Unless Mee's notes says "you could see Joe blogs getting tired in the 7th round" or "Fighter A is hurting Fighter B to the body" - then notes doesn't say it all.... We have had this conversation before I believe. I don't think US TV have flown Bob aswell as McGuigan. Was Bob used on Setanta's show where McGuigan picked up Bunce's faults.Ant Evans wrote:Buncie is the best in the biz. I'm not a huge fan of those shirts he insists on wearing, but his knowledge of boxing is second to none in punditry. He was the best thing about Sky's coverage back in 1999-2001, best thing about BBC's coverage and now best thing about Setanta's coverage.
Jim Watt used to be well worth listening to, but he looks bored to tears doing the never ending swimming baths circuit on Sky. It must be next to impossible to feign excitment for your 37th Ian Napa or Martin Power fight, I guess.
Nicky "Member of MENSA" Piper is just awful. Please, please retire Nicky. And if you must bore people half to death, do it in your own home.
Johnny Nelson is like having a 7 year old on who has OD'd on Red Bul in your front rooml. If only he'd worked himself up even half as much for his own fights as he does for a card which barely attracts 60 paying customers maybe suicide rates would have been lower during his "world" title reign.
Barry McGuigan? That he needed extensive notes - and I mean page after page - of notes from Bob Mee and to steal Buncie's knowledge at Sky says it all, really? Who else? Duke "OH HE IS FINISHED WITH EVERY SHOT" McKenzie? LOL!
A la Barry McGuigan of course.Terry D wrote:I like Bunce as a writer and pundit, I just felt he was shite the other night and hope it is not the start of a new direction for him when it comes to punditry.
Yeah but it's not Watt's fault if the bill is crap - he outclasses Bunce in EVERY department, that's the truth.Ant Evans wrote:Buncie is the best in the biz. I'm not a huge fan of those shirts he insists on wearing, but his knowledge of boxing is second to none in punditry. He was the best thing about Sky's coverage back in 1999-2001, best thing about BBC's coverage and now best thing about Setanta's coverage.
Jim Watt used to be well worth listening to, but he looks bored to tears doing the never ending swimming baths circuit on Sky. It must be next to impossible to feign excitment for your 37th Ian Napa or Martin Power fight, I guess.
Nicky "Member of MENSA" Piper is just awful. Please, please retire Nicky. And if you must bore people half to death, do it in your own home.
Johnny Nelson is like having a 7 year old on who has OD'd on Red Bul in your front rooml. If only he'd worked himself up even half as much for his own fights as he does for a card which barely attracts 60 paying customers maybe suicide rates would have been lower during his "world" title reign.
Barry McGuigan? That he needed extensive notes - and I mean page after page - of notes from Bob Mee and to steal Buncie's knowledge at Sky says it all, really? Who else? Duke "OH HE IS FINISHED WITH EVERY SHOT" McKenzie? LOL!
Ant Evans wrote:Buncie is the best in the biz. I'm not a huge fan of those shirts he insists on wearing, but his knowledge of boxing is second to none in punditry. He was the best thing about Sky's coverage back in 1999-2001, best thing about BBC's coverage and now best thing about Setanta's coverage.
Jim Watt used to be well worth listening to, but he looks bored to tears doing the never ending swimming baths circuit on Sky. It must be next to impossible to feign excitment for your 37th Ian Napa or Martin Power fight, I guess.
Nicky "Member of MENSA" Piper is just awful. Please, please retire Nicky. And if you must bore people half to death, do it in your own home.
Johnny Nelson is like having a 7 year old on who has OD'd on Red Bul in your front rooml. If only he'd worked himself up even half as much for his own fights as he does for a card which barely attracts 60 paying customers maybe suicide rates would have been lower during his "world" title reign.
Barry McGuigan? That he needed extensive notes - and I mean page after page - of notes from Bob Mee and to steal Buncie's knowledge at Sky says it all, really? Who else? Duke "OH HE IS FINISHED WITH EVERY SHOT" McKenzie? LOL!
He said that as often as Duke McKenzie says "He's finished" or "Incredible!!!"....Here we go again, the legend in his own mind, slagging off established world class fighters.Ant Evans wrote:Buncie is the best in the biz. I'm not a huge fan of those shirts he insists on wearing, but his knowledge of boxing is second to none in punditry. He was the best thing about Sky's coverage back in 1999-2001, best thing about BBC's coverage and now best thing about Setanta's coverage.
