BoxNation on Virgin Media?

[Chad]

Originally Posted by thatllbeme

do you think burns will fight scott harrison? that would be a big fight up there!i heard the other day watching the limond crolla fight hes been training and sparring with limond,any news on when hes looking to make a comeback?

I heard the same quote about Harrison myself during the fight.

Ricky Burns Vs. Scott Harrison would be massive up in Scotland. Scott Harrison however would need to prove he still has something to offer first. A couple of warm-up fights against other Scots at the same weight like Motherwells Paul King or Gary McArthur from Clydebank. Neither have big punches which should allow Harrison to control the fight, look good, and get much needed rounds under his belt.

It will be tough for Scott. If you want to know how tough you should check out this Scott Harrison documentary from 3 years ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bspwkaRVV4

It was supposed to be a documentary about his much anticipated comeback but by the end of it he's facing prison.

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Originally Posted by HD Boy

I wonder if BoxNation HD was part of the deal Virgin Media signed ?

Probably not at this stage. If and when it launches BoxNation and Virgin will probably need to agree a new carriage deal. If and when this happens, hopefully virgin can get BoxNation On Demand.

Believe it or not I am married and have a life, it just sounds like all i do is go on about boxing 24/7. In all honesty I only think about boxing for 23 hours of the day

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[HD Boy]

Originally Posted by Chad

This is my 1000th post!

[Rob King]

did any one see there is no listings for boxnation on the epg ?

[Chad]

Originally Posted by Rob King

did any one see there is no listings for boxnation on the epg ?

Yeah someone raised that issue a couple of days ago. A Virgin member of staff posted that there is no problem with the channel launching. EPG should be updated when the channel goes live on the 01st December. Either that or I'm paying £10 for a whole lot of "Coming Soon"

[dempseyjack]

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Originally Posted by Chad

http://www.frankwarren.tv/index.php/...xing-fans.html

"BoxNation will also show two episodes of the multi-award winning HBO 24/7 documentary series that follows both fighters with unparalleled access as they head towards their rematch".

Usually there is 4 episodes to 24/7 however I believe there has only been 3 filmed for Cotto Vs. Margarito II. It would have been great to see all 3 episodes on BoxNation however 2 is better than none!

If you can't wait you can watch plenty, and I mean plenty, of pre-fight hype over on the HBO website:

http://www.hbo.com/boxing/index.html...WkVrAxAgB62xti

I think the first 2 episodes of 24/7 are there too at the moment.

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I think for future competitions BoxNation will need to announce the winners a little earlier in the week to allow people to plan their journey. I watched the Burns Vs. Katsidis with my Dad and 2 brothers at my parents and had a great night. It's not often us Scots have a world champion at anything!

Cheers chadd , I do love those 24/7 programs , so who are people going for cotto or margareto ? I'm going for cotto to win by tko rd 11 , also just to let people know there is what looks like a great program all about my favorite fight , Benn v mccellen on Monday itv 1 (hd) not sure of the time , I think that was a frank warren card ?

[Chad]

Originally Posted by dempseyjack

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Cheers chadd , I do love those 24/7 programs , so who are people going for cotto or margareto ? I'm going for cotto to win by tko rd 11 , also just to let people know there is what looks like a great program all about my favorite fight , Benn v mccellen on Monday itv 1 (hd) not sure of the time , I think that was a frank warren card ?

I'm going for Cotto but not confident of a K.O.

That programme your talking about featured on The Bunce Boxing Hour this week on Boxnation. It sounds really good. Apparently they get Benn and McClellan together for the first time since their fight in 1995. My memory of the promoter on the night is fuzzy. I think it was indeed a Frank Warren show. A terrible night for boxing, and a terrible night for the McClellan family.

[dempseyjack]

Originally Posted by Chad

I'm going for Cotto but not confident of a K.O.

That programme your talking about featured on The Bunce Boxing Hour this week on Boxnation. It sounds really good. Apparently they get Benn and McClellan together for the first time since their fight in 1995. My memory of the promoter on the night is fuzzy. I think it was indeed a Frank Warren show. A terrible night for boxing, and a terrible night for the McClellan family.

i agree it was a terrible night for both boxing and the mcclellans , if gerrald mcclellan hadnt been injured , that fight would of surely of gone down as one of the fights of the century , and the greatest win for a british boxer .

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Originally Posted by BoxNation

Thanks Chad and dempseyjack, I have passed your recommendations onto our site managers for consideration, we're definitely aiming to have a lot more useful information up there soon.

BoxNation

hi also it would be good to have a poll each week on the web site , with boxnation viewers voting fom a choice of 3 classic fights , with the winning vote being shown on boxnation and also boxnation could have 'for example a naz night or again vote from 3 boxers and the winning vote show that boxers fights for the night , what do you think ?

