Your best Setanta night

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  1. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    as a way of remembrance post your favrouite night/fight on setanta

    i loved the JMM-Diaz fight they pulled it out the hat at the last minute and what a fight it was

    Darchinyan/Arce is another i got my first shout out on it

    Captain Hooks last fight where the fan interaction was great is another

    your guys views?
     
  2. Gaz S

    Gaz S Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Can't really pick a best one, but I can remember my first one - it was when they showed Hopkins/Eastman & Witter/N'dou. Ok, not the greatest fights they've shown but I was chuffed being a big B-hop fan.
     
  3. kosaros

    kosaros Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Haye vs Mormeck

    Look liked all hope was lost, then Setanta at the last minute pick up the fight, which proves to be Haye's defining fight - unforgettable.

    Plus Haye telling special guest Enzo that he was moving up in weight and he wann't going to fight him put the icing on the cake!
     
  4. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    i cant remember my first night up

    oh yes i can Cotto vs Margarito and that was a fight want it
     
  5. LHL

    LHL Captain Freedom Full Member

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    :good good choice very good night.

    Cotto vs Marg was an awesome night
     
  6. kosaros

    kosaros Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    My first setanta night was Hatton vs Castillo.
     
  7. Losfer_Words

    Losfer_Words Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Too many to pick from. JMM-Pacman II really sticks out for me as I couldn't wait for it at the time but I think the best way of judging it is by looking at how many night were crap on Setanta- NONE. If one of the fights turned out to be a bit of an anti-climax (a rareity) then the show was still entertaining enough as a whole anyway to still enjoy. Like I said though, it's impossible to pick. There were some great domestic dust ups and obviously week after week of huge international fights. They will be missed.
     
  8. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    i think i satyed up for that to listen to 5 live but fell asleep
     
  9. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    you picked great ones there gpater

    you were a great supporter of the boxing on setanta too...fair play to you fella.
     
  10. LHL

    LHL Captain Freedom Full Member

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    Same i thought that was there first one but Gaz says they had Eastman vs Hopkins i can't remember that to be honest.
     
  11. Claypole

    Claypole Boxing Addict banned

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    For me it has to be Haye v Mormeck. I wasn't a subscriber until I realised they got the rights at the very last minute. (Heard it on here, of course). Well happy with how that night went......

    For the Calzaghe v Kessler fight I was away at a friend's house with no Setanta. I casually enquired how long it would take (hypothetically speaking) to subscribe, (hint, hint).
    20 minutes later the boxing was on. Another great Setanta evening.
     
  12. kosaros

    kosaros Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yep I was cheering for Margo too which made it even better.

    1. Haye vs Mormeck
    2. Margo vs Cotto
    3. Haye vs Enzo

    And countless more that I have not listed.
     
  13. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    cheers i like the interation a chance to get abit of fame

    i love gloating to my family too and then saying all the guys who post on ESB as they get shouted out
     
  14. LHL

    LHL Captain Freedom Full Member

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    That Wright vs Williams fight was great wasn't it Ishy :fire :lol:
     
  15. Gaz S

    Gaz S Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yeah, I think it was before Setanta became a subscription channel and you had to get it PPV, just the one event. It was before Setanta became the incarnation we all knew and loved, before the Bunce era.
    It was a pretty **** broadcast, just a live feed from the arena with no presenters, analysis, etc. Just the fights and that's it. But it was still boxing and any boxing on is cool by me.