[Other Sport] Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk 2

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indy3050

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Jun 22, 2011
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What time is the ring walk scheduled for? I am entertaining guests so will miss the undercard but will throw them out in time for the big one :)
 










SK1NT

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Sep 9, 2003
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Thames Ditton
Joshua is overrated and doesn't have that killer instinct. Usyk again for me.

I won't pay £27 for this. Seems to go up by a fiver yearly.
 


vegster

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May 5, 2008
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Joshua is overrated and doesn't have that killer instinct. Usyk again for me.

I won't pay £27 for this. Seems to go up by a fiver yearly.

Free on Talkshite.... they have been puffing this for some time, allegedly the fight starts at 10.30... I will give it til 11 and if it hasn't started by then I'm out.
 


A1X

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When I already pay for Sky Sports, why exactly do they think I should pay again to watch this live sport? They don’t make me pay again to watch a football match or cricket match I want to on top of my subscription, why is boxing any different?
 




Pantani

Il Pirata
Dec 3, 2008
5,445
Newcastle
Interesting the commentators on the fight footage above saying that after round 12 AJ screwed himself by going back to his corner and collapsing, meanwhile Usyk was prowling around the ring, made AJ look like he new he was beat and could have swayed judges scores.

Score cards are handed in at the end of each round so AJs body language could only possibly have swayed the final round. And no one was giving that final round to AJ no matter how positive his body language could be. Just looked back at the video, it was Roy Jones spouting nonsense.
 




dangull

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Feb 24, 2013
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Surprised Usyk hasn't put extra weight on since the last bout with Joshua.

It maybe a similar result in this fight, but surely he would be too small to take on the giant Fury with his new attacking style.
 




Half Time Pies

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Sep 7, 2003
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Brighton
When I already pay for Sky Sports, why exactly do they think I should pay again to watch this live sport? They don’t make me pay again to watch a football match or cricket match I want to on top of my subscription, why is boxing any different?

Because everyone is doing PPV and people are prepared to pay the charge! In the US its upwards of 80 Dollars a fight!

In order to put in a competitive bid broadcasters like Sky have to do it as PPV or they wouldn't be competitive, it would just end up on another channel.
 


Bakero

Languidly clinical
Oct 9, 2010
14,883
Almería
At what point does raising price lose them money though?

AJ v Parker, which was priced at £20, had the most payers so far.

TOP 10 UK Boxing PPV

1 Anthony Joshua vs Joseph Parker – 1.832m
2 Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko – 1.631m
3 Anthony Joshua vs Andy Ruiz 2 – 1.575m
4 David Haye vs Tony Bellew – 1.529m
5 Anthony Joshua vs Alexander Povetkin – 1.247m
6 Anthony Joshua vs. Oleksandr Usyk – 1.232m
7 Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye – 1.170m
8 Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton – 1.150m
9 Oleksandr Usyk vs. Dereck Chisora Sky Box Office – 1.059m
10 Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor – 1m
 


Guinness Boy

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Jul 23, 2003
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Because everyone is doing PPV and people are prepared to pay the charge! In the US its upwards of 80 Dollars a fight!

In order to put in a competitive bid broadcasters like Sky have to do it as PPV or they wouldn't be competitive, it would just end up on another channel.

Also big fights happen comparatively rarely compared to, say, Premier League football. With 10 games every slot and 38 slots people are not going to regularly PPV football. I probably buy two or three fights a year. That totals the same or less than one month’s DD for me and The Boy’s season tickets.

There’s plenty of non PPV boxing on Sky if you look for it.

Plus it’s been around years. Before I had kids we’d get a group round to one house, split the beers, pizza and PPV between us and spend less than a night in the pub,


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Pantani

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Dec 3, 2008
5,445
Newcastle
Smith v Bauderlique has been excellent so far.
 










peterward

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Nov 11, 2009
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Because everyone is doing PPV and people are prepared to pay the charge! In the US its upwards of 80 Dollars a fight!

In order to put in a competitive bid broadcasters like Sky have to do it as PPV or they wouldn't be competitive, it would just end up on another channel.

registered with dazn.com today 9.99 euro pm (vpn in france) no address just email, no contract cancel anytime, and made payment/subscription via paypal, so can cancel it next week.
 


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