No bid from Setanta for Froch V Taylor
Carl Froch’s promoter Mick Hennessy has moved to set the record straight regarding comments on Steve Bunce’s Boxing hour yesterday which appeared to suggest that Setanta had made an offer for the rights to screen Froch’s upcoming World title showdown with Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor.
The “Cobra” makes the first defence of his WBC World Super Middleweight title at the MGM Grand in Connecticut on April 25th against former undisputed middleweight champ Taylor and the fight will be available live and exclusive on frochvtaylor.com after Britain’s broadcasters turned down the opportunity to screen the clash.
However Hennessy explained that all other avenues were exhausted before he made the decision to make the fight available via an online pay per view. “Since Steve Bunce’s show yesterday people have been asking me why didn’t I accept Setanta’s offer but the fact is there never was an offer from Setanta,” said Hennessy.
“To be honest a fight of this magnitude shouldn’t need selling to a broadcaster but I have worked very hard to try and get a TV deal for this fight. On last weeks show Steve Bunce said that Setanta were in the running to show the fight but they had already said by that stage that they didn’t want the fight.
“I’ve spent an awful lot of time talking to Setanta about this fight. They market themselves as ‘The home of Boxing’, so I find it baffling that they didn’t even make an offer to screen Britain’s only World Champion in one of the biggest fights for British boxing in years.
“Carl is putting his money where his mouth is by travelling to the U.S. and laying it all on the line against one of the biggest names in World boxing. That tells you everything you need to know about Carl’s ambitions in the sport.
“It’s unfortunate because we have a situation in boxing where a lot of champions out there are only too happy to defend bogus titles against unworthy challengers. Carl is breaking the mould here by going to the U.S. in his first defence to take on a star name like Taylor but his bravery hasn’t been encouraged or rewarded by the U.K. broadcasters stance on this fight. “
Hennessy believes that fight fans watching the action via online Pay Per View at frochvtaylor.com will be rewarded with one of the fights of the year.
“It’s an absolutely massive fight and we’re delighted to be working with Omnisport.tv and Perform who are industry leaders in providing high quality internet streaming and I think boxing fans will be very pleased with the results on frochvtaylor.com.
“Carl is fresh from one of the fights of 2008 when he won the title against Jean Pascal and I truly believe he’ll actually better that performance against Taylor. It promises to be a great fight and I think Carl is going to deliver an historic performance to really establish himself on the world stage.”
Froch’s super fight with Taylor will be available to watch live and exclusive online via pay per view at frochvtaylor.com. The pay per view costs just £9.95 (or €11.00 for Irish viewers) and will give fight fans an opportunity to see one of the most eagerly awaited World title fights of the year. For more information visit: frochvtaylor.com.
No bid from Setanta for Froch V Taylor
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Re: No bid from Setanta for Froch V Taylor
Did Setanta enquire about the price? I bet they did and Hennessy overpriced it
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Can you alleviate any fears of crap streaming that people may have? What steps are you taking to ensure a quality job for our tenner??
Can you alleviate any fears of crap streaming that people may have? What steps are you taking to ensure a quality job for our tenner??
Re: No bid from Setanta for Froch V Taylor
Crap streaming?
has anyone ever got a live stream?
I have streamed live stuff, and that works fine, I guess it depends on your comp speed and connection.
Re: No bid from Setanta for Froch V Taylor
The UK broadcasters should be hanging their heads in shame. Setanta can no longer claim to be 'the home of boxing' if they're not even putting an offer in for the fight. It highlights their alleged financial issues. Why won't sky put it on a PPV?
I hope someone picks the fight up on a delayed basis
I hope someone picks the fight up on a delayed basis
Re: No bid from Setanta for Froch V Taylor
crap steaming, steaming crap
i'll have to look up result on figtnews next morning, and get someone to record and send to me.
i'll have to look up result on figtnews next morning, and get someone to record and send to me.
Re: No bid from Setanta for Froch V Taylor
No chance of ITV showing it?
Re: No bid from Setanta for Froch V Taylor
Because it would be a disaster that's why, it needs to interest the casual fans to make decent business and considering most of the casual fans that I know of have never heard of Jermain Taylor never mind Carl Froch what is going to make them stay up until the early hours to watch somebody they haven't heard of on PPV. They could have put it on normal Sky but not PPV.Chambers2 wrote:Why won't sky put it on a PPV?
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Re: No bid from Setanta for Froch V Taylor
Froch V Taylor Super Fight Live on High Quality Internet Pay Per View
Hennessy Sports have teamed up with Omnisport.tv, the home of live official sports on the internet to bring British and Irish Fight fans the opportunity to see the Carl “The Cobra” Froch – Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor Super fight live and exclusive online via pay per view at frochvtaylor.com.
The “Continents Collide” clash between Britain’s only reigning World Champion and former undisputed Middleweight kingpin, Taylor takes place at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort Casino in the U.S. on Saturday, April 25th with fight fans on this side of the Atlantic able to watch the broadcast live online from 2am on Sunday morning.
The pay per view costs £9.95 (or €11.00 for Irish viewers) and will give fight fans the opportunity to see one of the most eagerly awaited World title fights of the year. The stream will be available in both 750kb/s and 1mb/s to give fight fans a true quality streaming experience.
Froch’s promoter, Mick Hennessy said, “It’s an massive fight and we’re delighted to be working with Omnisport.tv and Perform who are industry leaders in providing high quality internet streaming and I think boxing fans will be very pleased with the results.
