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Originally posted by Tom_
Bookies have Haye as odds on to win, and by a long shot but I'm in agreement with Dan that Maccarinelli's stamina is far better and Haye's stamina goes pretty quickly.
I hope it turns out to be a classic and its not anticlimactic. Its been a while since theres been a really good fight which just sticks in your mind for ages.
I'm not sure if its already been reported in this thread but ITV1 have reportedly lost the rights to their games and from September the matches ITV previously had the rights to will go out on Setanta.
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I really cannot see it being anything but exciting.Hopefully it is a classic with a couple knock-downs and a dramatic finish.
I think there was some fallout between Frank Warren and ITV and only the events where Amir Khan was fighting on were contracted to be shown but as you say that deal was ending this September.All of the other Frank Warren events have been on Setanta since Autumn last year due to the fallout.
I believe a new programme controller has just recently took over and he's known as someone not in favour of boxing so I don't expect too much boxing on ITV in future despite the very good ratings.The guy he took over wasn't a huge boxing fan either but he did agree to a deal to show Carl Froch's next fight live on ITV, he's not promoted by Frank Warren.
It pretty much looks like Setanta is taking over with boxing coverage, they seem to get the majority of top fights from around the world.