Jim Watt announces his retirement

[Dia bando]

I like Jim Watt been there a WBC Champ, so the guy can have a opinion that counts,! remember he can give you a insight how a fighter feels in that ring a nice guy.
Statistics go through the window when your hit on the chin.
He may have been a bit biased to home fighters so WHAT.
Have a good retirement Jim.

[erics44]

Jim Watt is/was the greatest boxing commentator that has ever lived


Americans haven't got a clue, they can turn a good fight into an average fight and an average one into a shit one


We are very lucky in Britain, and Jim was the best

[Primo Carnera]

Jim Watt is/was the greatest boxing commentator that has ever lived


Americans haven't got a clue, they can turn a good fight into an average fight and an average one into a shit one


We are very lucky in Britain, and Jim was the best

Eric , you do sarcasm amazingly well! You nearly had me going for a minute. 😂😉

[erics44]

Im serious

[Primo Carnera]

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.

[erics44]

its all about entertainment and Jim provides that


who cares if he gets it wrong sometimes

[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.

[Master]

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.

[erics44]

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?

[Fenster]

Jim has always been a commentator since I was a kid, so I always liked him. And listen to the difference between the more subtle style back in the day, with Reg Gutteridge, to the super hypey modern co-comms.

The trouble with his scoring in recent years was, instead of scoring what he thought he scored what he thought the judges were seeing.