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Boxing on Bravo!!

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 04:38
by Southpaw Stylist
That's right people, Midnight on Saturday is Benn-Eubank I and 10:30pm Sunday is Benn-Eubank II.

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 05:03
by glittermonkey
It's not a one off either. Bravo have been advertising the fact that they're going to start showing boxing for a while now.* Benn vs Eubank's a decent start.

*Not that i'm an avid viewer of this decidedly low-brow tv channel. I just found it highly amusing watching the Fash fc boys trying to play football.

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 05:07
by J
good news, more taping me thinks, there are a couple of decent progs on here though apart, "Im with Busey" being quality viewing its an American Tv comedian doing a reality tv show knocking around with Gary Busey.
who is as mad as a hatter, :o hilarious stuff though Busey is portrayed pretty badly in it but he is totally insane.

Watching a film star pick a bbq out of tip and grilling a roadkill (badger) and eating it claiming he is doing his bit in recycling the food chain will remain in my memory for long time. :lol:

try and catch it 7 pm ish i think

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 06:07
by adamiw
Fash FC is so crap, that it's funny :lol:

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 06:09
by J
adamiw wrote:Fash FC is so crap, that it's funny :lol:
i cant stand that double standard, moral yet immoral sincere yet insincere money grabbing toe rag.

so havent seen it ! :lol:

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 06:21
by mickeybeard
They're havingh a bit of a push at the moment. International footy too (all be it Australia/South Africa). Good luck to 'em. More sport is never a bad thing IMO.

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 07:02
by stujones
Bravo have tried before with a few Conrelius Carr WBU fights (with Couch on the undercard). This was live boxing.

If I remember, they didn't do a bad job.

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 10:02
by Southpaw Stylist
That was on Front Row not Bravo.

(Front Row was Cable TV's PPV service).

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 10:09
by Kilburn
Yeah I remember that Carr PPV, what the hell was all that about? He fought.. let me just check... Dingaan Thobela? (didn't realise it was him). Cost about £6.99 didn't it?

Then a bit later they showed another PPV with Glenn Catley v Thobela in what was supposed to be a mismatch.

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 11:29
by stujones
Southpaw Stylist wrote:That was on Front Row not Bravo.

(Front Row was Cable TV's PPV service).
Didn't see it myself - but I don't have front row and my father said it was on Bravo.

we have Bravo in America

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 12:21
by Spreadking
Bravo in America. but all they show are old movies, and inside the actor's studio, I reckon not the same channel.

we also get this crappy BBCAmerica channel, which seems to be all about gardening and panzy shet.

oh well, enjoy the fights.

Re: we have Bravo in America

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 12:54
by Eric the Viking
Spreadking wrote:Bravo in America. but all they show are old movies, and inside the actor's studio, I reckon not the same channel.
Gah - here I was, getting all excited about a non-premium) channel showing classic fight (ESPN Classics is part of the premium package in my area), only to find out that Bravo USA will continue showing that wanker pseudo-intellectual James Lipton fawning all over his celebrity actor guests for the foreseeable future. Pardon moi French, but fornicate!

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 13:05
by J
vike as a "silicone warrior" you may well like the English Bravo channel theres usually a bit of silicone on display. :o

By the way how do you spend your day, fighting people with a set of fake breasts?

that is pythonesque! :lol: :wink:

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 13:32
by Eric the Viking
"Silicon," J, not "Silicone." As in computer chips, not bathroom caulk and boob jobs. ;)

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 14:31
by hitman_hatton1
fash fc is brilliant they've got to do it for a 2nd season. :TU:

i'll tape benn-eubank 2 cos believe it or not its one of the few nigel benn fights i haven't got. :-?

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 14:38
by kevo
How did Fash FC get on against Harchester United (from dream team)

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 14:39
by stujones
I'll probably give it a mis cause I have got both on tape - let me know how they do it. Is it Probox commentary, Reg and Jim or what.

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 14:40
by hitman_hatton1
Kevo wrote:How did Fash FC get on against Harchester United (from dream team)
they lost :lol: can't remember the score now but is was 1-1 at one point and then harchester pulled away and thumped em at the end.

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 14:43
by kevo
hitman_hatton1 wrote:
Kevo wrote:How did Fash FC get on against Harchester United (from dream team)
they lost :lol: can't remember the score now but is was 1-1 at one point and then harchester pulled away and thumped em at the end.
Bastards. I don't watch it all the time, but the matches are quality sunday viewing. Fash FC and a sunday Fry up, it doesn't get better than that :D

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 14:46
by hitman_hatton1
i've missed the odd week during the season but caught it most weeks :TU: my favourite one was probably when they got knocked out of the cup :lol: they were sitting in there dressing room at the end and the other team were banging on the dressing room wall "who r we fash fc who r we fash fc" :D

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 14:48
by stujones
Bravo are showing the Gladiator programme aswell, so I assume they have bought the package from five - which will probably mean probox.

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 14:54
by neil r
now i know full well im going to get the shit ripped out me for this but here goes.....

i seem to be the only person anywhere who doesnt think that benn v eubank 1 was a great fight. ive watched it on video many many times and can remember quite clearly watching it live, but just cant see what everyone goes on about. ok its a good fight, with plenty of action, but i just cant see it myself.

i sometimes get the impression with this fight that since it was screend at a time when terrestial boxing tv was at its peak (17m viewers?) and the hype surrounding both fighters was immense, especially the angle where everyone wanted to see benn do a number on eubank, that no matter what happened in this fight it would be considered a classic.

gents..... you are now free to rip the piss...

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 15:01
by hitman_hatton1
neil r: your mad mate its a bloody brilliant fight :x its a gr8 50/50 see saw battle that was up for grabs ending eubank finished benn in the 9th.

the 2nd fight i think is pretty awful far too much holding and too scrappy. :wink:

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 17:06
by TT
Kevo wrote:How did Fash FC get on against Harchester United (from dream team)
Fash FC lost 4-1.... I am embarassed to admit I watch the show... The commentators make Jim Neilly look good :oops:

Re: we have Bravo in America

Posted: 29 Apr 2004, 18:16
by Matchfixer
Eric the Viking wrote:
Spreadking wrote:Bravo in America. but all they show are old movies, and inside the actor's studio, I reckon not the same channel.
Gah - here I was, getting all excited about a non-premium) channel showing classic fight (ESPN Classics is part of the premium package in my area), only to find out that Bravo USA will continue showing that wanker pseudo-intellectual James Lipton fawning all over his celebrity actor guests for the foreseeable future. Pardon moi French, but fornicate!
I've seen some of those. My God I can't stand that guy! The guests are sometimes pretty interesting but all that unprofessional back slapping from Lipton is so unnecessary. He's a presenter not a one man fan club and somebody should remind him! I think calling him a Pseudo-intellectual is a compliment!

Won't moan anymore!