Domestic boxing coverage -- Sky vs BoxNation

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  1. Black_Rainbows

    Black_Rainbows Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Who had better domestic boxing coverage this year? Sky or BoxNation? Or were they pretty even?

    Note that "domestic boxing" here includes both fights on British soil and also British fighters who travel abroad to challenge for a title or whatever.

    Note also that the question is only about quality of the fights; it's not about TV production quality or which commentators you like or dislike.


    The two biggest domestic events were, I think unquestionably, on Sky Sports:

    Carl Froch vs Mikkel Kessler no.2
    Carl Froch v George Groves

    This isn't by any means a complete list, but Sky also had:

    Kiko Martinez vs Carl Frampton
    Adrien Broner vs Gavin Rees
    Tony Bellew v Isaac Chilemba
    Ricky Burns vs Jose Gonzalez
    Devon Alexander vs Lee Purdy
    Gennady Golovkin vs Matthew Macklin
    Daniel Geale v Darren Barker
    Ricky Burns vs Raymudo Beltran
    Kell Brook vs Vyacheslav Senchenko
    Adonis Stevenson vs Tony Bellew
    Darren Barker vs Felix Sturm (still to come)


    BoxNation have had:

    David Price vs Tony Thompson
    Chris van Heerden vs Matthew Hatton
    Nathan Cleverly vs Robin Krasniqi
    Liam Walsh vs Scott Harrison
    Amir Khan vs Julio Diaz
    Deontay Wilder vs Audley Harrison
    Sergio Martinez vs Martin Murray
    Frankie Gavin vs Denton Vassell
    David Price vs Tony Thompson no. 2
    Dereck Chisora vs Malik Scott
    Nathan Cleverly vs Sergey Kovalev
    Ovill McKenzie vs Enzo Maccarinelli no. 2
    Billy Joe Saunders vs John Ryder
    Dereck Chisora vs Edmund Gerber
    Carl Frampton vs Jeremy Parodi
    David Price vs Evgeny Orlov (still to come)
    Stuart Hall vs Vusi Malinga (still to come)
     
  2. JACK McWAVEY

    JACK McWAVEY Well-Known Member Full Member

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    i won't count the froch fights cos they are box office

    if we are going off the other fights i would say around even
     
  3. korn96

    korn96 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    anybody that says its boxnation need checking into the nearest nuthouse
     
  4. KermitTheFrog

    KermitTheFrog The people doing the banning are idiots Full Member

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    At least if you record fights on Sky you don't miss the main event due to the recording ending. BoxNation is still amateur hour.
     
  5. Josephd86

    Josephd86 Active Member Full Member

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    Op is a bit biased he can remember some stinkers on boxnation while forgetting some great fights on sky. Derry coyle is one straight away
     
  6. Rhodesie9

    Rhodesie9 Active Member Full Member

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    Why worry,if your a boxing fan get your hand in your pocket and get em both!
     
  7. StevieH

    StevieH New Member Full Member

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    Sky has had a better year but boxnation is still worth a couple of quid a week.
     
  8. ArseBandit

    ArseBandit Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I prefer box nations coverage. Sky are far to biased.

    Sky will laways afford the biggest fights, money to burn.
     
  9. big_daddy

    big_daddy Boxing Addict Full Member

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    boxnation need to start putting some shows on BT sport, will get far more love