SKY SPORTS 1 HD - REES v CROLLA Saturday Night Fight Chat

[superheavyrhun]

I think the main decision that has been agreed tonight is that the Sky commentary was a shambles. Those two head clashes that cut up Rees didn't help either.

[tysonesque]

I think the main decision that has been agreed tonight is that the Sky commentary was a shambles. Those two head clashes that cut up Rees didn't help either.

Sky seemed to be predicting the end of Rees' career from very early on in the fight, as if it was written in the stars.

I actually had it a draw or by a single round either way.

One thing I do know is that Crolla won't last too long with Burns if that fight happens.

[bzkfn]

I thought Crolla won it, but at times Sky made it sound like Rees was getting the crap beaten out of him. I predicted Crolla would win this a few months ago, he is massively underrated and is really good at slipping in and out.

Not sure he deserves the Burns fight, but I've never thought Burns was 'all that' so I wouldn't exactly be stunned if Crolla beat him.

As for Sky, they're shit at commentary.Jim Watt is particularly awful and I'm not looking forward to him later on. Saying that, Sky have a guy called Nick Halling, and his commentary on the Mattheysse fight and the Stevenson-Dawson fight was some of the best I've ever heard. The guy just replicates the excitement you feel watching Martin Tyler do football. You've got to have the passion for it and this is something Adam Smith, Jim Watt, Glenn McCrory and Johnny Nelson do not convey.

[Silkeyjoe]

I thought Crolla won it, but at times Sky made it sound like Rees was getting the crap beaten out of him. I predicted Crolla would win this a few months ago, he is massively underrated and is really good at slipping in and out.

Not sure he deserves the Burns fight, but I've never thought Burns was 'all that' so I wouldn't exactly be stunned if Crolla beat him.

As for Sky, they're shit at commentary.Jim Watt is particularly awful and I'm not looking forward to him later on. Saying that, Sky have a guy called Nick Halling, and his commentary on the Mattheysse fight and the Stevenson-Dawson fight was some of the best I've ever heard. The guy just replicates the excitement you feel watching Martin Tyler do football. You've got to have the passion for it and this is something Adam Smith, Jim Watt, Glenn McCrory and Johnny Nelson do not convey.

I also think Ian Darke is very good. But my god the rest are a disgrace.

I actually had crolla winning 8-4. I left my scorecard in work but I think I gave 2,3,6 and 7 to Rees and the rest to Crolla but plenty of close rounds in there. Rees tired terribly so hard to give him the late rounds.

[superheavyrhun]

I like Nick Halling, he seems to get many of the lesser known sports that happen over in the US, in fact he's commentating on Golovkin v Macklin and the undercard right now. He used to be on the NFL coverage for Sky Sports, and was always a bit more fun than the dry guys they've replaced him with.

[tysonesque]

I thought Crolla won it, but at times Sky made it sound like Rees was getting the crap beaten out of him. I predicted Crolla would win this a few months ago, he is massively underrated and is really good at slipping in and out.

Not sure he deserves the Burns fight, but I've never thought Burns was 'all that' so I wouldn't exactly be stunned if Crolla beat him.

As for Sky, they're shit at commentary.Jim Watt is particularly awful and I'm not looking forward to him later on. Saying that, Sky have a guy called Nick Halling, and his commentary on the Mattheysse fight and the Stevenson-Dawson fight was some of the best I've ever heard. The guy just replicates the excitement you feel watching Martin Tyler do football. You've got to have the passion for it and this is something Adam Smith, Jim Watt, Glenn McCrory and Johnny Nelson do not convey.

I also think Ian Darke is very good. But my god the rest are a disgrace.

I actually had crolla winning 8-4. I left my scorecard in work but I think I gave 2,3,6 and 7 to Rees and the rest to Crolla but plenty of close rounds in there. Rees tired terribly so hard to give him the late rounds.

Ian Darke is my favourite boxing commentator. He really does know his stuff and brings a whole lot of excitement and enthusiasm to his commentary.

Jim Watt is by far the worst commentator out there. He is just awful and seems to spend half his time slagging fighters off and has a really sneering, nasty feel about him.