Petition to change Hbo and showtime boxing Video angles

[Beercules]

I'm all for it. How do we do this?


There's a video on YouTube of the Mayweather Canelo fight shot by a fan. It's at a corner angle (most of it)

Fight looks totally different

[major handz]

I'm all for it. How do we do this?


There's a video on YouTube of the Mayweather Canelo fight shot by a fan. It's at a corner angle (most of it)

Fight looks totally different

Bro I watched that fight and garcia vs mathyeese from the fan angle it was amazing almost felt like I was there I'm gonna write to a department of hbo it's a shot in the dark

[BroneloCalvarez]

Im for this change. I would love the fights to be shown at a higher angle. the side angle makes it look like more hits land than they actually do.

[Rip Chudd]

It is a refreshing take / movement against a format that has been a standard for decades. With that said though, I like it the way it is. Even if I had options, I'd rather just sit back and not be caught up in which cameras I want to switch to and such. But yeah, I am all for giving options to those who might make use of it.

I know TNT Overtime does this for NBA games and Top Rank for their online PPVs. I have never used either so I don't know how well they work.

dude you still owe me like 10 trillion from the Bute vs Pascal fight. Where are my points sucka?

[Grimgash]

What I want HBO to do is to reedit fights after the live airings so that the next day replays contain the best possible angles. This would make them worth rewatching. In real time, the camera angles used on tv sometimes don't catch punches at an optical angle and it's hard to tell if it they landed or not. The edits should fix this by using a different angle.

I co-sign this more than the OP's suggestion. It would make me watch replays more, maybe see something I missed. Gives a new perspective to people who've seen it as well as the best possible for those just watching.

[frosty-g]

It should definitely be possible to see the position and movement feet, the absolute foundation of decent boxing

[BattleAxePurist]

They should attach cameras to the refs so you can get a inside the rope look-see.

[SthPaw]

They should attach cameras to the refs so you can get a inside the rope look-see.

I think Kenny Bayless had a camera fitted to him when he refereed Garcia vs Khan, I'm pretty sure it showed the angle from that camera in one of the replays of him waving the fight off...It would be really cool if it showed highlights from the refs perspective though.

[GoldenGloveLove]

I'd rather sign a petition against competing for the same time slot so that we have to choose which thing we see live or at all. It doesn't do anything good for the sport.

[Chrismart]

Yeah i agree, some new angles would be good for sure.
I also liked the 'ref cam' thing they did with Bayless in the Khan - Garcia fight. Using that occasionally would be cool.