Well, it looked like a cheaper budgeted Boxing version of the WWF. The graphics and all seemed more for the 16-20 year olds. The MC in the Headmasters cape was a bit much, as were his puns.
Its boxing, plain and simple, certain fighters can add to the drama through their charisma, but it seemed like SportsNetwork were trying to promote the sport, not the fighters, to a younger generation and for me thats an impossible task because of the simple nature of the game.
King is the 'King' of hype, but his hype only works when he has the fighters worth hyping and in truth their ability speaks for its self.
From a sky perspective, I quite like the Darke/Watt combination, it made a change and it was good to see McCory as a summerisor. I thought the Adam Smith/Spencer Oliver thing was getting too much (as my father was say 'I don't want to see the fight again') I think they summerised the Skelton fight four times before the next bout and also at the end.
Piper will need some work as a presenter, but I think it will come.
I used to like the old 'Ringside on the Road', young prospects were covered without all this graphics and puns. You can't gloss over what boxing is with fancy graphics.
Obviously, I'm glad they showed these fights, but I prefer the non Fight-Skool Sky presentation.
Fight Skool - impressions of the production.
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Yeah I agree with you Stu that the presentation was a little irritating. Like you said though SKY are attempting to attract a younger audience to the sport. I shouldn't really have a problem with that. Ideally we could do with the opinions of some teenagers to see if they liked the Fight Skool production? I'm 26, so that counts me out 
It's kinda hard to knock Sky for delivering us more boxing. I enjoyed seeing Matt Skelton, Kevin Mitchell and Steven Foster Jnr in action. Next fight skool sees Danny Hunt against Chill John. Hunt's record doesn't look too impressive, but Mr Maloney has big plans for him so we'll see.
It's kinda hard to knock Sky for delivering us more boxing. I enjoyed seeing Matt Skelton, Kevin Mitchell and Steven Foster Jnr in action. Next fight skool sees Danny Hunt against Chill John. Hunt's record doesn't look too impressive, but Mr Maloney has big plans for him so we'll see.
I didn't think it was bad, I mean it's still boxing at the end of the day. I thought the "marks out of ten" was a bit of a daft though.
Tell you what I'd gladly pay a bit more monthly subscription to have Darkie & Watt together permanently, it's so much better.
What do we make of McDermotts tumble though? I thought he looked like he could recover quite quickly despite going down like a sack of spuds. But that ankle really looked painful, wonder how long it'll take for him to regain full mobility? If anything though his conditioning looks to have worsened. Yeah he'll never be the lean type but come on there was zero definition anywhere on his body.
Liked Foster Jnrs performance, I think he's got a very watchable style. I'd say he's the closest thing we've got to Fernando Vargas.
Mitchell looks like such a baby in the ring but he can clearly do damage with those fists. Get him to 20-0 safely and hopefully he'll have matured enough physically to be properly unleashed.
Skelton wasn't as good as I was expecting. He looks like just another domestic class heavyweight coming through. He's certainly not the puncher that his current 100% KO record suggests.
Tell you what I'd gladly pay a bit more monthly subscription to have Darkie & Watt together permanently, it's so much better.
What do we make of McDermotts tumble though? I thought he looked like he could recover quite quickly despite going down like a sack of spuds. But that ankle really looked painful, wonder how long it'll take for him to regain full mobility? If anything though his conditioning looks to have worsened. Yeah he'll never be the lean type but come on there was zero definition anywhere on his body.
Liked Foster Jnrs performance, I think he's got a very watchable style. I'd say he's the closest thing we've got to Fernando Vargas.
Mitchell looks like such a baby in the ring but he can clearly do damage with those fists. Get him to 20-0 safely and hopefully he'll have matured enough physically to be properly unleashed.
Skelton wasn't as good as I was expecting. He looks like just another domestic class heavyweight coming through. He's certainly not the puncher that his current 100% KO record suggests.
It is probably worth noting that (I'd guess) most, if not all of us are "outside the demographic" as it were.
As Purists we are probably the least relevant reviewers for this type of show.
Nevertheless I am happy to see boxing promoted by ANY means - particularly if aimed at the "yoof" market.
How Skelton - Holding was the first fight I have NO IDEA?! Two mid-thirty year olds as the opener? Baffling. I'd guess tha got a few kids switching off.
Mitchell (whom I have seen before - Wow!) should have been the opener -more character, persona and star potential.
Either way - I'll be tuning in next week.
As Purists we are probably the least relevant reviewers for this type of show.
Nevertheless I am happy to see boxing promoted by ANY means - particularly if aimed at the "yoof" market.
How Skelton - Holding was the first fight I have NO IDEA?! Two mid-thirty year olds as the opener? Baffling. I'd guess tha got a few kids switching off.
Mitchell (whom I have seen before - Wow!) should have been the opener -more character, persona and star potential.
Either way - I'll be tuning in next week.
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Goz wrote:The missus made me tape 'The Canterbury Tales' so I had to tape the 2am showing of Fight Skool. Don't know why I posted to tell you I didn't see it but there you go....
so did I...but somehow ballsed it up, just put tape on and it ended just as Skelton was getting in the ring!Taped the 9am show instead...I hear Skelton looked pretty good, and sounds like poor old Big Bad John got walloped - feel sorry for him because in the interviews I've seen he seemed a humble sort..
Darke & Watt together?? I was just saying the other day that would be a nice change from McCrory - who always agrees with Ian without fail.
Can't imagine Jim Watt keeping his opinions to himself - "No Ian, yer talkin' complete balls.."
Thought Piper looked comfortable in the intros, though I hear the MC was wearing a headmasters outfit?!
I liked the switch-round in presenters. Nicky and Glenn were excellent together and Ian and Jim were excellent, too. But the Adam Smith and Spencer Oliver combination didn't work.
John McDermott came across badly in the post-fight interview I felt. He was so open in the fight itself it was cringe-inducing, and then to say he was winning the fight easily was wrong. Popov looked useful.
Skelton looked good. Holden's no puncher, but he must have been in good shape after training for the Hide fight. But it didn't get him anywhere. One gripe: what was the point of Matt turning to southpaw! He was smooth in the orthodox stance, but at southpaw the chin was going up and there was no jabbing.
Just back to Jim Watt. I remember him being a bit hard in the Colin Dunne-Martin Jacobs fight when he said Colin was over the hill. It seemed a strange thing to say off the back of one performance. Dunne then plastered Wayne Rigby in his next fight - but, as it turned out, Jim Watt was ultimately correct. The Rigby fight was something of a smokescreen.
John McDermott came across badly in the post-fight interview I felt. He was so open in the fight itself it was cringe-inducing, and then to say he was winning the fight easily was wrong. Popov looked useful.
Skelton looked good. Holden's no puncher, but he must have been in good shape after training for the Hide fight. But it didn't get him anywhere. One gripe: what was the point of Matt turning to southpaw! He was smooth in the orthodox stance, but at southpaw the chin was going up and there was no jabbing.
Just back to Jim Watt. I remember him being a bit hard in the Colin Dunne-Martin Jacobs fight when he said Colin was over the hill. It seemed a strange thing to say off the back of one performance. Dunne then plastered Wayne Rigby in his next fight - but, as it turned out, Jim Watt was ultimately correct. The Rigby fight was something of a smokescreen.