The Impact Of Commentary!

[KickAzz]

I have noticed lately that people seem to be having very differant opinions on fights and one of these reasons i beleive is due to the commentary.

David Haye v John Ruiz... I watched this fight with German commentary so i couldnt understand what they said so I got an unbias opinion and wasnt "brainwashed" into thinking i was watching something else. The fight ****** guys, Ruiz sucks he would get killed by any top heavyweight, Haye looked really slow and sluggish and puffed out. It was also boring!!! Haye said look for fireworks and you had to look hard to find any. He employed the same tactics as the Valuev fight.

But if you watched this fight with British commentary I'm sure they were bumming haye to new levels saying how good he looks and how fast he is. I bet they were trying to pretend it was really quite an amazing fight when in reality it was just as crap as any other heavyweight fight. They always try to make the big names sound better to hype up their fights and i think it works to some degree.

When the commentators get pumped and say how good a fighter is it is like subliminal messaging to our brain.

you didn't have to watch it in german commentary to know that this fight was disappointing. haye should'ved KTFO ruiz under 5 rounds.

[Hi-Dro]

it was a good fight

nothing great or spectacular

haye should have gotten ruiz out of there quicker if he would have stepped on the gas pedal and put combinations together

[craigus1990]

maybe i shouldnt have used the haye fight as an example lol, all im tryin to say is about how commentators can influence what we think

[F l i c k e r]

Commentary doesn't reflect or even affect the judges in any way, shape, or form.

So who cares about the commentary? Only the weak minded let the commentary affect their thoughts on the fight. If you actually watch the fight(any fight not just haye-ruiz), then the commentary shouldn't matter.

Only one time I found the commentary annoying that was the whole "**** **** ****" **** in the clottey-pac fight.

[Motofan]

He was slow.. he was FAT.. and he was HUFFING AND PUFFING in the FOURTH ROUND.

Me and my buddy were laughing at this while watching a stream WITH british commentators.

and for anyone who says they weren't hyping him up, you're insane. They called hayes stamina "legendary" (and i quote) LEGENDARY, when the guy was gassing in the fourth. Tell me you all didn't notice this?

I saw the exact same thing. Haye looked pretty bad in against a guy who he should have had a field day with.

[bojangles1987]

I watched it with the British commentary, didn't affect my opinion of the fight that much, it was just really annoying.

[- JCHING -]

Seen it with both German and British commentary.

Didn't have any variance to my opinion on the fight whatsoever.

Commentary shouldn't affect your opinion on a fight if you have a brain of your own.

[BoxCleva]

It's the unfortunate predicament of a PPV commentator. They're expected to create the impression that the fight is entertaining because people have invested money to watch the broadcast. No one wants to feel ripped off, that could jeopardize future sales.

I thought the Haye fight was entertaining though, especially the second time around, in an unknown language.