Official Boycott Of Sky Box Office September 6th Card!!!

[robpalmer135]

This is just not on.

The card featrures 1 world title fight, with a guy who did not even win a title in the ring, fight an average opponent.

Amir Khan agaisnt an unheard of Columbian who has only fought 2 guys with decent records.

Audley Harrison agaisnt a Taxi Driver.

and severall other low key fights.

I have been a big supporter of Khan as many of you well know, but this is ludicrous. Luckily I am in a position where £15 is not that much to me, its the principal for me. We should be getting charged extra money for this bullshit.

This is the official thread to boycott this card. DO NOT BUY IT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

the email adress to make complaints to is [Only registered and activated users can see links]

Everyone on here should make a complaint. Were supposed to be in a fucking credit crisis, and Sky and Frank Warran have the cheek to charge us for this.

If the is anyway of making this a sticky please do so.

[ishy]

This is a decent card but definitely not PPV worthy. I doubt anyone on here would buy it.

[Bodysnatcher]

I refuse to pay for basic Sky, let alone Sky Sports, let alone a Sky Sports PPV card.

If I did have Sky, though, even though I'm actually a (mild) supporter of Khan, there's no way I'd shell out for this fight.

Although, actually, there's some intriguing fights on the undercard, so I can see a lot of hardcore fans complaining then shelling out anyway.

[robpalmer135]

its a joke, this would only be slightly acceptable if a Card from the states was on later.

[ishy]

****** and Sky seem to think that having Khan headline will sell the fight to the general public and people will buy it.

It's the same with Bob Arum putting Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on PPV in America and have him fight nobodies.

[ishy]

On the same night we have;

At Houston (HBO): Juan Diaz vs. Michael Katsidis, 10 rounds, lightweights; Jorge Barrios vs. Rocky Juarez, 10 rounds, junior lightweights

I really hope Setanta pick this card up.

[GazOC]

I thought that card was to good to be true from FW, its a good card but not PPV IMHO. As always its a personal choice whether to pay but I think they'll struggle to get decent numbers for this.

[dan-b]

This is a joke, I won't be buying it. Frank ****** continues to damage & marginalise boxing.

[FLINT ISLAND]

Frank ****** is a piss taking.........I feels he continues to take the piss on purpose .....just to prove that he can

[ishy]

nice article on BBN about the fight:
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Takes a bit of a pop at ****** and Sports Network.

[Betty Swollocks]

This is just not on.

The card featrures 1 world title fight, with a guy who did not even win a title in the ring, fight an average opponent.

Amir Khan agaisnt an unheard of Columbian who has only fought 2 guys with decent records.

Audley Harrison agaisnt a Taxi Driver.

and severall other low key fights.

I have been a big supporter of Khan as many of you well know, but this is ludicrous. Luckily I am in a position where £15 is not that much to me, its the principal for me. We should be getting charged extra money for this bullshit.

This is the official thread to boycott this card. DO NOT BUY IT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

the email adress to make complaints to is [Only registered and activated users can see links]

Everyone on here should make a complaint. Were supposed to be in a fucking credit crisis, and Sky and Frank Warran have the cheek to charge us for this.

If the is anyway of making this a sticky please do so.

can I feel your muscles?

[elle]

This card really ought to be available to Sky customers without having to shell out an extra £15 on top of subscription costs.

Its not PPV worthy in my view.

[hitman_hatton1]

no way am i buying this.

it's an insult. :roll:

[Droog]

I will watch it on ******* or something similar for free. I do not mind paying to watch good fights but there are usually only a couple of them in a year. And Amir Khan is not a fighter I would pay to watch. Neither is a WBO title fight.

[faisal]

no way am i buying this.

it's an insult. :roll:
it might be worth it if amir gets sparked:yep

[Bodysnatcher]

Slight aside, but is Enzo Mac vs Banks likely to be on Sky as well?

[Droog]

So I take it that the exclusive deal that Setanta had with Sports Network fighters (Khan aside) is now terminated?

[robpalmer135]

Slight aside, but is Enzo Mac vs Banks likely to be on Sky as well?

his is gonna be Sky Box Office i think.

[robpalmer135]

can I feel your muscles?

I charge £15, and with that £15 i will not be buying this PPV.

[robpalmer135]

I want Khan to get knocked out so bad now. and i was called a khan hugger a few weeks ago.

he has signed a 20 fight deal with SKY BOX OFFICE!

