Thoughts on Gareth A Davies

[Frostieballs]

Personalities aside, Bunce and Davies are worlds apart in terms of boxing knowledge.

Bunce knows the sport - and everyone in it - inside out. Amateur and pro. He has been immersed in boxing all of his life.

He’s not really interested in the glamour. He’ll report at any level of the sport and give as much time to an area champ as he would a world champion.

[Controversial]

I really like Bunce, always have. His written word is superb and he has made a lifelong living out of boxing media, which can't have been easy. He's a proper journalist, even if he has to wax it a bit to stay afloat.

As for Gareth A Davies, I've just never been able to take him seriously. He's seems a try-hard, desperate to be a character but just feels more like an uncle having a mid life crisis.

I like Bunce however I did see an old clip of him talking about Jade Goody which wasn't a good look.

He said he found the video of her dying in font of the camera, 'entertaining'

I know, a bizarre thing to say, I can only assume he thought he was being funny but not the sort of thing to joke about

[Steveh583]

gareth gets some good interviews and always champions the fighting arts whenever he can. for that i appreciate him. he rubs people up the wrong way, but then, boxing fans as a whole are by far the most fickle and bitchiest, so its horses for courses.

[Spud MK2]

Think he’s only been around the sport a short while, probably around the time when Anthony Joshua came on the scene, before that I’m pretty sure he was a fencing journalist, then jumped on the boxing bandwagon and re invented himself as a long-time “boxing expert”.

A ridiculous figure not to be taken seriously at all

Yeah he definitely wasn’t around when I started posting on here around 2003.

He has that horrendous pomposity in his voice as well, a lot of the journalists and pundits who aren’t ex boxers at least seem to have a level of humbleness or respect in their demeanour.

I remember when IFL came on the scene and I think it was the first time they went to Vegas for whoever it was and Davies was there making out like ‘I’ll show you how media week is here in America I’ve done it for ages.’ And as we’ve both said above he hasn’t been on the boxing scene for that long at all.

He defo was James. I used to send him copy and badger him for coverage from about 2001 onwards. Not that he would remember me.

Think he got into boxing mid-90's. Did a mix of sport before that, including croquet, but mostly footie I think.

Gareth has been around for a whole... i remember him aoe
Always being around when i was part of ricky hatton team
For the urango and Castillo fights in vegss

[jameswilson]

Think he’s only been around the sport a short while, probably around the time when Anthony Joshua came on the scene, before that I’m pretty sure he was a fencing journalist, then jumped on the boxing bandwagon and re invented himself as a long-time “boxing expert”.

A ridiculous figure not to be taken seriously at all

Yeah he definitely wasn’t around when I started posting on here around 2003.

He has that horrendous pomposity in his voice as well, a lot of the journalists and pundits who aren’t ex boxers at least seem to have a level of humbleness or respect in their demeanour.

I remember when IFL came on the scene and I think it was the first time they went to Vegas for whoever it was and Davies was there making out like ‘I’ll show you how media week is here in America I’ve done it for ages.’ And as we’ve both said above he hasn’t been on the boxing scene for that long at all.

He defo was James. I used to send him copy and badger him for coverage from about 2001 onwards. Not that he would remember me.

Think he got into boxing mid-90's. Did a mix of sport before that, including croquet, but mostly footie I think.

Ah that’s fair enough I’ll take that back.

[stujones]

I really like Bunce, always have. His written word is superb and he has made a lifelong living out of boxing media, which can't have been easy. He's a proper journalist, even if he has to wax it a bit to stay afloat.

As for Gareth A Davies, I've just never been able to take him seriously. He's seems a try-hard, desperate to be a character but just feels more like an uncle having a mid life crisis.

I like Bunce however I did see an old clip of him talking about Jade Goody which wasn't a good look.

He said he found the video of her dying in font of the camera, 'entertaining'

Remember when he said “Joe Frazier is brown bread” in the week that he died.

[Pender]

Brilliant great to see gets on other guys nerves as much as mine. Just watched him and Spencer interview Makhudov and you want to pull him through the TV

[paultom]

I like Bunce however I did see an old clip of him talking about Jade Goody which wasn't a good look.

He said he found the video of her dying in font of the camera, 'entertaining'

Remember when he said “Joe Frazier is brown bread” in the week that he died.

I remember that too, no class whatsoever

[Taansend]

I will always love Buncey because of this.....

[CaptainSpacerod]

He defo was James. I used to send him copy and badger him for coverage from about 2001 onwards. Not that he would remember me.

Think he got into boxing mid-90's. Did a mix of sport before that, including croquet, but mostly footie I think.

Croquet !!

I wouldn't imagine he'd have been snowed under with work covering that.

Croquet's loss is boxing's gain I guess

[mickey1975]

He tells the lot on a Dodge Woodhall podcast. The reason for the 'A' in his name, his background and his divorce due to his adultery.

[black panther]

Davies is a tool who knows a little about boxing . Bunce is a tool who who knows a lot about boxing (and biro pens).

[golden_labrador]

He tells the lot on a Dodge Woodhall podcast. The reason for the 'A' in his name, his background and his divorce due to his adultery.

anything interesting?

[Wake up call]

Anyone want to guess how old Gareth is?

[Controversial]

Anyone want to guess how old Gareth is?

I would’ve guessed around 60

[joshj909]

Anyone want to guess how old Gareth is?

72

[SeanBrennan]

Anyone want to guess how old Gareth is?

72

[SeanBrennan]

But there’s an article saying he had a heart attack at 54 in 2019 so I might be wrong

[joshj909]

But there’s an article saying he had a heart attack at 54 in 2019 so I might be wrong

61 then. I assume you came to the same conclusion that I did from the same sources

[SeanBrennan]

But there’s an article saying he had a heart attack at 54 in 2019 so I might be wrong

61 then. I assume you came to the same conclusion that I did from the same sources

Yeah I don’t think either of us would make great detectives

[Controversial]

But there’s an article saying he had a heart attack at 54 in 2019 so I might be wrong

61 then. I assume you came to the same conclusion that I did from the same sources

Yeah I don’t think either of us would make great detectives

He is actually 72

[Wake up call]

Yep 72. He must spend a fortune on hair dye.

[Controversial]

Yep 72. He must spend a fortune on hair dye.

To be fair to him he doesn't look it

[stujones]

The shades to a lot, but to be fair I thought early 60s top.