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Welcome back!

It's good to see your website is ever developing, and more changes are afoot.

Are Box nation planning anything for "Boxing Day"? I know you've only been up and running for a few months but any chance of a re-cap show covering highlights of the best fights, best K.O.'s and the best of Buncey's rants that have featured on Box Nation so far?

Seeing Scott Harrison has finally been granted back his licence, and will hopefully get another chance with Warren and Box nation, it would be good to see some of his world title fights from 2002 to 2005. Some really good memories of title defences in Glasgow that I don't think have ever really been repeated on British TV.

In fact a Scottish boxing weekend would be great. Action from the likes of:

Alex Arthur
Ken Buchanan
Ricky Burns
Scott Harrison
Benny Lynch
Jim Watt

Buncey knows his stuff and could really help to put together a really good show. Scottish boxing, and it's former world champions, have a real troubled history which makes an interesting story that should be told.

Ken Buchanan - His marriage ended in divorce. He's forced to sell the hotel he bought from his boxing money and becomes a joiner. Due to financial hardship he has to sell his title belts and considers a comeback even though he's late into his 60's.

Johnny Hill - Scotland 1st world champion. Becomes World Flyweight Champion in 1928 but sadly dies of pneumonia the following year on the day he was due to face Frankie Genaro.

Scott Harrison - Enters rehabilitation in 2006 for alcohol abuse and depression. Loses his belt on the scales against Nicky Cook in 2006 shortly after being arrested for five weeks in Spain on assault charges. Jailed in Spain for 2 years in 2009 and plans to make a comeback in 2012.

Tancy Lee - Secures British and European honours at 2 weights between 1916 and 1919. He also beat the famous Jimmy Wilde to secure the IBU Flyweight Title. Lee sadly dies after being knocked down by a bus during Edinburgh's wartime blackout in 1941.

Benny Lynch - Becomes World Flyweight champion in 1937. Lynch's boxing career was over by the time he was 25 and he battled with alcoholism for the rest of his life. He died in 1946 from malnutrition, aged 33.

Oh and an interesting little chap called Paul Weir who won only 14 fights but managed to secure the WBO Minimum title after just 6 fights, the WBO Light Flyweight title after just 9 fights but only managed to defend each title once before defeat.

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come on then guys name your up and coming boxers to make a big impact in 2012?

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Kell Brook for one.

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Yes she is one for me, Oh damn not reading fully. I thought that you said Kelly Brook:)

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You naughty man and it seems you have been taking advice from DF with regards to the opposite sex.:naughty::D:naughty:

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Well I don't know if the Box Nation guy who posts here passed anything onto Steven Bunce regarding my long winded Scottish boxing post a few days ago, but I was very surprised that Buncey had Paul Weir on The Bunce Hour last night. Maybe it was just a coincidence but I couldn't believe when I tuned in last night and Steve Bunce was chatting away to Paul Weir about his career. I don't think Paul Weir has been on any boxing TV or radio show since he retired, and I don't think he's a very well known or recognised fighter.

If Box Nation who posts here did have anything to do with last nights interview, thanks very much. If not, what an amazing coincidence.

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I've got a few in mind. I'm going to post their promoter too. I'm really looking for these guys to make an impact at British level, with a couple of them dipping their toes into the European scene.

Kid Galahad - Mick Hennessey
Chris Eubank Jr. - Mick Hennessey

David Price - Frank Maloney

Martin Murray - Ricky Hatton
Scott Quigg - Ricky Hatton

Liam Walsh - Frank Warren
Billy Joe Saunders - Frank Warren

Carl Frampton - Eddie Hearn?

Oh an if Enzo Maccarinelli does get a shot at Nathan Cleverly in 2012, I think Enzo can pull off the upset.

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Here is a rundown of BoxNation's upcoming schedule.

