Vitali fight: Obnoxious boxing commentary as usual, bad ref as usual

[werewolf]

Atlas. If I wanted to hear the personal philosophies of this wealthy ***ish psychopathic ex-con I'd f'ing buy his ghost written book.

The ref was actually excellent, and unobtrusive, except for that incredibly bizarre point deduction right before the end.

What happened to great boxing announcers who just talked about what was going on in the fight, like Les Keiter and Don Dunphy?

[xAUGUSTUSx]

Atlas. If I wanted to hear the personal philosophies of this wealthy ***ish psychopathic ex-con I'd f'ing buy his ghost written book.

The ref was actually excellent, and unobtrusive, except for that incredibly bizarre point deduction right before the end.

What happened to great boxing announcers who just talked about what was going on in the fight, like Les Keiter and Don Dunphy?

I know! I like Atlas I think he's very smart but I can't stand how he just bashes the fighters all the time. Vitali is what he is. He's never going to look like Sugar Ray but he comes to fight and wins by KO all the time. Whats wrong with that? Teddy's always going off about skill obviously skill does'nt always matter. It's not like Vitali has no skill he just has his own way of fighting that works for him. Teddy acts like if you're not a polished cutie that you just suck and are'nt worth watching. Sorry Teddy not everyone can be technically gifted.

[Cadillac Man]

Bottom line Atlas is a horrible announcer. Listeining to him is painfull

[ELPacman]

I missed the fight. Any idea if they are gonna reair it?

[ELPacman]

Listeining to him is painfull

I know what you mean man, Lennox Lewis makes me want to pick up my tv, throw it out the window, grab a baseball bat, go outside, and smash it some more. I can't stand that guy! Oh you were talking about Atlas? He can't be nearly as bad

[BrooklynBomber]

Point deduction was justified, rules of WBC

http://www.wbcboxing.com/WBCboxing/Portal/cfpages/contentmgr.cfm?docId=89&docTipo=1

b) Unintentional head butt. When a boxer is cut due to an unintentional head butt, as per the discretion of the referee, the uncut boxer will receive a one-(1) point deduction. This rule does not apply in the USA.

[Derranged]

To be fair Brian Kenny isnt really a live fight commentator I dont think.

I like Atlas. He's a sick individual.

[-Antonio-]

Brian Kinney is not an announcer and it showed, as he rarely called the action in the fight. They missed Tessitorre for sure. Atlas just talks too much. I really think the guy offers a lot of knowledge though, whereas Lennox seems useless.

[Silencers]

Atlas is not a play by play guy, Kenny isn't either, Atlas is at his best when there's a guy who does good play by play while he analyzes things in the ring.

[werewolf]

I wanted to turn the sound off - like how many times do I have to hear that freakin little psycho going on about how Vitali only turned pro after such and such fight and trying to ridicule him and endless senseless babble - but you lose a lot of the excitement when you turn the sound off.

Head butt. The only head action I saw was constantly coming from Gomez, and his head apparently cut Vlad's scalp, and he wasn't even warned, but I didn't see any unintentional butt from Vlad opening up any cut, nor did the useless announcers.