is karl froch world title fight on itv or setanta?

[fra]

is karl froch world title fight on itv or setanta?..i was kinda hoping that itv would stay involved with boxing at some level...but most r thinking that froch's promoter is moving 2 setanta...anybody any inside knowledge on this:good

[robpalmer135]

word is setanta.

[Anthony Farnell]

I read somewhere Hennessy has a deal with Skysports a while ago.
Has that ended?

[silverman]

ITV if anywhere. They were close to a deal and if Hennessey had any brains he would jump at becoming the only promoter on terrestrial tv.

[dwilson]

Hennesey have not announced who they have gone with but expect an announcment pretty soon. Hopefully ITV then we can get a few decent boxers known to the public.

[achillesthegreat]

You can't throw a few million at boxing and hope for it all. ITV and BBC don't understand long term, Sky do. I hope Setanta are looking long term as well.

[David UK]

Is there adate yet for this fight?

[Beeston Brawler]

There were rumours that Hennessy was close to doing a deal with ITV for a number of fights, based upon 50-50 matchups, fights for proper belts (which to Mick's credit he has always pushed) and important fights - world title fights supported by Euro level fights or Brit title matches rather than a prospect against a guy with five times as many losses as wins

I am no Hennessy fan (never will be because he talks shit) but must admit I have growing admiration for what he does with regard titles rather than interalphabetty nonsense.

I think Sky have made a real blooper signing with ****** - if I was Setanta I would save the prospective legal fees and spend the money on securing a few good young fighters.

[saturday_kid]

a deal involving both ITV and Setanta would be great in my opinion, I know this is very very unlikely but it would be great to see the bigger match ups on ITV (and would increase interest in boxing) and the lesser domestic fights (which ITV would be unlikely to show anyway) on setanta.

[robpalmer135]

setanta and itv are not exactly good mates at the moment.

[alba]

setanta and itv are not exactly good mates at the moment.

what makes you say that?

[The Lads]

I thought ITV's deal with hennessy was on a fight by fight basis, no long term commitment. Interesting if Setanta crop up as they're in the shit financially at the moment. Will Carl Froch bring them any more viewers?

[kosaros]

I thought ITV's deal with hennessy was on a fight by fight basis, no long term commitment. Interesting if Setanta crop up as they're in the shit financially at the moment. Will Carl Froch bring them any more viewers?

How are they in the shit financially? i havent heard anything about it.

[fra]

There were rumours that Hennessy was close to doing a deal with ITV for a number of fights, based upon 50-50 matchups, fights for proper belts (which to Mick's credit he has always pushed) and important fights - world title fights supported by Euro level fights or Brit title matches rather than a prospect against a guy with five times as many losses as wins

I am no Hennessy fan (never will be because he talks shit) but must admit I have growing admiration for what he does with regard titles rather than interalphabetty nonsense.

I think Sky have made a real blooper signing with ****** - if I was Setanta I would save the prospective legal fees and spend the money on securing a few good young fighters.

that sounds good...if its itv..it will give his fighters a higher profile...mayb make froch a household name:good

[fidds]

I thought ITV's deal with hennessy was on a fight by fight basis, no long term commitment. Interesting if Setanta crop up as they're in the shit financially at the moment. Will Carl Froch bring them any more viewers?

If there in the shit how come they out bid everyone for the international away fixtures for the home nations ?????:huh

[robpalmer135]

what makes you say that?

all the stuff with the football highlights.

[stakeout]

There was something in one of the boxing mags about Hennessy doing a deal to show Froch / Pascal on Fight Network channel following the Darren Barker fight in Canada recently on that channel.

[alba]

ive heard that the fight is going to be on channel 5...

[9Ball]

ive heard that the fight is going to be on channel 5...

Surely this is a pisstake?

:patsch

[9Ball]

Anyway I am not a fan of Froch, I beleive he is just another Amir Khan, primed for a beating as soon as he steps up in class.
Not sure Pascal is the man to do it though.
:bbb

[robpalmer135]

was suprised 5 did not get involved in a deal with ******.

