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gary newborn is up there. cant be mentioned Alongside rocky rosenthal,but who can.

apophenic wrote:i've no real problem with newbon...muppet that he can be at times he's part of the sport in my eyes...

but if Sky wanna raise their game then how about getting a few boxing-loving 'celebs' in on the action? post-match interviews etc...

if they chose them wisely they could attract some non-boxing fans...

To be interviewed, or to be the interviewer? I disagree if its the former - boxing is an unique sport you will never get "non boxing fans" into it.... due to its nature they have chosen not to watch it - its not going to suit everyone, there are calls to ban it after all.

My expeirences of casual boxing fans is that, on the whole, they watch it when its someone they know - but then they like to think they no it all. I couldn't believe I was having a "serious" debate with a mate about "who would win Naz or Eubank" (remember when they had their feud). I would simply say Eubank and my mate thought I was talking about of my arse and look at how much better Naz is - he would knock him out no problem. So if Sky interviewed famous fans, and they used to interview the likes of Paul O Grady (and it wasn't Ken Buchannon) the causal fans would be going "WTF does he know about boxing".

Interview more famous ex boxers like Bruno, Eubank etc - then yes that would draw in more casual fans.

Deno1986 wrote:

mugabi wrote:

nelsoninfour wrote:The geezer who used to do the football phone in on sky somehow has managed the in studio gig. I only been watching it an hour and he only been on for about 15 mins and he got 2 people names wrong.
Did Jason Cundy replace him on Your on programme. If so I know why? Surely he should have been given some boxing stats.

why do these ignorant troll accounts pop up here always the night of a big fight.
get rid of it as well as king troll hurlock

Hurlock is more of a shit-stirrer than a troll, a bit like what DG used to be. I usually get a laugh off some of his posts.

of course deno it is all banter.i may have to get mugabi sin binned (AGAIN) if he carries on

stujones wrote:

apophenic wrote:i've no real problem with newbon...muppet that he can be at times he's part of the sport in my eyes...

but if Sky wanna raise their game then how about getting a few boxing-loving 'celebs' in on the action? post-match interviews etc...

if they chose them wisely they could attract some non-boxing fans...

To be interviewed, or to be the interviewer? I disagree if its the former - boxing is an unique sport you will never get "non boxing fans" into it.... due to its nature they have chosen not to watch it - its not going to suit everyone, there are calls to ban it after all.

My expeirences of casual boxing fans is that, on the whole, they watch it when its someone they know - but then they like to think they no it all. I couldn't believe I was having a "serious" debate with a mate about "who would win Naz or Eubank" (remember when they had their feud). I would simply say Eubank and my mate thought I was talking about of my arse and look at how much better Naz is - he would knock him out no problem. So if Sky interviewed famous fans, and they used to interview the likes of Paul O Grady (and it wasn't Ken Buchannon) the causal fans would be going "WTF does he know about boxing".

Interview more famous ex boxers like Bruno, Eubank etc - then yes that would draw in more casual fans.

I totally agree with you on that Stu. I think it was during prizefighter that they interviewed 'big boxing fan' Phil the power, and while he may know his darts, he sounded like an old woman talking about boxing. I can't really remember what he said, I just remember it sounded like he didn't have a clue and it certainly didn't add anything to the broadcast.

Personally, I couldn't stand Newbon. I found him to be rude and obnoxious. He always seemed to derive pleasure from being rude to boxers. Shame he never got lamped IMO.

At least Eubank put him firmly in his place who said something along the lines of "from the comment you just made, this instantly tells me you know nothing about boxing" DD ... now that's the stuff of legends.

JamesH wrote:

stujones wrote:

apophenic wrote:i've no real problem with newbon...muppet that he can be at times he's part of the sport in my eyes...

but if Sky wanna raise their game then how about getting a few boxing-loving 'celebs' in on the action? post-match interviews etc...

if they chose them wisely they could attract some non-boxing fans...

To be interviewed, or to be the interviewer? I disagree if its the former - boxing is an unique sport you will never get "non boxing fans" into it.... due to its nature they have chosen not to watch it - its not going to suit everyone, there are calls to ban it after all.

My expeirences of casual boxing fans is that, on the whole, they watch it when its someone they know - but then they like to think they no it all. I couldn't believe I was having a "serious" debate with a mate about "who would win Naz or Eubank" (remember when they had their feud). I would simply say Eubank and my mate thought I was talking about of my arse and look at how much better Naz is - he would knock him out no problem. So if Sky interviewed famous fans, and they used to interview the likes of Paul O Grady (and it wasn't Ken Buchannon) the causal fans would be going "WTF does he know about boxing".

Interview more famous ex boxers like Bruno, Eubank etc - then yes that would draw in more casual fans.

I totally agree with you on that Stu. I think it was during prizefighter that they interviewed 'big boxing fan' Phil the power, and while he may know his darts, he sounded like an old woman talking about boxing. I can't really remember what he said, I just remember it sounded like he didn't have a clue and it certainly didn't add anything to the broadcast.

Interview ex boxers by all means, but not Eubank, - he would just end up referring every question back to his own career.

hurlock wrote:

Deno1986 wrote:

mugabi wrote: why do these ignorant troll accounts pop up here always the night of a big fight.
get rid of it as well as king troll hurlock

Hurlock is more of a shit-stirrer than a troll, a bit like what DG used to be. I usually get a laugh off some of his posts.

of course deno it is all banter.i may have to get mugabi sin binned (AGAIN) if he carries on

Defamation of your character and all that.

Dislike Gary Newbon, purely because he always used to slag Wolves off on the footy in the 90's from what I remember

nelsoninfour wrote:The geezer who used to do the football phone in on sky somehow has managed the in studio gig. I only been watching it an hour and he only been on for about 15 mins and he got 2 people names wrong.
Did Jason Cundy replace him on Your on programme. If so I know why? Surely he should have been given some boxing stats.

If you don't know Gary Newbons credentials then that say's more about you than him!

saturday_kid wrote:Dislike Gary Newbon, purely because he always used to slag Wolves off on the footy in the 90's from what I remember

Wouldn't have been hard though eh! D