Is there any interest in this fight? If there WAS a legal stream would there by anyone wanting to watch?
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Is there any interest in this fight? If there WAS a legal stream would there by anyone wanting to watch?
Yea would definitely be keen, there are a few guys here that follow the little guys.Quote:
Originally Posted by boxing prospect
When is it on?
Around 8am UK time, Monday morningQuote:
Originally Posted by Master
Well good news!
Seems like there will indeed be a stream courtesy of AsianBoxing.info who appear to have secured something with CBC to show the fight!
http://www.asianboxing.info/asian-ne...mura-vs-tanaka
Sounds great, I'll be watching.Quote:
Originally Posted by boxing prospect
Just 12 hours away now!
Tanaka the betting favourite, Kimura the favourite with the Japanese fan poll
Interesting that Kimura is the fav, I'm picking Tanaka.Quote:
Originally Posted by boxing prospect
Here's a YouTube link as well:
http://youtu.be/ZZeyMP-JANo
Bollocks, I'll be in bed, is it like an official YouTube stream? Hope they let it be replayed, I think there is a market for jap boxing for someone to buy the rights to. I emailed dazn to suggest it to them :S..... Maybe someone already has the rights and I don't know... Anyway none official streams are cool but I like to lend my support to the organizers :S
Unfortunately Japanese/Asain boxing presents a big timezone clash for the west. The Inoue Japanese World Series card on Danz/Sky will do poor numbers, it's the morning in the UK (10-11am) and the middle of the night across the pond.
The betting is fairly tight.
Tanaka - 4/6
Kimura - 5/4
It's an official stream agreed between Asianboxing (who basically nagged) and CBC (the broadcaster). It's run through the CBC youtube with Asianboxing having a license to host it (apparently contracts and shizz had to be signed)Quote:
Originally Posted by palmerq
No one has the rights because there's about 5 different channels showing the sport in Japan. It's not like the UFC :p
You have CBC (who are showing this, and are affiliated with TBS), TBS (who have Watanabe and Ioka signed up) NTV (who have links to Teiken, but haven't shown much this year), G+ (who are an NTV affiliate), Fuji (who do Inoue, Murata, Ken Shiro), then you have things like Boxingraise (subscription service from Dangan/reason), a-sign (which put their fights on youtube on delay)
That was an excellent fight. Non stop action every round.
I've got it 116-112.
Tanaka beat a very tough, very determined champion tonight. Great fight.
116-112, 115-113, 114-114
MD Tanaka.
FOTY contender right thar!
How did Kimura finish the fight with his eyes in that state? Blimey. In the UK the fight would have been stopped, he couldn't see out his left eye at all for the last few rounds.
I only saw half-a-dozen rounds but always had Tanaka one-step ahead.
For those who missed it, the stream video has the fight to watch at any point, it begins at 6:19 in
Man, Kimura more than impressed me. He stuck with Tanaka the whole fight. Outside of a few clear rounds, the others were all very close.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenster
Highly recommended anyone to watch this watch.
CBC were impressed with the figures and intend to do the same next time they do a Tanaka show! :D
Do you know the actual/official viewing figures? The recent Murata fight got 18 million TV viewers, right? Seeing your earlier post, I assume that was on national free-to-view Japanese TV? So Inoue is on that too?Quote:
Originally Posted by boxing prospect
It's an even more impressive performance from Tanaka when you consider he's the starting pitcher for the Yankees every five days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenster