UK TV SCHEDULE

SticknMove · Post by **SticknMove** » 21 Aug 2007, 10:59

I notice that Setanta are showing 4 and 1/2 hours of the Bernard Dunne bill, starting at 8.00pm and ending at 12.25am for this Saturday. Good to see that they are backing up the undercard to this extent.

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 21 Aug 2007, 14:22

Andy Lee and Matthew Macklin on the undercard. Should be a good night.

So how did it end up on Setanta? Did Dennis Hobson come in as co-promoter?

SticknMove · Post by **SticknMove** » 21 Aug 2007, 17:11

Autobarn wrote:Andy Lee and Matthew Macklin on the undercard. Should be a good night.

So how did it end up on Setanta? Did Dennis Hobson come in as co-promoter?

It's listed as a Brian Peters Promotion in association with Dennis Hobson and Team Magee.

Setanta, as I understand it, was set up as a satellite channel 20 odd years ago to air Irish sports to the expat community abroad. So with a few bright rising Irish boxers I suppose it makes sense for them to get in on act.

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 22 Aug 2007, 06:46

SticknMove wrote:I notice that Setanta are showing 4 and 1/2 hours of the Bernard Dunne bill, starting at 8.00pm and ending at 12.25am for this Saturday. Good to see that they are backing up the undercard to this extent.

Not sure about that. They're showing a Morales vs Diaz replay an hour before. It's probably 2 1/2 hours from the Irish card. 9:30 till midnight is the Dunne card.

SticknMove · Post by **SticknMove** » 22 Aug 2007, 07:03

Autobarn wrote:
SticknMove wrote:I notice that Setanta are showing 4 and 1/2 hours of the Bernard Dunne bill, starting at 8.00pm and ending at 12.25am for this Saturday. Good to see that they are backing up the undercard to this extent.
Not sure about that. They're showing a Morales vs Diaz replay an hour before. It's probably 2 1/2 hours from the Irish card. 9:30 till midnight is the Dunne card.

Well that's a bit of a bastard disappointment. I'll never trust my remote control digiguide again.

101boxing · Post by **101boxing** » 22 Aug 2007, 08:01

Des1 wrote:Mathews v Marsh on sat 13 oct. I hear Matchroom may have slot on sky fri 12 oct with Colin Lynes top of bill at york hall

matthews/marsh is on setanta

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 22 Aug 2007, 11:55

Incidently, anyone know why British Eurosport treat boxing so badly compared to the rest of Europe. Why do us Brits have to have Live Hockey which interfered with the Live Bill last night.

Okay, fair enough Hockey needs some coverage aswell and it was England playing.... but why didn't Eurosport 2 showcase the first 30 minutes of the Boxing.

Its not the first time this is done, and I know the other Eurosports show the boxing complete.

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 22 Aug 2007, 12:43

stujones wrote:Incidently, anyone know why British Eurosport treat boxing so badly compared to the rest of Europe. Why do us Brits have to have Live Hockey which interfered with the Live Bill last night.

Okay, fair enough Hockey needs some coverage aswell and it was England playing.... but why didn't Eurosport 2 showcase the first 30 minutes of the Boxing.

Its not the first time this is done, and I know the other Eurosports show the boxing complete.

yeah, they always mess about with the times -like the Povetkin-Donald the other week - but when live ones like last night get pushed back and start at round 7 it's a load of rubbish.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 22 Aug 2007, 14:18

Autobarn wrote:
stujones wrote:Incidently, anyone know why British Eurosport treat boxing so badly compared to the rest of Europe. Why do us Brits have to have Live Hockey which interfered with the Live Bill last night.

Okay, fair enough Hockey needs some coverage aswell and it was England playing.... but why didn't Eurosport 2 showcase the first 30 minutes of the Boxing.

Its not the first time this is done, and I know the other Eurosports show the boxing complete.
yeah, they always mess about with the times -like the Povetkin-Donald the other week - but when live ones like last night get pushed back and start at round 7 it's a load of rubbish.

It was a fair cop with the Povetkin bill, they did announce via an infobar the change and at least they showed it as normal and the sport they showed before was live and did overun - so fair enough.

However, for the live bill they should use Eurosport 2 if there are clashes. All Eurosport 2 was showing was old Moto GP stuff. Very fustrating. Plus, sometimes there has been European boxing showcased in some countries live, but not in the UK - Snooker gets primary action. Again, what is the point of Eurosport 2.

