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Khan vs Sky Sports: Getting ugly
GrantZilla Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:24 am
Golden Boy Promotions fired a shot over the bow of Sky Sports over its treatment of Amir Khan, warning the British broadcasting network that a snub against one Golden Boy fighter will be considered an insult to all.
Khan's recent title defense against Irishman Paul McCloskey was scheduled to be a pay-per-view event for Sky Sports until the undercard fell apart, prompting the network to demote the show to one of its regular subscription channels. Khan's management team rejected that arrangement and the fight subsequently was shown on Primetime, another pay-per-view channel.
That series of events created bad blood between Khan and Sky Sports, which recently announced that it chose not to televise Khan's July 23 junior welterweight unification showdown with Zab Judah.
That choice angered Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer, who threatened Friday to deprive Sky Sports of his entire stable of fighters in the future.
"We are a family," Schaefer said. "If anyone turns their back on Amir, they turn their back on Golden Boy. Mark my words, England will have the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world within the next 12-18 months."
Khan's reaction over the snub is confusion.
"I don't know if it's me, or if they don't enjoy my boxing style, but when I was with [former promoter] Frank Warren they showed my fights with [Dmitri] Salita and [Oisin] Fagan, and they were nobodies," said the reigning World Boxing Association beltholder. "There are some big, big fights down the line for me, and hopefully they will come knocking on my door."
http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/167679-gbp-and-sky-sports-bump-heads-over-networks-treatment-of-khan
Khan's recent title defense against Irishman Paul McCloskey was scheduled to be a pay-per-view event for Sky Sports until the undercard fell apart, prompting the network to demote the show to one of its regular subscription channels. Khan's management team rejected that arrangement and the fight subsequently was shown on Primetime, another pay-per-view channel.
That series of events created bad blood between Khan and Sky Sports, which recently announced that it chose not to televise Khan's July 23 junior welterweight unification showdown with Zab Judah.
That choice angered Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer, who threatened Friday to deprive Sky Sports of his entire stable of fighters in the future.
"We are a family," Schaefer said. "If anyone turns their back on Amir, they turn their back on Golden Boy. Mark my words, England will have the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world within the next 12-18 months."
Khan's reaction over the snub is confusion.
"I don't know if it's me, or if they don't enjoy my boxing style, but when I was with [former promoter] Frank Warren they showed my fights with [Dmitri] Salita and [Oisin] Fagan, and they were nobodies," said the reigning World Boxing Association beltholder. "There are some big, big fights down the line for me, and hopefully they will come knocking on my door."
http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/167679-gbp-and-sky-sports-bump-heads-over-networks-treatment-of-khan
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Guest Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:55 pm
Wtf, Sky turned down Khan vs Judah ????????
That makes no sense at all.
That makes no sense at all.
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gomez1012 Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:04 pm
Ali wrote:Wtf, Sky turned down Khan vs Judah ????????
That makes no sense at all.
This guy is to blame
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Guest Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:11 pm
gomez1012 wrote:Ali wrote:Wtf, Sky turned down Khan vs Judah ????????
That makes no sense at all.
This guy is to blame
Even so, it's a silly move by Sky to ignore a big fight like this, and I could harm their chances of securing future Golden Boy fights.
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gomez1012 Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:17 pm
The Khans seem pretty greedy, Im sure they asked for a boat load and they said fuck it we're not dealing with you dumb asses until you come to your senses
Good news for Froch, he'll get more love from Sky bc of this
Good news for Froch, he'll get more love from Sky bc of this
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GrantZilla Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:40 pm
gomez1012 wrote:Good news for Froch, he'll get more love from Sky bc of this
Yup. SKY realy does have a monopoly on boxing in the UK.
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Guest Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:21 pm
Nice move Schaefer.
If I was CEO of SKY, I would tell Haye he can go fight on Primetime from now on due to his promoter's big mouth. Maybe I would shun all GB promoted fighters, making GBP irrelevant in the UK.
There are plenty of other things SKY can program besides boxing. GBP needs Sky a hell of alot more than Sky needs Golden Boy.
If I was CEO of SKY, I would tell Haye he can go fight on Primetime from now on due to his promoter's big mouth. Maybe I would shun all GB promoted fighters, making GBP irrelevant in the UK.
There are plenty of other things SKY can program besides boxing. GBP needs Sky a hell of alot more than Sky needs Golden Boy.
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GrantZilla Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:28 pm
SKY is also owned by this guy. He's not one to fuck with
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Guest Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:33 pm
I'm sure the executives at SKY are still laughing their asses off over Golden Boys 'threat'. The president was probably like "Richard who...?"
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gomez1012 Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:05 pm
Canvas wrote:I'm sure the executives at SKY are still laughing their asses off over Golden Boys 'threat'. The president was probably like "Richard who...?"
lol +1
Not like they any other fighers that interest them
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