Sky's Adam Smith

[lefty]

He's disliked by most in British boxing. I think he will be surprised by what people say after he retires. They can't say it now because he's working in Sky at a high level in a job given to him.

He's always been very bad. It's a cross that British boxing fans have had to bear for a very long time. The day he retires myself and my mates will be having a few pints thats for sure

Whys that?

[Tomasino]

He's disliked by most in British boxing. I think he will be surprised by what people say after he retires. They can't say it now because he's working in Sky at a high level in a job given to him.

He's always been very bad. It's a cross that British boxing fans have had to bear for a very long time. The day he retires myself and my mates will be having a few pints thats for sure

He's a Saville esque character

[Counter-puncher]

He feeds beef burgers to swans, amongst other things

[handsofstone]

He feeds beef burgers to swans, amongst other things

[Counter-puncher]

He's disliked by most in British boxing. I think he will be surprised by what people say after he retires. They can't say it now because he's working in Sky at a high level in a job given to him.

He's always been very bad. It's a cross that British boxing fans have had to bear for a very long time. The day he retires myself and my mates will be having a few pints thats for sure

He's a Saville esque character

Somewhere between Saville and a peak-paranoia era Joseph Stalin.

[kbackup408]

I stand with you in solidarity when it comes to this post 110% agree this fight is ridiculous only one winner, huge money for everyone involved in March

[Tomasino]

He's disliked by most in British boxing. I think he will be surprised by what people say after he retires. They can't say it now because he's working in Sky at a high level in a job given to him.

He's always been very bad. It's a cross that British boxing fans have had to bear for a very long time. The day he retires myself and my mates will be having a few pints thats for sure

He's a Saville esque character

Somewhere between Saville and a peak-paranoia era Joseph Stalin.

[boxingknockout]

love is better than hate

[ewenhay]

I know what you are saying, hype helps to build the sport to a wider audience. But you can put on genuine fights and hype them. They will have a better chance of living up to the hype which helps grow the sport in a more sustainable way

[Boxerbeetle]

Any supposedly serious boxing journalist should read this forum so I hope he sees this.

You're a fvcking disgrace mate. I've no doubt you love the game but you do it a huge disservice by pretending that the late pantomime showing of Haye v Bellew is a serious fight. Haye is years past his best and Bellew is a plodding also ran at world level. Your comment that Bellew is " one of the biggest punchers in world boxing" is risible.

Sky's link up with Matchroom has seen the amount of absurd hyperbole around fights and fighters grow exponentially to a barely tolerable level for any fan with even a modicum of knowledge but if the initial offerings are any indicator the build up to this fight will hit a new nadir. The paying public aren't as stupid as Sky would like to think. Every time a non event fight involving Joshua is made PPV and presented to the audience as a legitimate world championship level fight boxing's reputation nosedives. Every time you interview Eddie Hearn after one of his stable has fought and he claims we've just seen a world class operator in action when we haven't and you don't pull him up on this you're doing boxing a disservice. Every time an elaborately staged and wholly manufactured "beef" between fighters is reported as genuine enmity, boxing is the loser.

I don't blame Hearn - his job is to earn money for himself and his fighters. Your job is to report news to boxing fans and offer informative, intelligent analysis and opinions on boxing matters to your paying audience and you don't.

Where's your journalistic integrity mate ?

Good post - I only take issue with that statement. He doesn't give a crap about boxing and knows bugger all about it. Just listen to his commentary, no analysis of any value. Just growling hyperbole and statistics and quotes he has written down.

He went to theatre school - to become an actor or presenter and landed the Sky job through contacts and friends. The fact that he himself says he got into boxing though 'fan man' shows he's not into boxing and doesn't understand it.

He's a fraud as a boxing man and his acolyte Ed Robinson is almost as bad. Robinson is dreadful in front of the camera, and whilst a genuine boxing man, has become a Sky goblin. He teamed up with Smith to oust the former Sky boxing chief and was the grass who went to HR to complain in order to get a better position than an editor or end of fight interviewer. Both are snakes.

Sky boxing is nothing but a money making machine where all employees sell their souls to Murdoch.

How do I know this? I used to do a lot of freelance work for Sky and the politics were like Animal Farm.....

A bit unfair to criticise Smith for getting into boxing due to fan man. Everyone has to start somewhere, doesn't matter how.

[boxingknockout]

love is better than hate

[ewenhay]

Smith isn't to blame, he's doing the job as asked of him. His employer has a share of the blame though along with the promoter

[lefty]

Good post - I only take issue with that statement. He doesn't give a crap about boxing and knows bugger all about it. Just listen to his commentary, no analysis of any value. Just growling hyperbole and statistics and quotes he has written down.

He went to theatre school - to become an actor or presenter and landed the Sky job through contacts and friends. The fact that he himself says he got into boxing though 'fan man' shows he's not into boxing and doesn't understand it.

He's a fraud as a boxing man and his acolyte Ed Robinson is almost as bad. Robinson is dreadful in front of the camera, and whilst a genuine boxing man, has become a Sky goblin. He teamed up with Smith to oust the former Sky boxing chief and was the grass who went to HR to complain in order to get a better position than an editor or end of fight interviewer. Both are snakes.

Sky boxing is nothing but a money making machine where all employees sell their souls to Murdoch.

How do I know this? I used to do a lot of freelance work for Sky and the politics were like Animal Farm.....

A bit unfair to criticise Smith for getting into boxing due to fan man. Everyone has to start somewhere, doesn't matter how.

