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I've been trying to enjoy the Uzelkov-Jabbarov fight right now, but Rawlings is such a terrible commentator that I decided to switch over to a Russian-language telecast.

Rawlings has a monotone, sometimes nasal voice. He sounds very bored, as if he wants to be somewhere else, and so fails to create any excitement. He complains about the same things every telecast.

He goes on about certain boxers being "plodding" and "one-dimensional" in his nasal voice, and usually openly roots against Eastern European boxers. His comments clearly indicate that he doesn't like East European boxers, and his scorecards consistently show an anti-European bias.

There are LOTS of good blow-by-blow commentators in the UK. Steve Bunce did an excellent job on some allegedly fights (such as Sylvester-Proksa). And I've always liked Ian Darke, who has a MUCH better voice than Rawlings and is fair in his comments about all the boxers regardless of where they are from. They would have no problem finding someone better than Rawlings.

I think he's the best in the business, I even enjoy the predictable "He's looking to end it, right here...right now!"

Luckily you have Bunce and Lillis between the fights. dream team that.....

I quite like Rawlings. Worst commentary I've heard recently was Colonel Bob Sheridan on allegedly for the Mayweather-Cotto fight. I almost threw up midway through the fifth round.

liverpoolfightnight wrote:I think he's the best in the business, I even enjoy the predictable "He's looking to end it, right here...right now!"

Are you his mother?

Dixonian wrote: Worst commentary I've heard recently was Colonel Bob Sheridan on Allegedly channel for the Mayweather-Cotto fight. I almost threw up midway through the fifth round.

I agree, Sheridan was sickening.

But Rawlings is similar - he's sickeningly biased for or against certain boxers too.

That was weird, I wrote 'allegedly' not 'Allegedly.' Am I going mad!?

Yes, how did you guess?!

Errrrr, This following word should read B.O.X.N.A.T.I.O.N: allegedly.

Barrie Jones is excellent.

MachoMan09 wrote:

Dixonian wrote:Errrrr, This following word should read B.O.X.N.A.T.I.O.N: Allegedly channel.

We know.

But why?

Dixonian wrote: But why?

So you don't hurt ffrank's ffeelings.

Did every one hear Bunce there?
"This guy (Allan Green) was seen as a bigger threat to Ward than Kessler"

Can we hurt that idiots feelings?

John Rawlings used to post on here - funny

http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f ... r#p3056734

I've invented a drinking game, everytime Bunce name drops you have to have a shot.

be drunk in 5 minutes

This is the biggest pile of sh*t rolled in between fights i have ever seen

That gap was shocking. Fighters now on their way to the ring.

I don't think Rawling is that bad. The problem with the Colonel is that he knows everyone and so he just spends entire commentaries coming off with spin. I seem to remember him doing the telecast's for King Vision TV a few years back and he couldn't/wouldn't criticise anything that was going on.

being nit-picky i hate they way commentators alway say a boxer is from east europe just because they come from a country east of Germany.

Gennady Golovkin is from Kazakhstan which is in central Asia, not east Europe. He was even called the 'Balken boxer' by someone on Friday. which is completly wrong

Old bones Ian wrote:being nit-picky i hate they way commentators alway say a boxer is from east europe just because they come from a country east of Germany.

Gennady Golovkin is from Kazakhstan which is in central Asia, not east Europe. He was even called the 'Balken boxer' by someone on Friday. which is completly wrong

I hope they did note though that it is the greatest country in the world, and that all other countries are run by little girls.

stujones wrote:

Old bones Ian wrote:being nit-picky i hate they way commentators alway say a boxer is from east europe just because they come from a country east of Germany.

Gennady Golovkin is from Kazakhstan which is in central Asia, not east Europe. He was even called the 'Balken boxer' by someone on Friday. which is completly wrong

I hope they did note though that it is the greatest country in the world, and that all other countries are run by little girls.

I like.

Col Bob Sheridan on Mayweather v Cotto was like listening to the North Korean State Radio's commentary on Kim Young-Il 75th defence of the World heavyweight Title, a title he won from Muhammad Ali in 1967 aged 16 in his first bout.

Tunney wrote:
Rawlings is such a terrible commentator that I decided to switch over to a Russian-language telecast.

You would rather listen to somebody speaking Russian ? - why not just turn the volume down/off ?

bripez wrote:

Tunney wrote:
Rawlings is such a terrible commentator that I decided to switch over to a Russian-language telecast.

You would rather listen to somebody speaking Russian ? - why not just turn the volume down/off ?

The option to have arena noise only and no commentary should be actively explored.

Yes please.

bripez wrote:

Tunney wrote: Rawlings is such a terrible commentator that I decided to switch over to a Russian-language telecast.

You would rather listen to somebody speaking Russian ? - why not just turn the volume down/off ?

Because I enjoy the sound of a crowd while I'm watching a fight.

DavidPayne wrote:Col Bob Sheridan on Mayweather v Cotto was like listening to the North Korean State Radio's commentary on Kim Young-Il 75th defence of the World heavyweight Title, a title he won from Muhammad Ali in 1967 aged 16 in his first bout.

Sheridan is extremely biased in favor of American boxers. He makes a fool of himself by going too far with it.