BoxRec

John Rawlins can do no wrong hes a Blade

1southpaw wrote:as i have said before there,s only one STEVE HOLDSWORTH

well said, he makes it sound more interesting - lovely geezer too.
Is there a Jon Motson equivalent out there?

As I first viewed the index im sure this thread said rawlplugs... work on the brain already lol

Scooby Doo wrote:

Autobarn wrote:no wonder John posts at Doghouse and not Boxrec!

Wow, lets all go rushing to doghouse then.

whatever floats your boat

The site is almost unusable becuase of the tormented number of clicks required to 'not install' adware, repel adverts and other pop ups. The shyte, despite the arrogance of its owner - is dogshit because of it.

DavidPayne wrote:The site is almost unusable becuase of the tormented number of clicks required to 'not install' adware, repel adverts and other pop ups. The shyte, despite the arrogance of its owner - is dogshit because of it.

I would rather concentrate on the quality of posters there, and lets face it, its worse than the cosmetics of the actual site.

Big Pussy wrote:Rawlings won Best Commentator at the Royal Television Society Sports Awards on Tuesday.

What do people think of him? I personally think he's garbage but it appears I'm in the minority.

The man wins an award. The sport gets great publicity, with judging done by experts from the broadcast and newspaper industries. And some of those here, who profess to love the sport, slag him off. Mystifying and sad I reckon.

The Blade wrote:

Big Pussy wrote:Rawlings won Best Commentator at the Royal Television Society Sports Awards on Tuesday.

What do people think of him? I personally think he's garbage but it appears I'm in the minority.

The man wins an award. The sport gets great publicity, with judging done by experts from the broadcast and newspaper industries. And some of those here, who profess to love the sport, slag him off. Mystifying and sad I reckon.

Yep, I wouldnt argue with that, the media chose who in their opinion best deserved the award so he cant be that bad can he - Duke is the problem, a poor choice for the ITV team as is Nicky Piper over on Sky - Glen and Johnny are worth listening to though - I understand your point about slagging people off, its often cruel and unwarranted - True professionals in any field wouldnt be doing what they do unless they are good enough so they do deserve some respect from us - The ex boxers are not media men, but some adapt very well while others dont - Ricky Hatton if he still wants involvement in boxing after retiring would make a first class co commentator - He has personality, wit and a way with the media and of course great knowledge of the sport.

Nicky is alright, problem a bit though is with two guys around his size who achieved far greater things... sometimes it can be "well you were just a commonwealth champion".

Nicky's best role is possibly as a co-commentator (ala Duke McKenzie on ITV), he doesn't do it often but when he has he's been good. His commentary on Barrera vs Jones 1 when Sky showed it on delay was excellent. It was alongside David Bremmer.

Yes, Hatton would be good as would (I think) Carl Froch.

wildwaylon wrote:

The Blade wrote:

Big Pussy wrote:Rawlings won Best Commentator at the Royal Television Society Sports Awards on Tuesday.

What do people think of him? I personally think he's garbage but it appears I'm in the minority.

The man wins an award. The sport gets great publicity, with judging done by experts from the broadcast and newspaper industries. And some of those here, who profess to love the sport, slag him off. Mystifying and sad I reckon.

Yep, I wouldnt argue with that, the media chose who in their opinion best deserved the award so he cant be that bad can he - Duke is the problem, a poor choice for the ITV team as is Nicky Piper over on Sky - Glen and Johnny are worth listening to though - I understand your point about slagging people off, its often cruel and unwarranted - True professionals in any field wouldnt be doing what they do unless they are good enough so they do deserve some respect from us - The ex boxers are not media men, but some adapt very well while others dont - Ricky Hatton if he still wants involvement in boxing after retiring would make a first class co commentator - He has personality, wit and a way with the media and of course great knowledge of the sport.

Agreed.
Ricky started out with ITV before he left Warren. If he had two years of commentating behind him on high profile events, he would have been a fixture by now and enjoying the McGuigan factor of household recognition - and not just with us boxing nuts. Maybe his time will still come

The Blade wrote:

Big Pussy wrote:Rawlings won Best Commentator at the Royal Television Society Sports Awards on Tuesday.

What do people think of him? I personally think he's garbage but it appears I'm in the minority.

