Since I pointed out yesterday that I would be doing some live coverage of the WBC heavyweight championship bout between Vitali Klitschko and Dereck Chisora I have received several inquiries on how the fight was being shown. Due to both fighters being popular Europeans without much of an American fanbase and the bout taking place in Germany (thus having a mid-afternoon start time in America) it was not picked up by HBO or Showtime.
But to the interested and curious, fear not.
Epix will be airing the fight for American fans at 4:30 p.m. ET and there's no better time to check out the online movie and sports "channel" as they are having a 14 day free trial. You can sign up for the trial by going to this link. You can watch Epix on your PC or on Android devices, iPad, iPod, XBox 360, Roku..etc. So there's no need to go hunting for some sort of second hand stream for this fight when there's a perfectly legal option available.
Fans in the U.K can watch the fight live on BoxNation. For those unfamiliar, BoxNation is available on Sky (channel 456), Virgin (channel 546) and live online (link here).
Finally, for German fans, RTL will air the fight live as well.
Make sure to check out our live coverage of the fight today and check in at Bad Left Hook for all their tremendous coverage of the event and all things boxing related.
Update: As explained in the comments, there are other ways in some other countries to catch the fight. In Sweden the fight will air on TV10. In Canada the fight will be shown on Sportsnet 1 at 9 p.m.
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You can see it on TV10 in Sweden.
Pontus - February 18, 2012
In before idiotic comment about the Klitschkos being boring
From someone who’s only even seen 2 boxing matches.
YPG - February 18, 2012
As a pretty huge boxing fan I’ve found many of their fights boring and some very entertaining. BUt that’s a product of them being very few who can appropriately push them to operate outside a safe, dominant state. They’re incredible talents and that’s just something heavyweight boxing right now can’t really cope with. BUt I think this fight will be pretty exciting.
Brent Brookhouse - February 18, 2012
ooops!
of THERE being very few.
Brent Brookhouse - February 18, 2012
Not to mention, Vitali is a mean son of a gun when he wants to be. This should be a great fight.
MicahtheCynic - February 18, 2012
Yeah, he’s the one with the mean streak. Keeps talking about how much he wants to KO Haye since Wlad didn’t…etc
Brent Brookhouse - February 18, 2012
For the fellow Canadians I believe the fight is being shown on sportsnet 1 at 9pm
brazary - February 18, 2012
Thanks for updating on ways people can view the fight in your area. Keep ‘em coming and I’ll update the post with them.
Brent Brookhouse - February 18, 2012
Thank You!
You saved me a lot of internet searches. I wouldn’t have any idea where to look for this fight.
cbrody111 - February 18, 2012
I'm not much of a boxing fan
But I wouldn’t be surprised if Klitschko tried to kill Chisora after he slapped him. It was funny though
MMA42 - February 18, 2012
I think I'll pass on the £15 / $30
It’s bound to disappoint, and I’d rather spend the money on something else.
KJ Gould - February 18, 2012
sounds like a big scam to me
i’m going to try and bootleg it
i’d rather pay a one-off ppv fee for fights like this than subscribe
Cunny - February 18, 2012
If you’ve never seen a Klitschko fight, I really can’t say much for the excitement of the fights. But you need to see the pageantry they bust out. Every Klitschko title fight I’ve ever seen makes the Super Bowl, Wrestlemania, Pride, whatever you want to name look like chump change in presentation and production.
Hawk52 - February 18, 2012
it's on rtl 7 at 10pm in the netherlands
Mizu - February 18, 2012 via mobile
Chisora, we hardly knew ye
Thank goodness for 14 day free trials.
Flashking - February 18, 2012
Agree on the 14 day free trial. I wish there was a Bellator card during the 14 days.
( . Y . ) - February 18, 2012
Thanks for this! Lots of movies to watch, too.
There’s four old westerns that start with “Wyoming” alone! Wyoming, The Wyoming Bandit, Wyoming Outlaws, and Wyoming Wildcat.
What’s so special about Wyoming? I dunno, I’ve never Wyomed.
some schmuck in texas - February 18, 2012
Altough I like Boxing...
…watching the Klitschkos doesn’t interest me. Unfortunately they are too closely linked to RTL so instead of going for an exciting finish they play with their opponet for at least 8 rounds before knocking them out, giving RTL the opportunity of cashing in a lot of money for advertising in between rounds. And strangely nobody here in Germany complains about this. Everybody will be like “awesome display of great strategy and technical boxing” when the fight often is boring as hell.
If only the people would give the UFC a chance and see what’s really exciting…
LRF - February 18, 2012
This Epix stream and even the production on the set are...
less than poor.
deathbydegrees20 - February 18, 2012
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