Setanta Sports to screen the Battle of Britain - Maccarinelli vs. Haye
-Not available via pay per view. £9.99 a month. No annual contract required-
London, 7 January: Setanta Sports has announced it is to screen the biggest British boxing bout seen in years – Enzo Maccarinelli vs. David Haye – exclusively live from The O2 in London on Saturday, March 8, 2008.
The world cruiserweight unification match sees Londoner Haye, the WBA and WBC champion, come up against the WBO champion from Swansea, Maccarinelli, in a domestic super bout that will be a must see for all boxing fans.
Setanta’s Director of Sport, Trevor East, said: “We brought boxing fans some of the best bouts from around the world last year and this is the first of many world class fights we’ll show in 2008. Maccarinelli vs. Haye should be the best British fight since Benn vs. Eubank in 1993, with two champions in their prime going head to head in front of a sell-out crowd.”
Setanta has also confirmed it is showing the following fights exclusively live in the first quarter of 2008:
Kevin Mitchell vs. Thomas Aryeetey – Commonwealth Super Featherweight Title
Saturday, January 12th from 8pm on Setanta Sports 1 – from York Hall, London
Ruslan Chagaev vs. Matt Skelton – WBA Heavyweight Title
Saturday, January 19th from 8pm on Setanta Sports 2 – from Düsseldorf, Germany
Roy Jones Jr. vs. Felix Trinidad – Light Heavyweight Championship
Saturday, January 19th from 3am on Setanta Sports 1 – from Madison Square Garden, New York
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Jose Celaya – Super Welterweight Contest
Saturday, February 9th from 3am on Setanta Sports 1 – from Leon, Mexico
Kelly Pavlik vs. Jermain Taylor – Middleweight Contest
Saturday, February 16th from 3am on Setanta Sports 1 – from MGM Grand, Las Vegas
Oleg Maskaev vs. Samuel Peter - WBC Heavyweight Championship
Saturday, February 23rd from 3am on Setanta Sports 1 – from Cancun, Mexico
Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez – WBC Super Featherweight Title
Saturday, March 15th (time and channel tbc) – from Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas
All of the above fights will not be available on a pay-per-view basis, but only by subscription to Setanta Sports at only £9.99 a month.
For information on how to subscribe, go to: setanta.com or call 08712 10 20 30.
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For more information: Call James Matheson or Richard Tompkins at braben on 020 7566 2990 or email james@braben.co.uk / richardt@braben.co.uk
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The Setanta Sports Pack is available to satellite and cable customers and is made up of the following channels:
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Setanta Golf
Racing UK
Racing World*
NASN (North American Sports Network)*
Celtic TV
Rangers TV
LFC TV
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Setanta Sports is also available online, live and on demand, via Setanta by Broadband, featuring all Setanta’s leading content offered on Setanta Sports 1, Setanta Sports 2 and Setanta Golf, allowing sports fans to access at home, work or elsewhere.
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Setanta Sports is available from £9.99 a month, with no annual contract required. For the latest pricing offers on any platform, please visit www.setanta.com or call 08712 10 20 30.
Setanta Sports is also joint owner with Virgin Media of Setanta Sports News, the new 24-hour sports news channel, available free-to-air on the Virgin Media platform, and also on satellite, covering all the top sports stories from the UK and abroad. Setanta Sports News provides viewers with the breaking sports headlines that matter every 20 minutes, delivered by a pool of presenters and multi-skilled reporters in the field, as well as supported by regular views and opinions from fan correspondents across the UK. Setanta Sports News EPG number on Virgin Media is 518. The satellite EPG number is 435.
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