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Agree completely, will it be Funtime for Frankie:D

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Fun time Johnny :p:

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Bit of a poor bill last night; advertised to start at 7 but didn't begin 'til 8 and all the fights a bit lacklustre (it seemed all the opponents were late additions/replacements) - the Gavin/Vassell fight was a good un though. Also Buncy kept on saying 6 live fights and we only got 5...

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Marathon night of boxing on SKY tonight, cannot wait:)

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Yep, looks a cracking bill! I will probably watch the uk fights live and TiVo the usa bouts for in the morning as I will be :beer:

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I'm looking forward to Gavin Rees Vs. Anthony Crolla. Should be a mini war. I really like both fighters. At 33, following a bashing defeat, I'm not too sure how much Gavin Rees has left or how much he really wants it. I'm going for a Crolla win. As for Smith Vs. Dodson II I have no interest at all. Their first fight 3 years ago was poor. I actually thought Dodson was finished back then.

The undercard from the States doesn't excite me either. I can't see anything other than a Golovkin stoppage. Still it's good to see SKY putting in an all night shift. We could end up seeing 10 fights!

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possible july schedule!

friday 5th

espn:dib v oliver,alvarez v green

saturday 6th

boxnation:price v thompson,hamilton v anwar,satchell v butcher
sky sports:mitchell v benito,prizefighter

friday 12th

espn:avalos v francisco,tapia v han

saturday 13th

??stieglitz v kiyota??
boxnation:allakhverdiev v mbaye,rodriguez v grachev,bursak v arron
sky sports:brook v jones,coyle v mathews,selby v simion

friday 19th

espn:olusegun v lundy,kielczweski v soto
??goldenboy show??jack v ennis,pearson v crespin,bey v molina??

saturday 20th

boxnation:chisora v scott,saunders v osullivan,butler v tba,frampton v tba
??goldenboy show??gomez v corley,caballero v robles,velasquez v tba??

friday 26th

espn:burgos v prescott,dos santos v gonzalez

saturday 27th

eurosport:solis v saglam,aydin v herrera
??toprank show??estrada v melindo,gradovich v munoz,ruiz jr v hanks??
boxnation:berto v karass,thurman v chaves,figueroa v arakawa

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Price vs Thompson spoilers from here on in





You have been warned

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Oh my God, the Born in USA saxophone intro is simply shocking. This looks cheap and tacky

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Massive right hand from Price in round 2 puts Thompson down. Thompson up and makes it to the end of the round

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Big punches from both fighters in rounds 3. Price blowing a little.

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Price in big trouble at the end of round 4. Body shot from Thompson followed by big head shots had Price rocked

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WOW! The referee stops the fight after Thompson puts on a heavy beating

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Price looked nervous from the outset - where does he go now?

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It's sad but he probably end up like Tom Dallas the fighter he beat earlier in his career:(

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Price's future ain't bright...

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Danny Garcia Vs. Lucas Martin Matthysse has been added to the Mayweather Vs. Alvarez undercard.

A good deal on at the moment for SKY customers.

http://www.boxnation.com/wembley-and-6-for-5-offer/

"Use offer code TVOFFER1 to get free registration (worth £10). Stay with us for 5 months and get the 6th for free!"

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hopefully boxnation snap this up!

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...-boxing-series

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That would be great. Even if they showed the action on a Tuesday night delayed.

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Boxnation have added new fights to their schedule.

09th August - Deontay Wilder Vs. Siarhei Liakhovich
24th August - Juergen Braehmer Vs. Stefano Abatangelo
14th September - Marco Huck Vs. Firat Arslan

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boxnation showing boxing this saturday involving adamek chambers and stevens

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That's great news. I think those fights are on NBC in the States.

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ive heard a deal has been done with bt vision and virgin and it will be on xl package free in around 10 days time

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If true for me that is great news, can you supply any link to this info?

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That would be a great bonus for Virgin customers

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bt free to xl customers as said weeks ago!

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Is there going to be Box Nation HD this year?

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Should be up and running by December

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if anyone has premier sports they have boxing Monday night with goldenboys new show Monday night fights! not sure if its just a one off or they have it every show they do?

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I remember that Premier Sports had their own deal with FOX to show GoldenBoy fights last year. Maybe they have signed a new deal. I can't find details anywhere to confirm if a new deal has been agreed or if this is just a one off.

