Thank you Channel 5

[winkveron]

Thought it was fairly polished for C5, was really impressed! I was a bit disappointed with the lack of undercard, especially as they said at the top of the show that they'd be showing it, but that's just splitting hairs. For a first go for C5, I'm very happy. Let's hope they keep it up!

[TerribleTerry]

Emailed C5 to let them know how impressed I was by the production and the fight itself.

No point in just discussing it on forums - let's make sure they have a deluge of positive emails to read come Monday morning!

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Emailed C5 to let them know how impressed I was by the production and the fight itself.

No point in just discussing it on forums - let's make sure they have a deluge of positive emails to read come Monday morning!

Just heeded your advice & done that myself.

[SAPFO]

The fight completed a great show for 5. I hope they done good numbers. Well done Hennessey too.

[funso banjo baby]

it was a lot better than i expected.

i was in a bit of a dilemma..... i wanted Chisora to win ...but if Fury won we'd presumably get more fights on 5 whereas Chisora would go back to sky and ppv with Warren.

to sum up how utterly thick and stupid the mass of Boxrec Fury fans are...one of them previously moaned about the fact that it wasnt on SKY ????!!!!!!!!

this is why the sport is dead !!!!

[Matt W]

Good job I thought and it was nice not to be annoyed by the commentary, unlike Primetime's coverage last night (Zab Judah a legend... Really???).

[WildWaylon]

Very good night, to my mind C5 did a good job. Lets hope they give us more.

[NazNaci1]

Jim Rosenthal was excellent, as usual. Why is this man so underused these days??

He is, by far, the best presenter I've seen for Boxing, infact any sporting event. His boxing knowledge is A+++. He is smooth and can spot things most colour guys miss.

Al Bernstien was also great, a fine boxing commentator, so presentation wise, it was an impressive showing.

Rosenthal needs to be used a lot lot more, in my opinion.

[IRLangmaid25]

I enjoyed watching it as well. Very professional very well put together I think Dave Farras is a very good knowledgable commentator as well and I think they did very well in bringing over Al Bernstein over who I personaly is much better than Lampley and Merchant as he is not as partisan as either of them and is very fair in his summary of the fighters and is extremely knowledgeable and I hope we get to see him more over here if Five choose to show more boxing as I think they will do very well in showing live boxing for those who do not wish too or are unable to pay Sky's fees for subscriptions.

[broomy7s]

I thought it was really done well last night. Much better than there footy coverage. The only let down was the promise of the best of the undercard action yet they never allowed themselves enough time.

It also seemed like they were hinting at this being the 1st show of many. Hopefully it is.

[NazNaci1]

I have to say I enjoy Jim Watt's commentaries, however Channel 5 pulled a couple of great master strokes, getting Al Bernstien, impartial and accurate and the Legend that is Jim Rosenthal.

Both, smooth, professional and to be honest, its criminal that Rosenthal is not used much nowadays as a Boxing front man. He is head and shoulders above anyone else.

[Big_Amzzino]

Got this from a reliable source...

Channel Five got massive numbers for Fury Chisora From 10pm, the fight averaged a slot-winning 2.26m (13%) peaking with 2.9m (19.7%)

Those numbers are crazy. Before the fight Channel 5 were saying 1 million viewers would be considered a success.

[dookus]

Looks like there still is real interest in boxing domestically! Great thing for the sport if Channel 5 are paying Hennessey enough to put on decent shows...

[iwz678]

that sounds very good, Boxing should be supported, it's one of he sports Britain do best in and now the matchmaking is getting better, things look promising and are made to get more casual fans into the sport.

[Big_Amzzino]

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a33 ... nel-5.html

[Scottrf]

Brilliant numbers for a British title fight.

[alexpaterson]

Sounds very promising!

[broomy7s]

Amazing numbers and will hopefully get c5 getting more boxing on.

[chinny]

Brilliant news, the advertisers will sit up and take notice of that.

[chinny]

Very good indeed.

I noticed the narrator for the pre fight sections had the surname Darke- sir ians son perhaps?

Thought the raw feel added to the atmoshpere.

[FIGHTFANs]

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a33 ... nel-5.html

[bfchunk]

Here are 5's last 2 recorded weeks top 10 figures.

2,260 would be the figure for the boxing. Clearly above these.

000's
1 COWBOY BUILDERS (THU 2103) 1,622
2 FILM: MATILDA (1996) (SUN 1637) 1,621
3 LAW AND ORDER - SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT (SAT 2151) 1,451
4 CASTLE (FRI 2104) 1,408
5 NEIGHBOURS (THU 1729) 1,385
6 NEIGHBOURS (TUE 1729) 1,384
7 NEIGHBOURS (WED 1729) 1,373
8 LAW AND ORDER (FRI 2202) 1,282
9 NEIGHBOURS (FRI 1729) 1,281
10 NEIGHBOURS (MON 1729) 1,234


000's
1 EDDIE STOBART: TRUCKS & TRAILERS (FRI 2000) 1,607
2 EDDIE STOBART: TRUCKS & TRAILERS (THU 2001) 1,579
3 THE RESTAURANT INSPECTOR (MON 2103) 1,544
4 CASTLE (FRI 2104) 1,506
5 LAW AND ORDER - SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT (SAT 2149) 1,495
6 NEIGHBOURS (MON 1729) 1,368
7 NEIGHBOURS (THU 1729) 1,338
8 NEIGHBOURS (TUE 1729) 1,302
9 WALKING THE AMAZON (THU 2103) 1,232
10 NEIGHBOURS (WED 1729) 1,179

[Scottrf]

More than any HBO fight this year?

[Dan Dares]

Impressive, and its got to be good news for boxing.

My father in law, 84, was treated to his first live TV boxing show in a long time, and he loved it. Nice one Hennessy and Channel 5. Make sure you get a few more in before the old bastard croaks.

[john welsh]

Impressive, and its got to be good news for boxing.

My father in law, 84, was treated to his first live TV boxing show in a long time, and he loved it. Nice one Hennessy and Channel 5. Make sure you get a few more in before the old bastard croaks.

Thats good,i like that.
good to have a nice change watching free boxing on tv.