Well, last night in the pub the Haye-Klitcko fight convo came up. Now I'm not into boxing so swicthed off (mainly due to the BS that surrounds it all), but one thing that got my attention; The cost to watch it!

£15 on pay per view! FFS how much? We all agreed that you must be insane or just plain stupid to pay that. I mean you pay virgin/$ky £xxx a year on subs and in return they ram constant adverts, telesales and phone-voting shows down your visual cortex and they still want more money off you.

So sitting back chillling knowing what I probably WON'T be watching on saturday, I just get a text.....a mate is buying the fight on pay per view and wants to know if I fancy comming round to watch it (for some reason he thinks I'm into boxing, he also thinks I like blondes, when I actually prefer brunettes, but thats another story).

My reply; Sure why not?





Now let me digress; He's a fruit loop/waster, hasn't worked for the best part of ten years and is on incapacity benefit. In other words you and I have just paid for him to watch tomorrow's fight.

So the way I see it, I have the right to see this boxing match as I've already paid for it.

 

The cost is shocking. A work colleague of mine has a few of his mates coming round so that they can 'share' the cost. Only way to do it if you really, really want to watch that b*ll****.
It's bad enough being raped by the TV company. Sharing the pain seems to make it easier to 'swallow'.

 

It is stupid especially when a boxing match can be over in seconds.

 

As you have agreed to go does that not make you as bad as him since you are going because you can watch it for free but don't even like boxing.......

Surely the answer you should have given was sorry I don't like boxing so I won't be coming round.

 

Ali, if you go, is it not government piracy?

I am sure for 15 bucks you get more that one fight.

 

Well I'm paying for it and don't give a f*ck what people think,having a bbq for our daughters birthday,so lots of people coming round

 

For a second there, I thought my two face hypocritical viewpoint was missed.

Are you a UK tax payer. If so, you should come round too. In fact I insist. He's used our money to pay for it.

 

I might go out to watch this. Normally can't be arsed with boxing, but used to love it when Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn were in their pomp.

I think I watched one of the Tyson Hollyfield fights in 2000? at a party (they paid for it on PPV) and it was a total anticlimax.

Still Haye-Klitcko have some game - and big mouths - this could be good.

 

Wasn't that the think with sky sports and football. now i don't watch any sport except naked mud wrestling but I'm glad it's on ITV so you don't have to pay extra for the sports channels.

 

I probably did Ali.

PM me the address maybe a SN meet at his house?

 

isn't it illegal to share the cost, a bit like giving a friend some petrol money.

 

I'll come too if there is space to park my wagon.

 

Yes it is..

 

Well if he's a mate of yours why don't you get him a job?

After all a man of your prestige and influence.......

dl

 

David, such an optimist, have you not heard? All the migrants are coming and taking all the jobs.

Thy non left we haz thz all.

 

hey when's this on next

 

That was my alter ego btw - Polish Dedrater.

Hai.

 

If the daftys keep paying to view this stuff, then the other daftys will keep charging people to view it.

 

Never thought it was good how Sky/Virgin charge you extra for a particular sporting event you already pay a monthly sub for,isn't the reason why you choose to pay for the sports package is to be able to watch any of the sports it shows.But if people go on paying for it then they will keep charging i guess.

Watch it for free on the internet..

 

You would probably watch every sport if it was naked.

 

I've ordered it , we have family and friends coming over and making a night of it.

It's only £15 hardly breaking the bank

 

+1

 

I'm not into football and can't understand why someone would pay hundreds of pounds a year to sit in a smell stand surrounded by strangers watching some men who get paid millions to run around in shorts kicking a ball ..

Different strokes for different fokes ..

 

My mate is the same,he must pay about £80.00 a month for sky+sports package so he can watch the footy,plus he has a season ticket,And yet he will pay the extra to view a particular sports event that sky decide you need to pay extra for on top of of your monthly sub..Crazy i think but its his money

It might only be £15.00 but really they are charging you for something you already pay a monthly for if you subscribe for the sports pack,that's how i see it anyhow.

 

Free online if you know where to look

 

Paid the subs. Only because it's on at a reasonable time, and not 3am.

Theres a few on us, so only a couple quid each. Food and beer will cost more.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brj2UkUPjCI

 

I dont have sky sports as forest aren't on it enough

 

Heavyweight bouts of this scale are few and far between these days, so hell yeah im paying for it

 

sounds good on the radio, love mike costello's commentary on radio 5