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i think the deal is for all exept for mayweather fights as the know they can sell the mayweather fights on their own where the others dont have the same pulling power so have to sell the as a package

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just been watching a heavyweight special on boxnation showing some of britah heavyweight fights from the frank warren archives. danny williams winning with one hand, his other arm popped out of socket was awsome!!!

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It's a classic moment. I always loved Danny for the heart he showed in fights. He got bashed up good against Klitschko but never gave in.

Some good "old" fights on tonight

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Danny was great a big heart , the mark potter fight was brilliant , but danny did blow hot and cold you never new what danny willams would turn ,great seeing clips of the , old fights i wish they would show the full fights ,

does anyone know if boxnation will ever appear in a tv listings mag , im fed up with all the repeats , come on boxnation we need more of frank warren fight collection shown .

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updated boxing schedule for uk tv over next few months
http://liveonsat.com/boxing.php

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Cheers for that , thatllneme ,

So does anyone think derick chisora has a chance ? , he is talking a good fight , i think he stands a better chance than people think , the klitsckos like to work at their own pace if chisora can put loads of pressure on him and make vitali work out of his comfort zone , you never know .

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Frank Warren said on Bunce's BBC radio show last night that Hopkins Dawson 2 on April 28th is on Boxnation, although I have seen nothing on the website or anywhere else confirming it, again like Mayweather Cotto it's a co promotion which I'll guess is why it's not on Sky Sports.

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Dereck Chirosa slapping Klitschko earlier today was a beauty. Not very classy but will certainly make things more interesting. I think it's on You Tube but I don't have a link. Try and check it out!

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Boxing motor point arena Sheffield 17th March 2012 on Sky Sports

http://www.worldboxingnews.net/2012/...es-3d.html?m=1

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Looks a very good fight MM.

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derek slapping an oppnent?????im 65 so i go back a long way,,,heavyweight boxing is a joke nowdays.chisoras got the right idea though,its SLAPSTICK comedy boxing!and people pay for it.

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opponent

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i cant spell,,,,

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Here you go, disgraceful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itLVY...eature=related

Chisora's going to pay for that. My prediction, within three rounds.

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Sounds about right although after the slap it could be inside two.

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I wish I could go to the cinema to watch a live boxing match in 3D. Wonder if SKY would ever consider piping their feed to Cineworld?

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I think Chisora showed a lack or class and respect with his actions today however it's got the fight noticed. Footage of the incident is all over the internet and is being shown on SKY Sports News every 15 minutes or so. It's also in the top 3 sports news stories for the day on most news websites. The incident has boxing forums buzzing.

The man knows how to create a buzz and draw attention which Frank Warren and BoxNation will be delighted with. He thrives on controversy and as former WCW President Eric Bischoff once said, "Controversy creates ca$h".

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any news on scott harrison? is he making comeback on burns undercard? nothing on boxrec yet

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Omg what the hell was all that about saturday night , with haye and chisora , i cant belive haye bottled chisora and swung a tripod about , i mean chisora had a great fight pushed vitali harder than anyone has since lennox lewis , a shame it was all ruined in 5 minutes of madness.

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buncey just announced abnes mares v eric morel 21/4/12 and bernard hopkins v chad dawson 28/4/12!

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James DeGale’s on-off European super-middleweight title defence against Italy's Christian Sanavia could be back on again. According to the European Boxing Union, DeGale will make the first defence of his EBU crown against Sanavia on 21st April 2012 in Denmark (no venue listed) on a bill staged by Italian promoters Round Zero.

DeGale bounced back from his solitary career loss to arch-rival George Groves to claim the European title with a hard-fought majority decision over Piotr Wilczewski in October but hasn’t fought since. The 36-year-old Sanavia, 45-5-1, is entering the final echelons of his 15-year career but commands respect as a former WBC and European super-middleweight title holder.

It remains to be seen if DeGale will be allowed to box on this date given his current contractual wranglings with manager Frank Warren. Last month the Olympic gold medalist surprisingly announced his intention to split from Warren. This was swiftly refuted by Frank Warren Promotions who issued a counter statement to confirm that DeGale is under contract with them until 14 April 2013.