The man wins an award. The sport gets great publicity, with judging done by experts from the broadcast and newspaper industries. And some of those here, who profess to love the sport, slag him off. Mystifying and sad I reckon.

I suggest you go back to school. It is evident that you missed the lesson on building a constructive argument. Pathetic.

Please could someone tell me what publicity does boxing get out of Rawling getting an award for commentating on fights some would argue we would know the result of the fight even before the first bell had sounded.

Big Pussy wrote:

The Blade wrote:

Big Pussy wrote:Rawlings won Best Commentator at the Royal Television Society Sports Awards on Tuesday.

What do people think of him? I personally think he's garbage but it appears I'm in the minority.

The man wins an award. The sport gets great publicity, with judging done by experts from the broadcast and newspaper industries. And some of those here, who profess to love the sport, slag him off. Mystifying and sad I reckon.

I suggest you go back to school. It is evident that you missed the lesson on building a constructive argument. Pathetic.

Some are mystifying. You are sad

The Blade wrote: The man wins an award. The sport gets great publicity, with judging done by experts from the broadcast and newspaper industries. And some of those here, who profess to love the sport, slag him off. Mystifying and sad I reckon.

What frickin planet is this fella on? The sport gets great publicity? From John Rawling being given some award nobody gives a shit about? Is it going to be front page of the Guardian??

Yeah we do love the sport. Thats why so many of us dislike a transparent shill like Rawling droning on over all the fights.

Ignore him overhand_right.

The guy is clearly deluded. He thinks he’s intelligent yet can’t follow a cohesive line towards an argument.

The doghouse board has its own 'WWE Section'.

Any boxing forum which caters for WWE aswell is always going to be sort on (self) respect IMO.

overhand_right wrote:

The Blade wrote: The man wins an award. The sport gets great publicity, with judging done by experts from the broadcast and newspaper industries. And some of those here, who profess to love the sport, slag him off. Mystifying and sad I reckon.

What frickin planet is this fella on? The sport gets great publicity? From John Rawling being given some award nobody gives a shit about? Is it going to be front page of the Guardian??

Yeah we do love the sport. Thats why so many of us dislike a transparent shill like Rawling droning on over all the fights.

Listen, plancton bonce. The point is that this is an award made by the movers and shakers of the tv business. Irrespective of what you might think of the merits of their deicision, it is great for the profile of boxing that a boxing commentator gets recognition of this sort. If you cannot see that, you truly are beyond hope. By the way, what, oh street cred big shot, is a shill? Mind the whales.

"Plancton bonce"?

No one defends a commentator as shit as John Rawling this passionately.. this guy also 'writes' how Rawling talks... my conclusion (baring in mind i'm merely a "Plancton bonce") is that The Blade IS John Rawling.

There is no other logical explanation.

overhand_right wrote:"Plancton bonce"?

No one defends a commentator as shit as John Rawling this passionately.. this guy also 'writes' how Rawling talks... my conclusion (baring in mind i'm merely a "Plancton bonce") is that The Blade IS John Rawling.

There is no other logical explanation.

I wish

The Blade wrote:
I wish

Actually, if you investigate Blades posts, besides writing in that empty, automaton style that John Rawling speaks in, he also gets very touchy if anyone criticises ITV, Rawling, Barry McGuigan, and refers to us who dare criticse as "sad" or "mad".

He also is very pro-Amir Khan and his selection of opponents, and very pro-allegedly. Interesting, very interesting......

Overhand= Jack Nicholson in Chinatown.

I actually don't mind Rawling that much, after all he does have a balancing act to perform, he doesn't want to lose his job so he has to bite his lip when he sees shit consistently served up in front of him. I mean after Macarinelli-Gunn he was dying to just burst out and tell us what what we all knew, this was a mismatch of epic proportions and the ending had little to do with Macarinelli's immense power as it had to do with the fact Gunn was one of the worst "world title" challengers we had ever seen on British soil.

As for his sidekick Duke McKenzie i liked him when he first broke onto the scene as a fresh face on SKY, he was astute and knowledgable, sort of how Johnny Nelson is now. But after going to the beeb and onto ITV he has degenerated into a sad parody, laughable to most genuine boxing fans. A strange Boxing oddity, complete with an excitable, boyish charm and unassuming comedic style...hmm im starting to sound like an emily bronte novel i'll stop there.