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It looks like Boxnation have also picked up the series, but on a delayed basis.

http://www.boxnation.com/boxing-news...ts-1-premiere/

"Midweek boxing returns to BoxNation!

TOMORROW NIGHT at 7pm on BoxNation, we're showing the brand new Golden Boy on Fox Sports 1 premiere headlined by Daniel Jacobs and Giovanni Lorenzo.

The show, brainchild of Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer and hall of fame fighter Bernard Hopkins, will feature some of America's brightest up and coming talents, and gets underway on BoxNation channel this Wednesday at 7pm."

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Live boxing this Friday on Eurosport from Romania.

German heavyweight Christian Hammer defends his WBO European Heavyweight Title against Dane Leif Larsen.

Sadly the undercard features British punchbag Danny Williams. He's now 40 years old and goes into the fight with 7 straight defeats! Thankfully his opponent doesn't seem to be a heavy puncher.

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Boxnation have confirmed they will be showing all 4 episodes of All Access: Mayweather v Alvarez. The first episode is shown this Monday at 7pm.

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Eddie Hearn Tweeted earlier:

"Great news! FOUR big International fight cards coming to @skysports in September and October to be announced early next week!"

I get the impression these are not shows that have already been confirmed i.e. Burns Vs. Beltran.

Sounds interesting. If you take into account fights already confirmed for B0xnation, and B0xnations Golden Boy deal, I think the 4 shows are:

28th September - Tavoris Cloud Vs. Adonis Stevenson
05th October - Wladimir Klitschko Vs. Alexander Povetkin
12th October - Timothy Bradley Vs. Juan Manuel Marquez
19th October - Mike Alvarado Vs. Ruslan Provodnikov

Is there a possibility that SKY have agreed a deal with Top Rank or even HBO?

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Mares Vs. Gonzalez was not on Boxnation last night, but catch it here on Youtube before it gets removed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le6CvRDXWR4

WOW!

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SKY have picked up Adonis Stevenson against Tavoris Cloud on the 28th September. Sadly however it looks like it's being coupled up with Haye Vs. Fury on SKY Box Office.

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Any idea when HD is coming?

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Sorry no new news. They just keep saying they hope to have it launched soon. I'm a little disappointing really.

Back in March Frank Warren confirmed that Boxnation HD was set to launch in 5 months time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbFFY6ag6wc

4 mins 50 seconds

That means it should have really been here now :(

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SKY have snapped up some massive fights in a challenge to B0xnation:

http://www.matchroomboxing.com/news/...o_exciting.htm

28th September - Tavoris Cloud Vs. Adonis Stevenson
05th October - Miguel Cotto Vs. Devlin Rodriguez
12th October - Timothy Bradley Vs. Juan Manuel Marquez
19th October - Mike Alvarado Vs. Ruslan Provodnikov

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:(

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Are all these on Sky or are they gong to rob us again via sky box office?

Yeah, I won't sign up until it goes HD...

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http://www.frankwarren.com/news/pres...l-venture.html

"It was announced today that Frank Warren, his sons George and Francis' company Queensberry Promotions and Bill Ives, one of Britain's leading businessmen, have signed an exclusive agreement to create a powerful, new, promotional organisation. The combination of the promotional powerhouse that is Frank Warren and the business acumen and financial investment of steel tycoon Bill Ives is designed to take boxing promotion in the UK to a new level."

"Frank Warren said, "I'm looking forward to this exciting new venture with Bill and my sons. We have in place a fantastic team with great boxers and with this significant investment we will continue to develop the best young talent into champions and household names and stage the biggest events. As a result of this new partnership, and due to the substantial amounts of money being owed to W. Promotions, I will now place W. Promotions into voluntary administration."

"Further announcements will be made in due course regarding major new signings and world title matches."

Here is a video of the announcement on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSpKLEM5cMU

However one thing that worries me is:

"BoxNation will be the primary outlet for the Queensberry Promotions events and the partners believe that this will accelerate the growth of the channel, which has already proved highly popular and has a large and growing customer base."

What do they mean primary outlet? Surely everything will be on Boxnation unless they are going down the PPV route or even some kind of deal with BT Sport.

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Frank Warren did confirm on that link all Queensberry Promotions events will only be on BoxNation.