[Beeston Brawler]

The 20 fight deal is ****** and Sky - not Khan and Sky.

The gravy train will come to an abrupt end soon, make no mistake about it.

I feel the BBBoC ought to be refusing to sanction the following:

Commonwealth title matches
Interalphabetty matches
WBO/WBU etc matches

I think everyone is aware of my feelings on the Commonwealth and Interalphabetty titles, basically an excuse to line up a succession of bums and make the uninitiated think that something special is going on, when quite honestly, it ain't.

WBO and WBU titles are the bain of pretty much every boxing fans existence - again, allowing guys to build up padded records against bums and claim that they are a world champion :patsch

The hard work done by Sky to re-establish the British and European titles working with Maloney, Hearn, Hennessy et al has just been totally blown away in one fell swoop.

Hopefully Setanta will pick up the baton and really piss on Sky's coverage, which, to be honest, has been piss poor of late.

[Jimbo]

What a joke. Hope this does terrible numbers.

[brown bomber]

Amir Khan VS TBA on pay per view
















































LOL:patsch

[Beeston Brawler]

I hear Bobby Gunn fancies dropping back down to welterweight and is willing to meet Amir for the interalphabetty strap :rofl

How they can have meaningless fights on PPV is totally beyond me. You have Amir fighting a guy who is all smoke and mirrors (yet again) and what basically amounts to a European title fight between Cook and Arthur - with a load of young SN prospects fighting the usual merry go round of bums.

Sky ought to be ashamed.

[Diablo]

No chance ill be paying for this PPV.

Established stars in Lewis, Tyson, Naz and recent Hatton fights made it on sky PPV. Now they add a prospect with no title to that list? :lol: Hope it bombs.

[GazOC]

I really can't see card getting many buys, Khan just isn't popular enough yet.

[JediPimp007]

I'm glad ****** has signed with Sky and is making this PPV, this should do such bad number that Sky wont work with him again... but he's a smart guy and knows that the general public are stupid enough to buy it if he can hype it properly. I certainly wont be buying this though.

***** + *******

[Max Molyneux]

What nut at sky and SN decided to put this on PPV? :o

Frank Is Insane If he thinks that will do well on PPV.

[Jimbo]

What would be brilliant is if one of the Brits won a gold at the Olympics and Khan became yesterday's news just before his switch to ppv.

[Jimbo]

What nut at sky and SN decided to put this on PPV? :o

Frank Is Insane If he thinks that will do well on PPV.

The fact that Max is dissing Fwank for this move says it all.

[brown bomber]

I wouldn't watch this if it was free on a sunday afternoon and country file was on the other channel.

[steviek]

just moved house and got rid of sky sports after 10 years, sky coverage and this new ppv is a joke, paying a tenner a month now for setanta on freeview, been pretty impressed. anyone seen old fights they're showing on nuts tv on a weeknight? calzaghe eubank last night, reminds me of boxing classics they used to do on sky a few years back

[Max Molyneux]

The fact that Max is dissing Fwank for this move says it all.

:lol:I never always fully agreed with SN stuff, I just never went over the top hating and was called a cheerleader for It.

Thanks jebus Calzaghe left so I don't have to watch him on Sky.

What happened to the Setanta deal? That didn't even last a year!:twisted:

I like my boxing on Setanta dammit, I get that and ITV free and have to go to my dads for Sky.:twisted:

[GazOC]

I just never went over the top hating and was called a cheerleader for It.



Tell me about it...;)

[Max Molyneux]

Why the hell did he go back to sky? He did alot of poor matchups In the past, but he was doing better on Setanta recently, he now goes nuts and puts Khan on box office. Thats bad even for him.

[Eubank]

I will not pay to watch this.

[pijo]

What an absolute disgrace, ****** has some balls putting Khan on ppv.
I hope the numbers for this are terrible which i suspect they will be.

[dwilson]

So what will be happening to the Rendall Munroe Eropean title bill which I think is the night before? This card would have been on Sky but I doubt ****** will want it on Sky and I doubt Sky will want to put on a free night of fighting with a very similar card to the ppv the next day.

[safe_pa]

****** and the people at Sky must be on crack.
Who ever the fuck was stupid enough to say "That Amir kid has a bit of a following, we could put him on box office" needs to be shot with shit.
Nice one Frank and nice one Sky, PPV is killing boxing. When will these greedy fools learn.

