Buncey Awards - Fans vote for Setanta News Boxing Awards

[jspain]

Fans vote for Setanta Sports News’ boxing awards

After a successful first year on Setanta Sports News, the Steve Bunce Boxing Hour is launching ‘the Bunceys’ - its very own awards that every boxer will want a shot at.

Every champion, contender and promoter that has hit headlines over the past 12 months has been on the show. There have been exclusive interviews with ring legends from both sides of the Atlantic including Chris Eubank, Don King, Joe Calzaghe and Roy Jones Junior.

The Bunceys will honour the boxers that have had a truly knock-out year. Buncey will pick the winners in the following categories: best guest, best finish in a Setanta fight and most outrageous statement made on the show, while the ‘Fight of the Year’ gong will be voted for by show’s the viewers.

To vote for their ‘Fight of the Year’ boxing fans have to pick the most memorable bout from any of the fights broadcast on Setanta Sports between April 24 2008 and April 5 2009.

The contenders for ‘Fight of the Year’ include Joe Calzaghe’s demolition of Roy Jones Junior, David Haye’s heavyweight debut against Monte Barrett and Vitali Klitschko’s comeback defeat of Samuel Peter. A full list will be posted on http://www.setanta.com.

Joe Calzaghe, David Haye, Ricky Hatton, James DeGale and Carl Froch will fight it out for the ‘Boxer of the Year’ title, which will be voted for by leading industry figures including promoters, officials, matchmakers and journalists.

Setanta Sports News’ Steve Bunce said:

“From the start the show has been about generating discussion. Fans and boxers alike have used the show as a platform to have their say. I’m sure people will have a lot to say about the eventual winners of these awards.”

Setanta Sports News editor in chief Geoff Hill said:

“The Steve Bunce Boxing Hour is one of our most popular programmes because it offers a service like no other. Viewers know that by tuning into Steve they’ll get all the fight news, regardless of who the broadcaster is.

“The Bunceys is another great way to interact with our legions of fans and get them involved in what we’re doing.”

To register their vote for ‘Fight of the Year’ viewers should email [email protected]. The winner of the award will be revealed in an special awards programme on Thursday 23 April.

it looks like we get to pick the fight of the year but what are your views on the other categories

best guest
best finish in a Setanta fight
most outrageous statement made on the show
fighter of the year

fight of the year , at the minute its hard to see past marquez v diaz. other mentions would be haye v barrett (exciting while it lasted) also the two margarito fights v cotto and mosley. holt and torres deserves mention here as well. if it went a few more rounds who knows what might have happened.

best guest - chris eubank - created the most talk afterwards with his comments on james degale.

best finish - propably the torees v holt first round job.

most outrageous statement - need more time to think about that one and to look back at some of the shows.

Finally Boxer of the Year - Alot of people might give it to calzaghe due to him retiring and been unbeaten thru the year. question mark about the quality of roy jones jnr though? in the timeframe april 24/08 until 5/04/09 david haye only had the fight against barrett so i dont know if thats enough for him to get it. if you could include the macranelli fight , haye would have a great case. carl froch only had the one big fight (memorable as it was) , again i dont know if thats enough. Ricky Hatton - again question marks about lazcano fight. excellant win against malinaggi but it was very one sided. think this category is the hardest to pick and will be the most talked about and argued about.

it does not say british boxer of the year although i imagine thats what they mean.

what are your thoughts on the categories and your opinions. sorry about the long post.

[jspain]

DD

im not sure he said i came from spain. every time he reads something out from me he says jim spain , not jim from spain and then he says my name again. i always seem to get mentioned twice in case you missed it the first time

[Buncey]

I will start running through some of the options.
Sadly, I had to reject the most over hyped useless fighter category and the most hated man in the sport and the biggest liar in the sport and the most protected fighter and the most delusional...
The Joe Cortez Shield
The Max Cup of Waffle
The Steward Medal for Loyalty
The Father of the Year...

Real awards.
More to follow.

Adios.

[doctorboxing]

I will start running through some of the options.
Sadly, I had to reject the most over hyped useless fighter category and the most hated man in the sport and the biggest liar in the sport and the most protected fighter and the most delusional...
The Joe Cortez Shield
The Max Cup of Waffle
The Steward Medal for Loyalty
The Father of the Year...

Real awards.
More to follow.

Adios.

Thats a shame as old allegedly fwank could have had three awards!

[DG.]

what about the "The Tony Thompson medal for courage"?

[DG.]

I will start running through some of the options.
Sadly, I had to reject the most over hyped useless fighter category and the most hated man in the sport and the biggest liar in the sport and the most protected fighter and the most delusional...
The Joe Cortez Shield
The Max Cup of Waffle
The Steward Medal for Loyalty
The Father of the Year...

Real awards.
More to follow.

Adios.

Thats a shame as old allegedly fwank could have had three awards!

Lets get it right.... you meant 'Allegedly'!

[steve689]

Please don't give Audley another medal or we'll never be bloody rid of him.

