BoxNation on Virgin Media? - Page 36

Chad · 28-12-2011, 13:34

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 Â£14.99 I would have probably bought the PPV. So I've saved Â£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.

AZIMUTH · 28-12-2011, 14:44

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.

denphone · 28-12-2011, 14:47

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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.

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

Chad · 29-12-2011, 18:52

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Originally Posted by AZIMUTH

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.

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.

Chad · 29-12-2011, 21:44

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

thatllbeme · 29-12-2011, 22:32

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?

Chad · 30-12-2011, 00:23

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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?

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.

thatllbeme · 30-12-2011, 17:23

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

Chad · 31-12-2011, 21:10

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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

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!

Chad · 07-01-2012, 17:22

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

thatllbeme · 07-01-2012, 18:01

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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.

Chad · 07-01-2012, 18:56

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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.

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.

thatllbeme · 09-01-2012, 21:06

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

Chad · 09-01-2012, 21:51

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Originally Posted by thatllbeme

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

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.

thatllbeme · 09-01-2012, 22:33

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