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the weekend friday 13th and saturday 14th april look like they may be good with felix sturm v sebastian zbik possibly on boxnation and michael katsidis v albert mensah on espn on the friday and then robert stieglitz v mikkel kessler possibly on boxnation,tony bellew v danny mcintosh on sky sports and tyson fury v martin rogan on channel 5 on the saturday!! also that night ali adams v audley harrison and a massive night from las vegas brandon rios v yuriorkis gamboa,mike alvarado v mauricio herrera and kelly pavlik v scott sigmon!!!

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anyone else think the bit rate is poor on BoxNation?

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i think it will be in HD soon,im hoping by 5th may for mayweather v cotto

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IMO it is really badly run and I have doubts it has a long term future, let alone being able to start HD broadcasts!

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Well we shall see in the coming months whether it has a future.

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whats the news suppost to be breaking today?
http://www.boxingnews24.com/2012/03/...ke-on-tuesday/

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whats IMO,,,sorry to be so ignorant,,,but im old.

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In my opinion.

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is it ,,,in my opinion?,,,,,im a nit.!!

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You got it lol:D

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ty,,alwaysabear.

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boxnation schedule has been updated

23/3/12 Live from Palasport EIB Fiera, Brescia, Lombardia, Italy
EBU (European) Welterweight Championship
Leonard Bundu vs Gianluca Branco
...
31/3/12 Live from Sparkassen-Arena, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
WBO European Super Middleweight Championship
Arthur Abraham vs Piotr Wilczewski

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announced today

10/3/12 MarchLive from Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico
The WBO World Featherweight Championship
Orlando Salido vs Juan Manuel Lopez

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In a crazy turn of events Boxnation announced earlier today that they have now secured a long-term deal with Golden Boy Promotions!

The deal, commencing April 21st, means BoxNation will bring two GBP shows LIVE each month.

So it looks like Berto Vs. Ortiz II on the 23rd June will now be on Boxnation, not SKY.

Boxnation also announced they will be broadcasting all episodes of Mayweather Vs. Cotto 24/7.

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long time no post chad how u doin?
i seen that yesterday strange that both state have deal with gbp hopefully they both show 2 events each month so basically every week we have some boxing from america!

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All good thanks, been away for a couple of weeks. Small holiday then a couple of family weddings.....totally skint :)

It's beginning to look really good for Boxnation. They seem to be on good terms with Top Rank and now GBP. It's also good to seem them picking up more European action outwith Sauerland events with the likes of Denis Lebedev vs Shawn Cox and Lukas Konecny vs Salim Larbi next week. They are on the brink of being able to deliver 8 shows per month, which for me is great value at £10.00 per month. Boxing fans are spoiled in April:

04/04/12 - Denis Lebedev Vs. Shawn Cox - Boxnation

05/04/12 - Lukas Konecny Vs. Salim Larbi - Boxnation

13/04/12 - Bigger's Better - Eurosport

13/04/12 - Tony Bellew Vs. Danny McIntosh - SKY Sports

13/04/12 - Michael Katsidis Vs. Albert Mensah - ESPN

14/04/12 - Tyson Fury Vs. Martin Rogan - Channel 5

21/04/12 - Anthony Crolla Vs. Derry Matthews - SKY Sports

21/04/12 - James DeGale Vs. Christian Sanavia - Boxnation

21/04/12 - Anselmo Moreno Vs. David De la Mora - Boxnation

27/04/12 - Ismayl Sillakh Vs. Denis Grachev - ESPN

28/04/12 - Jack Morris Vs. Simon Parkins - Eurosport

28/04/12 - Nathan Cleverly Vs. Robin Krasniqi - Boxnation

28/04/12 - Bernard Hopkins Vs. Chad Dawson - Boxnation

There's got to be a point when BBC or ITV realise boxing is going through a resurgence. I'm finding it hard to remember a time when so much boxing was available on TV. The sport needs more free coverage on the main terrestrial channels.

