Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 22, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted September 22, 2011 Well after Dana White's fairly positive comments yesterday, I've just seen this today.  White's comments on Larry 'Senile' Merchant  "It's my big beef with Merchant for years. These guys get done fighting and he jumps in the ring and just starts saying off-the-wall, weird, rude [expletive] to these guys. Who the hell would want to do an interview with him? It's probably the thing they dread worse than training and cutting weight and everything, is their interview with Larry Merchant. It's ridiculous." "I actually thought that that was very embarrassing for HBO. The guy is senile, he's out of his mind. He's up there berating Floyd, but Floyd can't say anything back to you? You've been disrespecting guys your whole career, and guess what, you can go back 60 years, you're not kicking Floyd's ass, okay? Give me a break. And what's Floyd going to do? A 102-year-old guy just said that to him."  "Realistically, when you look at it, boxing puts on two big fights a year. Two big fights a year. They [expletive] up one of them. The referee destroyed that fight. He destroyed it. ...That was a multi-, multi-million dollar fight that this one guy destroyed. Because I don't know about you guys, but I was watching the fight, I would have liked to have seen how that really would have ended."  "The last thing that I want to have happen is that, to me, on FOX."  Bit harsh on Vodka breath that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 22, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted September 22, 2011 Sergio Martinez is offering to cut to 150 to fight Manny Pacquiao next year  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohpete Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 From the sun   THE sweet science may have found a new permanent home following the launch of TV channel BoxNation. Fight fans will now be able to enjoy the best bouts from around the world in one place, thanks in no small part to promoter Frank Warren.  The station, which will be available on Sky channel 456, Virgin and online, will broadcast its first live fight on September 30 when Liam Walsh takes on Paul Appleby at London's iconic York Hall.  BoxNation will be free to view until later in the year, when it switches to a subscription service costing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members wandshogun09 Posted September 22, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted September 22, 2011 I can't fucking stand Warren but I just know I'm gonna end up paying for this. Â 2 live shows a week AND the return of Bunce's Boxing Hour. I'm in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 22, 2011 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 22, 2011 nice! i didn't know the station intended on showing live fights, i likes it! Â Evander Holyfield will get another crack at a proper world title when he fights Alexander Povetkin in December. Holyfield will never die!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members nfc90210 Posted September 22, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted September 22, 2011 I can't fucking stand Warren but I just know I'm gonna end up paying for this.  2 live shows a week AND the return of Bunce's Boxing Hour. I'm in.  They are supposed to be picking up some MMA as well.  Taken from the 606 forum, this is a list of the fights that are being shown by BoxNation over the next few months. There's some good stuff in there.  http://www.606v2.com/t14524-boxnation-sche...ence-first-post  BoxNation Schedule & Press Conference (First post) Post by Scottrf Today at 12:45 pm   Thought it deserved a thread of its own. Looks pretty impressive.  30th Sept  The Commonwealth Super-Featherweight Title Liam Walsh vs Paul Appleby Programme starts @ 7pm  01ST Oct  WBA/IBF CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE Steve Cunningham vs Pablo Hernandez Programme starts @ 7pm  05th Oct  World Amateur Boxing Championships - Quarter Finals Live from Baku Programme starts @ 12.00 - 14.30 then 15.30 - 18.00(UK time)  07th Oct  Amateur Boxing UK Military vs US Military Programme starts @ 7pm  World Amateur Boxing Championships - semi finals Live from Baku Programme starts @ 11.30 - 14.00 then 15.30 - 18.00(UK time)  08th Oct  World Amateur Boxing Championships - Finals Live from Baku Programme starts @ 10.00 - 14.00  15th Oct  The WBO World Light-Heavyweight Title Nathan Cleverly vs Tony Bellew The European Super-Middleweight Title Piotr Wilczeski vs James DeGale Programme starts @ 7pm  The WBC World Light-Heavyweight Title Bernard Hopkins vs Chad Dawson  LIVE FROM STAPLES CENTRE, LA Programme starts @ 7pm  21st Oct  The British Cruiserweight Championship Robert Norton vs TBA Programme starts @ 7pm  22nd Oct  WBO/WBC Cruiserweight Title Marco Huck vs Krystof Wlodarczyk  LIVE - SAUERLAND GERMANY Programme starts @ 7pm  28th Oct  British Welterweight Title Frankie Gavin vs Lee Purdy  Programme starts @ 7pm  05th Nov  The WBO Interium World Lightweight Title Ricky Burns vs Michael Katsidis The WBO Intercontinental Lightweight Title Kevin Mitchell