Fight +

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 04 Mar 2006, 06:44

Yesterday there started a 24hour fighting channel in scandinavia. They show alot of boxing, MMA and strengh sports.
Yesterday they showed ESPN FNF, The recent Eagle Kyowa card and a "In this corner" + The Gracie fighting championships.

They will show all Top Rank cards (plus they have the rights to the back catalogue) & ESPN cards + they will show alot of other boxing fights from around the world.

To start with the channel is free on 1 west, No idea if you can see it in the UK via satellite.

dve3333 · Post by **dve3333** » 04 Mar 2006, 10:41

:( Lucky git

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 04 Mar 2006, 11:05

I can see that channel, I have cable TV. Tonight they are showing "Arnold classics" and UFC 58 live + Cotto vs Branco after UFC have finished.

The channels website: http://www.fightplus.com/

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 04 Mar 2006, 11:29

seems like there's a UK launch on the horizon! this is what we need

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 04 Mar 2006, 11:52

What is the price Freiheit... I hope I read it wrong, but one of the post on the forum says 149 a month! - Was that 1 pound/euro 49 or 1 hundred and 49.

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 04 Mar 2006, 11:54

stujones wrote:What is the price Freiheit... I hope I read it wrong, but one of the post on the forum says 149 a month! - Was that 1 pound/euro 49 or 1 hundred and 49.

didn't it translate to 15 euros? that'll be somewhere between £10-£20. can't remember the currency rates.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 04 Mar 2006, 11:55

I heard it was around £12 a month? Any card that features Eagle Kyowa is good for my money, he is a fantastic fighter.

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 05 Mar 2006, 08:48

Its around £13-14. Its sucks its 149kr a month in Denmark/Norway/Sweden since the danish krone rate is higher that both the swedish and norwegian krone.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 05 Mar 2006, 10:54

£12 a month is a bit much for me, I'm afraid.

Not unless there was a way to drop some subscription channels that I don't watch and have this one instead. Its about a third of the whole sky package I am on.

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 05 Mar 2006, 14:02

Freiheit wrote:Yesterday there started a 24hour fighting channel in scandinavia. They show alot of boxing, MMA and strengh sports.
Yesterday they showed ESPN FNF, The recent Eagle Kyowa card and a "In this corner" + The Gracie fighting championships.

Now I remember what the 3rd card that was shown friday was. It was the Hill vs Brudov card from january 24th.

FloydD · Post by **FloydD** » 05 Mar 2006, 15:58

Freiheit wrote:Yesterday there started a 24hour fighting channel in scandinavia. They show alot of boxing, MMA and strengh sports.
Yesterday they showed ESPN FNF, The recent Eagle Kyowa card and a "In this corner" + The Gracie fighting championships.

They will show all Top Rank cards (plus they have the rights to the back catalogue) & ESPN cards + they will show alot of other boxing fights from around the world.

To start with the channel is free on 1 west, No idea if you can see it in the UK via satellite.

I take it the back catalogue of Top Rank fights is from when ESPn televised them during the 80's? If so your lucky as hell. All I get is ESPN classic with there countless reruns of Ali and Robinson.

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 08 Mar 2006, 15:01

Fight + will also show Warriors and Guilty boxing + Latin Fight Nights , Asian Fight Nights, European Fight Nights from different promoters.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 08 Mar 2006, 15:19

Freiheit wrote:Fight + will also show Warriors and Guilty boxing + Latin Fight Nights , Asian Fight Nights, European Fight Nights from different promoters.

Will these be old shows from the back catalogue, or will they be recent shows?

Do you think Live boxing will be a possibility? Still think it there is a market for it in this day of multi channell TV - think there are lots of small hall fights in the Uk that could generate a small, but large enough, TV audience.

REAL_DEAL · Post by **REAL_DEAL** » 08 Mar 2006, 15:30

just saw it toney - racman live not bad hopefully uk will show it. i only have basic and sports why have movies channel and wait months when you can get thoese 3 dvds at a time say 15 a month works out pound each and no need to have the kids channel. ive seen every ep of sabrina the teenage witch allready.

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 08 Mar 2006, 15:30

stujones wrote:
Freiheit wrote:Fight + will also show Warriors and Guilty boxing + Latin Fight Nights , Asian Fight Nights, European Fight Nights from different promoters.
Will these be old shows from the back catalogue, or will they be recent shows?

Do you think Live boxing will be a possibility? Still think it there is a market for it in this day of multi channell TV - think there are lots of small hall fights in the Uk that could generate a small, but large enough, TV audience.

