sports years. They showed so many fights it was unreal. All for something like £5 a month subscription fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skav Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 The last time I paid for a PPV was back in 2003, Klitschko vs Lewis. Says it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 The last time I paid for a PPV was back in 2003, Klitschko vs Lewis. Says it all. That was on regular HBO over here, Skav, which is another point of contention that has always pissed me off. Taking normal TV broadcasts that aren't even PPV's and creating PPV's out of them. For years Canadians were asked to pay out the nose to watch Lennox Lewis fights that were regularly available to those of us South of their Border. It's one thing to create a PPV and then charge an exorbitant price for it, but to just take a single fight that doesn't even have an Undercard that is tailored for PPV sale and then ask money for it, that really takes some gall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skav Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 The last time I paid for a PPV was back in 2003, Klitschko vs Lewis. Says it all. That was on regular HBO over here, Skav, which is another point of contention that has always pissed me off. Taking normal TV broadcasts that aren't even PPV's and creating PPV's out of them. For years Canadians were asked to pay out the nose to watch Lennox Lewis fights that were regularly available to those of us South of their Border. It's one thing to create a PPV and then charge an exorbitant price for it, but to just take a single fight that doesn't even have an Undercard that is tailored for PPV sale and then ask money for it, that really takes some gall. I agree Dave. Lewis was considered a British fighter at the time (his nationality is still up for debate) so SKY television would see fit to charge the British public extra for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 The last time I paid for a PPV was back in 2003, Klitschko vs Lewis. Says it all. That was on regular HBO over here, Skav, which is another point of contention that has always pissed me off. Taking normal TV broadcasts that aren't even PPV's and creating PPV's out of them. For years Canadians were asked to pay out the nose to watch Lennox Lewis fights that were regularly available to those of us South of their Border. It's one thing to create a PPV and then charge an exorbitant price for it, but to just take a single fight that doesn't even have an Undercard that is tailored for PPV sale and then ask money for it, that really takes some gall. I agree Dave. Lewis was considered a British fighter at the time (his nationality is still up for debate) so SKY television would see fit to charge the British public extra for it. Yeah, in that sense, Lennox's muliple nationalities were a boon for PPV's. HBO did the same thing with Gatti fights being shown in Canada and charged Canucks for what those living in the USA got with their monthly HBO subscription. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Galveston Giant Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 The last time I paid for a PPV was back in 2003, Klitschko vs Lewis. Says it all. That was on regular HBO over here, Skav, which is another point of contention that has always pissed me off. Taking normal TV broadcasts that aren't even PPV's and creating PPV's out of them. For years Canadians were asked to pay out the nose to watch Lennox Lewis fights that were regularly available to those of us South of their Border. It's one thing to create a PPV and then charge an exorbitant price for it, but to just take a single fight that doesn't even have an Undercard that is tailored for PPV sale and then ask money for it, that really takes some gall. I agree Dave. Lewis was considered a British fighter at the time (his nationality is still up for debate) so SKY television would see fit to charge the British public extra for it. Yeah, in that sense, Lennox's muliple nationalities were a boon for PPV's. HBO did the same thing with Gatti fights being shown in Canada and charged Canucks for what those living in the USA got with their monthly HBO subscription. Pretty bad, can't help thinking if Khan hadn't run off to Primetime we would be watching the upcoming Mayweather fight on Sky Sports. Sky may be doing a good thing by putting PPV on hold, but if they don't show it on Sky Sports then it allows others companys to go PPV with it, then it will just snowball and it will all end up PPV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 You say he ran opff to primetime but as I recall he was told by Sky they didn't want his fight with Judah or a possible fight with Bradley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 When it comes to Boxing Coverage in the UK, all I can think of is how excited my UK Brethren were during that period when Setanta was going strong and how that came crashing down :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Galveston Giant Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 You say he ran opff to primetime but as I recall he was told by Sky they didn't want his fight with Judah or a possible fight with Bradley. But was that not after he refused to put the McCloskey fight on normal Sky Sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweetstreet Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 If I'm awake il begrudgingly pay for the mayweather fight, but more because the broadband down here is poor. If there wasn't a load of other fights on the same night I'd actually rather drive the 130 miles to my brothers house and watch it on stream there. Khan v big name like mayweather = justified as does Froch v almost anyone at present as he only fights the top guys generally. No other British fighter is there yet. And only mayweather v PAC is justifiable in international terms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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