Re: BoxNation on Virgin Media?
 

Well l think the next 6 months will tell us whether BoxNation is going to stay around.

Re: BoxNation on Virgin Media?
 

If Sky sign a similar deal with Top Rank or Boxnation don't keep picking them up individually or do a similar long term deal it could be the beginning of the end for them, add in that there really seems to be unrest in the Warren camp we could be seeing a lot of his big names leaving him, which would just leave them with their Sauerland deal, and small hall FWP & Quensberry Promotion shows £10 a month suddenly don't look so appealing.

Re: BoxNation on Virgin Media?
 

As a SKY Sports subscriber I'm totally overjoyed! Since the demise of Setanta Sports far too many American fights have went untelevised. Hopefully this will signal the end of Primetime Live and the revival of live international boxing almost every weekend:D

BoxNation show good level domestic action, through the Frank Warren stable, and top European action via their deal with Sauerland. Whilst this deal between SKY and Goldenboy Promotions is going to be tough for BoxNation to swallow, there's still plenty of world class boxing to be televised from the stables of Lou DiBella, Don King, Gary Shaw, Dan Goossen and Top Rank.

I'm getting pretty excited about this announcement. SKY have had very little commitment to international boxing over the past 18 months. If it hadn't been for BoxNation launching, I do not believe this deal with Goldenboy would have happenend. I'm also hoping BoxNation will now react and secure long term deals with Top Rank and Don King etc...

It's a great day to be a boxing fan!

Re: BoxNation on Virgin Media?
 

Remember when it launched BoxNation promised to deliver 2 shows per week. Well looking ahead, they are going to find it tough to compete with SKY in March. Here's SKY's confirmed list so far:

03rd March - Jamie McDonnell Vs. Malik Bouziane

03rd March - Wladimir Klitschko Vs. Jean-Marc Mormeck

17th March - Kell Brook Vs. Matthew Hatton

17th March - Sergio Martinez Vs. Matthew Macklin

24th March - Ryan Rhodes Vs. Sergey Rabchenko

24th March - Danny Garcia Vs. Erik Morales

31st March - Brian Rose Vs. Max Maxwell

BoxNation have:

10th March - Ricky Burns Vs. Paulus Moses

16th March - George Groves Vs. Kenny Anderson

23rd March - Enzo Maccarinelli Vs. Shane McPhilbin

For a boxing fan 10 live shows in a month is great but on reflection it can't be good news for Frank Warren / BoxNation that SKY have stepped up to the plate. Here's some quotes from the BoxNation website that might be coming back to bite them on the behind much sooner than anticipated:

"Are you tired of shelling out for single pay per view events that fail to deliver? Or unsatisfied with the lack of live boxing coverage on the major broadcast networks?"

"It's really simple, for just £10 a month you will get exclusive access to the big live fights from all around the world"

"We are going to show you more live boxing than anyone else. (And better boxing)"

Re: BoxNation on Virgin Media?
 

big announcement coming early next week of a massive fight on boxnation!
i wonder what that will be? mayweather v cotto? pacquiau v bradley?
or more likely williams v ishida? salido v lopez?harrison v adams?hopkins v dawson?

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Heard that myself tonight. I don't think it'll be Hopkins Vs. Dawson II or Mayweather Vs. Cotto as Goldenboy, now in cahoots with SKY, have a big hand in promoting both shows. I don't think Pacman Vs. Bradley is officially signed yet.

It'll be one of the following shows:

18th February 2012: Paul Williams Vs. Nobuhiro Ishida (Don King)

10th March 2012: Orlando Salido Vs. Juan Manuel Lopez - WBO Featherweight Title (Top Rank)

31st March 2012: Arthur Abraham Vs. TBA (Sauerland)

13th April 2012: Felix Sturm Vs. Sebastian Zbik - WBA Super World Middleweight Title (Sturm Promotions)

14th April 2012: Robert Stieglitz Vs. Mikkel Kessler - WBO Super Middleweight Title (Sauerland)

Re: BoxNation on Virgin Media?
 

Maybe even less, given their lack of customer support...

Re: BoxNation on Virgin Media?
 

Yes its not looking that good in my mind..

Re: BoxNation on Virgin Media?
 

just announced on boxnation they have got the mayweather v cotto,alvarez v mosely may 5th wow didnt expect them to get this fight well done boxnation!!!

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Wow got to say well done Boxnation, the big announcment has just been confirmed on Bunce's hour it's Mayweather v Cotto is on Boxnation

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Brilliant.:tu:

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probably bankrupt em;)

Re: BoxNation on Virgin Media?
 

Well the next six months will tell us that.

Re: BoxNation on Virgin Media?
 

That's a massive coup for the channel. I'm also totally surprised. The show is 100% a Golden Boy Promotions event. Now I confused about the deal SKY Sports and Golden Boy have together.

This deal also suggests that Primetime Live have no future. I think this will be a positive deal for BoxNation. Last year Primetime Live were charging £14.99 for Mayweather Vs. Ortiz. For £10.00 fans will get to see the fight plus have access to BoxNation for the reast of the month without any long term commitment, well at least on Virgin anyway.

Well done BoxNation :)

Re: BoxNation on Virgin Media?
 

It's not the show is a co promotion between Golden Boy and Mayweather Promotions which probably explains why it's not part of the deal, but I'm so shocked at this as I thought the Sky deal would have put them in the driving seat for this card, I'm guessing Boxnation went big as initial Sky subscribers 6 months will be up at the exact time of this fight and this is about as good a incentive as it gets to not cancel.

I actually wouldn't be surprised now to see Paquiao Bradley end up on Boxnation too as they seem to have a good relationship with Top Rank, of course unless Sky swoop in with a similar deal that they signed with GBP.