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lllllet's get ready to rumbulllllllllle :!:

greatest quote of all time :!:

it's showtime

I honestly couldn't pick one over the other. They both have different styles but they each manage to do a great job every time out.

Didn't one of them used to be in Grange Hill?

Buffer every day of the week as far as I'm concerned.

Picture the scene, massive fight night, lights dim and out come the immortal lines.

"And now for the many in attendance and the millions watching around the world, llllllllllleeeeeeeeettttttttttsssssssss get ready to rumbleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee."

Its hairs standing up on the back of your neck time, no other M.C can bring that. Its unbelievable.

Buffer for me but I like Lennons stlye aswell, he has a classic sort of introduction but for the big shows it has to be Buffer.

Buffer

Lennon he is the apitamy of class

Jimmy Lennon Jr for me. His ring announcing at the Hatton v Tszyu fight was just class

Lennon is very good but it has to be buffer, he reaaly gets the crowd and fighters going with his classic line. Some guy told me he charges up to a hundred grand for a nights work, is that true?

Gary Logan with his "come on children on children let me tell you a story" voice, pisses me off. Kev and Bev is bloody useless so the best of British I suppose is the Elvis man, followed by McDonald. Buffer is better than Lennon IMO Stateside.

WildWaylon wrote:Gary Logan with his "come on children on children let me tell you a story" voice, pisses me off. Kev and Bev is bloody useless so the best of British I suppose is the Elvis man, followed by McDonald. Buffer is better than Lennon IMO Stateside.

I'd say Lennon Jr is the better announcer in terms of professionalism and getting things right, but Buffer has the voice and the catchphrase which cannot be beaten, he delivers goose bumps every time whether you're watching on TV or at the venue.

In the UK, Burdis is by far the worst, he actually looks like he hates doing it he's so nervous and clearly knows nothing about boxing as he has to check his card for the fighters names, even in the main event. Hand his shaking hand just tops it off for me. I love the film: Love, Honour and Obey that he's in though! And I actually like Gary Logan.

Lennon every day of the week.

Buffer makes me cringe. It's boxing, not WWF.

diggler wrote:i was at a show an the prizefighter mc was doing a crossword in between fights, so i dont think hes the biggest fight fan

What do you expect him to do? John McDonald is a great mc and a great guy, used to be in the paras,

John Mc is a fight nut.

buffer

Buffer - hands down. Lennon Jr is good too, but doesn't ramp up the excitement that Buffer does.

Jimmy Lennon all the way, mainly because he sounds just like the guy from 'Pulp Fiction' that introduces the 'Jack Rabbit Slims Twist Contest'. Great movie, great surreal moment and every time Jimmy opens his gob I keep wanting him to invite the boxers to take part in a twist contest.

Ive already said Jimmy Lennon JR but what about our own legend that is Michael Pass lol. Michael Pass is by far the best of the british announcers. Burdis is just a tool

Logan is the best in the UK.

MachoMan09 wrote:

ERIC GUY wrote:

diggler wrote:i was at a show an the prizefighter mc was doing a crossword in between fights, so i dont think hes the biggest fight fan

What do you expect him to do? John McDonald is a great mc and a great guy, used to be in the paras,

Seconded, Eric. John is a top guy.

diggler, what's wrong with doing a crossword "in between fights"? What do you want him to do instead to prove he is a true fight fan?

Go backstage to the fighters dressing room and thrash one off?

Just a suggestion.

MachoMan09 wrote:

jamesmcdonnell wrote:

MachoMan09 wrote: Seconded, Eric. John is a top guy.

diggler, what's wrong with doing a crossword "in between fights"? What do you want him to do instead to prove he is a true fight fan?

Go backstage to the fighters dressing room and thrash one off?

Just a suggestion.

Mate, I've heard a rumour that if you did that you would be taking people's eyes out left right and centre. Keep it in your trousers.

Whoever would start such a pernicious (though undeniably true) rumour!? Scandalous.

what's worse...doing a crossword or watching someone do a crossword

it say's alot for the bout which he was presented with


lennon sounds like one of them oldstyle robotic white americans D eddie murphy does a great impersonation & i remember ali doing it once aswell

stujones wrote:The "classy" Jimmy Lennon Jnr for me. I love his use of the bell.

Old skool style

I like Buffer, too, but he seems to have lost a bit of his 'zip'.

andy kerr mc'd the spencer fearon show the other week........

he put on a weird voice to introduce the fighters