Roy Jones and foreign names

[Light_Speed]

What's going on with Roy not being able to pronounce foreign names?

Mathebula = "Mattabulu", "Matabalo"
Marroquin = "Maraquin", "Mariquin"
Nishioka = "Nishi...Noish...whatever his name is"



As an announcer he should train himself to pronounce those names properly before the broadcast starts. It does provide comic relief during the fights though.

[right_hand_lead]

Agreed. These guys are supposed to be professionals.

Not as bad as Gus Johnson repeatedly saying Josesitio's name wrong with a hard J.

[pugilistprophet1994]

Agreed. These guys are supposed to be professionals.

Not as bad as Gus Johnson repeatedly saying Josesitio's name wrong with a hard J.

God I hate when he says "Joe-sesito". Roy can get away with it though, I don't mind.


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[LA_2_Vegas]

What's going on with Roy not being able to pronounce foreign names?

Mathebula = "Mattabulu", "Matabalo"
Marroquin = "Maraquin", "Mariquin"
Nishioka = "Nishi...Noish...whatever his name is"



As an announcer he should train himself to pronounce those names properly before the broadcast starts. It does provide comic relief during the fights though.

lmao i busted up when he did that. cmon Roy lol. but as long as he does his little chuckle, i forgive him

[elfag]

Roys from the dirty south. he dont know how to pronounce all of these ****ed up bosnian names and ****

[danceswithfire]

love that about him

[Rocky Rode]

He also says "Messican" instead of Mexican too. lol

I've always like Roy Jones Jr. He's a good commentator and does provide good insight to a fight, but he really does need to work on his pronunciation.

[Sin City]

he's from the south.. people from the south have problems pronouncing american english words let alone foreign names lol

[titanium]

Strange he can't because he is a pretty good talker.

[DAN916]

Whos the one that used to call Margarito.. Margarita? I think it might of been RJJ