Irish Boxing

****ing shite:-(

 

Originally Posted by mike4819

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Has Con Sheehan fought yet?

Apologize if I missed a mention of him someplace.
Hello Mike, how are you keeping. Sheehan boxes tomorrow. I'm sure someone will post the result, so keep looking in.


Thanks Ardy, "You're a gentleman and a scholar". The Irish kids are doing great... terrific news.

 

Ireland have 6 through 2 the finals of the EUs...great:happy:good

 

Geraghty first into the ring

Friday, 19 June 2009 13:19
Flyweight Declan Geraghty will be the first Irish boxer in the ring at Saturday's European Union finals at the Odense Sports centre in Denmark.

The Dubliner, who claimed his first senior title in February, meets England's Khalid Yafai, who competed at last August's Olympic Games in Beijing.

Ireland have the highest representation in Saturday's finals with six through to the weekend's deciders.

England have five in the finals, while Germany and Hungary have four apiece.

Two German opponents stand in the way of John Joe Nevin's and David Oliver Joyce's ambitions of successfully defending the EU titles they won in Poland last year.

Beijing Olympian Nevin faces experienced bantamweight Denis Makarov and Joyce meets Sandro Schaer at featherweight.

Darren O'Neill is in against home favourite Stephen Alms of Denmark - Alms received a walkover into the middleweight final after Germany's Konstantin Buga withdrew injured.

Light welterweight Willie McLaughlin meets Balaza Bacskai of Hungary and Tipperary heavyweight Con Sheehan will trade leather with Juan Augustin Aleman of Spain.

Boxing begins at 2pm on Saturday.

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ohara fights on skysports tonight at 9.30

 

does he have a chance here?

 

sweet pea is from the same part of belfast as me...the word on the street is he is focused and ready to go to war with burns...i think he can win...

 

hopefully

 

thanks 4 that...should b a good old scrap:good

 

is setanta going under again after they lost the rights to the premier league?

 

it looks like it going by the most recent reports...lindsay and brian magee may find a new promoter:good

 

Setanta loses Premier TV rights

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Setanta will lose its two packages of games for 2009/10 season

Troubled sports broadcaster Setanta has failed to pay the latest chunk of the £30m it owes the English Premier League, and will now lose the rights.
The League has threatened to sell the rights to the 46 live matches Setanta has for the 2009/2010 season if the broadcaster failed to make the payment.
It will now put the rights out to auction, with offers needed by Monday.
A potential rescue deal, led by a US investor who had proposed buying 51% of Setanta, fell through.
'Regret'
The Premier League said it had "been working with Setanta for some time to help them continue as the broadcaster of 46 English live matches for the 2009/10 season".

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SETANTA'S SPORTS DEALS

English Premier League
Scottish Premier League
Blue Square Premier
IPL cricket
US PGA Tour golf
Guinness Premiership rugby union (from 2010)
Magners rugby
Boxing

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Why is Setanta in trouble

The Premier League, in agreement with Setanta, stipulated that certain contractual requirements had to be met on or before Friday, 19 June, "to allow the preparations for the 2009/10 season to continue unaffected".
The league added: "It is with considerable regret that we announce that Setanta has been unable to meet their obligations. As such the existing licence agreement between us has been terminated with immediate effect."
The Premier League will now go ahead and auction the 46 UK live matches for the 2009/10 season.
'Issues'
Late last week, Access Industries, controlled by the US investor Len Blavatnik, tabled a £20m bid for a 51% share in Setanta.
It had been hoped Access could lead a consortium of investors to provide fresh funding for Setanta.

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Mr Blavatnik had been studying Setanta's books

However Access has now said it was unable to proceed with a deal with Setanta.
It is understood that the deal faltered after it was revealed that there is a question mark over a reported £50m that Setanta is said to owe UK tax authorities.
"Access believed that this proposal could potentially have secured the future of the broadcaster for its customers, employees and for football, provided certain conditions required to put the business on a long-term viable footing were met," it said.
"Regrettably, despite intensive efforts on all sides over the past few days, and despite significant progress in a number of areas, there remain a number of issues which we have been unable to resolve within the time available.
"We are disappointed not to have been able to make this deal happen. Access remains committed to sports programming and will continue to explore opportunities in this area."
One of those which may be interest in acquiring Setanta's 46 games is Disney-owned sports channel ESPN.
'Bad news'
ESPN would not comment directly on the new situation but said it continued "to be interested in rights where they are available and where they make business sense".
Meanwhile James Pickles, editor of industry newsletter TV Sports Markets, said that until Thursday there were expectations that Setanta would pull though.
"It's bad news for everyone - no one is a winner," he said, adding: "It's a disaster for rights holders."
He said it was bad news for Sky because having a competitor such as Setanta was beneficial to it from an EU regulatory perspective, which prevents one broadcaster owning all Premier League rights.
However Sky would be legally free to bid for one of Setanta's two packages of 23 games.
Subscriber targets
Last week Setanta reopened its website to new subscribers - having closed it for several days.
Setanta is running at an estimated loss of £100m a year, after missing subscriber targets.
The broadcaster has 1.2 million subscribers, 700,000 short of the 1.9million that industry experts believe they need to break even.
Attention will now shift onto Setanta's other contracts - such as those with the FA for England and FA Cup matches, the Scottish Premier League (SPL), and the Blue Square conference.
It recently missed a £3m payment due to the SPL - part of a four year deal worth £54m over four years from 2006 to 2010.
The company also owns rights to the PGA golf tour, as well as cricket and rugby union deals.

 

time to cancel my supscription. Does anyone know how much it is to get sky sports only with nothing else on sky? I have the box but don't subscribe anymore, but I may consider getting sky sports again

 

its sad news about setanta...on the back off itv pulling out of boxing and rte showing less boxing...things are looking bleak