Boxing Addict · Post by **Boxing Addict** » 04 Sep 2007, 09:38

How do you know barrera vs pac is on setanta same with cotto vs mosley, nothing has been sorted yet!!!

chesh · Post by **chesh** » 04 Sep 2007, 11:17

Boxing Addict wrote:How do you know barrera vs pac is on setanta same with cotto vs mosley, nothing has been sorted yet!!!

They were announced during their last boxing broadcast (Dunne-Martinez).

jimb0d · Post by **jimb0d** » 18 Sep 2007, 09:02

silkov · Post by **silkov** » 18 Sep 2007, 09:35

I think its crazy that SKY isnt showing the Eastman fight, ok he might not be everyones cup of tea but I've always liked watching him, he has genuine world class skills, and this fight with Elcock has the makings of a very close and interesting bout... they dont show this yet we are served up with Gammer vs Mcdermott???!!... someone explain this please!! :x :x :x

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 06 Oct 2007, 09:56

Guzman-Soto (Sky) - great addition to the schedule. Lot of Eurosport dates in also.

Sat 06/10 22:00 ITV1 Amir Khan v Scott Lawton Commonwealth Lightweight Title
Sun 07/10 03:00 Setanta Sports 1 Manny Pacquiao v Marco Antonio Barrera WBC Super Featherweight Title
Tue 09/10 20:00 British Eurosport Ali Chebah v Payakchai Sithparadorn WBC Youth Light Welterweight
Fri 12/10 22:00 Sky Sports 1 Isaac Ward v Anyetei Laryea Commonwealth Super-Bantamweight Title
Sat 13/10 20:00 Setanta Sports 1 Derry Matthews v Matthew Marsh WBU Featherweight Title
Sun 14/10 03:00 Setanta Sports 1 Juan Diaz v Julio Diaz Lightweight Unification Championship
Fri 19/10 21:00 Sky Sports 1 Carl Johanesson v Michael Gomez British Super-Featherweight Title
Fri 26/10 22:00 Sky Sports 1 Jamie Moore v Andrew Facey British Light-Middleweight Title
Sat 27/10 19:45 British Eurosport TBC TBC
Tue 30/10 20:00 British Eurosport TBC TBC
Fri 02/11 22:00 Sky Sports 1 Carl Froch v Robin Reid British Super-MiddleweightTitle
Sat 03/11 00:00 Setanta Sports 1 (Time TBC) Joe Calzaghe v Mikkel Kessler
Fri 09/11 22:00 Sky Sports 1 Colin Lynes v Gianluca Branco European Light-Welterweight Title
Sat 10/11 00:00 Setanta Sports 1 (Time TBC) Miguel Cotto v Shane Mosley WBA Welterweight Title
Tue 13/11 20:00 British Eurosport TBC TBC
Wed 14/11 20:00 Sky Sports 1 Troy Ross v Micky Steeds Commonwealth Cruiserweight Title
Wed 14/11 22:00 Sky Sports 1 Lenny Daws v Nigel Wright English Light-Welterweight Title
Tue 20/11 20:00 British Eurosport TBC TBC
Fri 23/11 00:00 Setanta Sports 1 (Time TBC) Fernando Vargas v Ricardo Mayorga Super Welterweight
Fri 23/11 22:00 Sky Sports 1 Joan Guzman v Humberto Soto WBO Super-Featherweight Title
Fri 30/11 22:00 Sky Sports 1 Chris Edwards v Jamie McDonnell British Super-Flyweight Title
Sat 08/12 00:00 Sky Box Office (pay-per-view) (Time TBC) Floyd Mayweather v Ricky Hatton WBC Welterweight Title

chesh · Post by **chesh** » 06 Oct 2007, 10:03

Thanks for the update, Auto. Great news about Guzman-Soto.

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 06 Oct 2007, 10:20

I'm really pleased that Sky picked up Gomez-Johanesson. Much better than the other one they were going to show.

Manc_Red · Post by **Manc_Red** » 06 Oct 2007, 13:43

Diaz v Diaz Unification looks very tasty indeed looking forward to that..

Cheers 4 the update Auto m8

jimb0d · Post by **jimb0d** » 25 Oct 2007, 10:57

Bump.

Sticky would be good.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 25 Oct 2007, 16:53

Is there a live Eurosport card in the UK this Saturday - A Eurosport bill is scheduled on Boxrec, but sometimes Eurosport will not show it live.

m1kee50 · Post by **m1kee50** » 25 Oct 2007, 16:56

stujones wrote:Is there a live Eurosport card in the UK this Saturday - A Eurosport bill is scheduled on Boxrec, but sometimes Eurosport will not show it live.

Boxing News is good for knowing when... failing that the Eurosport website?