[Jack Dempsey]

I'm a cunt and will no doubt pay to see this just so the missus doesn't get her choice of tv that night

[Doyley10]

Am I fuck paying £15 for that card.

[Cobbler]

Add me to the 'Ive been a defender (read refused to join in the rabid frothing at the mouth criticism) of Khan but this is just taking the piss' list.

[mike464]

This is hilarious. I certainly won't be buying it. A PPV with no world title fights is bad enough but none of these guys has ever been a world champion.

I'd bought every Sky boxing PPV for about 7 years and by the time Hatton has finished his snoozefest with Malignaggi it will be three in a row that I have missed. Sky really need to re-examine what they consider to be PPV-worthy.

[China_hand_Joe]

This is the official thread to boycott this card. DO NOT BUY IT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

the email adress to make complaints to is [Only registered and activated users can see links]

Everyone on here should make a complaint. Were supposed to be in a fucking credit crisis, and Sky and Frank Warran have the cheek to charge us for this.

If the is anyway of making this a sticky please do so.

This card will boycott itself I imagine.

[bronze_bandit]

As my grandad would say....its TRIPE..."utter bloody tripe" :P
anyone foolish enough to chuck £15 at this PPV deserves to be shot

[mike464]

As my grandad would say....its TRIPE..."utter bloody tripe" :P
anyone foolish enough to chuck £15 at this PPV deserves to be shotQuite right. I've emailed Sky about it and suggest that anyone who hasn't already done so starts typing.

[rooq]

Quite right. I've emailed Sky about it and suggest that anyone who hasn't already done so starts typing.

done. tbh even though i quite enjoy the domestic bouts on friday fight night, i'm losing all patience with these money grabbing bastids.

[nicofly]

Feel a little bit better after getting that off my chest!!!! :twisted: :twisted: I urge everyone to email sky and give them a piece of thier mind.

Enough people do it then they will have to take note. Providing everyone boycotts it.

[elle]

Sky have come up with a new meaning for PPV = Pretty Poor Value!

Have emailed them.

[Beeston Brawler]

I doubt they give a fuck really, plenty will still buy it :deal

But I won't be one of them.

[robpalmer135]

i have still yet to recieve a reply.

[Haye]

i have still yet to recieve a reply.

Well there is a surprise.

[Beeston Brawler]

You will be perceived as a small minded, racist bigot :deal

[Beeston Brawler]

Sky are desperately looking for a way to keep their foothold now that the recession's starting to hit. Sadly, their dreadful sports department keep buying the sort of shit that will never give them a foothold.

****** knows their current programmers are idiots and not the same guys who finally got sick of him four years ago - so he's just chancing it. He needs to generate cash for his dwindling empire and Khan is his only real star on the books (Arthur still can't sell out in Edinburgh, Macca's a non-entity and Mitchell's a euro-level guy waiting to step up).

Khan is the breadwinner that Joe used to be, but he can't face that same level of competition because he will get trashed and the money train is OVAH! - so really, ******'s fucked. He can't push his boy to world-level because all the current titlists will hand him his arse, so he has to keep the money coming in, keep the train on the rails until a he can have the title made vacant and negotiate Khan that way.

From that point on, Khan will not face any good opponent in their prime ever again.

Totally agree.

If you go back five years, he had Hatton, Calzaghe and plenty of others packing out arena's up and down the country for peanuts whilst he was making a shit load of money.

Now those guys have realised that they are indeed world class and can make decent money elsewhere on a bigger stage, he is fucked. Because he refuses to 'take a punt' on someone, preferring to pad them out with bums and having them lose their sharpness before being exposed at the highest level.

[D-MAC]

I didn't fork out for Hatton-Lazcano, which I thought was just about the nadir of PPV on Sky, so I ain't paying for this puddle of piss which brings things to unimagined depths of awfulness.

****** and SKY can go fuck themselves.

[Broxi]

The Khan fight is an absolute joke, his opponents a 19-0 padded record, his last fight was against 10-0 fighter and he got away with a SD win. Has anyone got any knowledge of the Prescott, I know I sure as f### don't.

[David UK]

Frank ****** has received no money from me since around 1989

[Anthony Farnell]

I've not bought a PPV with Sky for ages and this one is the most laughable PPV ever.
I wont be buying it obviously :smoke

[themacallan]

I'm not buying this bollocks either.


