Sky tells boxing fans to go the pub

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There was huge demand to see the world heavyweight title contest and technical problems with the online and telephone booking services meant many would-be viewers were unable to buy it in the hours immediately before the first bell.


This was best seen in the pub
Some angry fans who had booked the Sky Box Office event in advance also rang radio phone-ins to complain they had not been able to see it.

The official Sky HD Twitter feed contained a series of messages apologising for the issues and saying it was working to resolve them.

But the apologies were eventually followed by a rather surprising piece of advice.

'Hi everyone, as we are still experiencing technical difficulties with bookings, please find your nearest pub pubfinder.sky.com,' the company tweeted.

Twitter users were quick to laugh at the 'customer service fail', but the jokes were accompanied by angry messages from some would-be viewers who missed out on seeing the action from Hamburg.
.KevinAshford7 tweeted: '@skyhd I can't take me 15month old son to the pub can I? 137times I tried to ring you today.'

Niallstott16 added: 'That's it @skyhd, been considering unsubscribing for a while. Now you've ruined my evening, I'll be leaving you tomorrow.'

WBA super-lightweight champion Amir Khan, who recently fell out with Sky executives, pointed out: 'Wow the amount of complaints SKY had is crazy, viewers paid n didn't get the fight, and sky customer services told viewers go to the nearest pub, what about those who don't drink, muslims and under age kids.'

Haye fans who missed out on the fight may eventually reflect that they had a lucky escape, as their man suffered a heavy points defeat in a one-sided contest.
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Read more: Sky tells boxing fans to watch David Haye fight in pub | Metro.co.uk
 
They were saved from a wasted evening missing that fight, lol

Watched the UFC later on that night and it was 10x more exciting. Most of the fights finished inside the distance with great knockouts and submissions and the title fight which went the distance of 5 x 5 minute rounds could easily have watched another 5 rounds from 2 fighters who actually came to fight.
 
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