[gasman]

There are some fickle boxing fans slating everything, but kudos to Boxnation for picking up Lee-Chavez.:clap:

 

[084]

Agreed.

But it get my tenner for the international cards it picks up

 

[dondada]

Anyone who believed the two live shows a week spin must have been crackers. They should just knock almost all the domestic stuff on the head and go for overseas cards which they can pick up for buttons. There must surely be more archive stuff to show too, as you say.

 

[anklespanker756]

By the time the next card has been on it'll have been 3 weeks we've waited for some live stuff... If you exclude the WSOB

 

[gasman]

They didnt pick up Andy Lee - Chavez this weekend either. As for archive footage, I though Warren would have had a massive library that he could have put on or how about buying off Eric Guy - who has one of the biggest archives in Europe.

They could have done so much more with this channel.

 

[anklespanker756]

on the plus side, I think they are making a 24/7 type thing for Haye v Chisora

 

[Back to Bill]

Agreed.

But it get my tenner for the international cards it picks up

This.

 

[dondada]

on the plus side, I think they are making a 24/7 type thing for Haye v Chisora

Really? That will be funny as...might as well get David Dickinson to present it...'cheap as chips'!

 

[anklespanker756]

Really? That will be funny as...might as well get David Dickinson to present it...'cheap as chips'!

according to David Haye yea. I imagine the budget is minimal though so i'm not expecting much

 

[BoxingAnalyst]

Less then a pint of beer a week..

 

[Jasper Simone]

It's been a massive let down, no doubt about it. I've hung on purely for the July 14th date but in theory that has cost me a shit load more than I woulda been willing to pay for a PPV bout on Sky.

Will be cancelling next month.

False promises mixed with naive pissheads ain't a great combination for making a commitment.

 

[tdw]

For the most part I've been happy with it but I think not showing Chavez-Lee at a time when their schedule is so weak is a pretty worrying sign. This is the first significant show that they haven't picked up that isn't being shown elsewhere.

 

[dkos]

Yawn...

 

[Jasper Simone]

Yawn...

You're not disappointed with the channel?

 

[leforge]

As I said on ESB the channel very good for overseas fights. But the UK shows since subcription have not been very good. Perhaps the way forward is overseas fight channel.

 

[Kid Lucky]

It's slow at the moment but hardly worth getting hysterical about - now, if you're still paying for Premier Sports as I was until recently for the boxing content you're either loaded or lazy

 

[GazOC]

Yep, bit slow at the moment and the Lee-Chavez fight would have seemed to be the ideal filler but I think I'm still getting 10 quid a months value out of it.

 

[Luf]

for real?

I love box nation. the quality of fights month by month is easily worth £10

 

[Captain Freedom]

Yeah bit unfair bashing them seeing as there has been not much on of late.

 

[dkos]

You're not disappointed with the channel?

Not really, no.

I understand that it is a fashionable thing to bash BoxNation - although, not surprisingly, negative talk of the channel hushed up during April and May - but I believe that the channel provides value for money more often than not.

In the space of three months, we'll have had 2 PPV-calibre shows, assuming Haye-Chisora goes ahead (and it is a PPV attraction, whatever you think of it). So for £30 we've got Mayweather-Cotto and the aforementioned Haye-Chisora, the price we would have to pay for these via other outlets if they were PPV. Yet, with BN, we have on top of those shows the likes of Huck-Afolabi II, Kessler-Green, the fantastic Tarver-Kayode card and whatever else is coming up in the next two or so months. You can also throw in a dozen Bunce hours and archive fights (they have started to show them; I seen Winky-Simon the other day). Still, people moan...

Oh, and anyone that feels Sky are doing a better job than BN with regards to boxing are either moronic or have an agenda against a certain promoter. I mean, reducing the boxing shows down from 40 to a reported 20 - great job Sky! Severing ties with Hatton Promotions and keeping Maloney around just for Price - excellent stuff! No sign of them reducing their 8-10 shows of Prizefighter every year - we are blessed to have such a played out format taking up what will be a large chunk of boxing on Sky over the following boxing season!...

Don't get me wrong, Sky are doing good things. They've got prominent fighters like Froch, Khan, Brook, Bellew, Barker, Price etc. on the channel and are promoting them well. However, them only focusing on those guys (and that's what it'll seem like will happen) will harm them building up other fighters and getting them recognition. Also, with them essentially only having Hearn's stable on show and reduced airtime, there's even more of a limit on future prospects that will be seen on the channel.

To be honest, I'm just sick of all the negativity surrounding BoxNation on the forums. It's still in its infancy, it's almost certainly operating at a loss and yet BN still provides us with decent cards, whether it be frequently or sporadically. People should be supporting BN instead of trying to bash it every chance they get.

Rant over.