Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo View Post
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
For big fights, of course not, because more than likely i'm with friends at a bar or their house watching the fight.

Yes for most fights that are in the English language I watch with the sound off if I'm alone. So I don't have to hear shit biased clueless commentary that ruins a good fight. It's one of my pet peeves.

Take for example this fight.YouTube - Bernard Dunne V Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym Part 1

You would have thought Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym was cheating and that there was a Muhammad Ali phantom punch by the way the idiot commentators were going on about.

And Jim Lampley's bang bang bang is another example. It's a pet peeve for some people like me. Some people may like the commentary, others don't. It's call personal preference and choice. Nothing wrong with it.