[El Cepillo]

ive heard that the fight is going to be on channel 5...

Well, I really hope that some terrestrial channel does actually step up and brings some decent quality boxing to the masses, because otherwise putting everything behind subscription channels will pretty much strangle boxing and stop any hope of it developing a growing fan base - which is what it badly needs.

[UKITAZ]

all the stuff with the football highlights.


No, theyre not in the shit financially .. what it is is that the BBC or ITV wouldnt pay what they were askign for the highlights package of England matches.

Fair play to them i say, ITV and BBC are always trying to do things on the cheap ... and how can ITV cough up millions for motorsport then be tight about hopw much they pay for Englands national sport.

[saturday_kid]

There was something in one of the boxing mags about Hennessy doing a deal to show Froch / Pascal on Fight Network channel following the Darren Barker fight in Canada recently on that channel.

:patsch Nooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!! I've got virgin meadia thus not having fight network!

[fra]

i have just read that brian magee is fighting steve maguire 4 the british title as part of the undercard to the froch world title on the 29th of november...also john murray is defending his british lightweight title on the same promotion....this is leading me 2 believe that a massive show like this will be on itv...as henessay could have gotten 3 separate dates on setanta for these 3 contests alone:good

[surreal deal]

Hilarious, really - is this the same long-term strategy that saw them put Amir Khan on PPV?
I was amazed he was flag-waving and championing SKY as well.:nut
They only really care about PPV rip-off's nowadays,not the fans or subscribers.
Dont know what he's on.

[cityofgod]

I read on froch site it was November 1st and would be on ITV / Showbox ??

[HOF]

Well boxrec doesn't have the fight listed. Anyway, surely the fearsome 23 fight 31 year old Cobra should think carefully about things first and not rush into anything at this exciting stage of his career..........yawn........

[saturday_kid]

i have just read that brian magee is fighting steve maguire 4 the british title as part of the undercard to the froch world title on the 29th of november...also john murray is defending his british lightweight title on the same promotion....this is leading me 2 believe that a massive show like this will be on itv...as henessay could have gotten 3 separate dates on setanta for these 3 contests alone:good

I know the Murray fight is pencilled in for Manchester Central (the old Gmex) which is pretty big, but isn't Froch's fight due to be in Nottingham?

[Grant1]

No, theyre not in the shit financially .. what it is is that the BBC or ITV wouldnt pay what they were askign for the highlights package of England matches.

Fair play to them i say, ITV and BBC are always trying to do things on the cheap ... and how can ITV cough up millions for motorsport then be tight about hopw much they pay for Englands national sport.

Yup - fair play to Setanta I say, if ITV and the Beeb dont offer enough dont sell them the highlights.

I dont think Setanta have money issues.

On another note, does Froch have anything lined up? I didn't think he did.

[pne buz]

Anyway I am not a fan of Froch, I beleive he is just another Amir Khan, primed for a beating as soon as he steps up in class.
Not sure Pascal is the man to do it though.
:bbb

How is he just another Amir Khan and whats this step up in class you talk about??Khan was 1/25 for the fight so nobody gave Prescott a chance!Will be interesting to see how Prescotts career goes after this.And as for Froch has he been on the canvas 6 times in 19 fights against predominantly non punching opponents i dont think so.I aint saying Froch is going to mop up at world level but to say hes just another Khan is very ill informed in my opinion!

[fra]

I know the Murray fight is pencilled in for Manchester Central (the old Gmex) which is pretty big, but isn't Froch's fight due to be in Nottingham?

im pretty certain i read somewhere that murray was defending his title on the froch undercard...but i cant for the life of me remember where:patsch

[fra]

i have just read that hennessy has signed with itv...this is very good news...boxing on free tv...thats were its at:good

[berserkafied]

i have just read that hennessy has signed with itv...this is very good news...boxing on free tv...thats were its at:good

Woo-hoo...free boxing!!! Fair play to Hennessy I say!

[robpalmer135]

setanta defo do not have money issues, there huge in the states. show every nba, nfl, mlb and nhl game not on other channels on ppv.