Props to Versus

They are going to put on three shows in December in about a weeks span. The Winky fight, Cunningham-Adamek, and Toney -Thompson. This is real good news for boxing. With ESPN scaling back its already limited boxing investment, Vs getting deeper into boxing is a blessing.

Bob Arum did not give Vs their monies worth, not even close. Now that they are spreading fights to other promoters they should start getting a nice return as far as matches go. I just hope the ratings make it worth their while.

 

Very cool.

I actually really like their on-air analyst team, as well.

 

what are the plans for espn to scale back their boxing coverage next season? just curious what you've heard

compared to the last couple of years i felt that espn was actually giving boxing MORE mainstream coverage in the recent months, with the two e:60 segments on kelly pavlik and manny pacquiao, and coverage of the weigh-ins for several fights as well as interviews with people like oscar and roy and freddie roach and some others...

glad to see versus is upping their coverage as well, i wish they'd get some better graphics lol... its 2008 guys come on

 

A good effort by a committed crew. Well done Versus.

 

ESPN is doing away with their Wednesday Night Fights next year. I'm not sure how many shows that is but approximately 12-15 I think. The money isn't being reinvested into Friday Night Fights either.

 

**** that was what i was afraid of... but i guess you could see the writing on the wall when the main sponsor is just for men :I

 

For the record I did not even know they was going to show toney-thompson and cunning-adamek. Channels like Versus is what boxing needs I'm very proud of them this year. For the year they treated us to hatton, paulie, williams, arroelao, and winky this december etc. This can become the beginning of something big since alot of networks disrespect this great sport.

 

They are really upping their game,still a lot of work needed to race with the others

 

Came across this yesterday on fight news



NEWS FLASH
Big December for Versus!
The Versus network amping up their boxing coverage in December. As previously announced, on December 4 middleweight contender Winky Wright faces Michi Munoz and on December 11 IBF cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham defends against mandatory challenger Tomasz Adamek. Now the network has picked up the December 13 IBA heavyweight clash between James Toney vs Tony Thompson, which will take place at the Morongo Resort in Cabazon, California. In addition, the network will begin airing The Contender: Season 4 starting on December 4th.
Friday, October 31 2008

 

Oh wow, I just realized that means Versus is getting into the Saturday night fight mix...

Dec. 13 they'll be competing against Holt-Torres III on Showtime and Klitschko-Rahman(?) on tape delay HBO...:blood

 

See I can never settle on one. I'll be flipping channels, except more frenetically now than I used to. :!:

I'm not entirely sure I like this new development!

 

Yea but they only have less than a handful of shows per year