Re: Allegedly channel is brilliant? (merged)
Posted: 20 Nov 2011, 20:15
Excellent post below, common sense stuff. Bunce and Watt are good for the sports and both speak their minds. Is there any substance abusing maniac out there who would rather have adam smith presenting than Bunce. If so I've found your pipe.....I think some of this is way too harsh.
We all want boxing to flourish and so does Mr W a r r e n. I dream of the glory days of huge audiences for McGuigan but, just like 15 round world title fights, they are never coming back.
Back in the 1980s, when I was buying The Ring, KO, Boxing News, etc… if I’d have been told there’s a boxing channel for £10 a month I’d have turned somersaults. That was 30 years ago so £10 now seems okay. I’d rather not pay but this is the world in which we live.
I don’t like mismatches. I was critical of fighters like Roy Jones and Joe Calzaghe for not always fighting credible opposition BUT bl00dy he11 anyone who watches the Premier League, or the early stages of the Champions League, will see mismatch after mismatch week after week. Let’s be honest here Manchester United have won the title so many times in the last couple of decades that it must be the least competitive sport in the world.
As for Buncey – he’s enthusiastic, knowledgeable, has the common touch and knows how to sell the sport. What’s wrong with any of that?
Jim Watt – negative? So what? I much prefer that to American style cheerleading or the WWF style commentary that some American commentators bring to boxing. I don’t want everything sugar coated.
We all want boxing to flourish and so does Mr W a r r e n. I dream of the glory days of huge audiences for McGuigan but, just like 15 round world title fights, they are never coming back.
Back in the 1980s, when I was buying The Ring, KO, Boxing News, etc… if I’d have been told there’s a boxing channel for £10 a month I’d have turned somersaults. That was 30 years ago so £10 now seems okay. I’d rather not pay but this is the world in which we live.
I don’t like mismatches. I was critical of fighters like Roy Jones and Joe Calzaghe for not always fighting credible opposition BUT bl00dy he11 anyone who watches the Premier League, or the early stages of the Champions League, will see mismatch after mismatch week after week. Let’s be honest here Manchester United have won the title so many times in the last couple of decades that it must be the least competitive sport in the world.
As for Buncey – he’s enthusiastic, knowledgeable, has the common touch and knows how to sell the sport. What’s wrong with any of that?
Jim Watt – negative? So what? I much prefer that to American style cheerleading or the WWF style commentary that some American commentators bring to boxing. I don’t want everything sugar coated.
