Setanta feeling the Credit Crunch - No more fights this year

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  1. robpalmer135

    robpalmer135 Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    After Haye theres no boxing on setanta. Fights we would like to see;

    Nov 15
    Taylor vs Lacy

    Nov 21
    Molitor vs Cabalerro (Super Bantam Unification)

    Nov 29
    Phillips vs Williams (IBF LMW) - Arreola also on the card

    Dec 13
    Klitscko vs Rahman (WBO, IBF HW)
     
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  2. Larryboys

    Larryboys Well-Known Member Full Member

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    There'll be feeling it that bit more when I cancel my subscription about 15 seconds after David Hayes' fight is over.
     
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  3. FLINT ISLAND

    FLINT ISLAND PENYRHEOL Full Member

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    :lol: :good

    If they cant deliever - then why should we pay :deal
     
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  4. kosaros

    kosaros Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    They may come up with a couple more fights, for example they purchased the rights to the haye vs mormeck fight a couple of days before it happened.

    Plus i can see the wlad fight being on with haye as the special guest (as long as he wins!) plus im sure there will be some domestic fights on.
     
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  5. FLINT ISLAND

    FLINT ISLAND PENYRHEOL Full Member

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    i will keep the subscription though

    cos to be fair - there is alot more than boxing on their channels

    Racing UK is part of the setanta subscription and I bet on the horses every weekend
     
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  6. jc

    jc Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Setanta is well worth the money, they are gonna keep my subscription, for a lil while yet.

    How about SkySports pull their finger out?!!!!
     
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  7. Diablo

    Diablo Active Member Full Member

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    Theres some fantastic UFC cards coming up so I certainly wont be cancelling.

    15th Nov
    Couture vs Lesnar
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    27th Dec
    Griffin vs Evans
    Nogueria vs Mir
    Jackson vs Wand Silva
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    17th Jan
    Franklin vs Hendo
    Shogun vs Coleman
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    31st Jan
    GSP vs Penn
    Machida vs T. Silva

     
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  8. TommyV

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    Damn!

    No Molitor v Caballero?

    EDIT: Actually, I'm almost certain they will pick up a couple of those fights closer to the dates.
     
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  9. "He's gone!"

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  10. Lewisbell

    Lewisbell Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Well if Enzo cannot pull it off in the ring I know he is ugly enough to be mistaken for a horse, I didn't know that he had tried a new career path
     
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  11. Imperfect Recor

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    To date they've delivered some great VFM (£££s) fights - last weekend included but with Cotto / Margarito still being my fight of the year. On this basis alone they'll be keeping my subscription. Maybe their dominance will finally force Sky to get the finger out (I'm still hurting after that last PPV fiasco... enough said!).

    In truth, some of their other sports coverage is okay as well - football, rugby etc. But no Aussie beach aerobics!! (You'll gather I've yet to cancel that subscription.)
     
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  12. bronze_bandit

    bronze_bandit Active Member Full Member

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    Was good coverage for the Calzaghe v Roy Jones fight over the weekend...
    was good that they prewarned freeview viewers that coverage was going to switch over at 5am....nearly crapped myself when after the third round Setanta stopped...but alas as stated it continued on one of the Top up Tv channels

    Lets hope they do ths for all late night events for us freeview viewers...i mean even for this weekends UFC will we even get to see all of the main event!!?

    Ps good work for this weekends fight viewing on Setanta...first there is the David Haye fight then the big fight Coutoure v Lesnar fight in the states!!? :thumbsup
     
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  13. Bonavena25

    Bonavena25 Vamos! Full Member

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    I can understand Setanta giving them fights a wide berth. Better to trim things down and last longer than blow money on a load of relatively minor fights and then pull the plug completely. None of those fights interest apart from maybe Williams.
     
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  14. Bodysnatcher

    Bodysnatcher Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  15. mike464

    mike464 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Great. I'm really up for Holt-Torres III. It should be a great fight (while it lasts)
     
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