BoxRec

oliverfennell wrote:

Dioufy wrote:Easier to do when you're in Vietnam or Laos, or wherever. I find it impossible to avoid the result.

Thailand, to be precise. Well, yes, easier, but hardly impossible. Remember I have lived in Britain far longer than I have lived here and, as said, I used to routinely and successfully avoid results all the way through til midnight on a Sunday when that was when the BBC showed its international boxing.

The remote control thing is just your own foible, and the neighbour thing is just a chance in a million. It could happen to any of us, but with a bit of discipline and the proper precautions, it really isn't difficult.

Glyn Leach wrote:Thank you for telling us which precautions are proper Oliver — we might have slipped up otherwise

Glyn Leach wrote:The worst one is when someone you know blows it for you. 'That's all right mate, not to worry, I would have looked it up on teletext anyway.' Yeah right. You just effed up my life you effing cock, eff off and die in pain.

Glyn Leach wrote:The worst one is when someone you know blows it for you.

Glyn Leach wrote:It's all about levels. Some people get far more angsty than others about boxing — and all joking aside, I do get very angsty. I can't watch boxing with even my closest friends. It's way too personal for that. Even if they know what they're talking about the sound of their voices irritates me. Just shut up and let me watch it properly. At ringside? Forget it, way too many irritants. Impossible, like someone's let a moron bomb off, designed to ruin my existence. I need a controlled environment — controlled by me. I can watch it with my missus because she's trained up and she knows the rules — don't talk unless I do first, basically (not so big an ask — two hours hun, you can run the show the rest of the time). All of which sounds pretty sad. Or not. (Big boy. Adios.) But that's the level I'm at. What level are you at?

Dioufy wrote:Counter Puncher spoilt Moore/Rhodes for me via text. If you read this, CP, then understand that I still haven't fully forgiven you for that.

BIGMARK wrote:Matty Hatton isnt big news in Spain so i should imagine i will have no problems avoiding the result as Boxing here is basically Tyson or Al. Recently i stuck up a picture of Javier Castillejo amounst the boxing pictures in my bar no one seemed to know who he was and those few he did told him how he beat Oscar De La Hoya . These days of Sky+, being old, the extra hour difference and having kids i rarely stay up and watch a US fight live but having to wait until sunday evening is a weird one but obviously Sky have there reasons for showing it so late.

freddydoesdallas wrote:Is this the way it's going to be for the lesser known fighters going for world titles now? Didn't the same thing happen with Munroe?

Glyn Leach wrote:Nice one Edwin, thanks for keeping us posted and well done to Sky — this would have been a bad one not to show.

As a few people have posted, the time of the screening isn't exactly fan friendly — to complain overly would seem churlish, but it does cause a few very valid concerns that I'd be grateful if you could take on board and pass on to the powers that be.

As a fan yourself, you will know how important it is to watch a fight with no clue whatsoever as to what is going to happen when the first bell sounds. To this end, please have a word with Dave Darts, or whoever will present, and explain that opening comments such as 'don't blink' (translation: short fight) and 'sit back and enjoy the action' (translation: long fight) rob us of that element of suspense which is so crucial to the enjoyment of a fight. Also, any trailers for the show on Sunday that contain action from the fight would do the same — it's been noted that on Fight Nights the 'join us after the break' links often feature action from the next fight to be shown, which tells the viewer 'this one didn't end with an alarmingly quick KO then'. We really don't need to know that, it robs us of some of the anticipation and enjoyment.
The points I make could be applied to any non-live fight situation, but as those of us who will not be choosing the live internet option will spend most of Sunday actively trying to avoid the result, it would be a shame if Sky was to undermine its good work and our efforts (which will be considerable, it's horribly tense trying to avoid a result — and requires a fair degree of self sacrifice [no TV, no radio, no internet, the vetting of texts and phone calls]) by blowing it with ill-thought out 'wiseguy' comments or trailers.

Cheers chap.

As an aside, am I the only one out there who can't believe he's so excited about watching a Matthew Hatton fight? Fair play to him, this never would have seemed possible for most of his career.

Dioufy wrote:

Glyn Leach wrote:Thank you for telling us which precautions are proper Oliver — we might have slipped up otherwise

Glyn Leach wrote:It's all about levels. Some people get far more angsty than others about boxing — and all joking aside, I do get very angsty. I can't watch boxing with even my closest friends. It's way too personal for that. Even if they know what they're talking about the sound of their voices irritates me. Just shut up and let me watch it properly. At ringside? Forget it, way too many irritants. Impossible, like someone's let a moron bomb off, designed to ruin my existence. I need a controlled environment — controlled by me. I can watch it with my missus because she's trained up and she knows the rules — don't talk unless I do first, basically (not so big an ask — two hours hun, you can run the show the rest of the time). All of which sounds pretty sad. Or not. (Big boy. Adios.) But that's the level I'm at. What level are you at?