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RIP B o x N a t i o n
Posted: 08 Dec 2022, 17:24
by milpool
Looks like allegedly is finally having the plug pulled with it’s last day being 14th December.
In its prime, it was well worth the money and was the channel that DAZN could’ve been!
Re: RIP allegedly
Posted: 08 Dec 2022, 17:35
by ThereByTheGrace
Thought the topic but something else there.
But yes it was decent value for a few years at the start. Surprised it's lasted 10 years
Re: RIP allegedly
Posted: 08 Dec 2022, 17:45
by handsofstone
The best thing to happen to boxing in this country

Re: RIP allegedly
Posted: 08 Dec 2022, 17:47
by Ruthless-RKO
handsofstone wrote: ↑08 Dec 2022, 17:45
The best thing to happen to boxing in this country
Definitely helped with British boxing at the time.
Re: RIP allegedly
Posted: 08 Dec 2022, 17:49
by margaret thatcher
thought it was done already tbh
and thought fwanky had kicked the bucket reading the title

Re: RIP allegedly
Posted: 08 Dec 2022, 17:52
by handsofstone
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑08 Dec 2022, 17:47
handsofstone wrote: ↑08 Dec 2022, 17:45
The best thing to happen to boxing in this country
Definitely helped with British boxing at the time.
The amount of cards they showed in 9/10 period was staggering, all for a tenner
Re: RIP allegedly
Posted: 08 Dec 2022, 17:53
by handsofstone
Mods, Frank has had nowt to do with the channel for years now, sort out the thread title pls
Re: RIP allegedly
Posted: 08 Dec 2022, 18:28
by Boxerbeetle
I nearly fell off my chair seeing the thread title. Damn clickbait
Re: RIP allegedly
Posted: 08 Dec 2022, 18:28
by Boxerbeetle
handsofstone wrote: ↑08 Dec 2022, 17:52
Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑08 Dec 2022, 17:47
handsofstone wrote: ↑08 Dec 2022, 17:45
The best thing to happen to boxing in this country
Definitely helped with British boxing at the time.
The amount of cards they showed in 9/10 period was staggering, all for a tenner

Genuinely my favourite channel ever.
Re: RIP B o x N a t i o n
Posted: 08 Dec 2022, 19:48
by milpool
I’ve changed the thread title. I did think I’d disguised the channel name well enough to get past the censors but clearly I hadn’t and I don’t want people to think our Hall of Fame promoter has pegged it!
Re: RIP B o x N a t i o n
Posted: 08 Dec 2022, 19:53
by margaret thatcher
i opened the thread thinking fwank had kicked it, and the first response i saw was stoney saying it's the best thing that's ever happened to boxing in this country. i know fwank is wank but i thought that was a bit harsh

Re: RIP B o x N a t i o n
Posted: 09 Dec 2022, 04:26
by Counter-puncher
Re: RIP B o x N a t i o n
Posted: 09 Dec 2022, 04:43
by Ruthless-RKO
To be honest. The channel is been redundant since Frankie moved to BT.
They put on the odd card. Literally odd card.
If BT Sport added some of the overseas fights that BN did, then fair enough, but they didn’t.
Just random re-runs.
I don’t see how anyone is still subbed to it unless of course through BT.
Re: RIP B o x N a t i o n
Posted: 09 Dec 2022, 05:10
by Kit
My dad still watches the channel every day, he has Alzheimer’s and watches in the belief he is watching live boxing. He loves it. Sometimes he even calls me to put it on.
Sad to see it go. What a great channel it once was.
Re: RIP B o x N a t i o n
Posted: 09 Dec 2022, 05:14
by Kit
Wasn’t it bought by Premier Sports a few years back but it continued to air on BT.
I presume Premier sport must have purchased it for the customer base rather than to re-grow it.
Re: RIP B o x N a t i o n
Posted: 09 Dec 2022, 05:34
by Ruthless-RKO
Kit wrote: ↑09 Dec 2022, 05:14
Wasn’t it bought by Premier Sports a few years back but it continued to air on BT.
I presume Premier sport must have purchased it for the customer base rather than to re-grow it.
They did a deal together. Not sure they brought it.
Re: RIP B o x N a t i o n
Posted: 09 Dec 2022, 05:58
by dan28uk
when it first come out i thought it was brilliant , great shows old fights etc and good value for money but then it got shit , actually thought the channel stopped years ago
Re: RIP B o x N a t i o n
Posted: 09 Dec 2022, 05:59
by dan28uk
Kit wrote: ↑09 Dec 2022, 05:10
My dad still watches the channel every day, he has Alzheimer’s and watches in the belief he is watching live boxing. He loves it. Sometimes he even calls me to put it on.
Sad to see it go. What a great channel it once was.
that's really sad to hear , all the best with your old man
Re: RIP B o x N a t i o n
Posted: 09 Dec 2022, 06:40
by veriton
It was a proper fans channel, so much better than anything before or since. Those long nights with bunce, lillis and Jones, the boxing hour and that mad Russian afternoon show are a few highlights that spring to mind.
Other channels try to do glitz and polish, but bocks nation was proper boxing talk by proper boxing people for real boxing fans. Really miss it. State of dazn in comparison

Re: RIP B o x N a t i o n
Posted: 09 Dec 2022, 06:50
by garethhop
When they were in their pomp and Sky Sports was doing at least a couple of shows a month, we didn't realise how good we had it. :-(
Re: RIP B o x N a t i o n
Posted: 09 Dec 2022, 09:54
by steve689
We sometimes laughed at it at the time but in hindsight it was a fantastic period for boxing. I take it the death if Bill Ives and his funding was what started the beginning of the end?
Re: RIP B o x N a t i o n
Posted: 09 Dec 2022, 09:58
by stujones
garethhop wrote: ↑09 Dec 2022, 06:50
When they were in their pomp and Sky Sports was doing at least a couple of shows a month, we didn't realise how good we had it. :-(
And very little in terms of box office.
Re: RIP B o x N a t i o n
Posted: 09 Dec 2022, 10:44
by tony1234
It was before it's time really, in a way there are too many channels now competing for the same coin
Re: RIP B o x N a t i o n
Posted: 09 Dec 2022, 11:24
by Nightmare Roy
Some great fights from over the pond at 4am in the morning which I used to really enjoy
Re: RIP B o x N a t i o n
Posted: 09 Dec 2022, 14:44
by garethhop
tony1234 wrote: ↑09 Dec 2022, 10:44
It was before it's time really, in a way there are too many channels now competing for the same coin
And in the UK competing for the same boxers