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Posted: 26 Jul 2004, 13:14
by shakermaker
steve689 wrote:Jim Neilly is so funny, he had obviously seen the reports of the Gatti-Dorin fight and kept on making informed comments like "Gatti should target the body", "Gatti is looking again for that body" and when he didn't even land "Dorin has his hands high trying to stop those body punches". Yeah Jim...you really saw it coming didn't you
110% agree. They were the exact things that came into my mind when he said that crap
Posted: 26 Jul 2004, 13:52
by Loftgroov
Good to see Amir Khan on there too I thought.
Seems conposed & confident enough. I still think it will be very interesting if Kindelin gets drawn in the opposite half of the draw in Athens.
Posted: 26 Jul 2004, 15:05
by tonyevs
Never seen Amir Khan before, but must say he looked very big for a lightweight. I know he was sat down but he looked not much smaller than Woodhall.
Gatti did have a good win, but without taking too much away, I don’t think he showed that much.
Posted: 26 Jul 2004, 15:27
by steve689
While we are all berating Jim Neilly (my favourite subject!) how many times does he drone on about the Ward-Gatti trilogy. BBC dumbing down or what, Jim is certainly there to cater for the casual fan but leaves me irate at times
Posted: 26 Jul 2004, 18:27
by adamiw
Kilburn wrote:90% of the time I can tolerate Jim Neilly. But when he comes out with pathetic statements like "That's the best body shot we've seen on either side of the Atlantic for a long long time" it really starts to grate. Yes it was a good shot but lets not pretend there aren't equally good punches thrown every week all around the world. Just because the Beeb don't show them (which means Neilly doesn't see them) it doesn't mean they don't happen.
Daft old git.
yeah. Watched round 3 of Ward-Gati 2 the other week. Neily, " this is great stuff...just like what we saw with Marco Antonio Barrera and Johnny Tapia last week"
Posted: 27 Jul 2004, 04:29
by E
steve689 wrote:While we are all berating Jim Neilly (my favourite subject!) how many times does he drone on about the Ward-Gatti trilogy. BBC dumbing down or what, Jim is certainly there to cater for the casual fan but leaves me irate at times
Commentators are always there for the casual fan. They have to dumb down a little or the average viewer just wouldn't know what they are talking about.
Posted: 27 Jul 2004, 05:29
by jamesmcdonnell
steve689 wrote:While we are all berating Jim Neilly (my favourite subject!) how many times does he drone on about the Ward-Gatti trilogy. BBC dumbing down or what, Jim is certainly there to cater for the casual fan but leaves me irate at times :evil: :evil:
To be fair to Jim, he has to assume that not everyone watching has seen Gatti before, and therefore it makes sense to mention it.