Do people REALLY do this?

[Dizaster]

Not in a million years would I bother turning down the fight.. Biased or not, good commentating makes a fight a lot more interesting... And if their bias is completely one sided, it's usually really obvious and you can have a bit of a laugh at it....

I download a fight the other day and the commentating was in chinese and it drove me insane, as well as took about 80% of the excitement out of the fight for me... And just writing that line, I realise how much a part of the entertainment of a fight that the commentating is...

HBO is my favorite by far.. If it's not HBO, I feel like i'm missing out on something.. They are really the most tied into the fighters and their stories, and they bring all that into the fight and just make it that much more of an event to watch...

Although, I guess I understand how if people are REALLY big on scoring the fight themselves, they might turn it down so they can 100% analyze it on their own without any outside input to affect their judgement... But i'm personally not fussed with that, and most of the time commentators aren't that bad.. You can often hear them rooting for a certain fighter, but I think they are generally fair with their call/analysis... It's often the f'n judges who stink up scoring and somehow distort a fight one way which clearly went another..

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

If im re-watching a fight... I do it most times to be honest. I actually like peace quiet if im trying to score a fight, or reeeeeaaaaaalllly get a good look at what is going on.

If i'm watching the fight live, then that's different, im all for the atmosphere.

[rjj tszyu]

Not me. I have a mind of my own and if I disagree with what the commentators are saying (Jim Watt is on my mind right now) I just shout at the TV calling them fucking retards and so on. But to me you need the sound to get the full feel of the fight.

[Cerberus]

I only turn the sound off if I am analyzing the fight closely, and this is only cause I am still very green at all of this

[Taeth]

I end up watching a lot of fights without sound simply because I have them on portable devices/my phone and when I am in a work situation or at a place where its inappropriate to have the sound on I watch it in silent mode.

I think silent mode lets you see more of whats happening, I think the sound of the punches can often be misleading and same with the cheering of the crowd which having been at fights is almost always uncalculated. Also the commentating makes me mad often because of their ineptitude for seeing what's going on, its nice when you are seeing a fight live, but mostly its just annoying to listen to guys who speak just, or so it seems, to hear themselves speak.

[Cressa121]

I can't turn the sound down when I'm watching fights, it sucks some of the entertainment value out of it for me. I can see why some people would if they're big on scoring the fight themselves, but I prefer to just abuse the commentators if I don't agree with what they're saying

[JazMerkin]

I've never watched a fight live with no commentary, although when I re-score fights, I usually do it without the comms. I also think that no matter who we are, the commentary does make a difference on how we score fights even if its only slight.

Pretty much no one in Germany watching on national TV had Valuev beating Haye, they and those in the stadium were all pretty unanimous that Haye had won a clear, close decision. Those watching in the UK or via a SkySports stream were all going on about how Haye didn't deserve the win. Why? Jim Watt.

Similar things can be seen with a number of Oscar De La Hoya fights, where HBO were always 'favourable' to him, particularly the Mayweather & Mosley fights.

[johnmaff36]

If im re-watching a fight... I do it most times to be honest. I actually like peace quiet if im trying to score a fight, or reeeeeaaaaaalllly get a good look at what is going on.

If i'm watching the fight live, then that's different, im all for the atmosphere.

Thats exactly what i do mate. only if im re-watching to score myself

[The Fightfan]

I've done it plenty of times. When Lampley went on his little cocaine moment BANG BANG BANG. I said yeah that's enough of him. Usually I will watch it the night of with the commentating and sometimes the next morning if the commentating is horrible I will watch it without.

[Kel]

No I lose interest. I tried it when I was told Morales won the 1st Barrera fight but made no difference and I got fed up of the silence pretty quick. Wont do it again.

[Spicoli]

I rewatch fights pretty much every night,sort of a background visual.Just grab a random dvd and throw it in.During live fights I do like the commentary,more so to add to the event not so much to 'tell' me whats going on.Only a knob needs Jim limpley to tell him whats truly going on.Hes just fun to listen to while replaying fights...and seeing all of the missed shots he yells at...BANG BANG BANG

On a rewatch I'll put on music and kill the noise.Shite I rewatch some to just watch the fans reaction during a fight.The exterior of the fight,watch the judges also.On a rewatch its interesting to watch the refs the mejority of the time,try to make since of it all...especially during sudden KDs and huge upsets.Some of that shite is hilarious.

[CutMeMick]

I had the haye v Ruiz fight on a live stream and it was in German (i think)

Put on 5 live radio and it was 20 seconds behind what we were watching.

Really fucked our heads up if im honest

Imagine if you guys would have done some coke or acid

[Pugilistic]

I have never done this and never will.

Turning the sound off shouldn't make any difference to your scorecard.

[johnsebastianmiran]

Unfortunately I on occasion have done it when Larry Merchant starts with baseball and football analogies during a fight or Teddy Atlas hops up on a soap box otherwise the sound is on nice and loud because I love that feeling I get when I am ringside at home. By the way, I used to hate it when they got excited ringside and soaked me with beer.