Reflections on the Inuoe-Fulton bout...

[Guest]

One thing I noticed right from the off is that Inuoe has a very good upper body movement, he's able to dip down with ease.

Is that cultural cheating, do you think? After all, he's going to be used to bowing every time he says hello to anyone, so it's like he's got an unfair advantage over Fulton there. In the gym they don't give him instructions, they just shout out "Kon'nichiwa" and his instinct takes over.


I saw the version by Top Rank, uploaded yesterday by BT Sports:

What's with the blue filter on one of the cameras?


Anyway, as I was watching, I became aware that there were two people commentating. For some reason they had lower voices than male US commentators (Lederman and Lampley were still waiting for their voices to break) and they were just kind of there in the background. And just for parts. There were times where we were just watching the boxing, not listening to constant prattle.

Now, I'm not saying these two ladies were perfect. There was a moment where someone in the crowd got a cheer and they didn't tell us who it was, whereas Max Kellerman would have gone "And THAT'S Ping PINGLETON sitting IN THE audience. And you have ASK YOURSELF, who would HE rather BE in the RING tonight? THAT'S how you SCORE fights."

But when I tuned into these two ladies, I noticed they were doing a very strange thing... they were talking about boxing. Who threw what punch, foot positioning, and so on. Not "telling a story", or cheerleading, or quoting boxrec, or just plain talking bullshit. They talked about what they were seeing. It was refreshing.

[MusoMeanderings]

I liked those lady commentators, too. At first I wanted to switch channels because it creates conflict in my head when women talk about punching people. Also, recently I stumbled upon an NBA game which was commentated by two male and one female commentator and that woman tried to sound like she's one of the boys with the jokes and laughs and mannerisms. It was strange.

But those boxing commentators were really good and on point, no shouting, no bullchit, no talking about twitter or promoters, just straight to the point boxing. So yeah, women can commentate boxing very good, they just do not need to try and act like men.

[johnm is...]

One thing I noticed right from the off is that Inuoe has a very good upper body movement, he's able to dip down with ease.

Is that cultural cheating, do you think? After all, he's going to be used to bowing every time he says hello to anyone, so it's like he's got an unfair advantage over Fulton there. In the gym they don't give him instructions, they just shout out "Kon'nichiwa" and his instinct takes over.


I saw the version by Top Rank, uploaded yesterday by BT Sports:

What's with the blue filter on one of the cameras?


Anyway, as I was watching, I became aware that there were two people commentating. For some reason they had lower voices than male US commentators (Lederman and Lampley were still waiting for their voices to break) and they were just kind of there in the background. And just for parts. There were times where we were just watching the boxing, not listening to constant prattle.

Now, I'm not saying these two ladies were perfect. There was a moment where someone in the crowd got a cheer and they didn't tell us who it was, whereas Max Kellerman would have gone "And THAT'S Ping PINGLETON sitting IN THE audience. And you have ASK YOURSELF, who would HE rather BE in the RING tonight? THAT'S how you SCORE fights."

But when I tuned into these two ladies, I noticed they were doing a very strange thing... they were talking about boxing. Who threw what punch, foot positioning, and so on. Not "telling a story", or cheerleading, or quoting boxrec, or just plain talking bullshit. They talked about what they were seeing. It was refreshing.

Glad to see you're still around here, Annie. Giving the people the fight threads that they NEED.

[Guest]

Glad to see you're still around here, Annie. Giving the people the fight threads that they NEED.

[Guest]

I liked those lady commentators, too. At first I wanted to switch channels because it creates conflict in my head when women talk about punching people. Also, recently I stumbled upon an NBA game which was commentated by two male and one female commentator and that woman tried to sound like she's one of the boys with the jokes and laughs and mannerisms. It was strange.

But those boxing commentators were really good and on point, no shouting, no bullchit, no talking about twitter or promoters, just straight to the point boxing. So yeah, women can commentate boxing very good, they just do not need to try and act like men.

100%.

My real rule with any commentator is: If I'm not in the mood to listen, can I shut them out? When you've got MAX KellERman SHOUTING every third WORD it's impossible.

[_Rexy_]

I liked those lady commentators, too. At first I wanted to switch channels because it creates conflict in my head when women talk about punching people. Also, recently I stumbled upon an NBA game which was commentated by two male and one female commentator and that woman tried to sound like she's one of the boys with the jokes and laughs and mannerisms. It was strange.

But those boxing commentators were really good and on point, no shouting, no bullchit, no talking about twitter or promoters, just straight to the point boxing. So yeah, women can commentate boxing very good, they just do not need to try and act like men.

IIRC it was Makayla Mayer and another female boxer. Likely why they knew wtf they were talking about lol