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

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It's good to see they are continually adding to their line-up. I'm looking forard to Olubamiwo Vs. Sexton on the 13th January 2012. It's tucked away on the undercard of Williams Vs. Conquest.

I'm also very happy to see Derry Matthews vs Emiliano Marsili added to their list. I've been keeping an eye on that fight wondering if it would appear on TV.

I'd love to see BoxNation pick up the following:

11th February 2012
Lee McAllister Vs. Denis Shafikov
European Light Welterweight Title
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland

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Today I watched channel 4's KOTV boxing programme which I'd recorded from yesterday(3:15am)

And they showed a clip from the 1st fight of the Micky Ward vs. Arturo Gatti trilogy of 2002/03

The other 2 fights were both great from start to finish but the 1st was an absolute epic

With BoxNation/Facebook page asking for old fights suggestions I thought I'd mention this

All 3 are worthy of showing but if they decide to show any of them the 1st IMO is a must

Anyway I hope all you lot out there who have BoxNation are enjoying it so far... ;)

Rivva

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Their first fight for me was the best. Such an incredible battle which the next 2 fights couldn't live up to. Don't get me wrong Gatti Vs. Ward II & III were very entertaining but just not as epic as their first battle.

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anyone seen much of glen tapia? from what ive seen on youtube he looks good and only 22

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I might have seen him on a televised undercard from America last year but his name doesn't really ring a bell.

A good winning start to his career:

http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?hum...9858&cat=boxer

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or any of these shawn porter,Miguel Angel Garcia,Vanes Martirosyan,Abner Mares,Luis Ramos, Jr ive not seen much of them but looking on the net have a bright future

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Have you seen the sweet deals that some lucky SKY subscribers to Box Nation are getting?

"11 Great Prizes Still to be Won!

Yesterday one lucky subscriber won 2 VIP tickets to our York Hall show on the 13th of January in our 12 Days of Christmas competition.

You can still win one of 11 great prizes, including;

Pair of VIP tickets to Nathan Cleverly’s homecoming in Cardiff, plus meet Nathan

Ring walk with Ricky Burns at his WBO Interim Lightweight Championship defence on 10th March, plus 2 VIP tickets to the show

Training day with Nathan Cleverly – WBO World Light Heavyweight Champion

Boxing gloves signed by Vitali Klitschko and Dereck Chisora

Simply subscribe between Christmas Day and the 5th of January to be in with a chance of winning.

We’ve got some huge fights coming up in 2012 including Vitali Klitscko vs Dereck Chisora, plus both Ricky Burns’ and Nathan Cleverly’s homecoming fights.

There’s never been a better time to get involved...

Are you in?

www.boxnation.tv

*One winner picked at random from each day's subscribers. All winners will be notified on the 9th of January 2012, except the winner of the Klitschko vs Chisora press conference tickets who will be notified on the 6th of January."

Being able to ring walk with Ricky Burns would be amazing. It almost makes me wish I had SKY!

Did anyone check out the Best KO's of 2011 on Eurosport last night? It was a good way to polish of a couple of beers and unwind after a hectic Christmas Day.

Have a good Boxing Day everyone :D

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Box Nation has been on Virgin now for almost 4 weeks and I've got to say I'm not very happy at how poor the EPG listings are for each show.

On the Virgin EPG the description for some of the shows simply read as "Echo Arena" or "Millennium Stadium" without giving any info as to who is actually fighting or when the card took place. Box Nation has not yet been added to Virgins online TV listings so that's no use either.

I'm paying £10.00 per month for a channel but don't actually know what's being broadcast day to day purely down to a lack of info. The Box Nation website doesn't have listings and Box Nation doesn't feature in any TV magazines at the moment.

What's the best way of feeding this info back to Virgin? Where does the problem stem from? Is it the case that Box Nation aren't providing Virgin with enough information to complete the EPG accordingly?

