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When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 12 Apr 2009, 15:57
by Finch
Televised ?
Can't have happened too often ?
Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 12 Apr 2009, 16:06
by Hagler2002
Jane Couch V's Sandra Geiger
Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 12 Apr 2009, 16:07
by Finch
Sorry to be sexist, but....... male British World Champion :-)
Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 12 Apr 2009, 16:11
by Hagler2002
Finch wrote:Sorry to be sexist, but....... male British World Champion :-)
Live or delayed broadcast?
Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 12 Apr 2009, 16:13
by Finch
Live ?
Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 12 Apr 2009, 16:17
by Hagler2002
Finch wrote:Live ?
What year are we starting from?
Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 12 Apr 2009, 16:19
by Finch
Starting date is irrelevant as i asked for the last time.
Stop asking stupid questions.

Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 12 Apr 2009, 16:24
by Chris W 1982
Im sure it maybe one of Johnny Nelson's last defences. Either May or Canatore.
Wasnt Calzaghe/Veit delayed as well.
Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 12 Apr 2009, 16:28
by Hagler2002
Finch wrote:Starting date is irrelevant as i asked for the last time.
Stop asking stupid questions.

Fcuk knows, Andries V's Hearns.....Honeyghan V's Curry.....Bruno V's Tyson.....if we keep guessing we might come somewhere close to the last one.... who did Akinwande win the WBO title off? was that on TV?
Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 12 Apr 2009, 16:29
by stujones
Calzaghe vs Veit was on delay, as was Nelson vs May..... Cantatore was shown live.
Off course, a different debate on whether he is British - but Ben Dunne a few weeks ago, McCullough vs Larios 1 was another shown on delay.
Howard Clarke vs Fernando Vargas was not shown in full, despite Sky having cameras there and showing the main event as a PPV.
Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 12 Apr 2009, 16:29
by Finch
Hagler2002 wrote:Finch wrote:Starting date is irrelevant as i asked for the last time.
Stop asking stupid questions.

Fcuk knows, Andries V's Hearns.....Honeyghan V's Curry.....Bruno V's Tyson.....if we keep guessing we might come somewhere close to the last one.... who did Akinwande win the WBO title off? was that on TV?
Do you mean satalite or terrestial TV ?

Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 12 Apr 2009, 16:32
by stujones
I don't think Akinwande's world title fight was shown in the UK at all - it was against Jeremy Williams.
Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 12 Apr 2009, 16:43
by MightyWarrior
Honey v Curry was given a miss, with ITV showing it the next day I think.
Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 12 Apr 2009, 16:52
by Collins2000
They still haven't shown Johnny Nelson's WBF title fights...
:(
Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 12 Apr 2009, 17:14
by gobbles
Froch will be on TV.
The last big one not to be was Calzaghe v Veit, which was only shown a couple of weeks later. All fights are eventually on TV, but until the Eighties virtually none were on live.
Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 13 Apr 2009, 20:40
by Quixall
The point here, is that it's very suprising that the Froch - Taylor fight is'nt being screened live
Either it says a lot about the financial situation in America or Carl Froch can't sell fights.....
I don't know what Henessey was wanting from the tv companies, but i'd heard a figure of £300,000
Maybe decent to good paydays are at an end for title holders who lack a "name" , as is the case with Froch
Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 14 Apr 2009, 03:49
by oliverfennell
Quixall wrote:Either it says a lot about the financial situation in America or Carl Froch can't sell fights.....
I was under the impression Froch was a household name in the UK now? (I live overseas). Hell, even my mum knows him!
Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 14 Apr 2009, 06:48
by Autobarn
gobbles wrote:Froch will be on TV.
The last big one not to be was Calzaghe v Veit, which was only shown a couple of weeks later. All fights are eventually on TV, but until the Eighties virtually none were on live.
i think ITV showed highlights a few weeks after the fight, and then at a later date Eurosport showed it in full.
Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 14 Apr 2009, 06:55
by DavidPayne
I think its terrible a good proper title fight like this isn't being shown when we've seen tonnes of absolute shyte on SKY for twenty years.
I would struggle to think of 10 title fights involving a British fighter that have been shown on British telly that were, on paper more competitive, featured a more acknowledged name than Taylor? or more important in the last 10 years.
1999-2009.
Calzaghe v Kessler and Hopkins?
Hatton v Tyszu, Mayweather and Maglinaggi?
Witter v Harris?
Haye v Mormeck and Enzo?
Woods v Johnson & Jones?
Eastman v Hopkins?.........
Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 14 Apr 2009, 08:25
by Quixall
oliverfennell wrote:Quixall wrote:Either it says a lot about the financial situation in America or Carl Froch can't sell fights.....
I was under the impression Froch was a household name in the UK now? (I live overseas). Hell, even my mum knows him!
Well maybe your mum tries to keep up to impress you with her boxing knowledge
The problem for Carl is that he has'nt penetrated the public's conciousness, despite being shown on itv, which is very suprising. The likes of Benn, Eubank, Watson and Hamed, all became household names, thanks to regular slots on terestial television, But Carl seems to be going down the Ritchie Woodhall route, ie, people always said "Richie Woodhall, who is he.....?"
The same is happenning to Carl Froch and the Americans certainly don't know anything about him.
Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 14 Apr 2009, 17:58
by ERIC GUY
Lester Jacobs world champion. dont think any of his fights wre ever on tv,
Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 14 Apr 2009, 18:19
by hurlock
bet you didnt even turn up 2 record them neither

Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 14 Apr 2009, 18:41
by ERIC GUY
Yes I did!!!
Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 15 Apr 2009, 05:38
by DavidPayne
Lewis v Slejko M - was that televised here?
Re: When was the last time a Brit World Champ fight wasn't.....
Posted: 15 Apr 2009, 06:58
by oliverfennell
On SBO, yes. Hide-Fischer was the UK leg.