Great Britain Championships.

[stujones]

Anyone know the times this is scheduled to be on the red button service live. Doesn't seem to be much indication now on the BBC wesbite.

[Tommy Gunn13]

Thats what im wanting to know aswell...do u know if its a straight draw to see who boxes who or they the boxers seeded??

[yiddo14]

Looking forward to this.

[Tommy Gunn13]

Looking forward to this.

Snap... id rather watch these lads than pay to watch Haye fight

[craigstephen]

There are currently 10 male finals and three women’s finals on the Saturday. Boxing commences at 7.30pm with a half an hour break.

Semi finals commence on Friday at 3.30, with the winners going through to face the GB podium squad on Saturday. Here is the last list that I got hold of:

Light Flyweight (49kg)

GB Boxing - Charlie Edwards D (Hollington, Croydon)
England - Sam Smith (Kings Heath, Northampton)
Scotland - No Selection
Wales - No Selection

Flyweight (52kg)

GB Boxing - Khalid Yafai P (Birmingham City) - 2010 European Silver medallist and Beijing Olympian
England - Adam Whitefield (Army)
Scotland - No Selection
Wales - Andrew Selby (Splott, Barry) - 2008 & 2010 European Bronze

Bantamweight (56kg)

GB Boxing - Iain Weaver P (Golden Ring, Ferndown) - 2010 European Silver
England - Luke Campbell P (St Pauls, Hull) - 2008 European Gold
Scotland - No Selection
Wales - Sean McGoldrick D (St Joseph's, Cardiff) - 2010 Commonwealth Silver

Lightweight (60kg)

GB Boxing - Tom Stalker P (Sailsbury, Liverpool) - 2010 European Silver & 2010 Commonwealth Gold
England - Martin Ward P (Repton, London)
Scotland - Josh Taylor (Lochend, Edinburgh) - 2010 Commonwealth Silver
Wales - Joe Cordina D (Stables, Cardiff)

Light Welterweight (64kg)

GB Boxing - Bradley Saunders P (South Durham, Stockton) - 2007 World Bronze, 2008 Olympian & 2010 Commonwealth Silver
England - Scott Cardle P (Kirkham, Lytham)
Scotland - Jason Easton (Craigmillar, Edinburgh)
Wales - Cris Jenkins (Cwmgors, West Glamorgan)



Welterweight (69kg)

GB Boxing - Callum Smith P(Rotunda, Liverpool) - 2010 Commonwealth Silver
England - Antony Fowler D (Golden Gloves, Liverpool)
Scotland - Aston Brown (Noble Art, Glasgow)
Wales - Fred Evans P (St Josephs, Cardiff)

Middleweight (75kg)

GB Boxing - Anthony Ogogo P (Triple A, London) - 2010 Commonwealth Silver
England - Frank Buglioni P (Repton, London)
Scotland - No Selection
Wales - Keiron Harding (Penarth, Cardiff) - 2010 Commonwealth Bronze

Light Heavyweight (81kg)

GB Boxing - Obed Mbwakongo P (Lynn, London)
England - Lawrence Osueke (Newcastle College, Newcastle)
Scotland - Sean Finney (Kingdom, Fife)
Wales - Jermaine Asare (Ex Servicman, Merthyr) - 2010 Commonwealth Bronze

Heavyweight (91kg)

GB Boxing - Simon Vallily P (South Bank, Middlesbrough) - 2010 Commonwealth Gold
England - Danny Price (Westway, Scarborough)
Scotland - Stephen Simmons (Leigh Victoria, Edinburgh) - 2010 Commonwealth Bronze
Wales - Lloyld Davies (Kyber Colts, Rhondda)

Super Heavyweight (91kg+)

GB Boxing - Amin Isa P (Miguels, London)
England - Anthony Joshua D (Finchley, London)
Scotland - Ross Henderson (Springhill Boys, Shotts)
Wales - Andy Jones (Deva Police, Flintshire)

I'm assuming the BBC will show it from the start on Saturday (7.30) but I'm not quite sure

[stujones]

I am also, but when is it being shown live? Is it being shown live now. I know its on Sunday Grandstand (haha - it will always be grandstand to me) - but I thought it was going to be on red button, but it doesn't stress a time.

