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jspain
02-16-2009, 11:25 AM
does anyone know if sky have a deal with golden boy promotions? sky showed mosley v vargas last year. they showed berto during last year. the marquez v diaz fight is golden boy (i think). so is the lightweight tournament and also williams v wrinky. would be good to know if sky have a deal or if they plan on using it. if sky showed some of the golden boy fights we would get to see nearly all of the fights we want to see.

its great that we can communicate with buncy on these forums for setanta. does anyone know if anyone from sky reads these forums?
ishy
02-16-2009, 11:27 AM
Berto's not with Golden Boy and I don't think Sky have got a deal with GBP.
robpalmer135
02-16-2009, 11:44 AM
sky do not have a deal with any international promoters.
jspain
02-17-2009, 12:34 PM
what i was tring to find out is , who did sky have a deal with back when they showed boxing from the us a couple of years ago. and has this deal ran out. looks like it has. did they have a deal with showtime or hbo. and did they show top rank before setanta started showing it.
robpalmer135
02-17-2009, 01:08 PM
they never had a deal, they just puchase them on a fight by fight basis
Bodysnatcher
02-17-2009, 02:16 PM
The fact that Setanta are tied to Top Ranks seems to indicate big non- Top Tank fights from the States are hardly ever going to be shown.

Could be a barren future for a while on Setanta.

Missing both JMM vs Marquez and Wright vs Williams would be disapointing to say the least.
jspain
02-17-2009, 02:31 PM
thats my point. if these fights are available on a fight by fight basis , its amazing we dont get to see the odd golden boy bill and some other shows apart from top rank.

its looking like we wont see marquez v diaz , the lightweight tourney and williams v winly live. i hope someone picks them up even if its delayed coverage like cotto this sunday.
p.Townend
02-19-2009, 10:06 AM
thats my point. if these fights are available on a fight by fight basis , its amazing we dont get to see the odd golden boy bill and some other shows apart from top rank.

its looking like we wont see marquez v diaz , the lightweight tourney and williams v winly live. i hope someone picks them up even if its delayed coverage like cotto this sunday.
Sky are not interested in any fight they cant charge extra for.They are a total disgrace and should leave boxing alone altogether they have 3 or 4 channels all showing football cricket and golf.The friday fight night shows are a token gesture and certainly dont make up for what they do to boxing fans.The Khan debacle is a classic example of how sky treats its boxing fans.