Imagine subscribing to SKY Movies and all the info you got was the name of the film. No actor info, no year of production and no summary of the film. Basically you wouldn't have a clue whether you'd like to watch the film or not based purely on it's name. I'm sure you'd get pretty hacked off about it.....well that's the issue I'm having with Box Nation.

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its a disgrace that the fans who signed up from day 1 get nothing if it wasnt for us boxnation wouldnt be available anymore

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The deals/prizes you mention sound great. But unfortunately are no good to me as I'm with VM and not yet subscribed to the BN channel at the moment.

But with you mentioning the showing of Eurosports Best KO's of 2011 last night. ESPN are putting on the best of the Friday Night Fights Match-Ups of 2011 in 3 separate hourly showings. With part 1 starting at 22:30-23:30 tonight(HURRY). Parts 2 and 3 are to follow tomorrow and Wednesday at the same time/s.

Apologies for tonight's short notice but just noticed them myself - That's if anyone's interested? ;)

Rivva

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@ Rivva

I recorded the ESPN show. It was the Pawel Wolak war against Delvin Rodriguez from about 5 months ago. A total war from start to finish!

Whilst I enjoy ESPN Friday Night Fights, which makes it's return to ESPN a week this Saturday, I have been very dissapointed with their lack of commitment to boxing. Sure they offer great classis fights on ESPN Classic but the lack of live or British action has been a total let down.

I just wish one of the channels would pick up action from Japan and Thailand, even if on tape delay. There are some really good proper legitimate world champions fighting out of those countries that get zero coverage. Kompayak Porpramook Vs. Adrian Hernandez for the WBC light flyweight title a few days ago was apparently fantastic, a real genuine fight of the year contender. There is a fantastic card on the 31st December from Japan:

Jorge Solis Vs. Takashi Uchiyama - WBA World super featherweight title

Celestino Caballero Vs. Satoshi Hosono - WBA World featherweight title

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Hi Chad,

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We've raised it with our TV team. It's all ok on TiVo, just all our other boxes. Ref 1842059

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does any one feel ripped off with no live boxing for nearly 4 weeks but still paying £10 a month

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Thanks DF, top notch work!

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As I'm not subscribed to the channel I'd still say you have a valid point in what you've quoted. Well out of order if you ask me...

Might be better if they changed it to BoxexplaNation if you ask me so everyone knows what's happening with the EPG listings etc..

Rivva.

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It's not been great however boxing tends to go on holiday for 4 weeks at this time of year.

The live action should start pick up again soon:

13th January:

Leon Williams Vs. Shane McPhilbin
BBBofC British Cruiserweight Title

Larry Olubamiwo Vs. Sam Sexton
Heavyweight Contest

20th January:

Derry Matthews Vs. Emiliano Marsili
IBO Lightweight Title

Steve Forbes Vs. Ryan Barrett
International Welterweight Contest

We should also get the following contests seeing Box Nation have a broadcast deal with Sauerland:

14th January

Robert Stieglitz Vs. Henry Weber
WBO Super Middleweight Title

Arthur Abraham Vs. Pablo Oscar Natalio Farias
International Super Middleweight Contest

There is also a Golden Boy Promotions card on the 28th January we might get too.

I must admit however the Box Nation line-up did seem better when the channel was free. As they're still in their infancy, and still trying to attract paying customers, I'm going to give them a few months to prove to me that the channel is worth £10.00 per month. The same repeats over and over again are getting a bit tiresome.

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Yes.

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I must also admit when I saw this months bill I thought it is it really worth it??

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To me the Sky Sports sub or Racing UK represent far better value.

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To me Box Nation has been good value so far. The live action has dried up as the boxing season has ended for it's winter break and won't return until the middle January.