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yes and then theres sturm v zbik 13th rios v abril,marquez v fedchenko 14th,taylor v truay,lara v hearns 20th,balzsay v sartison,braemer v tbs,chagaef v tba 21st,senchenko v malignaggi 29th not yet picked up!

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Some good fights in there.

Juan Manuel Marquez Vs. Serhiy Fedchenko and Brandon Rios Vs. Richard Abril are HBO PPV on the 14th April, the only weekend Boxnation have no confirmed action yet, and is a Top Rank show. I've got a really good feeling Boxnation will snap this up.

Seeing SKY have shown 2 of Sturms last fights, and they interviewed him 2 weeks ago on Ringside, I have a sneaky suspicion they will grab Strum Vs. Zbik and show it as a double header on the same night as Bellew Vs. McIntosh.

The Karoly Balzsay Vs. Dimitri Sartison card from Germany on the 21st April looks like it has the potential to be great. I've seen people asking Boxnation about this card on Facebook but the replies don't seem positive. Sadly we might miss this one.

I beleive Jermain Taylor next outing will be on Premier Sports as part of their ongoing deal with Lou Dibella.

Vyacheslav Senchenko Vs. Paul Malignaggi is a Sunday broadcast, WTF? Not too sure anyone will pick this up, but I would like to see it.

I'd still like to see some action from around the world, especially from Japan, Thailand, South Africa and the Philippines. Plenty of world title action at the lower weight divisions. In 2 weeks time Vic Darchinyan takes on Shinsuke Yamanaka for the WBC bantamweight title in Tokyo. Even if these international cards could be shown on a delayed basis I'd be happy. Nodoby ever seems to pick up these cards.

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boxnation just announced sturm v zbik 13/4/12 and groves v stieglitz 5/5/12

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Brilliant!

I'm just about to watch the Lebedev card from earlier today.

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im at a wedding friday 13th april so will miss a brilliant night of boxing sturm v zbik boxnation,bellew v mcintosh sky sports, katsidis v mensah espn. thank god for tivo!

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WOW! Possibly the best Friday night of boxing televised in the UK ever!!!

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just announced the Juan Manuel Marquez Vs. Serhiy Fedchenko and Brandon Rios Vs. Richard Abril april 14th and the aba championships on 13th

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Bellow vs McIntosh postponed until april 27th with Mcintosh suffering from a chest infection

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Even more good news from Boxnation.

I don't for one minute believe McIntosh is ill. This is now the second time the fight has been moved. Firstly it was moved from 14th April to 13th as it clashed with both Liverpool Vs. Everton and the Grand National at Aintree however I believe it was down to Channel 5 announcing that Tyson Fury Vs. Martin Rogan would be shown live at the same time.

Then when Boxnation announce Sturm Vs. Zbik will clash with Bellew Vs. McIntosh surprise surprise the fight is moved yet again too the 27th April when funnily enough it doesn't clash with any other televised fight.

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I pay £76 per month for sky full package including sports, and espn.
Question
Does this Box Nation mean that my sports package will be diluted, and I will effectively have to pay another £10 per month.
If so, do you think this is a foul, and just another way of squeezing the customer.
We will get fed up with being treated like this.

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Hi Pete, welcome to the forum.

SKY used to offer between 4 and 5 PPV shows per year at £14.99 each however last year they decided to stop PPV. Frank Warren, who used to have 3 of these shows, took his fighters off SKY and helped launch Boxnation. People who subscribe to SKY are still getting the same amount of shows they did in 2010 and 2011. Boxnation launching hasn't had any effect on what SKY are putting out each month. It just means other promoters who have contracts with SKY are getting more air time, filing the void left by Frank Warren.

Boxnation is a channel for hardcore boxing fans. Since the demise of Setanta Sports in 2009 Boxing fans in the UK experienced somewhat of a drought in terms of international action with SKY only picking up "massive" fights. SKY had a 2 year window to snap up boxing rights and did nothing. They let boxing fans down massively. ESPN too have done far too little to appease boxing fans. Personally I'm delighted to pay £10.00 per month to Boxnation to access the best boxing action on TV. Boxnation is exactly what I've been waiting for since Setanta collapsed.

