What is the point of Paulie commentating?

[dan_cov]

Don't get me wrong I love his input. He gives a great insight to what is actually going on in the ring and points out the little adjustments both guys are making but you can never hear him.
Everytime he talks that irritating twerp Adam Smith butts in and talks over him.

Surely I'm not the only one who finds this irritating as ****.

Its not just Adam Smith either its the entire commentary team during the GGG vs Brook fight for example there was literally 4 guys talking over each other the whole time.

[John Locke]

Don't get me wrong I love his input. He gives a great insight to what is actually going on in the ring and points out the little adjustments both guys are making but you can never hear him.
Everytime he talks that irritating twerp Adam Smith butts in and talks over him.

Surely I'm not the only one who finds this irritating as ****.

Its not just Adam Smith either its the entire commentary team during the GGG vs Brook fight for example there was literally 4 guys talking over each other the whole time.

Whenever I'm watching boxing on UK channels, the first thing I do is hit the mute button. Our guys are even worse than the likes of Lederman, Lampley etc and that takes some doing.

[BodiesInFlight]

Yeah i don't know why they go overboard and have so many commentators. Completely unnecessary.

I'm just glad Jim Watt isn't there anymore, he used to disagree with everything Malignaggi said just for the sake of it. Pauli needs to assert himself more.

[yoz]

Don't get me wrong I love his input. He gives a great insight to what is actually going on in the ring and points out the little adjustments both guys are making but you can never hear him.
Everytime he talks that irritating twerp Adam Smith butts in and talks over him.

Surely I'm not the only one who finds this irritating as ****.

Its not just Adam Smith either its the entire commentary team during the GGG vs Brook fight for example there was literally 4 guys talking over each other the whole time.

I agree, completely. I watched the fight back yesterday (I was at the o2 on Saturday), and found Smith and Froch infuriating.

Smith is a nice guy, sure, and he knows boxing, but he's so hyperbolic.

Froch was worse still, and frankly added nothing as a co-commentator - apart from stating the obvious.

Paulie was great throughout, but, sadly, his insights didn't prompt discussion.

They need to figure out how this new dynamic is going to work. At the moment it appears massively disjointed.

[MDPopescu]

I agree, completely. I watched the fight back yesterday (I was at the o2 on Saturday), and found Smith and Froch infuriating.

Smith is a nice guy, sure, and he knows boxing, but he's so hyperbolic.

Froch was worse still, and frankly added nothing as a co-commentator - apart from stating the obvious.

Paulie was great throughout, but, sadly, his insights didn't prompt discussion.

They need to figure out how this new dynamic is going to work. At the moment it appears massively disjointed.

Paulie usually is a good commentator.

[deathofaclown]

There was 3 people all talking at the same time on Saturday. It was terrible.

2 is enough. 3 is ok as long as one only talks between rounds or asked a question maybe but not having them all talking whenever they choose.

The HBO ones are just as bad though. Sometimes they ramble stories and completely miss the action thats going on in the ring. I remember Floyd v Ortiz, at the start of one round, Floyd was unloading his first combination in years and tagging Ortiz and the HBO team were talking about some childhood story or something.

Sky are sometimes OK. Smith can be pretty good at making the viewer feel the action but sometimes it's too much, especially when the fighter he's basically supporting has some success. Same as Lampley, he was no better with when someone like Pac was fighting. Remember **** **** **** ****, when Clottey blocked every shot haha.

[Chrismart]

Listening to Paulie and Watt arguing with eachother and being stubborn to move on from the point used to irritate me no end.

[dan_cov]

Whenever I'm watching boxing on UK channels, the first thing I do is hit the mute button. Our guys are even worse than the likes of Lederman, Lampley etc and that takes some doing.

It annoys me having to mute I love hearing decent input and the atmosphere especially with a crowd like that but sometimes you just have no choice.
I actually thought Jim Watt retiring was for the best dare I say its been even worse since he retired.

I really do find Adam Smith butting in with absolute nonsense absolutely unbearable. You know its bad when motormouth Paulie goes quiet just to let him talk.

[John Locke]

It annoys me having to mute I love hearing decent input and the atmosphere especially with a crowd like that but sometimes you just have no choice.
I actually thought Jim Watt retiring was for the best dare I say its been even worse since he retired.

I really do find Adam Smith butting in with absolute nonsense absolutely unbearable. You know its bad when motormouth Paulie goes quiet just to let him talk.

Yeah I hate it too but I lose braincells everytime I hear words like 'top operator' every 20 seconds.

In general, most people in boxing don't know **** about the sport, that includes pundits, journalists, commentators etc. Pauli is the only guy who actually understands what he's watching and goes into details about every punch thrown, why it was thrown, how a certain feint set it up etc instead of saying the usual generic **** like 'oooh great punch' or 'oooh great right hand'.

[Ray Corso]

Turn the sound off and concentrate on what your watching.
You'll learn a lot more about the fighters and the sport without listening to
"promo" throughout the telecast.
Paulie does a good job giving a boxers insight, Manny did a nice job from a corners view but there hasn't been a really good action/color commentators in years.
None of the current crop can come close to Don Dunphy, he was a pro and learned his craft doing radio then TV. Cool calm and collected and NEVER showed favorites!
When a boxing show opened up with Johnny Addie handling the ring intro's then Don calling the fight you felt like you were hearing the highest level of commentary.

Why listen to people who don't have any insight to the sport.
Jim Lampshade is the worst the guy sounds like he's going to feint at the sight of a little blood. Max should NEVER interview fighters after they fight he has NO Clue what to say.
Turn the sound off and get deeper into the sport, yes it takes more concentration but you'll learn things!

Ray