This month we got 4 live cards:

Povetkin Vs. Boswell - WBA World Heavyweight Championship

Cotto Vs. Margarito - WBA World Welterweight Championship

Golovkin VS Simon - WBA Middleweight Championship

Selby VS Simpson - British & Commonwealth Featherweight Championship

If Cotto Vs. Margarito was on SKY Box Office for £14.99 I would have probably bought the PPV. So I've saved £4.99 plus managed to watch 3 more live cards too. Fantastic value. Also 4 live cards in December, with the season coming to a close almost 2 weeks ago, is pretty good going.

January and February will need to be big months for Box Nation. If you subscribed to the channel on the 01st December when it launched, you'll be able to remove it from your package in a few days time.

Maybe going forward you can add and remove the channel from your package based on how big a month it's going to be on their channel.

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the asian boxing scene has been very active this last month,,,,at least one of their cards could have been broadcast at im sure no great cost.there was more variation when BN was free.Buncey talking up non events isnt going to fool forever.

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Exactly and thats the big if for BoxNation in trying to secure enough content and subscribers to make the channel viable.

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Good point about the Asian scene. I'd love to see more Asian boxing on British TV.

Whilst BoxNation do drop in and read this thread from time to time, has anyone actually provided their feedback to them directly? They seem to be proactive when they receive feedback or suggestions. I think it's well worth your while giving them your thoughts regardless of whether they are positive or negative. I submit my thoughts on Twitter and Facebook.

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BoxNationTV

Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/boxnationtv

E-mail: enquiries@boxnation.tv

I've just noticed they've added Kevin Mitchell vs Stephen Ormond on the 10th February to their line-up.

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Here's an interesting read about Box Nation, and some rumours about boxing on SKY next year:

http://www.boxingscene.com/sky-boxna...ht-fans--46719

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ive put a few things to them and they come accross like they take interest and will forward thingson but how do we know that they will?

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All we can do is give them a chance. If they want to keep subscribers, they need to listen to what their viewers want. Over the next 2 months I would like to see at least 2 of the following 3 things on Box Nation to keep me watching.

1. At least 5 live events each month.

2. A more varied selection of fights from the back catalogue. Cleverly Vs. Bellew has been on about 40 times!

3. The introduction of documentaries / features on fighters within the Warren camp.

In 3 days time I can cancel the channel whenever I want so the live action needs to come thick and fast, and I not just talking about small hall British fights.

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yeh theres some good fights coming from usa in the next 3 months that should be on boxnation. i thought they would have got tonights dirrel and taylor card but its on premier sport

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A bit of a bummer that one however Premier Sports already had a broadcast deal in place with Gary Shaw Promotions prior to Box Nation launching. Premier Sports also have a deal of sorts with Top Rank, but it doesn't appear to cover "super fights".

ESPN Friday Night Fights returns this week. It's live on Saturday morning at 2am. Interestingly it's on ESPN America for the very first time! It's repeated 24 hours later on ESPN and ESPN HD.

Hope all of our boxing fans have a great 2012!

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Just a reminder to all boxing fans, seeing ESPN is free to all at the moment, last nights Friday Night Fights will be repeated tonight on ESPN & ESPN HD at 1:30am. I watched the show this morning, not exactly action packed but the first televised action of 2012!

On The Sun website Frank Warren has confirmed the following:

"WBC world champ Vitali Klitschko flies into London on Monday for a head-to-head Press conference with Dereck Chisora which can be seen live on boxnation.tv from midday."

I don't know if the press conference is live just on the Boxnation website however I'd fully expect this to be televised live too.

Also I've noticed there is no programme information on the TV guide for Boxnation next Saturday from 8pm onwards. This to me suggests we will be getting the following Sauerland card from Germany. Boxnation have a broadcast deal with Sauerland Promotions so it's almost a cert.