[BoxNation]

That's a great idea, thanks!

[BoxNation]

Originally Posted by Chad

I really like the idea of having ticket info available on the site. Maybe BoxNation customers could get a little discount, or first choice of tickets, whenever a Frank Warren or Queensberry Promotion show is announced.

Competitions would be great too. Who doesn't like the chance of winning a freebie? Even if it was just BoxNation T-shirts!

The guys at BoxNation will need to spend all this incoming subscription money on updating and maintaining their website at this rate

Chad, dempseyjack, thatllbeme, you are on fire - this is all going straight back to BoxNation HQ - much appreciated

[Chad]

Originally Posted by BoxNation

Chad, dempseyjack, thatllbeme, you are on fire - this is all going straight back to BoxNation HQ - much appreciated

Even if none of the suggestions get taken further forward, I think we're just happy to have a voice.

I've been completing ESPN surveys for over 2 years now asking for more boxing coverage, and not once have they ever replied or even humoured me.

It's a big day for boxing fans tomorrow with Virgin Media. I'm in

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On a seperate matter I've noticed that Boxrec haven't updated their website to include fights being shown on BoxNation. Well fight cards are listed but BoxNation aren't getting recognised as the UK broadcaster of the events.

[dempseyjack]

[QUOTE=Chad;35338016]Even if none of the suggestions get taken further forward, I think we're just happy to have a voice.

I've been completing ESPN surveys for over 2 years now asking for more boxing coverage, and not once have they ever replied or even humoured me.

It's a big day for boxing fans tomorrow with Virgin Media. I'm in[COLOR="Silver"]

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to right , i think its great that boxnation are taking the time to reply and give us feed back , be good to see some of our ideas end up on the boxnation site , im so exited , driving the misses and kids mad talking about boxnation , this day seems to of taken forever coming , im in 100%

[Chad]

Originally Posted by dempseyjack

to right , i think its great that boxnation are taking the time to reply and give us feed back , be good to see some of our ideas end up on the boxnation site , im so exited , driving the misses and kids mad talking about boxnation , this day seems to of taken forever coming , im in 100%

As a boxing fan I'm well chuffed. I've missed the regular Sauerland Events and Top Rank shows ever since we lost Setanta just over 2 years ago. It's great to have Buncey and Andy Kerr back on screen together. I always though Buncey got a bum deal. Why SKY never picked him up I'll never know. The man loves the sport just as much as your ordinary punter. To me he is the voice and opinion of the fans, even though he can rant a bit

I've been reading about the Chisora / Helenius press conference today. Del Boy is back to his usual mental self. Whilst I'm looking forward to Cotto Vs. Margarito and Murray Vs. Rios I'm totally up for Chisora Vs. Helenius. Sadly I think it'll end with Chisora on the canvas, but it'll be exciting while it lasts!

BoxNation is beginning to gather a bit of cult status, and not just here in the UK. My American, Canadian and Australian chums on the various boxing forums are sick with jealousy.

[dempseyjack]

Originally Posted by Chad

As a boxing fan I'm well chuffed. I've missed the regular Sauerland Events and Top Rank shows ever since we lost Setanta just over 2 years ago. It's great to have Buncey and Andy Kerr back on screen together. I always though Buncey got a bum deal. Why SKY never picked him up I'll never know. The man loves the sport just as much as your ordinary punter. To me he is the voice and opinion of the fans, even though he can rant a bit

I've been reading about the Chisora / Helenius press conference today. Del Boy is back to his usual mental self. Whilst I'm looking forward to Cotto Vs. Margarito and Murray Vs. Rios I'm totally up for Chisora Vs. Helenius. Sadly I think it'll end with Chisora on the canvas, but it'll be exciting while it lasts!

BoxNation is beginning to gather a bit of cult status, and not just here in the UK. My American, Canadian and Australian chums on the various boxing forums are sick with jealousy.

yes we are lucky having a channel dedicated to boxing, my god this is a dream come true , i just hope all goes smoothly today , thats one thing you can always be sure of with chisora is exitment and controversy , i just dont think he is dedicated enough , it will be interesting while it lasts

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by AZIMUTH

my free to air is encrypted from wednesday and i wont be joining sky or virgin so i hope you all will keep posting and keep me posted as to the quality of boxnation,,,happy viewing.Terry Marsh was FWs best fighter.

pssssst...if you tune into Box Nation right now, you should find that it is currently unencrypted

[HD Boy]

Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

pssssst...if you tune into Box Nation right now, you should find that it is currently unencrypted

Same here.