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 25 Oct 2007, 16:58

MIKEE wrote:
stujones wrote:Is there a live Eurosport card in the UK this Saturday - A Eurosport bill is scheduled on Boxrec, but sometimes Eurosport will not show it live.
Boxing News is good for knowing when... failing that the Eurosport website?

Just checked - looked like we in the UK are being messed about with again. 50 minute bill in the UK - bet you its 2 hours in Mainland Europe.

Can you still get mainland Eurosport if you have one of those porn dishes.

glahn · Post by **glahn** » 25 Oct 2007, 17:31

Still no one showing Mormeck-Haye? Unbelievable.

nickd · Post by **nickd** » 25 Oct 2007, 17:34

I am sure it will be shown, King has offered the fight to Setanta and Sky apparently. There have been a lot of last minute deals with King fights so I expect it will happen nearer the time.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 25 Oct 2007, 18:33

Anyone know what is happening regarding Setanta and/or ITV current deals with FW.

I am a little concerned as I haven't seen anything NEW on the Setanta schedule since FW has signed with them. Yes, there is the Dean Francis bill - but then Hobson signed a deal BEFORE Frank. So it does concern me that maybe Frank has an exclusive deal with the exception of those under a pre-contract and the fights they signed before he signed.

Also, what of ITV? I remember reading John Rawling's opinion on Doghouse claiming that ITV are interested in airing other fights. allegedly on his NOTW column did state this also (when he still had the bigger contract with them) - but said that despite there interest there would be "no chance" cause of the exlusivity deal of showing Hatton vs Castillo. However, what about now - has this circumstance changed? Are ITV can only still be tied to FW (and now even smaller). Are ITV interested in showing other fights? This ITV play late night shite is being phased out by the end of the year - so opportunities there.

It would be nice to hear if Bennie has heard anything given his contacts with ITV - or if Boxingchat can help answer the question, seriously. Not after an opinion, just an answer.

Beyond Dec 1st - there is NOTHING scheduled on Setanta (and its pretty sporadic before then). They did hype up Trinidad vs Jones Jnr and Bunce said "well I hope, we get it hear right on Setanta" (Great presenter technique there

).

Surely us boxing fans deserve to know the answers.

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 26 Oct 2007, 06:49

FW wouldn't let ITV show the Hatton fight because he still had an exclusive with them, is what I heard. I'm sure they really appreciated that little move. Now he has multi-fight deals with Setanta (the big fights) and ITV (for Khan).

I also hope we'll have a few domestic updates with Setanta. More Irish stuff looks likely, with Hobson-promoted Kiko v McCullough and Dean Francis' Commonwealth title defense etc.

some interesting Euro updates - Castillejo-Carrera middleweight rematch, couple of Eurosports.

Fri 26/10 22:00 Sky Sports 1 Jamie Moore v Andrew Facey British Light-Middleweight Title
Sat 27/10 21:10 British Eurosport Kamel Belhachemi v Tomas Adamek Super Middleweight
Tue 30/10 20:00 British Eurosport Kamel Amrane v Christophe Dettinger French Cruiserweight Title Fri 02/11 22:00 Sky Sports 1 Carl Froch v Robin Reid British Super-MiddleweightTitle
Sat 03/11 20:15 Setanta Sports 1 Joe Calzaghe v Mikkel Kessler WBO / IBF Supermiddleweight Titles
Fri 09/11 22:00 Sky Sports 1 Colin Lynes v Gianluca Branco European Light-Welterweight Title
Sun 11/11 02:30 Setanta Sports 1 Miguel Cotto v Shane Mosley WBA Welterweight Title
Sun 11/11 21:00 British Eurosport 2 Kostroma, Russia Kings of Muay Thai (Kickboxing)
Tue 13/11 20:00 British Eurosport Javier Castillejo v Mariano Natalio carrera International Middleweight Title
Wed 14/11 20:00 Sky Sports 1 Troy Ross v Micky Steeds Commonwealth Cruiserweight Title
Wed 14/11 22:00 Sky Sports 1 Lenny Daws v Nigel Wright English Light-Welterweight Title
Tue 20/11 20:00 British Eurosport TBC TBC
Fri 23/11 00:00 Setanta Sports 1 (Time TBC) Fernando Vargas v Ricardo Mayorga Super Welterweight
Fri 23/11 22:00 Sky Sports 1 Joan Guzman v Humberto Soto WBO Super-Featherweight Title
Fri 30/11 22:00 Sky Sports 1 Chris Edwards v Jamie McDonnell British Super-Flyweight Title
Sat 08/12 00:00 Sky Box Office (pay-per-view) (Time TBC) Floyd Mayweather v Ricky Hatton WBC Welterweight Title