[Tommy Gunn13]

Are fridays semis not being shown on the red button?

[craigstephen]

Are fridays semis not being shown on the red button?

I don't believe so

[Jeff Thomas]

When are they?

[Tommy Gunn13]

When are they?

This weekend Jeff

[WestEndRiot]

So what happens in divisions where there are 3 fighters? I'd assume the GB fighter gets a bye, but that kind of advantage for any boxer defeats the object of having such a tournament. Of course i could be totally wrong.

Hopefully we'll get to see Ogogo vs Buglioni, that will a cracker!

[Tommy Gunn13]

Some great fights here could happen in these GBS Champ...56/Campbell,Weaver&McGoldrick(i favour Campbell in this i think his experiance will shine thru)
69/A proper Three way battle between Smith,Fowler&Evans no disrespect to the scotch lad,but hes out of his depth...If i was to be honest i cant spilt the 3 mentioned, i think any three could beat each other any giving day,its that close in my eyes...
Some other good fights,Stalker&the young lad from Repton Martin Ward,ive yet to see him but read rave reviews(not forgetting the commenwealth finilist Josh Taylor...
For me the person i hadnt really heard of before the games was Simon Vallily,he impressed me alot at the games&im looking forward to watching him against,Danny Price or Simmons...
Some top fights at other weights aswell...52/Yafai-Selby 64/Saunders-Cardle 75/Ogogo,Buglioni,Harding...other weights are interesting to

[yiddo14]

Vallily is the one I'm looking forward to seeing. he impressed me in the Commonwealths. Not just his power but his confident manner, as if he knew the stoppage was only a matter of time when he fought.

91+ is always the interesting one. Been hearing good things about Joshua and this is his chance to show why he should be the main man. He is fecking huge by all accounts.

[yogi]

So what happens in divisions where there are 3 fighters? I'd assume the GB fighter gets a bye, but that kind of advantage for any boxer defeats the object of having such a tournament. Of course i could be totally wrong.

Hopefully we'll get to see Ogogo vs Buglioni, that will a cracker!

The way I read it all the GB boxers are straight into the final on Saturday.

The 49Kg will be a straight final, where the 91+Kg will have 3 boxers on Friday competing for one place so someone will have to box twice.

If a boxer beats the GB boxer on Saturday, he doesn't automaticaly take his place on the podium squad but will get a 6 month assesment stint on the squad in order to prove himself worthy of Olympic selection. There's a lot at stake for these guys, I'm looking forward to some cracking boxing.

[craigstephen]

I'm assuming the BBC will show it from the start on Saturday (7.30) but I'm not quite sure

I've just found it on the forward planner on my DVD recorder, can't Sky+ the red button so I was playing around with the DVD recorder on digital tv mode.

It's on between 8:30 - 11:00pm Saturday, on digital channel 301.

[Tommy Gunn13]

So what happens in divisions where there are 3 fighters? I'd assume the GB fighter gets a bye, but that kind of advantage for any boxer defeats the object of having such a tournament. Of course i could be totally wrong.

Hopefully we'll get to see Ogogo vs Buglioni, that will a cracker!

The way I read it all the GB boxers are straight into the final on Saturday.

The 49Kg will be a straight final, where the 91+Kg will have 3 boxers on Friday competing for one place so someone will have to box twice.

If a boxer beats the GB boxer on Saturday, he doesn't automaticaly take his place on the podium squad but will get a 6 month assesment stint on the squad in order to prove himself worthy of Olympic selection. There's a lot at stake for these guys, I'm looking forward to some cracking boxing.

so are you saying for example Fowler might have to box twice on the friday&a final on saturday against Smith??