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I just found it strange that they suggest Boxnation will be the primary outlet. That suggests there will be a secondary outlet too. Maybe it's just a poorly worded press release as the YouTube footage makes no such claim.

I'm more confident than ever that Boxnation HD will be launching soon! Everything has apparently been tested behind the scenes, and deals put in place, Boxnation just needed the correct funding to allow them to push on. Bill Ives is suggested to be worth £266 million!

I'm not sure how much he will invest into this promotion venture however this could be the start of something massive for British boxing, and Boxnation.

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Further info from Frank Warren which seems to confirm a tie in with BT Sport.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwoIkgLqA_Y

About 20 seconds in he confirms they done a joint deal with BT Sports to show Mayweather Vs. Alvarez All Access plus are set to do a boxing chat show for BT Sports too.

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It looks like Boxing will be given quite a bit of coverage on BT Sports in the future then Chad.

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Investment into the sport can only be a good thing. Boxing was one of Team GB's success stories at last years Olympics. Hopefully it continues to grow. Being punched for pay isn't everyone's ideal job but some of the guys coming through only get paid between £200 to £400 per fight. It's like to see better salaries for the small guys.

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will we have HD in time for Mayweather v Alvarez ? on any platform ? :sleep:

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It doesn't look likely. On the plus side Boxnation have just confirmed they will be showing Seth Mitchell Vs. Chris Arreola this Saturday.

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Just noticed on the Companies House website that Matchroom Boxing was dissolved recently.

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/8166/xrfy.jpg

Not too sure why. Can't find further information anywhere.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3pH7jfvnfA

At 28 minutes in Frank Warren confirms Boxnation HD will launch by the end of the year.

Rumour is that Boxnation are desperate to land Pacman Vs. Rios on the 23rd November. It seems possible they'd use this fight to launch Boxnation HD.

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Also heard rustlings about BoxNation HD starting on 23/11/13...

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Spotted this on the SKY EPG

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I can't find any further information at the moment however it looks like BT may be showing the fight, or highlights of the fight.

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The fight is live on BoxNation this coming Saturday Night (September 14th) at 2am.

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Yeah, I'm looking forward to it big time. Having a bit of a gathering on Saturday night, with a Mexican theme, to support Alvarez. I was wondering if non Boxnation subscribers where getting treated to the fight on Monday night too.

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/6179/ayy5.jpg

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im shocked that boxnation haven't got the chavez jr card tonight with the amount sky have got coming up boxnation cant live on the past events and need to up their game and fight back but with whats left between now and November this is one of the only cards worth their while in showing and they have refused to pay!

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Yeah I'm a little disappointing myself. Hopefully they add some more action to their October line up in the next week. Arthur Abraham Vs. Giovanni De Carolis on the 26th October should be confirmed real soon. I asked Boxnation if they planned to pick up Shane Mosley Vs. Anthony Mundine on on the 23rd October but got no reply. Even Stieglitz Vs. Ekpo on the 19th October shouldn't be too hard to get. Even though SKY have picked up the big shows, there are still some decent events up for grabs.

Thankfully I've got SKY Sports so I can watch Cloud Vs. Stevenson tonight.

Just noticed on Boxrec that Devon Alexander Vs. Amir Khan on the 7th December has been changed to Alexander Vs. Judah. They have Mayweather Vs. Khan listed for 3rd May 2014!

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theres boxing on Monday night on boxnation Ormond v dingsdale,saunders v heard,fagan v mcnicol

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Thanks for the info. Monday night boxing makes a nice little change. Not a great card but live boxing none the less.

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Matchroom sign a new 20 show per year deal with SKY running until 2016:

http://www.matchroomboxing.com/news/...rts_extend.htm

SKY have also picked up Gennady Golovkin Vs. Curtis Stevens next month. Another HBO show on SKY Sports. Looks like HBO and SKY have a close working relationship.

With Stephen Smith leaving Frank Warren yesterday, putting Decembers Liverpool show in doubt, dark clouds are gathering over Boxnation.

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Now that would be a dark day if Boxnation was to fold:( I always wondered how much money they have available to them for buying up overseas fight cards against their TV subscriber base and I wonder if the sums add up?