Who knows maybe Boxnation launching will give SKY the kick up the rear they needed and SKY subscribers will be treated to even more boxing in the near future.

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boxing fans need the 2 channels fighting to show the best action week in week out and for now thats what looks like is happening! i cant think of many decents fights that havent been on either channel since boxnation started exept the shows on channel 5 and for me its brilliant. and i save money by staying in to watch it!

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Totally my feelings on the matter. Too long we've missed out on fights like Povetkin Vs. Huck or Chavez Jr Vs. Rubio due to a lack of TV coverage. Boxnation and SKY going head to head for boxing rights is great for the sport and fans.

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with the heavyweight division being dominated by the klitschkos is it worth doing a super 8 or even 16 tournament with some of the best heavyweights in the world fighting in a straight knock out competition?? heres a list of name who could be put in the hat!boystov,dimitrenko,pulev,chagaev,ibragimov,ust inov,gerber,helenius,povetkin,perez,fury,price,chi sora,haye,mitchell,wilder... and still plenty of others if some didnt want to take part! it would bring the excitement back into the heavyweight division!

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That would be fantastic. The International Prizefighter last year was a major let down. Not enough big names.

It looks like we've got more action coming soon on Boxnation from Sauerland and Goldenboy. Not confirmed yet but the below fights should be covered by the deal Boxnation have with both promoters:

Andre Berto Vs. Victor Ortiz II - 23rd June 2012

Alexander Povetkin Vs. Hasim Rahman - 14th July 2012

The Bunce Show was good last night. I enjoy when Frank Warren is in the studio. The e-mail from the Czech Republic was classic!

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theres enough fighters to do something but would the promoters want it? and would some of the fighters? i think 16 is to many but 8 should be easy enough to arrange and would be better than the super6 as it would have correct numbers for a straight knock out format. id like to see boytsov,helenius,chisora,povetkin,chagaev,price,ge rber,mitchell if i had to choose 8!

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Yeah the promoters would be a major stumbling block. I do like watching a fit Helenius and Seth Mitchell is a wrecking ball. I'd also like to put forward Chris Arreola, if he could get down to 225lb. Another guy who excites, but not tested at the top level, is Deontay Wilder. I've watched him a few times on ESPN. 21 fights, 21 knockouts. He'd be a bit of a wild card.

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im hoping for a rogan win tonight

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I like both fighters. They can be exciting and seem like good blokes. I'm just concerned that if Fury does lose, Channel 5 might not stay in the fight game too much longer :(

I'm too tired to stay up for the card on BoxNation, will watch that in the morning.

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thats what the tivos for!

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The old TiVo is carrying some boxing at the moment that I need to get through. I've still to watch this weeks KOTV, Ringside and listen to the Steve Bunce radio show I record from BBC London every Thursday night. I've also got last night's Bigger's Better from Eurosport and the undercard from Sturm Vs. Zbik which was shown earlier today.

I'm off work on Wednesday so I'll have a boxing session! The wife thinks I'm building furniture that day:erm:

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i look forward to ringside on a thursday and buncey on a monday but think he should either do a longer show or even do more shows he could do monday,wednesday,friday as at the moment the guests dont have enough time to talk and are like on a convayor belt getting 5 minutes or less

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good channel..

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I also get the impression with the Bunce show that it's not rehearsed at all, and is 60 minutes of Buncey completely winging it. Some of his studio guests are ropey to say the least.

I would like to see a regular boxing news programme on Boxnation. It could air on a Friday night and recap the biggest news in the world of boxing for the past 7 days plus look forward to the weekends big action. I wouldn't want it to be in the same format as the Bunce hour. I would actual prefer it to be in the same format as Channel 4's KOTV, but better.

