****** signs with Sentanta!

[Max Molyneux]

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Fucking joke that.

Uk fighters not on a Uk channel!

Guys like Khan and Calzaghe are made for ITV.

Luckily my dad has sentanta so I can watch Calzaghe Vs Kessler at his.:twisted:

[sandwichsurgeon]

Boxing almost became mainstream again here, oh well:-(

[Smith]

for fuck sake, thats fucked!

[sandwichsurgeon]

Then again since boxing isn't on all year round and there are big gaps between fights it wouldn't be too much hastle to get a months subscription then cancel would it? It's only a tenner a month:think

[Max Molyneux]

Boxing almost became mainstream again here, oh well:-(

ITV got 8 million viewers when Audley bored us In the 1st Wiiliams fight which proves that boxing can be mainstream.

[Max Molyneux]

I'm pissed that Calzaghe Vs Kessler Is on Sentanta and not a UK channel.

[MrSmall]

Give me 5 years, guys, I'll bring it home.

[BigEars]

I'm pissed that Calzaghe Vs Kessler Is on Sentanta and not a UK channel.
It'll be on Setanta Sport 1 , which is a UK Satellite channel the same way Sky Sports 1 is . Setanta as a group are Irish but originally set up in the American market .

However I too am unhappy this isn't on (UK)terrestrial tv , I don't want to keep forking out for Setanta but it seems I may have to .

Don't Setanta have a deal with Fight Academy now too ?

[rooq]

Then again since boxing isn't on all year round and there are big gaps between fights it wouldn't be too much hastle to get a months subscription then cancel would it? It's only a tenner a month:think

tenner a month through a freeview box with card slot i think. fifteen if you're using a sky box.

i have setanta until early august due to the ricky hatton fight, but i'm definitely cancelling in august because i haven't watched the channel since.

if you can still leave and join without getting tied down to a contract i may follow your suggestion at least for the calzaghe fight...i suppose at least you get a few football matches as well.

i'm still pissed off though. i can see us ending up in the same position as the united states where most of the top boxing is tied to two subscription channels (HBO and Showtime) or PPV.

edit: just checked the website and it looks like it has come down to a tenner a month.

[dwilson]

tenner a month through a freeview box with card slot i think. fifteen if you're using a sky box.

i have setanta until early august due to the ricky hatton fight, but i'm definitely cancelling in august because i haven't watched the channel since.

if you can still leave and join without getting tied down to a contract i may follow your suggestion at least for the calzaghe fight...i suppose at least you get a few football matches as well.

i'm still pissed off though. i can see us ending up in the same position as the united states where most of the top boxing is tied to two subscription channels (HBO and Showtime) or PPV.

edit: just checked the website and it looks like it has come down to a tenner a month.


I havnt watched it since the hatton fight either, it is shit.

Have they made thier mind up about the prem games and the amount of boxing on offer?

[achillesthegreat]

Fight Academy and Sports Network on Setanta. Plus random fights like Cotto-Judah. Looks like I will have to invest. That should mean fights every month though.

Unfortunately we will lose the mainstream fans because they won't pay.

Setanta will pay though. They gave Hatton $4mil for one fight. ****** is saying outside of the heavies he has dealt with he is giving Calzaghe and Kessler the biggest purse ever, thus he needs solid cash.

[BigEars]

edit: just checked the website and it looks like it has come down to a tenner a month.

and normality is restored..............us in Ireland have to pay more than those in the UK for the same product , still it was nice having the opposite even just on one thing for a while .

[achillesthegreat]

A tenner is cool with me.

[nulty]

Ten pound a month is cool, especially when the footie starts. Given that you can get it through a freeview box as well. I wonder what Frank thinks about sharing a channel with sports academy though? Hopefully that will start a rivalary to make the best bills and should also make cross stable fights easier to work out.

[GazOC]

I got 2 free months with the Hatton fight and I was going to cancel after that but with this news and Liverpool FC announcing their dedicated TV channel will be with Setanta I think I'll keep it.

[PrideOfWales]

Luckily my dad has sentanta so I can watch Calzaghe Vs Kessler at his.:twisted:

Get to the fight son! Joe needs you!

[Max Molyneux]

I was thinking about that but I'll probably be too poor to get to Cardiff.

