Fight night On 21 April world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis is due to fight American boxer Hasim 'The Rock' Rahman at Carnival City in Johannesburg. The fight is being televised on BBC television, radio and Sport Online but now fight fans are getting the chance to follow Lewis right up to moment he steps in the ring, and to see what happens in the dressing room after the bout is over. Web portal Freeserve has signed a deal with Lewis's management to film the boxer at his training camp and behind the scenes before and after the fight. Those signing up will be able to watch two six minute video clips per day which show edited highlights of the last 24 hours at training camp, unedited streams of sparring, interviews with Lewis, his sparring partners and any celebrity visitors. Mr Craven said on the day of the fight Freeserve will have live cameras in Lewis's dressing room to see how he prepares, who pops in to wish him well and what happens when the fight is over.
Consumers get access to the video clips using a code number.
Vodafone customers can get a code via SMS by typing their phone number into the Freeserve site, non-Vodafone customers can call a premium rate number. Each code costs 1 and gives 24 hours of access to the boxing site. The trial is one of the first serious tests of micropayment technology that let people pay for what they use. The Spice Girls and Lennox Lewis share a management company Mobile messages Text messages are hugely popular among mobile phone users. The Mobile Data Association estimates that over 808 million of them were sent by UK handset owners in February 2001.