Protect Boxing TV Coverage

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Professional Boxing promoters are failing to consider the future of the sports fan base by signing exclusive TV deals with Subscription channels. The petition is to make sure boxing remains a popular sport for generations by making sure any British fighter performing at a highest level is seen buy the biggest audience possible.

In the broadcasting act of 1996 many sporting event were put into two categories. Category A features events such as The FIFA World Cup Finals, The Olympics, Rugby World Cup and Wimbledon Tennis Final, and guarantees that they will receive a live terrestrial television broadcast.
Category B features events such as Test Cricket matches, The Ryder Cup and Six Nations rugby. It guarantees that Secondary Coverage (Highlights, Delayed coverage) is protected and must be shown by a terrestrial broadcaster.

This petition is to make any world title fight (sanctioned by the WBA, WBC, WBO, and IBF) involving a British boxer become a category B Protected event. This would ensure the lasting popularity of one of countrys oldest past times, and allow all of Britain the ability to view world class boxing involving a British fighter.

36 Signatures

  • Robert Palmer
  • Joe Bloggs
  • Shaun Brown
    • Comments
    • A worthy petition
  • Kieron Manning
  • Fadi Khawaja
    • Comments
    • I am outraged that the British public don't get to see their fighters box on the biggest stage - WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO!
  • kyle mclachlan
    • Comments
    • sort it out, us fans are missing out!
  • james cox
  • brandon furey
    • Comments
    • keep it terrestrial!
  • C Husbands
  • Laurence O'Reilly
  • I Lorgat
  • Steven Jagger
    • Comments
    • Boxing needs to come back kids need a discipline
  • colin cooper
    • Comments
    • Boxing could draw over 10 million viewers on ITV, now it is being margionalised
  • Adrian Hughes
  • Martin Chisholm
  • Danny Appolinari
  • Paulie Malignaggi
  • Daniel Huck
    • Comments
    • Good cause
  • Jason
    • Comments
    • We need more boxing on tv
  • Allan Williams
    • Comments
    • A fantastic suggestion.
  • Jordan
    • Comments
    • Do it!
  • Greg Paterson
    • Comments
    • brillaint idea hope this is passsd
  • James Moore
  • Aaron James Kert
  • Scott Clifford
  • Rileh
  • Michael Sammon
  • tony di gregorio
  • Adam Prater
  • mike atkin
  • Matthew Boyd
  • Craig Stephen
  • Greg Double
  • Mark Shields
  • Ash Bird
  • Yas Shan
    • Comments
    • Save boxing in the UK