Alternatively I'd like Boxnation to land HBO's new boxing show fronted by Jim Lampley. Here's more info on the show:

http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/1...ng-news-issues

Actually I've always found Boxnation to be open to new ideas. Anytime I've e-mailed them directly, they've always answered. Maybe I'll suggest they try and get the rights to 'The Fight Game'.

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For boxing fans it's the best:D

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groves is injured and out of fight on may 5th!

http://www1.skysports.com/boxing/new...low-for-Groves

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Saw that this morning on SKY Sports. Such a shame.

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Now the Nathan Cleverly fight is off too :( These things happen in boxing but it's so frustrating when they do.

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Victor Ortiz v Andre Berto is showing in sky sports schedule so it must have been in their deal signed before boxnation announced their deal with golden boy!

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It's all very confusing. The fight was supposed to be screened by SKY sports originally before it was cancelled. They probably still held the rights.

It's good to see Boxnation now offering the channel to SKY customers at £10.00 per month without having to commit for 6 months. It can only be good in terms of getting new subscribers. 3 people at my work with SKY are planning on getting the channel for 1 month just to see Mayweather Vs. Cotto. Boxnation need to go all out for Pacman Vs. Bradley in June too.

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Channel five you're not being serious.;)

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the more channels showing interest in boxing the better for me!

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With the BBC launching 24 linear channels on SKY, Freesat and Virgin for the Olympics it looks boxing will have it's own dedicated channel. I love watching Olympic boxing to see future stars from the likes of America, Canada, Cuba, Germany, Mexico, Russia and of course GB.

Tomorrow from 9pm on ITV - Piers Morgan's Life Stories: Frank Bruno. In his first major interview for nearly a decade, former boxer Frank Bruno re-lives the dramatic highs and lows of his journey from troubled adolescent to world champion, followed by personal meltdown and mental illness. He reveals the trauma of his retirement, divorce and committal to a psychiatric hospital, and how he finally battled his way back to health and happiness.

Whilst ITV have let us down badly in terms of live boxing, they have shown some decent boxing content in recent months. We had The Fight Of Their Lives back in December telling the story of Benn and McClellan plus recently they ran a series of new shows to celebrate the 70th birthday of Ali.

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Vyacheslav Senchenko vs Paul Malignaggi on boxnation sunday night!

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tony bellew looked good again tonight!cleverley doesnt want to fight him again and he looks like he may be one of the who needs him type of fighter!hopefully he can get a chance at one of the other world level fighters cos i think hes at that level now! only thing is who is promoting him? officially warren i think but promoted tonight by coldwell and hearns was in his dressing room aswell!? very confusing?

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I have just signed up to BoxNation the schedule was to much for a boxing fan. Quick question is the advice I got from Virgin CS right I must restart my TiVo box after 5mins to be able to see this channel?

Update: The channel came on without a restart, crazy advice!

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there have been some great nights so far and plenty more to come!

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but it needs to be in HD soon!

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Must admit my first view of this channel, great fight schedule but the SD picture quality is not great:erm:

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apparently sky are cutting back on the shows they will be putting on which is a real shame as i was thinking they were going to start showing more boxing. i havent seen anything official yet other than frank warren mentioning it tonight so if anyone gets any can you put it on here please? also ive heard rumour of hatton promotions coming to boxnation!

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Welcome aboard :D Yeah got to agree the picture quality is not great just now but HD is on it's way.

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Some real interesting stuff discussed in the studio between Warren, Lillis and Rosenthal.

Here's a Tweet from Ricky Hatton:

"Just landed in hong kong.what a trek that was. Just landed and get a load of tweets of sympathy as people have found out that sky have Pulled the plug on my dates.thank you to all who have sent best wishes. I have a load of champions and a to stable so HP will consider other Avenues for my lads. I guess if you want loyalty by a dog."

So it looks like SKY are cutting back, and Hatton could end up on Boxnation however he did do some shows for Eurosport last year. If David Price doesn't make swift progress, or join Matchrooms ever growing roster, Frank Maloney will be dumped shortly too. Maloney only has about 6 dates on SKY whilst Matchroom, reportedly, have 20.