[yogi]

Buncey,

I hope that the British backstage boys will be getting a mention:

Best commentator; Glenn McCrory, David Croft, Ian Darke, Ritchie Woodhall, Jim Watt, Adam Smith etc

Best ringmaster & whip;

Best ringcard girls: Allegedly Frank's Spearmint Rhino girls, Hennessey's Hooters girls

Best British M.C.; John McDonald, Craig Stephen, Mike Goodall, Gary Logan, Michael Pass, Mark Burdis etc

Best British ringwalk; Anthony Small's Scream mask, Rendall Munroe's hi-viz vests

Best British cutsman: Mick Williamson, Benny King etc

[Hagler2002]

The next British Olympian hype job to fail award

[ERIC GUY]

Best videoman award,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[jspain]

here is the list of the best fights of the year we can choose from

Pick your favourite fight from this list:
Saturday Jun '08 WBC/WBO Middleweight Title: Kelly Pavlik vs Gary Lockett
Saturday Jun '08 British welterweight Title: Kell Brook v Barrie Jones
Saturday Jun '08 WBC Lightweight Championship David Diaz vs Manny Pacquiao
Saturday Jul '08 WBO Light Welterweight Title: Kendall Holt vs Ricardo Torres
Saturday Jul '08 IBF, WBO, IBO Heavyweight Title: Wladimir Klitschko vs Tony Thompson
Saturday Jul '08 WBA, IBF Welterweight Title: Antonio Margarito vs Miguel Cotto
Saturday Aug '08 IBF Welterweight Championship Joshua Clottey v Zab Judah
Saturday Aug '08 WBO Flyweight Championship Ivan Calderon v Hugo Cazares
Saturday Sep '08 WBC Light Welterweight Title: Tim Bradley v Edner Cherry
Saturday Sep '08 British welterweight Title: Ryan Rhodes vs Jamie Coyle
Saturday Oct '08 WBC World Heavyweight Title: Vitali Klitschko vs Samuel Peter
Saturday Oct '08 IBF, IBO Light Heavyweight Title: Antonio Tarver vs Chad Dawson
Saturday Oct '08 Light Heavyweight Bout Kelly Pavlik vs Bernard Hopkins
Saturday Nov '08 Light Middleweight Bout Julio Cesar Chavez Jr vs Matt Vanda
Saturday Nov '08 Light Heavyweight Bout Joe Calzaghe vs Roy Jones Jr
Saturday Nov '08 Heavyweight Bout David Haye vs Monte Barrett
Saturday Dec '08 IBF/WBO/IBO Heavyweight Title: Wladimir Klitschko vs Hasim Rahman
Saturday Dec '08 WBO Junior Welterweight Title: Kendall Holt vs Demetrius Hopkins
Saturday Jan '09 European Cruiserweight Championship Marco Huck vs Geoffrey Batello
Saturday Jan '09 Welterweight Bout Antonio Margarito vs Shane Mosley
Saturday Feb '09 WBC WBA IBF Flyweight Title: Vic Darchinyan vs Jorge Arce
Saturday Feb '09 Welterweight Bout Miguel Cotto vs Michael Jennings
Saturday Feb '09 WBC/WBO middleweight Title: Kelly Pavlik vs Marco Antonio Rubio
Saturday Feb '09 EBU Super Middleweight Title: Karo Murat vs Cristian Sanavia
Saturday Feb '09 IBO Lightweight Title: Juan Manuel Marquez vs Juan Diaz

Still to come:

Saturday Mar '09 IBF Middleweight Title: Arthur Abraham vs Lajuan Simon
Saturday Mar '09 British Light Middleweight Title: Ryan Rhodes vs Anthony Small

[Hagler2002]

Gabriel Clarke may not be like a bull in a china shop sometimes but makes for some great TV.

Dry as fornicate, he gets plenty on here but I find his interviews very good & funny.

[jspain]

did he read out an email of yours on last weeks episode jspain?

yeah he did.

[Hagler2002]

no ademek-cunningham? that was a great fight

Do you really think so? bit of a media hype job for me. It was a good watch but nothing special.

[jspain]

no ademek-cunningham? that was a great fight

Do you really think so? bit of a media hype job for me. It was a good watch but nothing special.

looks like its fight of the year from the ones setanta have shown

[Hagler2002]

no ademek-cunningham? that was a great fight

Do you really think so? bit of a media hype job for me. It was a good watch but nothing special.

looks like its fight of the year from the ones setanta have shown

Setanta didn't show it

[jspain]

im sure alot of people would mention froch against pascal as well. other than that i cant think of too many others off the top of my head. setanta have shown alot of the major fights.

[Hagler2002]

im sure alot of people would mention froch against pascal as well. other than that i cant think of too many others off the top of my head. setanta have shown alot of the major fights.

ITV

[Hagler2002]

Anyway its March how on earth can you be talking about fight of the year?

[jspain]

im sure alot of people would mention froch against pascal as well. other than that i cant think of too many others off the top of my head. setanta have shown alot of the major fights.

ITV

i know it was on itv , im just saying thats the other major fight missing off the list if they were including non setanta fights.

[jspain]

Anyway its March how on earth can you be talking about fight of the year?

they should have done this at the end of last year really. im not sure when the bunce hour started but setanta were showing a good bit of boxing before it started.

[Hagler2002]

Well if its from when Setanta first got involved Cotto-Margarito kicks the rest into touch.

[Deadendgeneration]

Okvgive me Marquez diaz any day but forgetting it was only last week and the skill level was questionable, rogan skelton was silly good for heavyweight.

[The Law]

Best videoman award,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

You'd win that hands down! :P

[Buncey]

Some answers...it's the Bunce Year and not a calendar year.
Yogi - very good idea for the backroom boys/girls to get a gong.
I will have to do non-Setanta fight of the year -
There is no reward for ending up in court!! Be careful people.
More to come.

Adios.