By Gav Duthie: There has been a domestic backlash in the UK to the decision to make the rematch between Nathan Cleverly and Tony Bellew a PPV event. This is the first Sky Sports pay event since Froch v Groves 2 last year but the success in this case looks to be well behind the former.
This article rates the three big domestic clashes we have before the end of the month, one on Sky and the other two on subscription only channel Box Nation. My 4 criteria for what made Froch-Groves 2 a successful PPV event are high fan popularity, world level impact, big grudge match and a good spectacle fight rating. I will rate the three upcoming bouts using the same criteria.