Adonis v Williams on Spike this Saturday

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  1. crixus85

    crixus85 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    10 pm on Saturday Srevenson v Williams for 2 hours, not live, but great they are showing it. I think it has a good undercard.
     
  2. Paullow

    Paullow Active Member Full Member

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    Na the undecard is petty poor. Dawson pulled out of the Alvarez fight so that is now a 180 catch up against an unknown. Nothing else of note either.

    Don't know why they couldn't show this live, seems a bit poo showing it 20 hou late when the chances are you will know the result by then and will just be able to watch it online somewhere anyway. Plus, i remember either the last time or second last time they were supposed to show a fight on delay - Tarver rings a bell, they had an old film on instead despite boxing being listed on the guide.

    Wish Boxnation could have picked this up as the main event looks OK. Williams just 4/1 with the bookies and is coming in off an exciting and good win over E Rodriguez.
     
  3. Paullow

    Paullow Active Member Full Member

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    Cheers for the heads up by the way. I will prob record it and watch on the Sunday after Frampton-LSC :good
     
  4. PaddyGarcia

    PaddyGarcia Trivial Annoyance Gold Medalist Full Member

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    Will probably still watch it as there's a slight upset chance in the main event but it's overall not great
     
  5. Losg11

    Losg11 Active Member Full Member

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    Because its being shown by Spike in the US, Spike over here get the rights by default.

    The same for ESPN, if they're showing a card in the states BT Sport ESPN get the rights here by default. They had a random card on in the early hours of last Friday.
     
  6. I Shot JR

    I Shot JR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I doubt Spike UK see much value in employing people to insert ad breaks/bumpers etc for such a relatively small audience.

    It's a shame but at least it's being shown eventually.
     
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    colinsMrs Well-Known Member Full Member

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    FW tweeted that he tried to pick it up but couldn't due to the Spike deal

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  8. I Shot JR

    I Shot JR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I don't think it's an exclusive deal because the Khan fight on Spike in the US was on Boxnation.

    More likely is that there were scheduling issues or they lowballed Spike.
     
  9. boxfanlut

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    N17 Loyal Member Full Member

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    Well worth a watch if you haven't seen it :good

    I enjoyed it.
     
  12. Losg11

    Losg11 Active Member Full Member

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    Boxnation bought that fight off of Spike. Clearly they felt there was a value in doing so.