[PrideOfWales]

I was thinking about that but I'll probably be too poor to get to Cardiff.

Sell some more drugs then man!

[Max Molyneux]

Sell some more drugs then man!

I was supposed to sell them?

Uh Ohhhhh!

[China_hand_Joe]

Lets be honest, we hate casual fans, we like boxing being an indie sport.

[Dunky McCafferty]

Im kinda happy with the news, as I was on the brink of subscribing to Setanta anyway just in time for the scottish football season kicking off, which Setanta have exclusive rights to, along with some english premiership stuff. Then I hear they have just got the boxing too so Im getting even more for my tenner:D

Thats on a purely selfish level though, but I am sad ITV have dropped boxing so quickly, & sad for the people who wont be able to get Setanta & will miss the big fights.

[mike464]

in a couple of years he'll sign with channel 5 so those of us who can't afford setanta will have to wait until then.

[China_hand_Joe]

I was thinking about that but I'll probably be too poor to get to Cardiff.Sell your PC.

[Max Molyneux]

Sell your PC.

Never!:twisted:

It has Photoshop and everything!

[Ilesey]

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Fucking joke that.

Uk fighters not on a Uk channel!

Guys like Khan and Calzaghe are made for ITV.

Luckily my dad has sentanta so I can watch Calzaghe Vs Kessler at his.:twisted:


Cunt.

I hate watching boxing on Setanta and I am fucking gutted that he has signed with them.

Get rid of Steve Bunce, and sort the fucking screen out and it will be tolerable for me.

[Ilesey]

What's wrong with the screen on Setanta?

They have like an inverted widescreen for some apparent reason. It was shown throughout the last Hatton fight. Got right on my tits.

[barneyrub]

do sky have anything now? i stopped my subscription to sky a while ago, i noticed that paul dempsey has jumped ship to present on setanta too, i weonder where barry will turn up now itv will likely give up its boxing coverage.

[Max Molyneux]

Sky mostly have Maloney, Hennessey and Barry Hearn shows.

[BigEars]

Sky mostly have Maloney, Hennessey and Barry Hearn shows.

The only thing Sky have lost is Fight Acadamey(and of course ****** 2 years ago) .

[TAM83]

How about we start giving Setanta some praise?

At least we seem to have a channel that has some serious intentions of showing boxing, they showed Judah vs Cotto they have Hatton, Fight Academy and now Sports Network. Add this to it's Scottish and English football coverage for next season and a tenner seems to be a bargain.

[GazOC]

..as long as Setanta don't make JC-Kessler fight PPV.

[BigEars]

..as long as Setanta don't make JC-Kessler fight PPV.

they won't it's a perfect opportunity for them to gain subscribers(just like Hatton v Castillo) .

I don't think Setanta have Hatton anymore , he's a free agent and unless he signs with Fight Academy again there is no guarentee that's where his fights will be shown .

[GazOC]

Yep, hopefully.

[Boro chris]

Once again that cock monkey ****** is doing his best to ruin uk boxing!!:patsch

Where's Terrance 'Swamp' when you need him?

[pinpointzero]

****** needs a mainstream network with cash. And Setanta were always going to invest heavily. Those lucky enough to be able to see the Hatton-Castillo build up will have noted Barry McGuigan, and several ex-Sky (and ITV) employees in the studio.
Sky are still bringing us events, and will continue to do so. ITV simply can't stump up the money to warrant Sports Network interest.
When ****** moved back to ITV we were promised 22 live Saturday night events per year. They've not even gotten close to that. Frankly, it has been awful apart from Calzaghe. Hatton will always favour the PPV channels 'cos he wants money. He split with ****** because Sky (through Hobson) would offer him personally more money as a PPV fighter. I don't blame him. (Queue the dangerous sport diatribe and short shelf life args)
Sky still offer the best coverage of the National grid of fighters. Johanesson tonight, which is great, but also, only Sky can offer us the likes of Hopkins, Margarito, Judah, Mayweather, etc.
ITV can't compete. They've no infratructure for PPV TV and will suffer. Shame, but true (I grew up on ITV boxing!)
With Setanta, its only a matter of time before they get more mainstream. And our national bouts will get good coverage if ****** is involved there.
Bring it all on, and lets see what transpires... :)