Comments Thread For: The Beltline: Joe Gallagher went where many others are too afraid to go

[BoxingUpdates]

During a night of incessant noise and bluster on Netflix, Joe Gallagher saved us from the noise to restore our sanity, writes Elliot Worsell
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[BoxerWriter]

Good article. Gallagher's corner advice was excellent. I remember hearing it during the live broadcast and appreciating its honesty and conciseness on a night where the comms lacked both. I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought Mauro Ranallo's commentary was cringey and overblown. The rest of the broadcast team wasn't much better. Poor Carl Froch looked stiff as a board most of the night with the microphone glued to his chin like he'd been shot with a tranquilizer dart. I like David Haye but he's excitable and prone to hyperbole at the expense of facts. Andre Ward generally talks sense re: actual boxing craft, but I feel like he has to bite his tongue half the time to avoid contradicting some of the nonsense coming out from other people in his vicinity. I think only Anna Woolhouse came out with any credit as she's the only one who seemed genuinely relaxed in front of camera. I think Netflix has a way to go still in terms of fine-tuning its product. The card was good and everything 'looked' very slick, but the production had a lot of rough edges still. One of the reasons why Gallagher's genuine words really stood out on the night.

[PolyTrackk]

Good article. Gallagher's corner advice was excellent. I remember hearing it during the live broadcast and appreciating its honesty and conciseness on a night where the comms lacked both. I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought Mauro Ranallo's commentary was cringey and overblown. The rest of the broadcast team wasn't much better. Poor Carl Froch looked stiff as a board most of the night with the microphone glued to his chin like he'd been shot with a tranquilizer dart. I like David Haye but he's excitable and prone to hyperbole at the expense of facts. Andre Ward generally talks sense re: actual boxing craft, but I feel like he has to bite his tongue PolyTrack half the time to avoid contradicting some of the nonsense coming out from other people in his vicinity. I think only Anna Woolhouse came out with any credit as she's the only one who seemed genuinely relaxed in front of camera. I think Netflix has a way to go still in terms of fine-tuning its product. The card was good and everything 'looked' very slick, but the production had a lot of rough edges still. One of the reasons why Gallagher's genuine words really stood out on the night.

I had the same reaction—Joe Gallagher cut through the noise with clarity, while Mauro Ranallo felt a bit over the top. Andre Ward was the only one who consistently grounded things in real boxing insight, while David Haye leaned too much into hype. Funny enough, Anna Woolhouse did come across as the most natural on camera.