Saturday's boxing on Sky Box Office

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  1. Plankton Pete

    Plankton Pete Well-Known Member

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    I paid the &pound;15 to watch the boxing on Saturday and I'm pretty unhappy that Sky only showed the main event live. There were some potentially interesting fights on the undercard; Ruiz (who is scheduled to fight the winner) and a young supermiddleweight prospect George Groves. In their wisdom, Sky chose to crap on about the main event rather than show these fights live or even in full; we got highlights of both.</p>

    Is it asking too much to expect the undercard as well as the mainfight when forking out for a 'Box Office' event?</p>

    Maybe I should just have watched the stream on Justin.tv or summat.</p>

    Anyone else order it, anyone else feel the same.</p>

    PP</p>
     
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    i watched it at my mates, didnt they show the fights that night (i had alot to drink n saw some fights b4 the haye on but werent paying too much attention so wasnt sure who it was n if it was live)
     
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  3. Plankton Pete

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    Well...

    ...they didn't show em live.</p>

    Groves we saw 1,3,5,7 and 8.</p>

    Ruiz we saw 1, 5 and 8 (I think).</p>

    But they weren't live. Piss poor value imho.</p>
     
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    agreed

    **** value, just listened to 5 live and banged justin.tv on
     
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    yeah it is a bit **** then especailly as we had to pay for it
     
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    It's always the same mate unfortunately

    Unless the Olympians are the ones on the undercard. I think it had more to do with sky assuming fight fans wouldn't be interested in the undercard but with George groves fighting that's a foolish mistake to make, fantastic prospect and a certain champion of the future at some level. However, I'd assume they were doing me a favour by not showing the Ruiz fight, properly shocking heavyweight he is.

    At worst they should show the fights in full after the main event.
     
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    RE: It's always the same mate unfortunately

    But I've sat through 3/4 fights from Vegas in days gone by (not box office) and seen a full undercard. Setanta used to show the full undercard. I could understand if it was on one of the normal SS channels as they also show live Spanish footy at that timeetc., but FFS it was a channel dedicated to that event. I've complained but I expect nothing to happen.</p>

    I agree Ruiz is not sparkling but as he wasscheduled to fight the winner, it would have been nice to watch him. Next week the Pacquiao/Cotto coverage starts at 2. I can't see the mainfight starting before 3.30 so I hope they do us a favour and show us the undercard live; JCC jr v Rowlands andSantos v Foreman. Santos/Foreman will be worth watching.</p>
     
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