Thank goodness for Boxnation!

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Looking forward to the Vegas card this weekend, love Buncie great larger than life character!

Must admit though I might dip in and out on this channel if the fight schedule gets a bit thin on the ground I might cancel for the odd month, as BoxNation has pushed me over the £100 mark per month bill, which is not good!

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It's going to be a great week. Buncey has a special this Friday plus the weigh-in will be shown live too.

I think £10.00 per month is a bargain however I will drop in and out myself if the quality isn't there. Box Academy seems an interesting concept.

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cheers chad! it will be good if hatton and maloney move to boxnation as we will see the undercards from their shows instead of sky just showing the main event and normally 1 undercard. i know boxnation are doing this box academy but i think they should do a contender type of show aswell!

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I saw that, it was fairly interesting. I didn't know he actually does laugh like he does! I thought it was impressionists/comedians exaggerating it to a ridiculous level.

Sounds like they were spouting rubbish. It's pot luck if you get a CS rep. who knows what they are talking about. Even worse if you end up talking to India...

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This is a true story about Frank Bruno.

About 10 years ago I won employee of the month at work. As a reward I could choose a prize up to the value of £150.00 from Red Letter Days. For anyone who doesn't know what Red Letter Days are: http://www.redletterdays.co.uk/Home

Anyway for £150.00 I could train and spar with Frank Bruno for the afternoon. I called up, booked the session and couldn't stop telling people about it. I was so excitied.

About 2 weeks before I was due to go to the session, Frank was sadly sectioned for the first time amidst rumours of sleeping in a boxing ring in the garden etc... Red Letter Days called me asking if I wanted to cancel. My reply wasn't particularly respectful of Franks situation, but it was born out of devastation and disappointment.

"Of course I ******g want to cancel. What if he gets confused and thinks I'm Mike Tyson. What's going to stop him from ******g me up?"

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BoxAcademy London postponed after Steve O'Meara withdraws from his fight against Bradley Pryce with a breathing problem.

On a separate matter, Buncey let out some interesting figures during his Boxing Hour on Monday. He claimed last time Boxnation had a big fight, being Klitschko Vs. Chisora, Boxnations booking system went down when up to 40,000 people tried to subscribe on the night.

Now that could be nothing more than a gross exaggeration by Buncey, but if those figures are anywhere near to the real number of subscribers then Boxnation are doing fairly well.

I always wondered how many subscribers the channel had. Before you even consider "armchair fans" boxing is the kind of sport that participants of the sport watch as often as they can. I bet the vast majority of Britain's professional fighters, amateur fighters, retired fighters, trainers, coaches, promoters, journalists, referees, judges, ring side doctors, corner men, photographers and broadcasters all have a subscription with Boxnation. Boxnation could easily have between 5000 and 10000 subscribers from within the "world of boxing" alone.

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Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley on the 9th June is on Primetime, I'm quite dissapointed in this, with Boxnations arrival and Sky pulling out of ppv for "the foreseeable future" I was hoping to see the end of £15 ppv's in the UK.

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As long as people are prepared to pay £15.00 to watch a boxing PPV, guys like Primetime will always be looking to offer events. If you take what Boxnation delivers for £10.00 per month compared to £15.00 for Pacman Vs. Bradley then it's clear Primetime and PPV boxing is a major rip-off. Boxing fans need to boycott PPV or it'll never stop.

I hope people don't start moaning that Boxnation failed to grab the UK broadcast rights. I'm more dissapointed that SKY Sports didn't land the rights. I can see myself cancelling SKY Sports after the summer. It's sad to see how many of these big fights they keep on missing. Surely SKY would have enough funds to snap up every televised event from America if they really wanted to.

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sky sports breaking new chisora and haye to fight in the summer!

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I wonder if that is the BIG summer fight Boxnation mentioned last week?

WOW!

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Enjoyed the last episode of 24/7. I'm looking forward to tonights action. Mayweather Vs. Cotto should start between 4:30am to 5:00am depending on how the undercard action goes.

