Boxing on uk tv

Looks like Channel 5 may be about to pull the plug.

http://www.worldboxingnews.net/news/...eubank-jr.html


Do you think Big Mick will find another channel or will Fury,Degale and Eubank Jr jump ship?

With The Skelton -McDermott fight being on Loaded TV, Hearn having the Sky monopoly and Warren sticking with Boxnation do you think this is good for Uk Boxing or is it being diluted? God knows what Hatton is going to do with his stable of fighters, they won't all be worthy of a pay per view slot like his last show. (Which was done really shittly anyway. I had to find a stream after paying for it because the feed to the TV was so bad)

The DeGale fight has indeed been postponed so there may be some substance to the rumour that Channel 5 are pulling Boxing. Does that mean Fury-Cunningham will not be shown too ?


James DeGale v Alexander Brand bout postponed | Boxing News | ESPN.co.uk

channel 5 is a shitty channel so if they are turning their back on boxing then that's not a good sign.

its the equivalent of getting dumped by an ugly chick :(

Too many fighters and not enough TV contracts/dates. So now there's Hatton, Fat Mick and Golden Boy all looking for TV dates. Warren would love to make Fury versus Chisora and would probably take a punt on Eubank Junior but they've got existing contracts with the fat man. Who knows what's in the contracts though. Interesting times in the UK boxing business.

Golden Boy has a contract to show their smaller shows exclusively on Premier Sports (Sky Channel 428). I watched Johan Perez vs. Stevie Forbes live on that one. I assume they'll either sign on Boxnation or try and get a bigger deal with Premier Sports.

Fat Mick was also on Premier Sports for a while. Maybed he'll go running back to them.

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Golden Boy has a contract to show their smaller shows exclusively on Premier Sports (Sky Channel 428). I watched Johan Perez vs. Stevie Forbes live on that one. I assume they'll either sign on Boxnation or try and get a bigger deal with Premier Sports.

Fat Mick was also on Premier Sports for a while. Maybed he'll go running back to them.

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How much is Premier Sports? Is it worth it?

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channel 5 is a shitty channel so if they are turning their back on boxing then that's not a good sign.

its the equivalent of getting dumped by an ugly chick :(

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I do not care if the channel is crap, it was free and on mainstream TV.

So what if she was ugly at least you got some sex, do not complain.

There should always be boxing on free to air terrestrial TV. It's like some veg on your plate,even if your tinned peas are hidden by the Steak it's still there and is good for you. Not that Fury is quite up to a processed peas level quite yet.

















P.S I await a barrage of Jokes about Price being cabbaged.:-\;D

Boxing on TV BBC ITV , both had great coverage, I would say we are a lot poorer for the lose of
boxing on theses channels.Sky give you a good fights, well produced in depth programing on boxing
football down side, you have to pay. You have boxnation it's like it's produced, in a tent at the bottom
of the garden, you pay again. Boxing needs ex poser, BBC and ITV gave us this free, will it change
I don't no, maybe not.!!!!!!!!

I hope they go to boxnation. I dont care that you have to pay for it once there is a channel devoted to boxing. Last thing I want is a sky monopoly showing one or 2 fights on a card and shiteing on about how great some overhyped British boxer is. Show as much fughts as possible and let the public make their own minds up

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Golden Boy has a contract to show their smaller shows exclusively on Premier Sports (Sky Channel 428). I watched Johan Perez vs. Stevie Forbes live on that one. I assume they'll either sign on Boxnation or try and get a bigger deal with Premier Sports.

Fat Mick was also on Premier Sports for a while. Maybed he'll go running back to them.

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Can't remember but I cancelled 5 days ago so I'd say no it's not worth it. I got it ages ago when they showed Erislandy Lara on there. Wish I hadn't bothered as it has been a waste of money. Stick with boxnation.

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I hope they go to boxnation. I dont care that you have to pay for it once there is a channel devoted to boxing. Last thing I want is a sky monopoly showing one or 2 fights on a card and shiteing on about how great some overhyped British boxer is. Show as much fughts as possible and let the public make their own minds up

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Abso-friggin-lutely! How can anyone complain about it? It is a dedicated Boxing channel!!! People hate on Frank Warren understandebly because he's a cunt, but there is plenty to love about a cunt. I love this channel. We genuinely wouldn't see big live fights from all over the world if it wasn't for Boxnation. UK fans should sign up, it is a dedicated Boxing channel, with only Boxing on it. That makes it the greatest channel ever made in the world ever!

I think Calzaghe v Lacy was the last BIG fight I can recall being on terrestrial TV.
That was ages ago and since then absolutely nothing on free TV.
Benn v Eubank etc used to pull in 20 odd million.
Its not the TV stations its boxing or UK boxing in general and the lack of rivals and personalities we now have.
TV networks care about making money and don't give a fuck about boxing or boxers at all.
There's simply no one who's gonna pull in those kind of viewers anymore and Hatton really was the last one with huge pulling power I can think of..
Haye was going in the right direction and Khan a bit too (both widely recognised by the public outside the ring)
Simply put we need some world class domestic fighters to actually get to the top level then fight each other.
Not something that looks likely to happen in the next 5 years and I doubt we will ever see those Days of Benn , Eubank and Watson for a very long Time....if ever unfortunately.
On a side note... The only other HUGE crowd pullers we had were Bruno as the public loved him and Lennox on pure Merit.

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I hope they go to boxnation. I dont care that you have to pay for it once there is a channel devoted to boxing. Last thing I want is a sky monopoly showing one or 2 fights on a card and shiteing on about how great some overhyped British boxer is. Show as much fughts as possible and let the public make their own minds up

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Abso-friggin-lutely! How can anyone complain about it? It is a dedicated Boxing channel!!! People hate on Frank Warren understandebly because he's a cunt, but there is plenty to love about a cunt. I love this channel. We genuinely wouldn't see big live fights from all over the world if it wasn't for Boxnation. UK fans should sign up, it is a dedicated Boxing channel, with only Boxing on it. That makes it the greatest channel ever made in the world ever!

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Dedicated it may be but it shows only a small % of boxing world wide. IF they were dedicated enough we'd have a lot more boxing, documentaries, boxing shows (think KOTV), boxing news and interviews (think iFilm London) rather than just Bunce's show.

I think they are missing a lot of "cheap" tricks with the channel.

What is this a boxing fan forum or a television production judge panel, boxnation has brought some good fights its brilliant having a channel solely for boxing.