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dondada
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Amir Khan turns commentator

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http://news.boxrec.com/news/2011/amir-k ... -v-marquez

Has he done this before?

Think he'll be any good?
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Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:http://news.boxrec.com/news/2011/amir-k ... -v-marquez

Has he done this before?

Think he'll be any good?
he's articulate, quick-witted and has a well-rounded knowledge of the fight game, plus he's a confident and polished performer in front of a camera, this seems like a natural fit to me.















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Boxers rarely provide the "eloquent" presentation that other commentators do, but they do offer alot more tactical and insight into whats going on from a Boxing point of view. Which is what the fan's want.

Love it when a Boxer bluntly puts someone like Lampley or Merchant in their place for their ignorance/fanboy-ism.

As long as Khan is himself, he'll give the viewers what they want.

However no matter how hard he tries, i doubt he will be as bad as Lennox "Definitely" Lewis.
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No........................not at all !!

He will stick on the fence and give safe answers to questions.

Maybe if he put on a blond wig and delivered in an american accent " Manny.............did............you..........see........this"

Prizes for guessing the guy :lol:
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observer1 wrote:Boxers rarely provide the "eloquent" presentation that other commentators do, but they do offer alot more tactical and insight into whats going on from a Boxing point of view. Which is what the fan's want.

Love it when a Boxer bluntly puts someone like Lampley or Merchant in their place for their ignorance/fanboy-ism.

As long as Khan is himself, he'll give the viewers what they want.

However no matter how hard he tries, i doubt he will be as bad as Lennox "Definitely" Lewis.
"I.........have..............heard...............Lennox............say...........that.............too" back to you Jim in the studio
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observer1 wrote:Boxers rarely provide the "eloquent" presentation that other commentators do, but they do offer alot more tactical and insight into whats going on from a Boxing point of view. Which is what the fan's want.

Love it when a Boxer bluntly puts someone like Lampley or Merchant in their place for their ignorance/fanboy-ism.

As long as Khan is himself, he'll give the viewers what they want.

However no matter how hard he tries, i doubt he will be as bad as Lennox "Definitely" Lewis.
Such as
George Foreman
Lennox Lewis
and
Roy Jones Jnr.

and when I watched a Showtime fight on Youtube I have been very impressed with Antonio Tarver and Andre Ward who was ringside for Carl Froch-Glencoffe Johnson fight. As for Amir Khan he has done the "Special comments" section on Skys bills and I have been impressed when he was been interviewed and done commentary.
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Counter-puncher wrote:
Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:http://news.boxrec.com/news/2011/amir-k ... -v-marquez

Has he done this before?

Think he'll be any good?
he's articulate, quick-witted and has a well-rounded knowledge of the fight game, plus he's a confident and polished performer in front of a camera, this seems like a natural fit to me.















:lol:

Haha was just about to shoot you down till i saw the face at the bottom, :TU:
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Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:http://news.boxrec.com/news/2011/amir-k ... -v-marquez

Has he done this before?

Think he'll be any good?
No. He can barely string a sentence together when he's talking about himself, I can only cringe in anticipation of how bad he is going to be talking about something as fast moving as boxing.

I anticipate there will be more reptitions in his commetary than a year's worth of episodes of Radio 4's highly successful game show 'Just a minute.'

One for the highbrow amongst ye.
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Fun to watch in the ring but painful to listen to. He's inarticulate with a minuscule vocabulary and only seems to speak in time honoured sporting cliched. There might well be a drinking game in how many times he says "dats boxing for you" and "you can't get in a shower without getting wet".

Antonio Tarver the most impressive retired boxer I've heard in the commentary booth for a fair few years.
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Counter-puncher wrote:
Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:http://news.boxrec.com/news/2011/amir-k ... -v-marquez

Has he done this before?

Think he'll be any good?
he's articulate, quick-witted and has a well-rounded knowledge of the fight game, plus he's a confident and polished performer in front of a camera, this seems like a natural fit to me.
















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