BoxNation on Virgin Media? - Page 77

Chad · 30-05-2013, 18:02

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Welcome to the Boxing forum! ;-)

It's not just boxing, we also like to discuss how heavily we drink at weekends in this thread too

johnasimmons · 30-05-2013, 18:12

Chad · 30-05-2013, 18:18

thatllbeme · 30-05-2013, 18:42

more drink talk than boxing talk recently

Chad · 30-05-2013, 18:55

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Originally Posted by thatllbeme

more drink talk than boxing talk recently

Sadly I have to agree

Martin Gethin vs Ammeth Diaz is going to be a drink free zone as I'm a busy boy on Saturday morning.

Been slow on Boxnation in the past couple of weeks. Still no official confirmation that Huck Vs. Afolabi III will be shown a week on Saturday.

30-05-2013, 22:01

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Originally Posted by Chad

Sadly I have to agree

Martin Gethin vs Ammeth Diaz is going to be a drink free zone as I'm a busy boy on Saturday morning.

Been slow on Boxnation in the past couple of weeks. Still no official confirmation that Huck Vs. Afolabi III will be shown a week on Saturday.

Have they blown their budget a bit for fight acquisitions with getting the mayweather fight, I remember them saying in the US it would have cost you $45?

Chad · 30-05-2013, 22:09

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Have they blown their budget a bit for fight acquisitions with getting the mayweather fight, I remember them saying in the US it would have cost you $45?

Heard a little rumour today regarding the Launch of Boxnation HD. I have no idea if Boxnation HD will launch on both Virgin and SKY however a September launch seems certain. If Boxnation secure the rights to show Mayweather Vs. Alvarez, on the 14th September, this will be the fight they use to drive the launch of their new HD channel.

30-05-2013, 22:19

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Originally Posted by Chad

Heard a little rumour today regarding the Launch of Boxnation HD. I have no idea if Boxnation HD will launch on both Virgin and SKY however a September launch seems certain. If Boxnation secure the rights to show Mayweather Vs. Alvarez, on the 14th September, this will be the fight they use to drive the launch of their new HD channel.

I would have thought Boxnation would want if launched their new HD channel on as many platforms as possible! Will we ever get a fight card at least one a week, I would love them to show a so called small hall show if their budget is a bit tight!

Chad · 30-05-2013, 22:24

Carl Froch Vs. Mikkel Kessler II will be shown this Saturday on SKY Sports 4 from 8:30pm. If you didn't catch this on Saturday, it's worth a watch!

Good news for free to air boxing. Saturday the 08th June see's the return of live action to Channel 5 as James DeGale defends his WBC Silver Super Middlewight title against Stjepan Bozic. Chris Eubank, Kid Galahad and Hughie Fury will also feature on the card.

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Originally Posted by mhatter67

I would have thought Boxnation would want if launched their new HD channel on as many platforms as possible! Will we ever get a fight card at least one a week, I would love them to show a so called small hall show if their budget is a bit tight!

I can see no reason why the HD version wouldn't come to Virgin. It'll probably cost us an extra £2 or £3 per month.

I would also like to see more small hall events, or at the very least international action on a delayed basis shown through the week. I'm sure it wouldn't cost too much to pick up delayed rights for action taking place in Mexico, Japan, South Africa, Philippines etc... Plenty of lower weight world title fights happening all the time that never see the light of day in the UK.

johnasimmons · 31-05-2013, 11:20

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Originally Posted by Chad

I can see no reason why the HD version wouldn't come to Virgin. It'll probably cost us an extra £2 or £3 per month.

I would also like to see more small hall events, or at the very least international action on a delayed basis shown through the week. I'm sure it wouldn't cost too much to pick up delayed rights for action taking place in Mexico, Japan, South Africa, Philippines etc... Plenty of lower weight world title fights happening all the time that never see the light of day in the UK.

We could do with BoxNation in HD, the SD version smears and can be a bit blocky at times...

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Originally Posted by Chad

Good news for free to air boxing. Saturday the 08th June see's the return of live action to Channel 5 as James DeGale defends his WBC Silver Super Middlewight title against Stjepan Bozic. Chris Eubank, Kid Galahad and Hughie Fury will also feature on the card.

Apart from the DeGale fight against Bozic, the Eubank jr, Fury & Galahad opponents are still TBA

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There are 10 fights on the Walsall bill this evening; let's see how many BoxNation televise...

johnasimmons · 01-06-2013, 16:10

Well, BoxNation showed six live fights with four of them going the distance. On the whole I thought the bill was a bit lack-lustre - Martin Gethin was well beaten, probably a step too far?

thatllbeme · 01-06-2013, 18:47

i dont think boxnation have a long term deal with sauerland anymore as huck v afolabi is next week and still no sign its going to be shown! they used to have them on the schedule as soon as the fights were announced but they have missed a few of their shows recently. im sure they will get this fight sometime this week but it seems they have used up a lot of money getting the mayweather fight and the shows the weeks before it and have forgot to get any fights after this. for me frank warren needs to put more uk shows on or needs to do a deal with hatton promotions and also get frank maloney to put more shows on boxnation as the deal he had with loaded tv is no longer in place!

thatllbeme · 03-06-2013, 18:36

buncey has just tweeted that there will be news about the huck v afolabi fight on the bunce hour tonight!

Chad · 03-06-2013, 19:25

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Originally Posted by thatllbeme

buncey has just tweeted that there will be news about the huck v afolabi fight on the bunce hour tonight!

Thanks for the info. I'll be watching the boxing hour, as per usual.

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Looks like SKY are showing Chad Dawson Vs. Adonis Stevenson this Saturday. This will clash with Marcos Maidana Vs. Josesito Lopez on Boxnation being shown at the same time.

thatllbeme · 03-06-2013, 20:00

is that definate chad?
i thought they might show it delayed sunday morning