Re: Jim Watt announces his retirement
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Originally Posted by
erics44
Im serious
Oh right, Ha! here goes then.
As a bloke he's a sound bloke and did fantastically well to win a World Title.
No Father should ever have to go through what he has in his personal life and my heart goes out to him.
As a commentator, he was dated and changed his mind every round.
As a ringside scorer , he was nothing short of a comedian. Fucking useless.
one thing I will give him credit for, There was a parody twitter account in his name, (Dunno if it's been shut down now.) which was the funniest things I've ever seen in my life.
Re: Jim Watt announces his retirement
its all about entertainment and Jim provides that
who cares if he gets it wrong sometimes
Re: Jim Watt announces his retirement
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Originally Posted by
Primo Carnera
Ok, so he's there as an "expert summariser", but it's ok for him to get it wrong? So in effect a shit expert summariser can be a good expert summariser because they're "entertaining "?
So why don't they have Peter Kay replace him? He might get a few things wrong, but he's entertaining as fuck!
First and foremost it's about the BOXING. Please let's not lose track of that.
Great idea Peter Kay would be funny as a commentator. :)
Re: Jim Watt announces his retirement
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Originally Posted by
Primo Carnera
Ok, so he's there as an "expert summariser", but it's ok for him to get it wrong? So in effect a shit expert summariser can be a good expert summariser because they're "entertaining "?
So why don't they have Peter Kay replace him? He might get a few things wrong, but he's entertaining as fuck!
First and foremost it's about the BOXING. Please let's not lose track of that.
so you want a commentator that is entertaining, scores fights properly every time, never changes his mind, doesn't make any mistakes, and hits the nail on the head every time he opens his mouth?
Re: Jim Watt announces his retirement
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Originally Posted by
erics44
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Primo Carnera
Ok, so he's there as an "expert summariser", but it's ok for him to get it wrong? So in effect a shit expert summariser can be a good expert summariser because they're "entertaining "?
So why don't they have Peter Kay replace him? He might get a few things wrong, but he's entertaining as fuck!
First and foremost it's about the BOXING. Please let's not lose track of that.
so you want a commentator that is entertaining, scores fights properly every time, never changes his mind, doesn't make any mistakes, and hits the nail on the head every time he opens his mouth?
no. I would settle for someone giving a good insight, reading fights well, have a fair idea of who has won a round and was easy to listen to. Nobody's perfect, but let's be consistent .
Paulie Malignaggi, Carl Froch , Andre Ward and even the little Welsh fellah on Box Nation are better than Watt.
I like Richie Woodhall as a bloke, but he's a bit of a lickass and biased.
But I don't want to sound like a hater, I truly wish Jim Watt a happy retirement , because nobody should have to bury 2 of their own kids.
