In response to the Jim Watt is doing my head in thread I wonder who peoples favourite Boxing commentator is /was? If there is enough interest maybe we can run a poll.
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In response to the Jim Watt is doing my head in thread I wonder who peoples favourite Boxing commentator is /was? If there is enough interest maybe we can run a poll.
Max Kellerman out of everyone on HBO he seems to be the one that isnt ever really bias.
Gus Johnson
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Originally Posted by Violent Demise
Are you being serious? :headscratch:
He drives me nuts!!! :coocoo:
It's actually Bernstein. But I don't mind Gus. His boxing knowledge is pretty poor. But his poor knowledge is why he's the most unbiased commentator of them all.Quote:
Originally Posted by DianeQuote:
Originally Posted by Violent Demise
Are you being serious? :headscratch:
He drives me nuts!!! :coocoo:
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Originally Posted by Violent DemiseIt's actually Bernstein. But I don't mind Gus. His boxing knowledge is pretty poor. But his poor knowledge is why he's the most unbiased commentator of them all.Quote:
Originally Posted by DianeQuote:
Originally Posted by Violent Demise
Are you being serious? :headscratch:
He drives me nuts!!! :coocoo:
I'll at least agree with you on Bernstein, he's one of the best.
I don't really have a fav. They all can annoy me at one point or another.
Al Bernstein is the best one. He's a nice guy and knows his boxing, except when he is mislead by the predjudices and nonsense of Tarver.
I really like the Sky Sports team, as long as there isn't a British guy fighting.
i like the russian commentators i find when i'm streaming fights.
they can't annoy me cause i have no idea what they're saying.
Bernstien or Farhood
Japanese or French commentators always make fights exciting, ooo la la
Al Bernstein is always good. I also have a soft spot for Larry Merchant. Bernstein is a voice of reason and Merchant says what he wants.
The best boxing commentator I have ever heard was Jim Healy. He used to do the fights from the Olympic Auditorium when I was a kid. (They would play, live on the radio, I think, then a week later on television). He didn't talk too much and he generally limited himself to pertinent and fight related comments, as opposed to these buffoons that think the fight is only interesting if they are talking too.
The best part is how, when the crowd would go wild over a punch, he would tell you, from ringside, if it had actually landed and if it was effective. and he wasn't biased and one-sided in his call of fights.
Steve Holdsworth is the main man....knows his stuff and dos'nt talk garbage like most commentators seem to do
Also Richie Woodhall is a no nonsense commentator who knows is stuff also
I also like Antonio Tarver and Al Bernstein
Jim Watt is ok but too many 10-10 rounds for my liking...lol
Job Biscuit (also Emmanual Stewart is ok)!!!
eh eh!!!
As a lead commentator I liked Ian Darke, but he doesnt do much on Sky Sports now.
Currently: Max Kellerman, Steve Farhood and Al Bernstein.
Speaking of Larry Merchant, I recently read an article he wrote in 1968 called "Beethoven to Boxing" about the boxing fandom of David Amram, a jazz composer, that changed my view on him. It's in a great book on boxing, I recommend highly, called: "At the Fights: American Writers on Boxing," edited by George Kimball and John Schulian. Merchant, at least was, or is, depending on how you look at it, a great boxing pundit.
I don't really have a favourite but guys who have actually fought make better commentators, guys like Roy Jones are good commentators. Roy should retire and become a commentator on HBO.
From the HBO team I like Max Kellerman and the sky sports guys aren't bad apart from Jim Watt.
Reg Gutteridge .;DQuote:
Originally Posted by Greenbeanz
Yeah I tend to agree with this, guys like Tyson & Tarver always point out good thingsQuote:
Originally Posted by Manos de Piedra
Nobody likes George Foreman? :(
With me it's not really about specfic boxing commentators it's more about bits of commentary that commentators say in fights that I like.Quote:
Originally Posted by Greenbeanz
I love in the George Foreman Vs Hoe Frazier where Howard Cosell screams "Down goes Frazier !! Down goes Frazier !! Down goes Frazier !! The Heavywesight champ is as posed as as can be !!" (0.21)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVETXpz3k4g
Or in the Pac-Man Vs Hatton at 3.59 where Jim Lampley screams "A tsunami for Manny Pacquaio in tound one !!" I just love the excitment in his voice it really captures intensity of the fight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmo9MmAV-2Q
I also like the way the commentator ended the Froch Vs Taylor (2.29 fight which was an excellent fight "Punches in bunches and it's over...I'm going back to England Ma and I'm keeping my title" (lol)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYcGdQdoUbc
All these lines weren't scripted but that made them better as it just came from the heart.
All time, Harry Carpenter. Right now, Al Bernstein or Merchant.
Growing up as a kid it has to be Harry Carpenter, Reg Gutterridge, they
gave me unforgettable moments of class commentry.
Reg Gutteridge and Harry Carpenter
What he said.:-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
1. Roy Jones, Jr
2. George Foreman
3. Jim Lampley
As much as I personally disliked Howard Cosell, he did call some great fights. As for a favorite I don't know that I really have one at the moment, they're all pretty annoying at times.
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Originally Posted by denilson200
I take it you meant Joe Frazier, Smokin' Joe might have taken exception to being called "Hoe". :-X
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Seriously... Don Dunphy. I had a love/hate think going with Cosell.
In my case it was more hate, but Cosell did do a great job at times calling fights.Quote:
Originally Posted by fan johnny
Al bernstein and roy jones because they understand exactly what they are watching and they call it as they see it.
Al Bernstein.
He's always been my favourite.
I just love his voice & the way he analyses the bouts.:cool:
I grew up with Reg and Harry so for me they will never be beaten.
Apart from Ian Darke I don't really now know any of the UK commentators now by name (although I am very familiar with their voices). Only time I heard kellerman was in the Dixon v Balboa fight. Merchant for me is an institution and I can't do with the criticsim he gets - he has earned the right to say what he wants goddamnitt !
I know all the co-commentators of course and like Woodhall who for me is just an all round decent honest bloke. The only fighter I have seen who admitted he had been beaten in his career when he got gifted a decision (think it was against Glenn Catley but not sure). Jonny Nelson is a good bloke too.
Really liked Foreman and Merchant together, even though they argued I thought it made for good commentary, always thought Roy was damn good, especially when he notices things that the other commentators dont. I guess for me it is more about the relationship/rapport between certain commentators than it is the individual. I would be really interested to hear Merchant, Jones, and Tarver call a fight together as I think it would make for an interesting dynamic.
Paul Smith on Box Nation is very good as a co-commentator.
Ian Darke.
I don't like Adam Smith, because his voice annoys me.
bernstein ,dunphy,carpenter,gutteridge and clancy
not in any order