Setanta line up some nice fights

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HELLO!!!!

Following on from topic "Setanta looking sh*te . . . "

Setanta announces Top Rank deal

Setanta Sports is proud to announce an exciting deal with Top Rank Promotions that will enable British and Irish fight fans to watch the biggest fights in boxing between June and the end of the year.

Under the terms of the agreement, Setanta Sports will be broadcasting eight exclusive bouts, including Manny Pacquiao’s mouth-watering lightweight clash with WBC champion David Diaz and the guaranteed classic between WBC welterweight champion Miguel Cotto and Antonio Magarito.

Ricardo Torres’ WBO light-welterweight title defence against former opponent Kendall Holt is also a part of this fantastic package.

Kelly Pavlik's next fight, against Gary Lockett on June 7, will be shown on Setanta Sports and so - we are happy to confirm - will the middleweight number one's September 29 outing against an as yet unconfirmed opponent.

In addition, WBO light-flyweight titleholder Ivan Calderon and Joshua Clottey are also likely to be in action on Setanta Sports in the coming months, though their respective bouts have yet to be confirmed.

Meanwhile, Setanta Sports has also secured the rights for heavyweight champion Wladimir Kiltschko’s WBO/IBF/IBO title defence against Tony Thompson in July, further underling our intention to bring fight fans all the biggest and best bouts in boxing.

Jun 28 David Diaz v Manny Pacquiao WBC Lightweight Title Las Vegas
Jul 5 Ricardo Torres v Kendall Holt Super-featherweight Title Las Vegas
Jul 26 Miguel Cotto v Antonio Margarito WBC Welterweight Title N.Y.C
Aug 2 Joshua Clottey v TBA IBF Welterweight Title TBA
Aug 30 Ivan Calderon v Hugo Cazares WBO Flyweight Title Bayamon
Sep 29 Kelly Pavlik v TBA WBC/WBO Middleweight Title Cleveland
Nov 8 Winner: Pacquiao/Diaz or Cotto/Margarito TBC TBA
Dec 8 Winner: Pacquiao/Diaz or Cotto/Margarito TBC TBA

http://www.setanta.com/en/Sport/News/Ot ... ts/boxing/

[whiskey]

...big sigh of relief !

28th June - Diaz/Pacquiao from vegas

5th July - Torres/Holt from vegas

12 July Klitschko/Thomson from hamburg

25 july Cotto/Margarito from NYC there should be more to come, including David Haye next 3 or 4 fights.

[whiskey]

Awesome.

The cancellation has been cancelled.

8)

[Chambers2]

...big sigh of relief !

28th June - Diaz/Pacquiao from vegas

5th July - Torres/Holt from vegas

12 July Klitschko/Thomson from hamburg

25 july Cotto/Margarito from NYC there should be more to come, including David Haye next 3 or 4 fights.

Boh!!

There's some crackers there, Cotto VS Margarito is gonna be fight of the century

[Autobarn]

Good news. Warren working with Top Rank for Lockett-Pavlik and potentially Pavlik-Calzaghe may have had something to do with this. I've always liked Arum's stable of fighters so this is cool with me.

I wonder, will this enable Arthur/Mitchell defending the WBO title vs Humberto Soto? These little flings (in the sense of working together) between promoters can be interesting before things go stale.

Great schedule with Setanta. Sky have been OK - I thoroughly enjoyed the delayed coverage of the Gamboa card this week and was on the edge of my seat watching Truscott win the Commonwealth featherweight title.

I wonder, did Setanta make a move to secure more domestic stuff only to get turned down? Because I saw a recent column from Bunce where he sniped something like, "There's loads of good British fighters tucked away/buried fighting on Friday nights."

[Poncey]

From what I've been lead to believe, US fights and domestic fights aren't that far apart regarding cost to a British Broadcaster.

[Autobarn]

BTW, someone needs to show Limond vs Earl. It's sad to see this get buried. Sky Sports pull your finger out, anyone?

[Poncey]

They'll probably show Mayalsian pool, or some shit, instead.

[BAMBI]

wow!!!!
this thread crushes all the negative posts about setanta!!!

[jammidodger]

just when i was contemplating chucking in setanta as there lineup was poop.. then... BAM.. they go and pull out the big guns!!!!

[Horse]

BTW, someone needs to show Limond vs Earl. It's sad to see this get buried. Sky Sports pull your finger out, anyone?

I concur, this fight should be on television.

[stujones]

Isn't this an SN fight? Won't it be on Setanta then?

[DG.]

Awesome.

The cancellation has been cancelled.

8)

Ditto.

[03mcgs0]

[quote="Emerson Poncey Name Ghent"]They'll probably show Mayalsian pool, or some shit, instead.[/quote]

I'm just leaving a comment cause I find that above comment soooo funny!! And the thing is I bet there are showing bloody Malaysian pool!!!!!

Fair dues to Setanta, they are certainly pulling out all the stops for decent fights. Being an Irish company I would have thought they might have shown one or two Irish fights but I suppose that would not appeal to the British market which is understandable

[harrygreb]

yep they saved it in the nick of time. i'll stick with it until the end of the year now