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I get the impression they are okay in terms of their Goldenboy and Sauerland deals. They probably have an affordable fee set per show with both promoters. The fact they leave things to the last minute in terms of shows from Top Rank, and elsewhere in the world, makes me think they have an incredibly tight budget. There also seems to be a hesitation to get the HD channel up and running.

I'm waiting to see the channel bear fruit from the Bill Ives / Rainham Steel investment. Whilst Boxnation have deals to show Jamie McDonnell, Carl Frampton and Amir Khan Frank Warrens stable of established exciting fighters has been stripped right back. No disrespect meant to these guys but Dereck Chisora, Nathan Cleverly, Enzo Maccarinelli, Paul Smith, Billy Joe Saunders, Liam Smith and Frankie Gavin don't get me super excited.

Matchroom are set to announce further talent acquisition next week. Stephen Smith and David Price are both rumored.

Boxnation and Frank Warren really need to up their game. They simply aren't competing in terms of UK shows and general quality of production. Their deal with Goldenboy only has about 6 months to run. Imagine if SKY or BT swoop in and agree a new deal with Goldenboy ahead of Boxnation? I think that would be curtains for the channel.

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I think one of matchrooms new signings is Andrew Selby as hes not in the gb squad for the world championships!

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Mmmm.... Will keep my eyes and ears open. Would be interesting to see the Selby brothers on the same card.

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also theres a piece on sky sports site about macklin had a deal with dibella but it didn't say he was still with him hes decided to go back to joe Gallagher so might be something in it?

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rumours are its Jamie McDonnell whos apparently split with dennis hobson(whos just signed a deal with boxnation to show his fights)?????? who knows who the new signing will be but it will be announced tomorrow at press conference for barker v sturm!

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Things are cooking up nicely. McDonnell to Matchroom would just be crazy!

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hobsons put out a press release saying that the contract is still in place but McDonnell has said hes leaving! this is a bit **** if you ask me hes got him a world title in his back yard! what more could he have done?

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Can I ask Box Nation fans if the channel negotiations went well before it came to VM.

It might shed some light as to why there is such anger and angst by some over PS not accepting a similar berth in a Premier channel spot?

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Funny you should ask, I was just thinking about this earlier.

Everything seemed to be straight forward. Boxnation launched about 3 months earlier on SKY and was free to air during that period. It didn't come to Virgin Media until 3rd December 2011 which was the day the channel encrypted and became a subscription based service. Frank Warren and Boxnation confirmed from day 1 that it was their intention to get the channel on the Virgin Media platform.

I have no idea how or why Premier Sports are having such a difficult time trying to get their channel onto the Virgin Media platform. Boxnation Chairman Richard Brooke and Boxnation Chief Executive Simon Green had both previously worked for SKY and Setanta Sports. Maybe they know how the pay TV game works a little better than the guys running the show at Premier Sports.

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Chad thanks for that. This is what I suspected that PS are imo wrong to be so awkward. If their product is as good as they and others say they should come onto VM and see who subscribes.

Box Nation I assume are doing ok from being a Premier channel on platforms including VM?

Sorry PS but you should have followed Box Nation's example it seems....

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Nice little announcement today from Boxnation regarding midweek boxing on the channel.

"BOXNATION once again proves it's the only place for weeknight boxing as we've signed a deal to bring you the entire hit Golden Boy on Fox series.

It starts this Wednesday night at 7pm with the latest instalment of this fantastic US series, where hot prospect Jermell Charlo puts his 21-0 record on the line against veteran Jose Angel Rodriguez."

There is another 3 shows currently listed on Boxrec. The great news is Goldenboy have a 24 fight deal with FOX Sports which should mean plenty of midweek entertainment in the coming months.

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documentary on johnie greaves Tuesday night 9pm bt sport1

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McDonnell stripped of his world title and eddie hearn is fighting his case to be reinstated!

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Great bill from Belfast last night!

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I wonder if McDonnell will be on SKY Sports.........

The crowd looked wild. Would love to fly over to see a fight there.

I've just finished watching Alvarado Vs. Provodnikov. Great way to start my Sunday :D

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Plenty of boxing on SKY and Boxnation tomorrow night. It's soemthing crazy like 15 hours in total.

For those staying up to watch Hopkins Vs. Murat here is a helpful reminder from Boxnation:

"Don't forget, the clocks go back one hour at 2am, so note that this show will start at 2am British Summer Time and 1am Greenwich Mean Time. So, if you change your clocks back the show will go on air at 1am. If you leave your clocks as they are, the show will go on air at 2am."