Robert Stieglitz (40-2-0) Vs. Henry Weber (15-0-1)
WBO Super Middleweight Title

Kubrat Pulev (14-0-0) Vs. Michael Sprott (36-17-0)
IBF International Heavyweight Title

Arthur Abraham (32-3-0) Vs. Pablo Oscar Natalio Farias (19-1-0)
International Super Middleweight Contest

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boxnation facebook show

BoxNationTV (Sky Ch. 456, Virgin Ch. 546), have added another world title fight to its exciting schedule, Robert Stieglitz's WBO World Super-Middleweight title defence against Henry Weber next Saturday (14th January) from Germany.

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Excellent! It must have been updated not too long ago as I checked before posting here. So we have a live show this Friday and Saturday on Box Nation.

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february could be an awsome month for boxnation if they get the fights we want

4th chavez jr v rubio,donair v vasquez

11th ortiz v berto,lara v hearns,russell jr v TBA

18th klitchko v chisora,williams v ishida

25th cleverley v karpency,maidana v alexander,broner v perez,poverkin v huck

then add some uk fights on the fridays if possible

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Pretty much all of the international shows are still up for grabs. SKY's list of up coming fights have been updated on their website. No international broadcasts confirmed yet, just British shows so far:

21st Jan: David Price v John McDermott

28th Jan: Carl Frampton v Kris Hughes

04th Feb: Scott Quigg v Jamie Arthur

11th Feb: Prizefighter

25th Feb: Dennis Shafikov v Lee McAllister

Premier Sports have Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. Rico Ramos for the WBA title this Friday.

Seeing this Saturdays Sauerland event from Germany has been added to Box Nations confirmed line-up, I'm certain we will also get the following 2 Sauerland shows in February:

04th Feb: Yoan Pablo Hernandez Vs. Steve Cunningham

25th Feb: Alexander Povetkin Vs. Marco Huck

The only other international card I think we have a really good chance of seeing on Box Nation is Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Vs. Marco Antonio Rubio plus Nonito Donaire Vs. Wilfredo Vazquez Jr on the 04th February. The reason for this is the show is promoted by Bob Arum. Cotto Vs. Margarito II, the last big fight on Box Nation, was also promoted by Bob Arum. The last fights of both Chavez Jr. and Donaire were shown live on Box Nation.

In fact I remember reading the guy who used to negotiate the TV boxing deals for Setanta is on board with Box Nation. This would explain the deal with Sauerland, and potentially Top Rank as these were the 2 main promotions Setanta Sports had broadcast deals with. In fact Frank Warren at one stage also had a promotion deal with Setanta. Funny how things work out.

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i think its just a case of waiting until the last few days and if theres no other uk channel got it they get it cheap

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Yes these fights look very interesting.

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Yoan Pablo Hernandez vs Steve Cunningham for the IBF Cruiserweight title on the 04th February has just been confirmed.

That's 9 live shows confirmed for the next 8 weeks:

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

Still a couple of international cards to be added during this period too apparently. After a very quiet few weeks, BoxNation are coming back with a bang.

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Yes there is some excellent stuff on there.

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another fight ruined by poor british referee!!!

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The referee's of today are not as good as they were years ago, Years ago referees were untouchable, nowadays you cannot be sure.

I firmly believe that judges should be placed in a separate area and not by the ringside, as shown in the Khan fight.

You have a camera guy on the ring who shows live pictures, you don't need a judge by the ringside.

And to me if you have a professional referee from a country that is not connected to any fighter, ie if the fight is in the US then have a ref from say Australia for example, and let him decide.

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Totally agree. Sexton could have easily gone on......if that's what you're refering too.

The main event wasn't one I was particularly looking forward too but it turned out to be pretty good. I love a good comeback.

Another 4 hour broadcast to look forward to tonight. Call me a glutten for punishment, but I really hope to see the Sprott fight televised tonight.

As for the post by Arthur, I agree 100% about neutral judges for international fights.

