paulie is good but sometimes he overdo it. he wouldn't fit though with the HBO team.
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Who is the better commentator - Paulie or Andre SOG Ward?
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I'd go with Paulie,it's his voice and energy..Yet I think both break down the sport really well..I think Ward is the 3rd best commentator on any network..Behind Bernstein and Paulie..
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Jones was great in his prime, but as he gets older and his mental reflexes slow, some basic flaws are starting to show. He speaks a little slower now, and sometimes even trips over his own words, and he's been countered on points by guys he would have made look foolish in his prime.
He's just not what he once was, and I think it's because he doesn't quite have the fundamental skills of a learned commentator, but just relied on his quick wit and sharp tongue. Now that they are slowing, he seems to struggle to form fast thoughts in combination as he once did.
Paulie has shown me some things that I didn't think he once had. When I first heard him, I thought that he was just another fast talker, but with no real substance to his thoughts or power in his voice. He seemed to just rely on some quick one liners to peck away and counter Bernstein, without being able to back it up with any powerful well formed points in combination to stagger the listener. However, he's been in with the big guns, and shown that he can pull through with his quick analysis and fast thoughts, despite not having the power of a big voice like some other guys. He's really grown on me and I see him doing really well in the future if his brittle voice can stand the punishment of long, hard nights at the microphone.
Ward, well, I'm not convinced just yet. He's been sitting out of too many big commentator spots recently, and has only been showing up commentating in a couple of smaller fights recently, despite showing some great skills and being able to counter with some sharp, well formed puns and points. Some people say that he refuses to leave his home network of HBO to travel to a wider audience, but I just don't see a market for him outside of his home network.
He does have a tendency to drawl out some slow lines which can leave the listener feeling a bit bored, and doesn't always engage in exciting verbal exchanges with his other commentators, but seems to prefer to grab hold of a point and just smother it. He also seems to use his head a lot in his commentating, which some people say is the sign of a veteran commentator, while others find it a bit offensive in a blow by blow analyst when they expect a bit more passion and verbal warfare.
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Originally posted by One more round View PostFighters like Roy, paulie and tarver are the only commentators worth listening to while watching a fight. Listening to guys that haven't even fought themselves is almost as bad as reading NSB, with some of the things those guys say. Note I said almost
George foreman is the only fighter-commentator who wasn't that good. He's just a bit of a strange dude and would always make some bizarre observation that half the time wasn't even relevant. But even then sometimes he made an astute observation.
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