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premier sport is now on virgin media and I think its free!

http://about.virginmedia.com/press-r...n-virgin-media

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says its free during the rugby world cup so not sure if it will be free after this has finished?

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Pacman Vs. Rios will be shown live and exclusive on B0xnation on the 23rd November.

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[QUOTE=Chad;35632677]Nice little announcement today from Boxnation regarding midweek boxing on the channel.

"BOXNATION once again proves it's the only place for weeknight boxing as we've signed a deal to bring you the entire hit Golden Boy on Fox series.

It starts this Wednesday night at 7pm with the latest instalment of this fantastic US series, where hot prospect Jermell Charlo puts his 21-0 record on the line against veteran Jose Angel Rodriguez."

There is another 3 shows currently listed on Boxrec. The great news is Goldenboy have a 24 fight deal with FOX Sports which should mean plenty of midweek entertainment in the coming months.[/QUO

this was announced 2 weeks ago but last nights show hasn't been mentioned! strange that they sign a deal to show the entire season but the 1st show after isn't on boxnation!

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Goods news for those without SKY Sports.

This weeks Ringside is being shown tomorrow night on SKY One from 10:30pm!

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The quality of the Boxnation line up up the moment is incredible:

http://www.boxnation.com/boxing-matches/

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between now and the xmas new year quiet period boxing fans in ukcould have a better selection of fights on the various tv channels and internet feeds!

November

Saturday 2nd:
towers v brown,coyle v simpson,campbell v Connelly-sky sports
golovkin v stevens,afolabi v janik,abdusalamov v perez-sky sports

Friday 8th:
haskins v booth,francis v ajisafe,fury v gegeshidze-eurosport

Saturday 9th:
martirosyan v Andrade,donaire v darchinyan,garcia v Martinez-boxnation

Thursday 14th:
Joshua v TBA,prizefighter heavyweights-sky sports

Friday 15th:
arnfield v Maxwell,khan v slavchev-?

Saturday 16th:
degale v davis,daws v TBA-channel 5
ward v rodriguez,huerta v arrellano-boxnation
adamek v glazkov,chilemba v gbenga-?
tua v Ustinov-?

Friday 22nd:
murray v TBA,hanrahan v TBA-Coldwell tv app
saunders v TBA,vallily v TBA,leather v TBA-boxnation

Saturday 23rd:
hernandez v Alekseev,gutknecht v sukhotsky-boxnation
froch v groves,crolla v gethin,quigg v TBA-sky box office
pacquia v rios,gradovich v dib,ruis jr v hamer-boxnation

Saturday 30th:
chisora v modugno,cleverly v ammann,skeete v lynes-boxnation
Stevenson v bellew,kovalev v sillakh-sky sports

December

Friday 6th:
singleton v TBA-?
love v TBA,jack v TBA,bey v TBA-?
wlodarczyk v fragomeni-?(possibly espn)

Saturday 7th:
sturm v barker-sky sports
smith v blackledge,mathews,ormond,butler v Montoya,selkirk v heffron-boxnation
mallignaggi v Judah,alexander v porter,trout v lara,bika v dirrell-boxnation
rigondeaux v agbeko,macklin v nelson,kirkland v tapia-?

Wednesday 11th:
wood v murray-?

Friday 13th:
woodhouse v TBA,gaynor v TBA,hughes v TBA-Coldwell tv app

Saturday 14th:
brough v TBA,dodd v TBA,davies jr v TBA-Coldwell tv app
dickens v wale,askin v TBA,burnett v TBA-?
braemer v oliveira,britsch v TBA-boxnation
Mitchell v TBA,purdy v bundu,joshua v darch,ryder v TBA-sky sports
broner v maidana,thurman v karass,santacruz v seda,ortiz v TBA-boxnation

Saturday 21st:
Martinez v mathebula-?
hall v malinga,gavin v TBA-boxnation

Re: BoxNation on Virgin Media?
 

The mount of boxing available on TV at the moment is incredible. The next 6 weeks are going to be fantastic.