It's interesting that Boxnation have Anthony Crolla, a Ricky Hatton fighter, as one of their studio pundits. Even more interesting is Spencer Fearon, of Hard Knock Boxing Promotions on commentary. I wonder if Boxnation are branching out to get more promoters and more British fighters on their channel?

Here's my picks for tonight:

Robert Stieglitz beats Nader Hamdan on points

Marco Huck beats Ola Afolabi on points

Saul Alvarez beats Shane Mosley on points

Floyd Mayweather beats Miguel Cotto by late stoppage

If there is going to be an upset in any fight tonight, it'll be in the Huck Vs. Afolabi fight. Huck had a tough fight against Povetkin at heavyweight only 9 weeks ago. Huck put on 12 pounds for the fight coming in at 210lb. He should weight around 198lb tonight. The weight gain, and weight loss might just be a factor. Afolabi believed he was robbed in their 2009 battle and is highly motivated. This should be a war. Let's hope Britain has a new Cruiserweight champion before Mayweather and Cotto face off.

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Ive just signed up to boxnation for this month. can i cancel my subscription after this month or do i have to wait up to 3 monthly payments to cancel? Cheers.

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You only have to keep the channel for 1 month. Just remember to call Virgin to cancel.

Ricky Burns Vs. Kevin Mitchell is set to be confirmed on Tuesday plus rumours are rife David Haye Vs. Dereck Chirsoa will be happening in July exclusive to Boxnation. You might want to hang onto Boxnation for a couple of months:D

Enjoy the action, if you can stay awake!

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Just out of my bed about a hour ago. So tired.

I am beginning to get pretty annoyed with Boxnation. Usually I watch Boxnation live and record any other boxing that so happens to be on SKY, ESPN or Channel 5 at the same time. I save these for my Sunday morning viewing.

For the 3rd week straight the broadcast team have gave away the outcome of fights that have been televised elsewhere on the same night, before I've had a chance to watch the action. 3 weeks ago they spoiled the outcome of Crolla Vs. Mathews. Last week they hinted at the outcome of Sillakh Vs. Grachev and last night spoiled the Paul McCloskey fight. It's so unprofessional.

I've e-mailed Boxnation asking for this to stop.

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so for the rest of this month on uk tv we have:
friday 11th alexseev v arslan (eurosport)
saturday 12th galahad v wale (channel 5)
friday 18th fielding,selkirk,johnson (boxnation),mayfield v serrano (espn)
saturday 19th price v sexton,khan v peterson(sky sports),kessler v green(boxnation)
friday 25th selby v okine (boxnation),ji hoon kim v rahimov (espn)
saturday 26th froch v bute (sky sports)

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Heres some shows not on yet that id like boxnation to look at getting:
saturday 12th Baysangurov v Soro,Golovkin v Fuchigami from Ukraine
friday 18th Kiattaweesuk v Sinyabi from Thailand
saturday 19th Solis v Airich from USA
saturday 16th Agbeko v Domingo fron Ghana,Adams v Harrison from Essex

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Some good action still to come before the end of May. Things seem a bit quiet on Boxnation for the next 3 weeks.

Solis Vs. Airich on the 19th May is on Premier Sports.

I wonder if Boxnation will be showing the Telefutura broadcast on the 12th May, between Vicente Escobedo and Juan Ruiz as part of their deal with Golden Boy. My understanding is Boxnation will show 1 Telefutura broadcast each month plus a major show from either HBO or Showtime.

There might be a good chance we'll see the Gennady Golovkin card on the 12th May on Boxnation seeing they picked up his last fight. Actually it might depend on what relationships are like between K2 Promotions and Frank Warren after what happened with Chisora in Germany.

Another event they could pick up cheaply is Denis Shafikov defending his European title against Brunet Zamora on the 31st May in Russia. Shafikov looked great a couple of months ago when he easily defeated Scotlands Lee McAllister on SKY.

