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Boxing has had plenty of rivalries over the years: big name fighter versus big name fighter, promoter against promoter and, more recently, hard-core against so-called casual fans. For years, though, the TV battle has been a largely one-way affair due to Sky TV’s financial clout.
Since dipping into the sport in the 1990s, Sky has been able to attract, and in some cases keep, the best promoters, stables and fighters to their platform whilst the terrestrial channels either made do with what Sky didn’t want or attracted promoters over to them as a response to Sky’s policies. For example, Frank Warren moved back to ITV in 2005 and took his stable, which included Joe Calzaghe, with him citing Sky’s preference for Premiership Football and their decision to move their Fight Night show to Fridays as the cause.
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Since dipping into the sport in the 1990s, Sky has been able to attract, and in some cases keep, the best promoters, stables and fighters to their platform whilst the terrestrial channels either made do with what Sky didn’t want or attracted promoters over to them as a response to Sky’s policies. For example, Frank Warren moved back to ITV in 2005 and took his stable, which included Joe Calzaghe, with him citing Sky’s preference for Premiership Football and their decision to move their Fight Night show to Fridays as the cause.
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