They will show Rahman vs Toney live same with Haye vs Johansen (including the 2 other scandinavian fights on the undercard).
It differs from card to card. They didnt show Branco vs Cotto live, but it was only with a few hours delay (They showed UFC live at that time).
This weeks latin fight night is: http://www.boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=483798 Its followed by a Guilty boxing card, its on at 4am CET, so it seems like its live

It will be easier how much boxing they show in a month and how much is live/nearly live

dve3333 · Post by **dve3333** » 08 Mar 2006, 16:35

It is supposed to be in Ireland and the UK in July

Post by **The Law** » 08 Mar 2006, 16:39

dve3333 wrote:It is supposed to be in Ireland and the UK in July

wow!

What's your source?

dve3333 · Post by **dve3333** » 08 Mar 2006, 17:14

Look in the forum on the official site the admin there says
"We want to launch as soon as possible, but mabye in July.. But I cant say for sure.. There are many things we have to sort out before that.."

Post by **The Law** » 08 Mar 2006, 19:31

dve3333 wrote:Look in the forum on the official site the admin there says
"We want to launch as soon as possible, but mabye in July.. But I cant say for sure.. There are many things we have to sort out before that.."

Yeah that sounds like a definite launch date ...........

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 11 Mar 2006, 09:28

http://www.fightplus.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=110

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 31 Mar 2006, 13:47

Fight + in april (Press release):

FIGHT+, BIG FIGHT APRIL…..More Live boxing than any other channel in Europe.

Fight+, the combat sports channel now available on Canal Digital will air more live boxing shows than any other channel in Europe through April.

Starting in the early hours of Thursday April 6th April Fight+ will air all ESPN Wednesday Night Fights and Friday Night Fights Live. The schedule is:

Thursday April 6th 0400 CET Light Middleweights: JC Candelo Vs Verno Philips

Saturday April 8th 0300 CET IBO Lightweight World Championship: Nate Campbell Vs Isaac Hlatschwayo

Thursday April 13th 0400 CET Welterweight: Paul Williams Vs Sergio Rios

Saturday April 15th 0300 CET Heavyweights: Audley Harrison Vs Dominick Guinn

Thursday April 20th 0400 CET Heavyweights: Alonzo Butler Vs Derek Bryant

Saturday April 22nd 0300 CET Super Middleweights: Kermit Cintron Vs David Estrada

Thursday April 27th 0400 CET Super Middleweights: AlejanDro Berrio Vs Anthony Bonsante

On Sunday April 9th at 0300 CET Fight+ brings the super fight – Sworn Enemies, for the IBF Welterweight Championship of the World between Floyd Mayweather and Zab Judah. Can anyone stop “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather ? Long considered boxing's pound-for-pound champion, the undefeated Mayweather faces his greatest challenge when he moves up to his fourth weight class -- 147 lbs -- and takes on three-time world champion Zab “Super” Judah in a blockbuster 12-round welterweight championship showdown, Saturday, April 8 , at the Thomas & Mack Center , Las Vegas , NV . Also on the show will be the WBC Flyweight Championship between Jorge Arce (Mexico) and Rosendo Alvarez (Nicaragua).

On Saturday 22nd April at 2000 CET, Fight+ will air it’s second Heavyweight World Championship in a month when Chris Byrd defends his IBF Championship again at Ukraines Wladimir Klitschko in Mannheim, Germany. Chief support bout features the European Middleweight Championship between Sebastien Sylvester and Dirk Dzemski and former Olympic Super Heavyweight champion Alexander Povetkin.

Further World Championships appearing on Fight+ in April include the WBA Super Bantamweight war between France’s Manhyar Monshipour and Thailands Somsak Sithchatchawal, the WBC Super Flyweight Championship between Japan’s Masamori Tokuyama and Jose Navarro of the USA.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 31 Mar 2006, 13:56

12 quid a month sounds fornicating good to me mate. Someone has had the sense to realise that there's room for a boxing channel. I'll subscribe at the first available opportunity.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 31 Mar 2006, 14:53

I won't be subscribing i don't think, i would never leave the house!

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 31 Mar 2006, 19:36

Can you get this channel in the UK with a big porn dish.

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 31 Mar 2006, 19:40

The channel is on 1.West, coded in Conax. No idea how big a dish you would need, but you need around a 1 - 1,2 meter dish to see SKY here, maybe its the same thing the other way.

Edit: Doesnt look like that a huge disc is needed:

http://www.geo-orbit.org/fprntwest/thor2r.gif

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