Comments Thread For: BoxingScene.com's 2014 Network of The Year

[Scott9945]

I can hear excitement in any language. Japanese energy in the booth is great. At the end of the day, the fight is the thing. But I don't need commentary to tell me what I'm seeing and the crowd at Ward-Gatti didn't need it at all. Great fights speak for themselves.

And Showtime came up real short there this year. Without BeIn this year on US TV would have been even worse.

Some of the best fights I've ever seen were in Spanish. I remember watching great Mexican fights on UHF when I was a kid. The crowd sounds the same, the rest doesn't matter.

[Beercules]

Notice how a certain fan group is missing from this thread


Taking over doe.

[Ringlife]

Congratulations to HBO this year for giving us more **** for our buck this year.

Thanks for giving us fights like

Gamboa vs Crawford

Donaire vs Walters

Hopkins vs Kovalev

Froch vs Grooves 2

[kebark]

Some of the best fights I've ever seen were in Spanish. I remember watching great Mexican fights on UHF when I was a kid. The crowd sounds the same, the rest doesn't matter.

My fave fight this year is from Thailand, a few years ago there was a fight in South Korea that had my jaw dropping on the floor.

[St. Johns Gent]

Bein sport aired Juan Francisco Estrada vs Giovani Segura

[TBear]

As someone the closely pays attention to networks and their boxing as well as records all the shows. I have to completely agree with HBO winning and with the assessment of the other networks. Great evaluation!

[Teetotaler]

Showtime ****** this year. Hbo had better more competitive fights. Also bein is pretty good.

[Weebler I]

Watch Gatti vs Ward 1 and tell me commentary doesn't matter....Emmanuel "Oooo" and "Ahhhhs" added so much to that fight.

Kind proving his point though since those words aren't English? I have to say though, I do prefer English commentary.

On the specific commentators I'm not bothered except for Malignaggi, always like to hear him.