A tribute to Setanta and the Boxing hour.

[REAL_DEAL]

best bits

Frank Maloney on the germans

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SQDpTs0HRY

Bunce vs hopkins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwzjtJu9wA4

Bunce on max kellerman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjcEH1MylQ

[Poncey]

Absolutely gutted. The only current show on TV I watched religiously.

A great double act too.

Best sports fan's show since fantasy Football League.

[teddy007]

By far the best fans programme EVER in any sport, Sky would be mad not to get this show. Bunce we applaud you man

[exittored]

Buncey where are you???

I guess he's No Longer a Setanta Employee so can talk more freely on these boards.

Just wondering, i know there's no money in it but just thinking maybe you could do a very cut price version of the BUNCEY BOXING HOUR on:

www.Justin.tv

as it'd be great to keep its Spirit going. Infact it'd be cool if you had your own BOXING SHOW on there as People could interact with you on the boards in a Q n A about Current Boxing Issues.

Anyway worth a try :)

[Poncey]

Have you got the one on the ponytailed lad from Max Boxing too?

[junior pepa seed]

I too salute bunce for what he did for boxin fans and entertainment.
It was good while it lasted. Kerr and bunce where good and who knows they may pop up on sky.......

[King Tubby]

Bunce's show is too good to be left off the telly. Sky should definitely take it on. Did it get good figures?

[Walker Smith Jr.]

Its a sad day for boxing fans as Setanta gets switched off. I for one have never been a nut hugger but credit to Steve Bunce for what he did with the boxing hour and his fighting for us fans. I always enjoyed Setanta's coverage and for me it will be missed. I love the the interactive shows through the night and enjoyed everything from ABAs to big American fights and even the german stuff. I hope to see another channel pick up the Boxing hour and although Buncey isnt to everyones taste the UK TV's boxing world will be a lot quiter without him blessing our screens. Lastly good luck to Andy Kerr and all those working at Setanta as it must be a tough time and at least the boxing went out in style with the Cotto fight.
ADIOS SETANTA R.I.P

Good post Bigmark

Good luck with the future Buncey.

[Asterix]

Bye Setanta. Thanks for all the boxing we received. Good luck to Steve, Andy and all the rest of the people associated with boxing on Setanta. It will be sorely missed.

[caffrey]

yep a sad loss indeed,i hope all the crew find employment elsewhere.

thanks BIGMARK and REALDEAL for the youtube links

[bumble]

Good luck buncey. Loved the show and will miss it loads. Come on sky take the bug man and his show on

[brasso]

1st post and a sad one. Bad news, for boxing fans and UFC fans I love both, and the boxing hour was my kickstart to the weekend with a few cheeky beers and sky+. Bunce hopefully will get on another channel, I grew to like the bigman and the amount of fighters past and present and personalities that he got on there created the best boxing show to date.

Goodbye and thanks Settanta and co

[Spud]

By far the best fans programme EVER in any sport, Sky would be mad not to get this show. Bunce we applaud you man

Summed up rather well!!!

[rhino222]

good luck buncey and im sure sky will give you a call, andy kerr was starting to appeal to me too...and paul dempsey of course, what will happen to him now, he has stuck 2 fingers up at sky once..



buncey..if you are reading this, when did setanta last pay you your wages? have you been working for nothing for a while?

[Adamj1987]

byby setanta

[Exoddus]

That's what happens to poorly run companies. I’m sorry it’s gone. But every time you rang up or contacted them. You were left with the impression it was run by a bunch of cowboys.

[jspain]

the biggest tribute i can pay to the bunce boxing hour is that it became a part of the boxing week nearly as much as the fights themselves. for any boxing fan it was must see tv and thursdays will not be the same without it. it was compulsive viewing from beginning to end every week. it will be sorely missed.

special thanks to steve , andy and everyone behind the scenes at setanta for the coverage and fun (and it was most definetely fun) over the last couple of years.

nearly all of the fights of the year so far (marquez - diaz , margarito - mosley , quigley - dodson and cotto - clottey) were covered on setanta. lets just hope we dont miss out on these type of quality fights in the future because setanta are gone.

[Rocky Balboa]

Bunce's show is too good to be left off the telly. Sky should definitely take it on. Did it get good figures?

Whether is got good figures or not in comparison to other programmes, the show was/is highly appreciated by us Boxing fans & that should be what counts, but it doesn't! Its a Boxing show, which means its a sport's show, which means it can only be a good thing!

Why can't the show be taken on by a terristrial channel like the BBC? With the ridiculous amounts some of the stars are paid who are to do with the channel, I'm sure taking on the show would not make a huge dent in the financial department!

Buncey's show is too good to lose, but if its to return no more, I am sad to see it end so swiftly, although with Setanta's current situation, its not a surprise!

Buncey, how about trying to appeal to other TV channels?

[Scrap]

Ill miss it Loved the Show

[saad muhammad]

Ultimately it was setanta's undoing, but a channel that was
prepared to listen to the fans demands to pay extra money
to air fights... ie; marquez / Diaz, show's that boxing still has
the fan base given the chance, setanta allowed us that chance,
so i'd like to say special thank's to buncey, even though we will still disagree
about the peterson bros, and also to andy kerr, who was getting better with
every show and also the guardian angel who helped get us the fights.
Best of luck to you all in the future and keep on punching.

[alexpaterson]

The best boxing show in ages Steve Bunce is a legend and Setanta was great while it lasted showed great fights lets hope ESPN or somebody picks up the fights and Buncey and Andy Kerr sad day for boxing though

[King Tubby]

Bunce's show is too good to be left off the telly. Sky should definitely take it on. Did it get good figures?

Whether is got good figures or not in comparison to other programmes, the show was/is highly appreciated by us Boxing fans & that should be what counts, but it doesn't! Its a Boxing show, which means its a sport's show, which means it can only be a good thing!

Why can't the show be taken on by a terristrial channel like the BBC? With the ridiculous amounts some of the stars are paid who are to do with the channel, I'm sure taking on the show would not make a huge dent in the financial department!

Buncey's show is too good to lose, but if its to return no more, I am sad to see it end so swiftly, although with Setanta's current situation, its not a surprise!

Buncey, how about trying to appeal to other TV channels?

The reason I asked about the figures is that it will have an influence on whether or not someone else takes it on.

[Buncey]

Thanks and thanks.
More to follow on ways that we can save the show.
Everybody here has been brilliant - even the people that wanted to cut my gonads off with a blunt axe. I thank you all.

Adios.

[dr_devious]

Great show and the end of an era...........for now hopefully.

Gutted that Setanta has gone off air, best channel for boxing in the UK by miles.

[whiteboy]

Long live the Boxing hour