Do people REALLY do this?

[Zilla]

You hear it all the time on these boards, people claiming that they turn off the sound when watching fights to avoid hearing the bias.

But do they really? I mean, really?

I can't imagine getting any enjoyment whatsoever out of watching a fight in absolute silence.

And even if you did watch it that way, how do you really think it makes it more accurate to totally switch off one of your main senses?

It's lunacy imo, turn off the sound and you lose 50% of the information available to you, I'm not talking about the commentators, but the sound of the punches, the atmosphere and feelings of the boxers.

If your ears pop you suddenly feel detached from the world, like it's less real. How can watching a fight in silence bring you closer to the purity of the action?

It's fuking ridiculous, and I bet nobody actually does it. Sitting in silence watching a fight in mute, come on really, nobody does that

Watching a fight on TV or in person lends itself to bias. On TV you're only seeing what they put on camera. A punch might not look solid from one angle, but from another it all but decapitates his opponent. And you can only see a fight from your side if you watch in person. That's why refs can have 3 different score cards.

So turning off the sound relinquishes you from one bias, but throws you right back into another.

Would you have had a better or poorer impression of the punch that turned Chris Byrd semi-retarded after Ibeabuchi smacked him in the head. Or after Roy Jones broke Virgil Hill's ribs.

Everything is bias. Live with your version.