Mind you, i live in australia and don't have a telly.

[Tuffnutz]

SKY and Fwankie sink to a new low! :-(

[Eubank]

The twats have not bothered replying to my email either. Sombody should firebomb Sky HQ. :fire

[Smurker]

i try and avoid giving Murdoch my money wherever possible, although i do watch the football in the pub sometimes (dodgy satellite link is ideal). To pay ****** and Murdoch extra money for such a card is unthinkable for me, purely on principle.

It's no good for the sport, but i will be watching a live stream as per normal. The sport could be massive again if the people in power were brought to heel a little. The floating public have been pushed away from the sport for too long.

[TBooze]

The thing is Amir is popular amongst the Northern Asian population and the fight will sell.

[alba]

i will be bycotting all his ppv fights on tv.im going to his fight though .but only to see arthur

[rooq]

The thing is Amir is popular amongst the Northern Asian population and the fight will sell.

not in my experience. i've got plenty of cousins / family friends who love amir khan and have been completey sucked in by the itv hype...however, none of them are big enough boxing fans to pay 15 quid for an event.

more likely they'll find someone with a chipped cable box and go round his house.

[GazOC]

Do Sky release their PPV figures? I know the Yank channels do, I be really interested to see if they manage to sell this.

[elle]

I'd love to know how many actually buy this PPV. I doubt many real boxing fans will buy it but I'm intrigued about the more casual fans.

Think Sky may have overestimated Khan's popularity - going from free to air TV to shelling out £15 for Sky box office is quite a leap.

Also, those who do buy it this time round may not be so willing next time if this bill fails to impress on the night.

I hope the decision backfires or I fear we will just get more of the same and there will be little incentive for them to raise their game.

[sidvish69]

Going from watching him for free against nobodys, when he signed for sky i thought it was enough that i will be paying for Sky and skysports on top of that to watch a good domestic(mebe euro) fighter fighting a nobody with a hot air record. but nope sky and frank think amir has turned into ricky hatton over night and now some how see the potential of making lotsa money by getting him on PPV, good job sky and frank youve out done your selves this done.








Watch it flop. )
p.s they havent returned my email either )

[GazOC]

I honestly don't think Khan interests the casual fans enough so they'll pay £15 to watch him against a guy they've never heard of. Most people I know will watch him in the pub on a Saturday night if he's on, but arn't too arsed if they miss it.

[robpalmer135]

I know Hatton vs Mayweather got 2million buys, thats about of 5million sky subscribers.

They would need to sell 100,000 Homes for a PPV to make more money putting it on normal sky and selling adverts.

[GazOC]

Those Hatton figures are very impressive for a 4am fight. I think 100,000 is doable with the Asian community????

[robpalmer135]

Those Hatton figures are very impressive for a 4am fight. I think 100,000 is doable with the Asian community????

if sky are putting there faith in that then there gonna struggle.

[robpalmer135]

MY REPLY FROM SKY


"Dear Rob

Thank you for your e-mail about Sky Box Office Boxing Events.

I was sorry to read of your dissatisfaction with the cost of the above events.

Please allow me to explain, these events are purchased by Sky at a premium cost and our charges have to reflect this. Once again I am sorry that you feel you have been over charged.

However, your comments have been noted and passed on to Sky Box Office for their information.

If I can be of any further assistance to you regarding Sky programming or scheduling, please do not hesitate to contact me again at the above e-mail address or alternatively visit our website at [Only registered and activated users can see links]

I trust the above information is of value to you and thank you for contacting Sky.
Kind regards
Gordon Smith
Viewer Relations "


Basicly its not Skys fault, and its not ******s fault, quite simply the reason we have to pay for this fights is because guys like Khan and Hatton are money hungry!

Sky could not afford to buy the rights unless they out Khan and Hatton on PPV! Shame on them.

[FLINT ISLAND]

Its important Khan and Hatton get overpaid

because they want more money than you

they want more property than you

they want more cars and material possessions than you

they want to reitre early with a bigger pension than you

Khan and Hatton are all about being rich and as well off sa they possibly can be

if they got £10 million

they want £10 million more

its as simple as that

the gravy train dont stop

the more the better

[GazOC]

MY REPLY FROM SKY


"Dear Rob

Thank you for your e-mail about Sky Box Office Boxing Events.