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yeh the sexton fight chad. the ref didnt even look at the cut or ask a doctor,all he did was got someone to dry it with a towell and id didnt look like they did anything between the round as no sign of any vaseline on him

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Your right. Whilst it was bloody, the cut was about 3 inches away from the eye and the blood was definitely not impairing Sextons vision. I'd understand if he was losing pints of blood but he wasn't. For me all that was needed between round was a good squirt of water on the wound, 40 seconds of pressure on the cut from the corner then a good lump of Vaseline. There also seemed to be confusion about the ruling the referee made too.

Olubamiwo wants the rematch but Sexton didn't seem too sure. I'm really looking forward to David Price Vs. John McDermott next week on SKY. I know it's almost become a cliche, but the British heavyweight scene is fairly entertaining at the moment with the likes of Tyson Fury, Dereck Chisora, Sam Sexton, David Price, John McDermott, Michael Sprott, Larry Olubamiwo, Tom Dallas, Richard Towers and even Audley Harrison in the mix. Plenty of British, Commonwealth and European level fights to be had. There is a Facebook campaign to get Audley Harrison Vs. Tyson Fury on Channel 5 within the next 6 months. Car crash boxing really, but I'd watch it:shocked:

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id like to see chisora v fury 2 but with chisora in the shape he was against helenius, or price v fury or even sexton v fury as i think all 3 can beat him

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I wrote to Box Nation on 26 November 2011, via their e-mail address, to ask about commercial subscriptions for bars.

I received a reply the same day to say that they didn't know :shocked:

I immediately responded to ask if they could look into this and let me know. They replied, again on the same day, to say that they would be in touch with me after speaking to their legal team.

Since then I have heard nothing. Sadly, at our next directors meeting, I shall have no choice but to recommend that we don't deal with this company.

I do not expect to have to chase people in order to give them money, especially in the present economic climate :(

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announced on facebook and website today
We’ve been listening to you – the viewer – and thanks to popular demand we are delighted to announce the WBA World Heavyweight clash between Alexander Povetkin and Marco Huck will be shown EXCLUSIVELY and LIVE on BoxNationTV February 25th:

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Yeah that seems pretty poor. Televised boxing in a bar, or a sports bar is great. I watched Ricky Hatton Vs. Juan Lazcano a few years back in The New Yorker sports bar in Ediburgh. Great atmosphere, great banter and no trouble! Just a bunch of blokes who like their boxing having a drink and a chat. For me, watching boxing in a busy bar is almost as good as watching it live.

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That's great news. Huck is so crude, reckless and strong that I think he has a good chance of upsetting Povetkin. I would not be surprised if the Povetkin team find a way to get their fighter out of this in the coming weeks!

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I thought in Scotland Chad there were usually plenty bars with Live Action :D

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There's one directly across the road from me. I call it Mcfight Club! Always worth peeking through the blinds at 1am on a Saturday. One time I saw a girl, knickers down at her ankles, taking a dump:shocked:

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Sounds a classy establishment LOL :D

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It's where I met my wife:erm:

Just kidding

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has that primetime who had the ppv boxing last year gone bust? googled them and cant find anything

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It was bloody hard to find however finally found their site:

http://www.primetimelive.co.uk/

Still seems up and running. I really doubt this will have much of a future to be honest. They've only really shown 3 fighters on a PPV basis over the last 12 months being Amir Khan, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. With Khan going back to SKY, and Goldenboy Promotions back on speaking terms with SKY also, the only real PPV fighter they seem to have access too is Manny Pacquiao.

Unless Pacman faces Mayweather in May, I can't see how many boxing fans would pay £14.99 to watch something like Pacman Vs. Marquez IV at 5:30am in the morning.

When SKY pulled the plug on SKY Box Office 6 months ago they where making a statement that for now, they didn't see value in PPV boxing. Essentially this is what led to BoxNation being born. With fight fans getting live boxing on Channel 5, Eurosport, ESPN, SKY Sports, Premier Sports and BoxNation there will be little to no appetite to pay £14.99 for 3 hours of action from the small hours of the morning.

