John Rawling...

[iamasadlittleboy]

...what the hell was he on about with the Murray Walker comment? If he took that as an insult he really is as clueless as he seems.

[crusader]

Can you elaborate? I've been watching without sound.

[ShadrachSimmo]

Can you elaborate? I've been watching without sound.

He said someone called him the Murray Walker of boxing. I dont see it myself.

[iamasadlittleboy]

Can you elaborate? I've been watching without sound.

"The beardy man in the crowd said I was the boxing version of Murray Walker (makes disgusted sound) I don't know how to take that personally"

The tone of how he said it sounded as though he thought Murray Walker was rubbish. Jim Rosenthal did admittedly pull him up slightly with pointing out how it should have been taken as a compliment, but the tone from Rawling was as if he'd been called rubbish...heck it was as if someone called him "the boxing version of Clive Tyldesley"

[ShadrachSimmo]

Can you elaborate? I've been watching without sound.

"The beardy man in the crowd said I was the boxing version of Murray Walker (makes disgusted sound) I don't know how to take that personally"

The tone of how he said it sounded as though he thought Murray Walker was rubbish. Jim Rosenthal did admittedly pull him up slightly with pointing out how it should have been taken as a compliment, but the tone from Rawling was as if he'd been called rubbish...heck it was as if someone called him "the boxing version of Clive Tyldesley"

He's more like the boxing version of Clive Dunn....

[MightyWarrior]

Rawling is a genunine 100% pompous TWAT.

I love the fact he was found out on here, pretending to be a fan, and talking about how classy Rawling was, and how the other commentators were rubbish - until someone brilliantly caught him out, and he fled never to be seen again ( although you can guarantee the little twat still reads the board )

For someone to bother doing that, you know they are not quite right in the head. It's an incredibly insecure and vain thing to do.

[crusader]

Rawling is a genunine 100% pompous TWAT.

I love the fact he was found out on here, pretending to be a fan, and talking about how classy Rawling was, and how the other commentators were rubbish - until someone brilliantly caught him out, and he fled never to be seen again ( although you can guarantee the little twat still reads the board )

For someone to bother doing that, you know they are not quite right in the head. It's an incredibly insecure and vain thing to do.

I wasn't aware of that. Do you remember his username?

[JamesH]

Rawling is a genunine 100% pompous TWAT.

I love the fact he was found out on here, pretending to be a fan, and talking about how classy Rawling was, and how the other commentators were rubbish - until someone brilliantly caught him out, and he fled never to be seen again ( although you can guarantee the little twat still reads the board )

For someone to bother doing that, you know they are not quite right in the head. It's an incredibly insecure and vain thing to do.

Correct on all counts. Commentators get too much stick on here at times, but in this case its entirely valid. He's woeful.

And as for the "I wish I was John Rawling" post I remember Carrotcruncher For anyone that missed it, allow me to drag it up again at the slightest excuse:
http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f ... &p=3056734

[MightyWarrior]

Ha ha - exactly - I was just trying to remember, carrotcruncher !

http://boxrec.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f ... 1&start=25

[Giancarlo]

Rawling = worst commentator ever.

[jtourettes]

Rawling = worst commentator ever.

[Defective]

I like him on fighting talk on 5live on a saturday morning, when he is on that is. But there again i like everyone on that show because if im listing to it i aint at work and that makes it a good show in my book.


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[rhino222]

one of my finest hours was at the froch/dirrell weigh in. I approached rawling with my camera in my hand, he looked up at me and i said...... excuse me john...... rawling smiled as he had been recognised, and the glint in his eye suggested he thought that a photo-call was imminent.......

so.....

I gave him my camera and asked him to take a picture of myself and tyson fury.

rawling was far from impressed!! .....

[rossij8]

Respect to Jim for putting him right - he isn't doing a bad job to be fair

I can remember Steve Ryder doing Grandstand and I couldn't get rallying out of my head for the whole time watching it - Jim has adapted and I don't ever think about Grand Prix