I was sorry to read of your dissatisfaction with the cost of the above events.

Please allow me to explain, these events are purchased by Sky at a premium cost and our charges have to reflect this. Once again I am sorry that you feel you have been over charged.

However, your comments have been noted and passed on to Sky Box Office for their information.

If I can be of any further assistance to you regarding Sky programming or scheduling, please do not hesitate to contact me again at the above e-mail address or alternatively visit our website at [Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links])

I trust the above information is of value to you and thank you for contacting Sky.
Kind regards
Gordon Smith
Viewer Relations "


Basicly its not Skys fault, and its not ******s fault, quite simply the reason we have to pay for this fights is because guys like Khan and Hatton are money hungry!

Sky could not afford to buy the rights unless they out Khan and Hatton on PPV! Shame on them.
:patsch No, Sky could have bid for the card and not factored in the PPV, they did factor it in and that was their choice. Where else would ****** have had to go with the card if Sky put in a non-PPV offer?

Seems to me Rob you've had a Email back from Sky telling you basically "Tough shit, now fuck off" and decided to blame the fighters on the back of it?

[Beeston Brawler]

Rather cynical view there, but I am inclined to agree fully :lol:

[GazOC]

Basicly its not Skys fault, and its not ******s fault, quite simply the reason we have to pay for this fights is because guys like Khan and Hatton are money hungry!

Sky could not afford to buy the rights unless they out Khan and Hatton on PPV! Shame on them.

The fuckers havn't even been bothered to insert the 'Sky Box Office Event' that you've complained about, its just a pre-written Email generated for all those type of complaints telling people politely to either like it or lump it.

The only 'effort' they've made is to put 'Rob' at the start, hardly enough evidence to be letting Sky and ****** (ie. the broadcaster and the promoter of the PPV) off the hook and pinning all the blame on Khan and Hatton.

[Healy]

I'm not buying this bollocks either.


Mind you, i live in australia and don't have a telly.:rofl

[mike464]

The fuckers havn't even been bothered to insert the 'Sky Box Office Event' that you've complained about, its just a pre-written Email generated for all those type of complaints telling people politely to either like it or lump it.

The only 'effort' they've made is to put 'Rob' at the start, hardly enough evidence to be letting Sky and ****** (ie. the broadcaster and the promoter of the PPV) off the hook and pinning all the blame on Khan and Hatton.They didn't even reply to me. Their email doesn't make much sense anyway. I'm sure they could afford to buy the event without having to make it PPV, otherwise how the hell could ITV ever afford the fights? They're just greedy bastards but it's going to backfire because I can't see many people paying for that rubbish.

[Beeston Brawler]

That just isn't good enough!

They are soon calling you if you downgrade your subscription :deal

To have a show on PPV without even a Euro title fight never mind a world one isn't fair.

[rooq]

from having a look on other forums even a lot of the hardcore khan fans will be boycotting this.

[ishy]

Fuck Khan, Fuck ******, Fuck Sky!!!

There I've said it.

[Dibbs]

This is a complete joke, Khan is not ppv, and the cost cannot be justified at all. Why is Frank ****** still around? he said he would retire if Haye beat Enzo Mac. Oh that's right he stated 'he would retire if that's what the fans want'. Did he mean the die hard fans or the patsy fans who would shell out £15.00 to watch an over priced, over hyped show. :lol:

[youcrazyboy]

Please Sign Petition to voice disgust at Khan on Box Office!

I HAVE STARTED AN ONLINE PETITION, PLEASE SIGN AND CIRCULATE THE LINK EVERYWHERE YOU CAN THINK FIGHT FANS !


[Only registered and activated users can see links] ([Only registered and activated users can see links])

[phonk]

If you really want to show Sky that you're not happy with this fight on PPV then cancel your Sky Sports subscriptions. When asked why you are cancelling say that it's in protest at the Khan fight being made a PPV.

[mithffg]

Why petition them: it's going to be garbage so just don't buy it. If noone buys it, Sky will NEVER do that again,What will noone do to sky?Is he supposesd to be quite hard is he?:yep
No seriously this is a fucking disgrace.

[Ilesey]

Fuck off ****** you cunt. I ain't buying this shit! Trying to rack up the bucks for when you have to eventually pay Calzaghe?

Oh, and fuck you too Sky.

[Eubank]

I'll give £15 to the first man who shanks ******.