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I've just noticed that Boxrec have Ricky Burns Vs. Kevin Mitchell listed for 14th July at Upton Park. Interestingly Alexander Povetkin Vs. Hasim Rahman is listed on the undercard. Looks like this will be Boxnations "Heavyweight Announcement" and not Haye Vs. Chisora.

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yeh i seen that should be a big night if it comes off! isnt burns getting married soon though?

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I could be wrong but I think he got married about 3 weeks ago.

Burns Vs. Mitchell will be a great battle. It's a 50/50 fight. Burns could take Mitchell to school but on the other hand Mitchell could bash Burns up badly. Make it an outdoor event, play up on the Scotland Vs. England angle and you've got the British fight of the summer.....even 2012!

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frank warrens facebook page has this
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oth...k-in-July.html

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khan v peterson may be off after peterson has failed a drugs test according to sky sports
http://www1.skysports.com/boxing/new...-rematch-doubt
and also froch v bute may be off after bute got an inferction in his foot
http://www.boxingnews24.com/2012/05/...-be-postponed/

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David Haye Vs. Dereck Chisora will be the making of Boxnation. David Haye delivered 800,000 SKY Box Office buys when he fought John Ruiz, 900,000 against Audley Harrison and almost 1,000,000 against Klitchsko.

It's not inconceivable that Boxnation could have between 750,000 and 1,000,000 new subscribers for the fight. People were prepared to pay £14.99 to watch David Haye on SKY Box Office, with a terrible undercard supporting the main event. Boxnation will offer the fight for £10.00 for a 30 day subscription plus Burns Vs. Mitchell and Povetkin Vs. Rahman on the undercard.

As a fan of boxing, and Boxnation, I'm so happy for them.

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joe frazer night on espn classics from 9pm,golovkin on boxnation at 6.30pm and galahad on channel 5 at 10.30pm

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Yeah it's a decent nights action. I've got the Frazier documentary set to record. I'll watch the Boxnation card in the bedroom whilst the wife watches The Voice and BGT. I'm hoping Witter Vs. Lynes is shown live on Channel 5 tonight. If Witter doesn't win tonight, he should retire.

I'm off to bed for a few hours kip. Got 6 cans chilling for later.

Enjoy the action.

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I can't believe you are promoting that joke of a fight (Chisora v Haye).

Both boxers should be in jail. Not financially benefitting from this disgrace.

It's not even a sport anymore. It's a circus.

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i it any worse than lewis v tyson,hide v bent or tyson biting holyfield?

2 fighters fighting cant have that can we?!

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It's not for everyone, and I totally understand why you'd be against it.

Personally it's a fight I want to see, not just because of the events in Germany. Haye and Chisora are 2 of Britains top heavyweights, and it should be an exciting fight.

Boxing, like most sports nowadays, is all about the money and less about the sporting achievement. Boxing is the most dangerous sport on the planet. Fighters have short careers, and put their lives on the line every-time they enter the ring for our entertainment. I have no problem with any boxer cashing in when they can.

If people are strongly opposed to Haye Vs. Chisora then do have a choice. They can simply ignore the fight and refuse to either buy tickets to the event or refuse to subscribe to Boxnation.

What happened in Germany was not as bad as the events which took place on the 25th January 1995 when Eric Cantona launched a 'kung-fu' style kick into the crowd, directed at Crystal Palace fan Matthew Simmons, followed by a series of punches. Cantona was banned for 8 months, fined £30,000 but continued to receive full pay from Manchester United. That's a perfect example of a sportsman who should have went to jail, shouldn't have benefited financially and brought the sport into disrepute. Cantona makes Haye and Chisora look like a couple of spoilt brats.

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should have gone to jail.but ya right chad,they played up a good fight in germany,now lets see if they can deliver.(not went)i thought eric did a great job,,,if somebody is trying to verbally bully you from a seemingly safe place,it comes as a shock to em when you give em one.!

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2 fighters fighting cant have that can we?![/QUOTE]

very dry,,,made me laugh,,,,,lol

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golovkin looked good last night,i dont think any of the top fighters will come rushing to fight him!

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I agree. He's high risk low reward. Would love to see him taking on Sturm.