Klitschko vs Johnson on the BBC

REAL_DEAL · Post by **REAL_DEAL** » 25 Nov 2003, 14:38

i wounder if boxing central will nick this and paste this in their storys,

anyway

BBC

Boxing (Sport)
Time - 23:00 - 00:05 (1 hour and 5 minutes long)
When - Sunday 7th December on BBC 2

(Klitschko v Johnson)
Heavyweight giants Vitali Klitschko and Kirk Johnson clash in a final eliminator for the WBC title at Madison Square Gardens in New York. Ukranian Klitschko returns to action for the first time since his sixth-round stoppage by Lennox Lewis in June.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 25 Nov 2003, 15:04

Well done Beeb. About 12 months ago this fight wouldn't have been shown at all.

mrbassie · Post by **mrbassie** » 25 Nov 2003, 17:03

Yeah 'tis good to have boxing on more than one channel these days. bbc should go a step further, if they've only got time to show one fiught with no build up then fair enough, but it'd be great if they showed a longer version of the event on bbc3 or 4 as well.

Kilburn · Post by **Kilburn** » 26 Nov 2003, 05:57

It was probably Baby Joe Mesi's appearance on the undercard that swung it, I get the feeling the Beeb were impressed with him. Barrett isn't going to fold quite so quickly though.

Two nice heavyweight matches.

The_Power · Post by **The_Power** » 26 Nov 2003, 15:22

This is good news for BBC, they have done well to get this fight.