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more stuff getting added to the boxnation schedule today with rabchenko v vitu 16th November and buncey will be announcing more on his show

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The impression given through out the year by Frank Warren was that a HD channel would be up and running by the end of the year. This article however suggests it's not even close to launching:

http://www.newsuk24.com/news/frank-w...c-bout/related

"SPORTS PROMOTER Frank Warren plans to float Box Nation, the cable television station devoted to boxing that he set up two years ago. Nation Media, the channel’s parent company, hopes to raise about £5m from an AIM listing to fund expansion overseas, buy the rights to more events and create a high-definition version of the station. It is run by Richard Brooke, who was finance director at BSkyB."

Worrying that they need to raise money in order to launch.

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frank warren is on the bunce hour tonight!

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David Price has signed for Sauerland:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/box...exclusive.html

The deal means he'll remain on Boxnation.

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But probably fighting out of Germany...

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Some interesting updates in regards to Boxnation.

SKY and Boxnation have agreed a commercial partnership to offer Boxnation to pubs and clubs.

http://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/...e.aspx?id=4569

Some more information on the flotation of Boxnation on AIM.

Executive Chariman Richard Brooke said: "We will be launching a new HD channel in the first quarter of 2014 as part of our drive to deliver the best service to our customers,” he added.

“The funds we raise during the IPO [initial public offering] process will be used to increase the number of high quality boxing matches broadcast, launch the HD [high definition] channel, develop international expansion, develop increased Pay Per View capabilities and provide general working capital."

Here is some really interesting reading the flotation of Boxnation:

http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article...2050700217221U

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More interesting new regarding the future of Boxnation:

http://www.sportbusiness.com/tv-spor...lotation-plans

"Box Nation is currently only available in the UK, but it is running a test transmission in China."

Re: BoxNation on Virgin Media?
 

Boxnation HD to launch on 8th February 2014

http://www.boxnation.com/boxing-news/

Re: BoxNation on Virgin Media?
 

Boxnation has a countdown clock to the launch of their HD channel:

http://www.boxnation.com/hd?utm_sour...18d6-302604485

The channel will launch on 15th February rather than the 8th.

Re: BoxNation on Virgin Media?
 

I would love to know why it cannot be launched on VM on the 15th Feb, is it an exclusive deal with SKY or is their another reason for this absense on VM?

Re: BoxNation on Virgin Media?
 

I sent Boxnation an e-mail asking last week and got a reply back from the Chairman of the company!

The channel will be on SKY from launch. The plan is to have the channel on the Virgin Media platform as soon as possible. It's not a SKY exclusive. I suppose they could be negotiating a carriage deal as we speak.

Re: BoxNation on Virgin Media?
 

Thanks for the info Chad:) I was thinking how scary Buncie would be in HD, maybe being on SD does not seem that bad after all:D

Re: BoxNation on Virgin Media?
 

Buncey and Lillis in HD :shocked:

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Started this Twitter feed that boxing enthusiasts might enjoy:

https://twitter.com/HistoryOfBoxing

Proving to be fun so far. I downloaded a delay Tweet app which Tweets at specific times and dates. Currently populating it with boxing birthdays, boxing deaths, boxing results from years gone by plus other little facts and points of interest.

Trying to make sure it's as accurate as possible by cross referencing the information posted with at least 2 other sources.

Just a bit of fun really to keep me busy over the holiday period. A few days of setting up the delayed Tweets will keep the feed running by itself all year!

I'm trying to make sure any boxers who are mentioned get copied into the Tweet. Steve Cunningham was on like a shot when I posted he was beat by Adamek on this date last year :)

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Following, nice one

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Cheers bud

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Boxnation are reportedly giving their presentation an overhaul prior to the launch of Boxnation HD. Their website is currently down for maintenance. Looks like the following is going to be their new on screen logo.

http://imageshack.com/a/img546/6808/gnri.jpg

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boxnation have tweeted saying HD is coming soon to virgin media customers!

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Looks promising.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/31/srb5.jpg

I've just gone back through this thread to when Boxnation was first set to launch on Virgin Media. The noises coming out just now echo those from just over 2 years ago. The omens are very good indeed.

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any news on this?

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No new updates as of yet. 12 days until launch. I sent another e-mail to Boxnation and was told it's in the pipeline.

I feel it will be on Virgin Media from launch.

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B0xnation HD has arrived on on the SKY platform channel 449.

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But not on Virgin one suspects.