vs TBA The British & Commonwealth Super-Middleweight Title George Groves vs TBA The Vacant English Super-Bantamweight Title Ryan Walsh vs Liam Richards  Programme starts @ 7pm  Mikel Kessler vs Robert Stieglitz  LIVE - SAUERLAND GERMANY Programme starts @ 7pm  18th Nov  British & Commonwealth Featherweight Title Lee Selby vsJohn Simpson  Programme starts @ 7pm   Last edited by Scottrf on Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:39 pm; edited 1 time in total Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Egg Shen Posted September 23, 2011 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 23, 2011 Thats fucking awesome! Does it mean that the big fights are no longer going to be on sky sports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Lawrence Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 ward v froch has been postponed due to ard getting a cut in training which required 7 stitches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ReturnOfTheMack Posted September 23, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted September 23, 2011 I dont know much about boxing, so if this is a stupid question please forgive me. Â Now a few of my family have been claiming that Mayweather is ducking Khan and The Pacman. How true is that? Is it just a reaction to the way he won the last fight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Does anyone know if this channel will be available on Virgin media? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Taylorslade Posted September 23, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted September 23, 2011 (edited) Sergio Martinez is offering to cut to 150 to fight Manny Pacquiao next year  Edited September 23, 2011 by Taylorslade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ReturnOfTheMack Posted September 23, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted September 23, 2011 Mayweather ducking Khan? Not a chance. Infact, I would bet my last penny that Floyd looks at Amir Khan and sees $$$$$$ . He sees the chance to box in the UK also, which is something he has legitimatley wanted for years, it's not a PR spin. People might not agree, but I think Khan would be an easy night for Floyd. But you never know, and I would certainly pay to find out. Â Â If he sees money then why is he backing down off of his promise to fight him if he beat Mayweathers guy? If that makes sense, Im going from knowing very little, even names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Taylorslade Posted September 23, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted September 23, 2011 Mayweather ducking Khan? Not a chance. Infact, I would bet my last penny that Floyd looks at Amir Khan and sees $$$$$$ . He sees the chance to box in the UK also, which is something he has legitimatley wanted for years, it's not a PR spin. People might not agree, but I think Khan would be an easy night for Floyd. But you never know, and I would certainly pay to find out. Â Â If he sees money then why is he backing down off of his promise to fight him if he beat Mayweathers guy? If that makes sense, Im going from knowing very little, even names. Â The fighter you are talking about is Jesse Vargas, who has been under the Mayweather stable and trained under Roger Mayweather since he was eight years old. Mayweather stated at the post fight press conference that he was just trying to get his fighter a break, but Vargas looked horrendous on the Mayweather/Ortiz undercard, so whatever slim chance Vargas had of landing a fight with Khan, practically went out of the window, because when you are fighting at the level they are commercially, then you need to be able to sell it to the TV networks and the consumers. Â If Jesse Vargas was not managed by Mayweathers team, then nobody would be talking about him fighting Amir Khan, Vargas hasn't done anything of note since he turned professional and certainly not enough to be landing fights with the likes of Khan. If Vargas had looked good last week, then the fight could've been a possibility but it would be incredibly naieve of Amir Khan and his team to think that Mayweather would've automatically been next. The bottom line, is that Mayweather was just trying to get his fighters name brought into the discussion, because name recognition is everything. Â Anyone who seriously thought that the plan of "fight Vargas to get Floyd in the ring" was for real, then those people are straight-up crackheads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ReturnOfTheMack Posted September 23, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted September 23, 2011 (edited) Cheers for the answers, I enjoy boxing but know nothing about it so being told by someone who knows their stuff is great. Edited September 23, 2011 by ReturnOfTheMack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icon Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 (edited) Taylorslade are you still going to write up your experiences in boxing on here or have you changed your mind about it would love to here it Edited September 23, 2011 by Icon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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