Jim Watt used to be well worth listening to, but he looks bored to tears doing the never ending swimming baths circuit on Sky. It must be next to impossible to feign excitment for your 37th Ian Napa or Martin Power fight, I guess.
Nicky "Member of MENSA" Piper is just awful. Please, please retire Nicky. And if you must bore people half to death, do it in your own home.
Johnny Nelson is like having a 7 year old on who has OD'd on Red Bul in your front rooml. If only he'd worked himself up even half as much for his own fights as he does for a card which barely attracts 60 paying customers maybe suicide rates would have been lower during his "world" title reign.
Barry McGuigan? That he needed extensive notes - and I mean page after page - of notes from Bob Mee and to steal Buncie's knowledge at Sky says it all, really? Who else? Duke "OH HE IS FINISHED WITH EVERY SHOT" McKenzie? LOL!
you don't think much of Sky, eh? what's the alternative - sit there like a geek hunched over your PC for the next Wlad fight at 2ndsout? come on, where's the advertAnt Evans wrote:Buncie is the best in the biz. I'm not a huge fan of those shirts he insists on wearing, but his knowledge of boxing is second to none in punditry. He was the best thing about Sky's coverage back in 1999-2001, best thing about BBC's coverage and now best thing about Setanta's coverage.
Jim Watt used to be well worth listening to, but he looks bored to tears doing the never ending swimming baths circuit on Sky. It must be next to impossible to feign excitment for your 37th Ian Napa or Martin Power fight, I guess.
Nicky "Member of MENSA" Piper is just awful. Please, please retire Nicky. And if you must bore people half to death, do it in your own home.
Johnny Nelson is like having a 7 year old on who has OD'd on Red Bul in your front rooml. If only he'd worked himself up even half as much for his own fights as he does for a card which barely attracts 60 paying customers maybe suicide rates would have been lower during his "world" title reign.
Barry McGuigan? That he needed extensive notes - and I mean page after page - of notes from Bob Mee and to steal Buncie's knowledge at Sky says it all, really? Who else? Duke "OH HE IS FINISHED WITH EVERY SHOT" McKenzie? LOL!
If, by this, you mean his analysis of a fight vis a vis his own fighting style, it doesn't make him a hypocrite to, for example, criticise a fighter's lack of aggression. He had his own style which, while not appreciated by many, clearly worked for him (the numbers speak for themselves). He is quite within his rights to criticise another fighter's strategy if he thinks they could/should be doing something differently.stujones wrote:I partially agree with your views on Nelson - I think his tone is fine, but I cannot help thinking "Your a bit of a hypocrit" with some of the comments Johnny says.
Yes that true, but sometimes he has been critical of a fighter who looks to have adopted a similar approach to his own.oliverfennell wrote:If, by this, you mean his analysis of a fight vis a vis his own fighting style, it doesn't make him a hypocrite to, for example, criticise a fighter's lack of aggression. He had his own style which, while not appreciated by many, clearly worked for him (the numbers speak for themselves). He is quite within his rights to criticise another fighter's strategy if he thinks they could/should be doing something differently.stujones wrote:I partially agree with your views on Nelson - I think his tone is fine, but I cannot help thinking "Your a bit of a hypocrit" with some of the comments Johnny says.
And how he straddles a folding chair like Ali G. "There's a reason me gotta sit like this, trust me"DavidPayne wrote:I just wish Johnny would sort out the physical tick, that makes him swing his microphone lead over his knee as though he's about to belt out "It started with a kiss, never though it would come to this"
1) Jim Watt - The best, articulate, reads the psychology, enthusiastic and clear.Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:Right, here we go lads. See if you can do your top five/ten/whatever of UK boxing pundits. By this, I don't mean lead commentators - I mean colour/analysis men. I will have forgotten some so please feel free to include your own.
Runners and riders:
Steve Bunce
Jim Watt
Johnny Nelson
Nicky Piper
Duke McKenzie
Barry McGuigan
Bob Mee
Glenn McCrory
Include no more than a few brief words for each explaining your choice.
