setanta sports vs sky sports

joepenguin

which would be the better package fo the upcoming fights for the rest of the year?

cheers

buck65

IMO Setanta. Calzaghe v Hopkins confirmed, beat that Sky!! Also Woods v Tarver , Enzo M v Haye. Plus they seem to cover most of the big US fights.

evad_lhorg

do they have Pavlik and taylor too?

ODD-JOB

Well , One must remember that Setanta is in the middle of a takeover as far as im aware.
Setanta's strategy was probably to hook huge numbers of subscribers on board at a very cheap cost , ... (in comparison to sky anyway).
the large number of subscribers is a fantastic bargaining chip when selling the company.

It all seemed too good in rip-off ireland ! no lenghty subscription periods , no bundles with hidden expenses etc !!

We can expect the new owners to change all that, and get more in line with the regular rip-off patterns.

But it may not go through , and Setanta may continue to be a good-value Irish owned company... if this is the case then pick Setanta over Sky all day long !!
sky are the axis of evil , for tv sport !!... especially responsible for the huge decline in boxing over the last 10 years .

Sky are now promoting the Williams-Quintana fight to be aired on friday !
the fight is over since last weekend , and any fan worth their weight in salt has seen it either on the streams or on youtube.
They will however break the bank for 1 decent match-up a year, the last one being the Hatton-PBF fight, and they then slapped a 30 euro additional ppv fee.

Bids to TV rights are submitted blind , and the winner is the station with the highest offer. Sky had it all wrapped up without any competition for years, and along came setanta and blew them away with massive bids, nicking some of the big commercial fights , Some people here called it the "New home of Boxing"

All in all , Setanta is the way to go.

ODD-JOB

Well F-me , Just looking now and Sky have actually signed up to air a live heavyweight fight !!

Wladimir Klitschko v Sultan Ibragimov will be on @ 23rd Feb

Now i look like a total pratt, after all me giving out !!

They'll also show the Kiko Martinez v Munroe scrasp on march 7th.

Batesy

Remember that Setanta can be bought too.

They signed a 3 fight deal to show Hattons next 3 fights before the Castillo fight and as soon as Hatton got the mega fight with Mayweather Sky bought them out knowing the potential box-office return.

So if Sky think a fight is worth having they can just buy the rights off Setanta.

LegacyUser

It's not even close, setanta has much better fight coverage, commentators are crap however, bunce does my head in

cowzerp

Setanta show the better boxing and seem more interested in getting the fights the fans want..

ODD-JOB

well at least it aint got jim watt's scorecard :
Anyone Brittish 120 - 108 Anybody else.

buck65

Taylor v Pavlik is confirmed on Setanta

ODD-JOB

Yeah , lets hope |Taylor shows his heart this time round too !!
I think I'm the only one who thinks Pavlik is super-over rated ?
Well, he has got to the top thru merit , but I'm not subscribing to the mega-hype surrounding him by cammentators, news reports , message boards etc.

I wouldnt be surprised if Taylor ko's him real early.
Ill have to check out his record, but i cant remember him fighting a whole lot of big-name fighters..... in such a golden division !

yabadabado

if setanta have the calzaghe VS hopkins fight can it be bought as a once off as PPV or do i need to sign up to a package.

joepenguin

cheers for the all the replies,
i was thinking setanta hands down at first cause of their recent coverage of fights, but just looking at sky they have friday fight nights (which i think is a mix of live british boxing and repeats of some american fights)

so still not sure, probably go with setanta

buck65

I think you have to purchase for a month but at €18 per month its a snip.

cowzerp

you pay the ppv and get everything else they have free for a month! it can be cancelled at any time, and rejoined any time!

telecaster

Much prefer Setanta. I cant stand Ian Darke - he has ruined many fights for me with his repetitive holier than thou twaddle.

Big Ears

Setanta line-up of boxing at the moment :
16/2/08-Pavlik v Taylor II
Christian Mijares v Jose Navarro-WBC Super-Flyweight title
Fernando Montiel v Martin Castillo
Sergio Gabriel Martinez v overmatched opponent
Ronald Hearns v Juan Astorga
Brian Viloria v Cesar Lopez



8/3/08-Haye v Maccarinelli-WBA/WBC/WBO/Ring Cruiserweight titles
Carl Johanneson v Kevin Mitchell-British Super-Featherweight title
Paul Smith v Cello Renda-English Middleweight title
Souleymane M'Baye v Jose Soto


8/3/08-Oleg Maskaev v Sam Peter-WBC Heavyweight title
Juan Diaz v Nate Campbell-IBF/WBA/WBO Lightweight titles
Jose Luis Castillo v Timothy Bradley
John Ruiz v Jameel McCLine
Gilberto Ken Baas v Wilbert Uicab
Leonilo Mirando v Gilberto Sanchez Leon-Mexican Featherweight title
Guty Espadas jnr v ?

12/04/08-Woods v Tarver-IBF/IBO Light-Heavyweight titles
Chad Dawson v Glen Johnson-WBC Light-Heavyweight title[/B]

19/4/08-Calzaghe v Hopkins-World Light-heavyweight Championship
Bradley Pryce v ?


Not announced yet but should be soon:

22/3/08-Gavin Rees v Andrei Kotelnik-WBA Light-Welterweight title
Tony Doherty v Barrie Jones-Welsh Welterweight title
Gary Lockett v ?
Kell Brook v ?


26/4/08-Joan Guzman v Alex Arthur-WBO Super Featherweight title

15/4/08-Manny Pacquiao v Juan Marquez-WBC/Ring Super-Featherweight titles[B/]
Steven Luevano v Terdsak Jandaeng-WBO Featherweight title
Abnar Mares v Diosdado Gabi
David Diaz v Ramon Montano
Librado Andrade v ?
Ciso Morales v ?
Hugo Fidel Cazares v ?




Sky:
Williams v Quintana-WBO Welterweight title , one week delay(shown tonight)

22/2/08-Darren Barker v Steven Bendall-Commonwealth Middleweight title
Lenny Daws v ?
Andrew Kooner v Rocky Dean
David Walker v ?
Dave Stewart v Jon Honney

23/2/08-Wladamir Klitschko v Sultan Ibragimov-IBF/WBO/IBO Heavyweight titles
John Duddy v Walid Smichet
Joe Green v Francisco Antonio Mora
Jonathon Banks v Immau Mayfield
Peter Quillin v Thomas Brown




29/2/08-Kevin McIntyre v Kevin Anderson-British Welterweight title
Paul Appleby v ?
Ian Millarvie v ?
Barry Morrison v ?
Steven McGuire v ?


7/3/08-Kiko Martinez v Rendall Munroe-European Super-Bantamweight title
Jason Booth v Lante Addy-Commonwealth Bantamweight title
Brian Magee v Tyrone Wright
Scott Haywood v Gary Reid


Not Announced but probably will be:

28/3/08-Chris Edwards v Andy Bell-British Super-Flyweight title

18/5/08-Gary Woolcombe v Ryan Rhodes-British Light-Middleweight
title
John McDermott v Pele Reid-English Heavyweight title-Eliminator for British title

25/4/08 Wayne Elcock v Darren McDermott-British Middleweight title

23/4/08-Andrew Facey v Thomas McDonagh-English Light-Middleweight title

ITV:
29/3/08-Carl Froch v Denis Inkin-WBC International Super-Middleweight bauble-final eliminator WBC Super Middleweight title
John Murray v John Fewkes-English Lightweight title
Matthew Hatton v Adnan Amar-English Welterweight title

5/4/08-Amir Khan v ?
Derry Matthews v ?-WBU Featherweight title