“Carl is fresh from one of the fights of 2008 when he won the title against Jean Pascal and I truly believe he’ll actually better that performance against Taylor. It promises to be a great fight and I think Carl is going to deliver an historic performance to really establish himself on the world stage.”
Oliver Slipper, Joint-CEO, Perform commented, “We’re very excited to be streaming this huge fight in the UK and Ireland live and exclusively on www.Omnisport.tv.
“Watching live sports online is fast becoming the norm and it’s great that Hennessy Sports are embracing this medium which is now capable of delivering pictures at the speed and quality of TV.
“Here at Perform we have built over 225 web, mobile and video broadband sites for major sports associations all over the world and www.Omnisport.tv combines all our experience to enable the delivery of over 4,500 live sports a year from major sports such as World Cup Qualifiers and European Club football, ATP and WTA Tennis, PDC Darts and many other leading sports properties.”
The action gets underway from 2am GMT in the early hours of Sunday morning (April 26) with the chief support fight a battle of super middleweight contenders between World ranked super middleweight prospects Allan Green and Carlos De Leon, Jr.
That should whet the appetitive for the main event and Froch is promising to deliver the best performance of his career. “I’m delighted that my fans back home are going to get the opportunity to see me beating Taylor in style,” said the undefeated Froch. “He says he’s going to teach me how to lose but I have a few lessons of my own in mind for him. It’s a huge fight for me and a chance to prove beyond doubt that I’m the best super middleweight on the planet.”
For further information visit frochvtaylor.com.
Omnisport.tv is the home of live official sports on the internet. Launched in January 2009, Omnisport.tv will feature over 4,500 live sports events from official sports rights holders including, FIFA, UEFA, Serie A, MLS, ATP World Tour, Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, PDC Darts, ACB Basketball, Matchroom Snooker and many more leading sports properties www.Omnisport.tv is owned and managed by leading digital sports specialist Perform.
www.Omnisport.tv
http://www.performgroup.com
Hennessy Sports have teamed up with Omnisport.tv, the home of live official sports on the internet to bring British and Irish Fight fans the opportunity to see the Carl “The Cobra” Froch – Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor Super fight live and exclusive online via pay per view at frochvtaylor.com.
The “Continents Collide” clash between Britain’s only reigning World Champion and former undisputed Middleweight kingpin, Taylor takes place at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort Casino in the U.S. on Saturday, April 25th with fight fans on this side of the Atlantic able to watch the broadcast live online from 2am on Sunday morning.
The pay per view costs £9.95 (or €11.00 for Irish viewers) and will give fight fans the opportunity to see one of the most eagerly awaited World title fights of the year. The stream will be available in both 750kb/s and 1mb/s to give fight fans a true quality streaming experience.
Froch’s promoter, Mick Hennessy said, “It’s an massive fight and we’re delighted to be working with Omnisport.tv and Perform who are industry leaders in providing high quality internet streaming and I think boxing fans will be very pleased with the results.
“Carl is fresh from one of the fights of 2008 when he won the title against Jean Pascal and I truly believe he’ll actually better that performance against Taylor. It promises to be a great fight and I think Carl is going to deliver an historic performance to really establish himself on the world stage.”
Oliver Slipper, Joint-CEO, Perform commented, “We’re very excited to be streaming this huge fight in the UK and Ireland live and exclusively on www.Omnisport.tv.
“Watching live sports online is fast becoming the norm and it’s great that Hennessy Sports are embracing this medium which is now capable of delivering pictures at the speed and quality of TV.
“Here at Perform we have built over 225 web, mobile and video broadband sites for major sports associations all over the world and www.Omnisport.tv combines all our experience to enable the delivery of over 4,500 live sports a year from major sports such as World Cup Qualifiers and European Club football, ATP and WTA Tennis, PDC Darts and many other leading sports properties.”
The action gets underway from 2am GMT in the early hours of Sunday morning (April 26) with the chief support fight a battle of super middleweight contenders between World ranked super middleweight prospects Allan Green and Carlos De Leon, Jr.
That should whet the appetitive for the main event and Froch is promising to deliver the best performance of his career. “I’m delighted that my fans back home are going to get the opportunity to see me beating Taylor in style,” said the undefeated Froch. “He says he’s going to teach me how to lose but I have a few lessons of my own in mind for him. It’s a huge fight for me and a chance to prove beyond doubt that I’m the best super middleweight on the planet.”
For further information visit frochvtaylor.com.
Omnisport.tv is the home of live official sports on the internet. Launched in January 2009, Omnisport.tv will feature over 4,500 live sports events from official sports rights holders including, FIFA, UEFA, Serie A, MLS, ATP World Tour, Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, PDC Darts, ACB Basketball, Matchroom Snooker and many more leading sports properties www.Omnisport.tv is owned and managed by leading digital sports specialist Perform.
www.Omnisport.tv
http://www.performgroup.com
Re: No bid from Setanta for Froch V Taylor
Not live no, not now that this Internet PPV has been officially announced.vargas wrote:No chance of ITV showing it?
Re: No bid from Setanta for Froch V Taylor
Its a shame that froch fans that cant make it to the fight have toon watch it on a computer which is far from getting a few round and watching it on the tv.
I wouldnt have a clue how much a tv sation would have to pay to show this fight . Does anyone have any ideas roughly how much tv stations would have to pay for this level of fight?
I wouldnt have a clue how much a tv sation would have to pay to show this fight . Does anyone have any ideas roughly how much tv stations would have to pay for this level of fight?
Re: No bid from Setanta for Froch V Taylor
Very amaturish / greedy not being able to do a deal with a TV company to broadcast a World title fight.