What an absolute Clown. Didn't give Usyk a round through 6 & scored 2 of them as tied.
I've seen the Sky team have some shockers but tonight took the biscuit. When that scorecard came on screen i couldn't believe it, and when Haye said "i have it the same" i wondered if it was 1st of April.
Adam Smith reminding everyone that Bellew is called "bomber" because he punches hard & not because he is a Jihadist was the cherry on top.
Sky Boxing Coverage, 0/5.
Re: Carl Froch
Posted: 11 Nov 2018, 01:41
by jamamb
i agree, it was just so amateurishly and unproffesionally bad, so obviously doing his best not to score against bellew and the whole thing was just a general bellew blowfest. total cheerleading.
the terrorist comment was mental, cant believe smith said it, just dont mention it ffs
Re: Carl Froch
Posted: 11 Nov 2018, 02:35
by ALI
Rubbish, the Sky team of Smith, Froch, Mallignaggi and Haye did a great job with this fight. It was such a close fight and so hard to score the rounds, i loved that one of the commentary team seen it going one way, then another member of the team would immeadiately check the other with their view. Happened several times throughout the fight, and it is no black mark on their performance, it only served to enhance the show and the whole experience.
The fight was very, very close, and i am in the camp that had Bellew 4 up going into the 5th. I forget exactly when i started to score more for Usyk, he definately took over clearly in the final 2 rounds, probably earlier but i need to watch it back, but even in those later rounds, certainly in the 5th and 6th, as Froch was saying, maybe Bellew is starting to show signs of feeling the pace "i hope i'm wrong and he is just playing possom", that to me was such an accurate piece of commentary and 100% on the money, its exactly what i was thinking at that point.
Good fight, great commentary, i have no issue with anyones scoring at all.
Re: Carl Froch
Posted: 11 Nov 2018, 02:40
by jamamb
lol, if froch is saying he hopes bellew isnt feeling the pace, says a lot about his objectivity, im not sure how thats great commentary rather then cheerleading and clearly biased. i guess if your pulling for bellew its great commentary that youll agree with.
to not give usyk any of the first 5 is rubbish. personally i think he won everything after 3, but lets just look at the 5th...he landed the best punch of the fight up to that point when he landed a flush left to bellews head and had him look a bit stunned, and then won the rest of the round. you even say froch said bellew was startign to feel things. scorign that even just screams of a guy doing his best to have bellew ahead
Re: Carl Froch
Posted: 11 Nov 2018, 02:51
by jamamb
didnt froch pick bellew to ko usyk too?
im pretty sure he was totally biased tbh, he checks all the boxers for it pre fight and during the fight
Re: Carl Froch
Posted: 11 Nov 2018, 02:54
by MightyWarrior
Froch smith x 2 and company Johnny are not commentators by any stretch of the imagination, they are cheerleaders. And Paul Mag sounds Like a droning Mosquito.
The pea brained Adam Smith is genuinely 100% thick.
What an absolute Clown. Didn't give Usyk a round through 6 & scored 2 of them as tied.
I've seen the Sky team have some shockers but tonight took the biscuit. When that scorecard came on screen i couldn't believe it, and when Haye said "i have it the same" i wondered if it was 1st of April.
Adam Smith reminding everyone that Bellew is called "bomber" because he punches hard & not because he is a Jihadist was the cherry on top.
Sky Boxing Coverage, 0/5.
He really said that ?
Re: Carl Froch
Posted: 11 Nov 2018, 05:11
by Nightmare Roy
As long as the Matchroom Melts keep paying for it, it won't change.
Re: Carl Froch
Posted: 11 Nov 2018, 05:14
by JimStone
Got to agree, but it's not just Froch. Britain's sports journalism is terrible. Everybody is mates, or wants to be, with everybody else and objectivity goes out of the window.
Last night may well have been the first time Usyk had ever seen Bellew box and he obviously took a few rounds to have a look and work him out. I thought Coldwell and Bellew had a good plan given what they were up against. The only surprise for me is that it was a one shot finish.
Re: Carl Froch
Posted: 11 Nov 2018, 05:32
by DrDuke
They are all biased there, no surprise.
Re: Carl Froch
Posted: 11 Nov 2018, 05:48
by tonyevs
As previously written - boxing journalism & commentary in the U.K. is very biased.
I listened on radio 5 ... was mildly surprised that Bunce is still as bad as he was years ago when cheer leading the Fraudly Harrison bandwagon; Bunce really is a well known idiot though to be fair.
You can really understand why foreign fighters would choose not to fight in the U.K.; it’s as bad here as boxing was in the 90’s in Germany.
Bellew did as well/bad as pre-fight experts predicted. Usyk typically starts slow for 3rnds then takes over; Mid round stoppage was predicted .. and that’s exactly what happened.
Bellew is fortunate that he appears to be getting huge praise for a predictable loss ... his ego ... and his nan will love that.
What an absolute Clown. Didn't give Usyk a round through 6 & scored 2 of them as tied.
