Sky Sports have had a long standing relationship with boxing.
From the mid 90s, the television broadcaster has been projecting boxing to the UK audience.
Famously, Sky Sports held the first ever pay-per-view event in the UK.
It was the Mike Tyson vs Frank Bruno fight and they’ve never looked back since.
With such support and interest in the sport, it’s no surprise that boxing fans still makes up such a large contingent of their audience.
So bringing boxers onto their platform only makes sense.
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However, getting athletes on a live microphone doesn’t always go well.
And that just so happens to have been the case today.
Jai Opetaia is set to meet Jack Massey in Saudi Arabia this month and was on Sky Sports to talk about the fight.
The 29-year-old Opetaia, the current Ring Magazine and lIBF lineal cruiserweight titles holder, went a bit too far and was instantly admonished by the presenter.
“I used to think that mindset, once I win a world title it’s going to fix all my problems,” Opetaia said.
“But unfortunately I’ve had a few run-ins with some dirty promoters and things haven’t always worked to plan.
“I won a world title and the next day I woke up the same. You can’t eat f***ing gold belts.”
“The broadcasting rules are slightly different here, you can’t swear,” the Sky Sports presenter said while interrupting Opetaia. “Apologies.”
Australian Opetaia brushed the riposte off and continued talking about the fight.
His opponent, Jack Massey, is the current European and Commonwealth cruiserweight champion and they’ll be facing off on the undercard for the Dimitri Bivol v Artur Beterbiev event in Saudi Arabia next week.
If Jai Opetaia is just as aggressive in the ring as he was on the mic, then he’s got a chance to emerge the victor.
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