That's hardly the main point though is it???

To be fair though- just because it was the fan man incident that piqued his initial interest in the sport; that doesn't mean he isn't a true boxing fan now. Obviously he's an executive for sky so his job as head of boxing for sky is to maximise revenues for the boxing department.

You can hate the system, but he's just a small cog in the scheme of things. Barney Francis who is head of sports probably makes the ultimate decision on a lot of these matchups in regards to whether they end up on regular sky sports or Sky box office. I wouldn't be shocked if there was pressure put on Smith to make these kind of fights because they generate a lot of income versus regular sky sports cards.

[boxingknockout]

A bit unfair to criticise Smith for getting into boxing due to fan man. Everyone has to start somewhere, doesn't matter how.

That's hardly the main point though is it???

To be fair though- just because it was the fan man incident that piqued his initial interest in the sport; that doesn't mean he isn't a true boxing fan now. Obviously he's an executive for sky so his job as head of boxing for sky is to maximise revenues for the boxing department.

You can hate the system, but he's just a small cog in the scheme of things. Barney Francis who is head of sports probably makes the ultimate decision on a lot of these matchups in regards to whether they end up on regular sky sports or Sky box office. I wouldn't be shocked if there was pressure put on Smith to make these kind of fights because they generate a lot of income versus regular sky sports cards.

Are you Adam Smith's close relative??? He's involved in this, he cannot be absolved from investigation / guilt

[mullenman]

I can't wait for the haye v bellew fight to be honest...

Boxing needs personalities to grow the sport..

There is a lot of clowns in these forums now..

Everybody here will talk siht about this fight but will still watch it and if you don't get off boxing forum's

[boxingknockout]

Smith isn't to blame, he's doing the job as asked of him. His employer has a share of the blame though along with the promoter

I believe that's a similar argument to Auschwitz camp guards - 've were only following ze orders'

[ewenhay]

Smith isn't to blame, he's doing the job as asked of him. His employer has a share of the blame though along with the promoter

I believe that's a similar argument to Auschwitz camp guards - 've were only following ze orders'

Not bad. Well he obviously prefers the pay packet to the moral high ground.

[Counter-puncher]

That's hardly the main point though is it???

To be fair though- just because it was the fan man incident that piqued his initial interest in the sport; that doesn't mean he isn't a true boxing fan now. Obviously he's an executive for sky so his job as head of boxing for sky is to maximise revenues for the boxing department.

You can hate the system, but he's just a small cog in the scheme of things. Barney Francis who is head of sports probably makes the ultimate decision on a lot of these matchups in regards to whether they end up on regular sky sports or Sky box office. I wouldn't be shocked if there was pressure put on Smith to make these kind of fights because they generate a lot of income versus regular sky sports cards.

Are you Adam Smith's close relative??? He's involved in this, he cannot be absolved from investigation / guilt

A Bukharin-style Show Trial would be fantastic

[banjo]

Rocky got me into boxing

[Boxerbeetle]

To be fair though- just because it was the fan man incident that piqued his initial interest in the sport; that doesn't mean he isn't a true boxing fan now. Obviously he's an executive for sky so his job as head of boxing for sky is to maximise revenues for the boxing department.

You can hate the system, but he's just a small cog in the scheme of things. Barney Francis who is head of sports probably makes the ultimate decision on a lot of these matchups in regards to whether they end up on regular sky sports or Sky box office. I wouldn't be shocked if there was pressure put on Smith to make these kind of fights because they generate a lot of income versus regular sky sports cards.

Are you Adam Smith's close relative??? He's involved in this, he cannot be absolved from investigation / guilt

A Bukharin-style Show Trial would be fantastic

Sky would still try to charge 17.99 for it

[Counter-puncher]

[ewenhay]

I can't wait for the haye v bellew fight to be honest...

Boxing needs personalities to grow the sport..

There is a lot of clowns in these forums now..

Everybody here will talk siht about this fight but will still watch it and if you don't get off boxing forum's

I'm pleased you are looking forward to the fight, that's fair enough. I'm not criticising anyone who wants to watch it. The truth is that a large part of me will want to watch it too and I'll be torn as to whether to buy it or not as ultimately I'd rather watch boxing than not at the end of the day.

But wanting better fights doesn't make me a clown and being fed up of poor ppvs and match ups doesn't mean "I'm talking siht"

Each to their own. But you don't get to decide who should or shouldn't be on a boxing forum.

[boxingknockout]

Are you Adam Smith's close relative??? He's involved in this, he cannot be absolved from investigation / guilt

A Bukharin-style Show Trial would be fantastic

Sky would still try to charge 17.99 for it

That would be the first value for money Sky PPV yet

[Rexob]

He's disliked by most in British boxing. I think he will be surprised by what people say after he retires. They can't say it now because he's working in Sky at a high level in a job given to him.

He's always been very bad. It's a cross that British boxing fans have had to bear for a very long time. The day he retires myself and my mates will be having a few pints thats for sure

He's a Saville esque character

Are you starting to be ironic again.

[bripez]

He's disliked by most in British boxing. I think he will be surprised by what people say after he retires. They can't say it now because he's working in Sky at a high level in a job given to him.

He's always been very bad. It's a cross that British boxing fans have had to bear for a very long time. The day he retires myself and my mates will be having a few pints thats for sure

He's a Saville esque character

I've said it before, he looks a wrong 'un that fella.

I would love to know how he actually got to the position he is in.

Somebody on here described him as a Golders Green ex public schoolboy type, and I think they are right.