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Another good main event this evening on BoxNation. Mathews Vs. Marsili was much better than I expected. A real tough war, very entertaining.

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I've noticed that for this Friday BoxNation is currently showing as "No Information" on the Virgin EPG between the hours of 8pm and 11pm. On SKY however it shows as "Live- World Title Boxing". I've checked the BoxNation website but there is nothing listed for this Friday.

The only show that I can see that might be broadcast live this Friday is an event from Kazakhstan that is jointly being promoted by Ricky Hatton. It's not exactly "World Title Boxing" but it is live action.

Here's more info for anyone interested:

http://news.boxrec.com/news/2012/boratton-promotions

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on my tivo it says live:WBA world title boxing

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Very interesting. The show from Kazakhstan is for the WBC Asia Council Continental Bantamweight Title. I can't find any WBA action for this weekend at all.

I was hoping they would show the German broadcast from Hamburg this Saturday night. It's a packed card featuring up and coming German talent, and some veterans. There's 11 fights scheduled featuring the likes of Denis Boytsov, Juergen Braehmer, Ruslan Chagaev and Firat Arslan.

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this was on their facebook page
Hi guys -

We promised to deliver as much boxing to you as possible, and we're still aiming to bring you two fights a week, including domestic and international cards. We know there are no live fights being shown this weekend on BoxNation and we will do everything we can to try and avoid this situation in the future.

We're working hard on setting up deals with international fighters and promoters, which has been made more difficult after a quiet December and January.

Please stay patient with us while we work as hard as possible to get the deals in place that will bring the fights we all want to see onto BoxNation for just £10 a month.

followed by

BoxNation are adding another terrific card to their already packed February schedule.

We’ll be announcing the show here on our Facebook page shortly.

Be sure to watch this space!

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looking at the channel chad they asked us for ideas or what would make the channel good but it doesnt look like they are taking on board what we asked for. its just repeat after repeat of whats been on before

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Thanks for the update.

I agree that the constant repeats of the same fights over and over is getting pretty tiresome. People had great ideas such as old classic fights from the 60's, 70's and 80's. Theme nights like the best of Prince Naseem Hamed or Joe Calzaghe. Documentaries old and new. With Frank Warrens ever growing stable surely they could knock together a 30 minute boxing news round-up every night with interviews, training footage and exclusive fight announcements. Alternatively a weekly boxing news round up on a Friday to compliment The Bunce Hour on a Monday.

I'm excited about their February announcement. I hope it's at least one of the American cards. There's 2 on HBO and 2 on Showtime. If I had to choose just one show, I'd personally like to see Marcos Maidana Vs. Devon Alexander however Andre Berto Vs. Victor Ortiz II is a very close second.

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not what i was expecting

WBA Interim World Super Middleweight championship showdown between the UK’s Brian Magee and Dane, Rudy Markussen takes place in Denmark Feb 18th - Live and Exclusive on BoxNation! More details to follow...

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Mmmmm........

I must admit I'm not exactly thrilled to bits but it's good to see Magee getting proper TV coverage. I watched his fight against Roman Aramyan in 2010 via the official RTE stream from Ireland. I watched extended highlights of his fight with Lucian Bute last year on BBC One Ireland and his last fight against Jaime Barboza from Costa Rica on the worst stream I've ever watched.

Magee Vs. Markussen and Klitschko Vs. Chisora on the same night will deliver a decent night of boxing. I'm still hoping for American shows!

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_...Andre_Berto_II

in this link on wikipedia and also a similar one for chavez jr v rubio it says under International Broadcasting that in uk its boxnation. hopefully its true but i know anyone can update wikipedia

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If true, what a fantastic discovery! I'm going to hunt for futher information. thanks for sharing that.

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Some news regarding televised boxing.

Boxing returns to Channel 5 on the 18th February with hot young prospect Kid Galahad taking on veteran Jason Booth for the WBC International super-bantamweight title. The undercard will feature the second outing for Chris Eubank Jr. Galahad and Eubank are 2 tipped for the top so this should be a good card. No Tyson Fury on this bill.