[yogi]

So what happens in divisions where there are 3 fighters? I'd assume the GB fighter gets a bye, but that kind of advantage for any boxer defeats the object of having such a tournament. Of course i could be totally wrong.

Hopefully we'll get to see Ogogo vs Buglioni, that will a cracker!

The way I read it all the GB boxers are straight into the final on Saturday.

The 49Kg will be a straight final, where the 91+Kg will have 3 boxers on Friday competing for one place so someone will have to box twice.

If a boxer beats the GB boxer on Saturday, he doesn't automaticaly take his place on the podium squad but will get a 6 month assesment stint on the squad in order to prove himself worthy of Olympic selection. There's a lot at stake for these guys, I'm looking forward to some cracking boxing.

so are you saying for example Fowler might have to box twice on the friday&a final on saturday against Smith??

Yes. There's Fowler, Brown and Evans at that weight, Callum Smith is in the final already.

Two of the first three must box, then the winner boxes the one that gets the bye. The eventual winner faces Smith on Saturday.

[Tommy Gunn13]

The way I read it all the GB boxers are straight into the final on Saturday.

The 49Kg will be a straight final, where the 91+Kg will have 3 boxers on Friday competing for one place so someone will have to box twice.

If a boxer beats the GB boxer on Saturday, he doesn't automaticaly take his place on the podium squad but will get a 6 month assesment stint on the squad in order to prove himself worthy of Olympic selection. There's a lot at stake for these guys, I'm looking forward to some cracking boxing.

so are you saying for example Fowler might have to box twice on the friday&a final on saturday against Smith??

Yes. There's Fowler, Brown and Evans at that weight, Callum Smith is in the final already.

Two of the first three must box, then the winner boxes the one that gets the bye. The eventual winner faces Smith on Saturday.

Thats a tad harsh on the boxers,with the podium lads wrapped in cotton wool til the finals...id rather see a straight draw where both hav to box semis....

[Chris W 1982]

I'm not believing that for 1 moment Yogi.

Can you please provide some clarification regarding your format please?

[yogi]

Chris, I'm sure I picked it up right but if I'm wrong then it is simple, in those categories with 3 boxers, one will obviously get a bye into the final.

I've hunted about other forums to see where I got my original idea and can't find corroboration. We'll see on Saturday if I heard right

Here's the bit from the Gb website

http://gbboxing.org/news/line-ups-annou ... ip-162.php

[Tommy Gunn13]

If how your explaining is right a boxer could fight twice on the friday before boxing the podium squad member on the saturday...thats not fair if thats true...

[Chris W 1982]

Just had confirmation then.

Its a straight draw and weights where there's only 3 fighters will see someone get a bye to Saturday's final.

Fred Evans from Wales has withdrew from 69kg category

Draw is at Echo Arena at 10am on Friday Morning

[yogi]

Just had confirmation then.

Its a straight draw and weights where there's only 3 fighters will see someone get a bye to Saturday's final.

Fred Evans from Wales has withdrew from 69kg category

Draw is at Echo Arena at 10am on Friday Morning

Cheers for clearing that up Chris

I'm assuming the BBC will show it from the start on Saturday (7.30) but I'm not quite sure

I've just found it on the forward planner on my DVD recorder, can't Sky+ the red button so I was playing around with the DVD recorder on digital tv mode.

It's on between 8:30 - 11:00pm Saturday, on digital channel 301.

Looks like it's Live from 7.30 according to BBC website

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_ ... 173259.stm

[Tommy Gunn13]

Just had confirmation then.

Its a straight draw and weights where there's only 3 fighters will see someone get a bye to Saturday's final.

Fred Evans from Wales has withdrew from 69kg category

Draw is at Echo Arena at 10am on Friday Morning

Cheers Chris
Shame Evans has pulled out tho...

[Chris W 1982]

Saunders v Cardle is today

Anthony Fowler, Tom Stalker and Danny Price all got byes to tomorrow's final.

I'll try and keep you guys posted