I've seen the Sky team have some shockers but tonight took the biscuit. When that scorecard came on screen i couldn't believe it, and when Haye said "i have it the same" i wondered if it was 1st of April.
Adam Smith reminding everyone that Bellew is called "bomber" because he punches hard & not because he is a Jihadist was the cherry on top.
Sky Boxing Coverage, 0/5.
He really said that in the Manchester arena of all places,if so he should be sacked.
Re: Carl Froch
Posted: 11 Nov 2018, 06:38
by jamesmcdonnell
The quality of boxing punditry is really nosediving. Time to get proper journos in there instead of the happy clapping ex boxer pals brigade.
Re: Carl Froch
Posted: 11 Nov 2018, 06:48
by bigjack
jamesmcdonnell wrote: ↑11 Nov 2018, 06:38
The quality of boxing punditry is really nosediving. Time to get proper journos in there instead of the happy clapping ex boxer pals brigade.
x2 Froch in particular is so far up his own arse it's sickening,but i suppose like commentators in the past on Sky,tell the truth and you're down the road.
What an absolute Clown. Didn't give Usyk a round through 6 & scored 2 of them as tied.
I've seen the Sky team have some shockers but tonight took the biscuit. When that scorecard came on screen i couldn't believe it, and when Haye said "i have it the same" i wondered if it was 1st of April.
Adam Smith reminding everyone that Bellew is called "bomber" because he punches hard & not because he is a Jihadist was the cherry on top.
Sky Boxing Coverage, 0/5.
He really said that ?
Yeah it was something like Tony has bomber tattooed on his back as that’s his nickname and he punches hard nothing to do with what happened here at the A.Grande concert.
There was just no need to say it. I’d wager my house that nobody was liking his tattoo to a terroist attack.
Re: Carl Froch
Posted: 11 Nov 2018, 07:06
by jamamb
i know right, did he really think thats what ppl were thinking?
he just brought the whole sad tragedy back to attention by mentioning it..i dont think this boxing match was the place for it.
What an absolute Clown. Didn't give Usyk a round through 6 & scored 2 of them as tied.
I've seen the Sky team have some shockers but tonight took the biscuit. When that scorecard came on screen i couldn't believe it, and when Haye said "i have it the same" i wondered if it was 1st of April.
Adam Smith reminding everyone that Bellew is called "bomber" because he punches hard & not because he is a Jihadist was the cherry on top.
Sky Boxing Coverage, 0/5.
He really said that ?
Yeah it was something like Tony has bomber tattooed on his back as that’s his nickname and he punches hard nothing to do with what happened here at the A.Grande concert.
There was just no need to say it. I’d wager my house that nobody was liking his tattoo to a terroist attack.
Unbelievably bad timing to say that.
Re: Carl Froch
Posted: 11 Nov 2018, 07:10
by tony1234
When Smith said that about bomber on his back I couldn't believe it, I've heard some genuinely stupid things said on TV over the years but that had to be the most moronic comment of all time
Re: Carl Froch
Posted: 11 Nov 2018, 07:11
by banjo
Froch is a moron, did you see that IFL video where he went on a tangent about people getting cancer from smart meters?
What an absolute Clown. Didn't give Usyk a round through 6 & scored 2 of them as tied.
I've seen the Sky team have some shockers but tonight took the biscuit. When that scorecard came on screen i couldn't believe it, and when Haye said "i have it the same" i wondered if it was 1st of April.
Adam Smith reminding everyone that Bellew is called "bomber" because he punches hard & not because he is a Jihadist was the cherry on top.
Sky Boxing Coverage, 0/5.
He really said that ?
Yeah it was something like Tony has bomber tattooed on his back as that’s his nickname and he punches hard nothing to do with what happened here at the A.Grande concert.
There was just no need to say it. I’d wager my house that nobody was liking his tattoo to a terroist attack.
Re: Carl Froch
Posted: 11 Nov 2018, 07:24
by bigjack
banjo wrote: ↑11 Nov 2018, 07:11
Froch is a moron, did you see that IFL video where he went on a tangent about people getting cancer from smart meters?
yes i saw that,is he turning into another David Icke
Re: Carl Froch
Posted: 11 Nov 2018, 07:31
by sparrow_1
banjo wrote: ↑11 Nov 2018, 07:11
Froch is a moron, did you see that IFL video where he went on a tangent about people getting cancer from smart meters?
banjo wrote: ↑11 Nov 2018, 07:11
Froch is a moron, did you see that IFL video where he went on a tangent about people getting cancer from smart meters?
yes i saw that,is he turning into another David Icke
To be fair, the evidence is irrefutable. Smart meters do give off RF radiation so do increase cancer risk.
banjo wrote: ↑11 Nov 2018, 07:11
Froch is a moron, did you see that IFL video where he went on a tangent about people getting cancer from smart meters?
I'd like to see that...
12 minutes in
My uncle worked with fighter jet radars for 25 years and they give off way more radiation than household appliances and he's still alive and kicking.