Boxing also makes a return on Eurosport on the 24th February with the Bigger's Better 10.

Alex Arthur wil be making his return on the 14th April 2012 at Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh. Interestingly this event clashes with Audley Harrison Vs. Ali Adams and Tony Bellew Vs. Danny McIntosh. Who knows what will be televised out of this bunch but surely one of them will be on BoxNation.

Finally good news for Ricky Burns today. Ricky has been made full WBO lightweight champion after Juan Manuel Marquez moved up a division, relinquishing his title.

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any news on scott harrison?

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Nothing offical yet. Rumours suggest the undercard of Ricky Burns Vs. Paulus Moses on 10th March. Scott himself suggested he wanted to get out in February.

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any stream for tonights show from germany?

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http://www.bild.de/video/clip/boxen-...1270.bild.html

Just started about 30 mins ago. The stream is 100% legal too.

EDIT:

I think this was only showing the undercard fights as it's just stopped broadcasting. I'll PM you if I find another link.

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Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Vs. Marco Antonio Rubio

Nonito Donaire Vs. Wilfredo Vazquez Jr

Just confirmed for this Saturday on BoxNation in the small hours of the morning.

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just announced on bunceys boxing hour they have got the chavez jr v rubio+ donaire card saturday night

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enquiries@boxnation.co.uk no longer working for me :confused:

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There seems to be some funny things going on with Frank Warrens camp of fighters. First James DeGale claims he has split from the promoter then it's confirmed Tony Bellew Vs. Danny McIntosh will be on SKY Sports. Tony Bellew, promoted by Frank Warren, then proclaims “It’s a dream come true to back on Sky Sports".

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strange. danny mcintosh is promoted by hennessy sports so you would think either boxnation or channel 5

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where did you see that chad as ive been on sky site and doesnt say anything

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Dave Caldwell won the purse bid and has teamed up with matchroom for the bill this is why it's on sky sports, but something is definitely up with warren, Caldwell posted this on his twitter

While we're talking about BBBofC Rules,I'm sure there's a rule in there where u actually have to pay a boxer for his services u mug. #boxing

With De Gale looking to leave/left and Bellew's reaction it don't take a rocket scientist to work out who that tweet was aimed at.

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http://news.boxrec.com/news/2012/bellew-its-dream-come-true-be-back-sky-sports

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Seems this speculation led to the following statement being made today by the British Boxing Board of Control:

http://news.boxrec.com/news/2012/exc...ayment-rumours

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i thought bellew was one of warrens fighters it says he is on warrens website??

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Looks like a great weekend of boxing on BoxNation

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It's a great weekend for boxing fans, depending on their TV package.

Friday:

BoxNation 8:00 pm - 11:00pm - Boxing: McKenzie Vs. Dodson

Eurosport 10:30pm - 11:30pm - Boxing: Queensbury League

Saturday:

ESPN America 1:00pm - 3:00pm - Boxing: Friday Nigth Fights

BoxNation 7:30pm - 11:30pm - Boxing: Hernandez Vs. Cunningham

SKY Sports 8:00pm - 10:00pm - Boxing: Quigg Vs. Arthur

BoxNation 2:00am - 6:00am - Boxing: Chavez Jr. Vs. Rubio

Get your TiVo boxes and V+ boxes ready to record! 16 hours of boxing coming our way:D

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ronnie heffron looked good again,one to watch in the future i think!!

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sky just announced on ringside they have signed an agreement with goldenboy promotions to show all their fights including maidana v alexander,morales v garcia and ortiz v berto 2. is this the sign of the end of boxnation?

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

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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.

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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!

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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)"

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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)

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

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Yes its not looking that good in my mind..

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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;)

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Well the next six months will tell us that.

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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 :)

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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.