Sky commentators, how are they viewed in the UK?

on telly!

being serious, it's pointless to generalize. there's good and bad both sides of the pond.

 

on telly!

being serious, it's pointless to generalize. there's good and bad both sides of the pond.

 

Biased as hell. I remember hatton vs floyd and they fought the ref lost the fight for hatton and if it wasnt for the ref then hatton wouldve ko'd floyd.

They are the most biased commentators i ever seen. They always score it in favour of the british guy even if he gets brutally ko'd.

 

Watt is terrible. He seems to make up his mind on a fight right at the start and stick to that tran of thought throughout, pretty much ignoring most of anything else that is going on.

And then you'll notice him spending the second half of fights trying to find reasons to give guys, who don't deserve it, rounds to try and tighten up his scorecard. Like he's seen the cards of other people around and he doesn't want his card looking completely different.

 

A lot of garbage in here regarding Jim Watt. He is by far the best on sky.



Paulie Malinaggi is better than most currently, and the old HBO broadcasts with Manny Stewart commentating were the best ever.

 

I like them when encountered on YT. They certainly bring something new/different to the table.

The Russian announcers leave a lot to be desired. most sound like they washed down a handful of cat tranquilizers with a pint of vodka before calling a fight.

 

Nick Halling and Jim Watts commentary on Froch vs Groves I was sensational, really added to the atmosphere. You may not always agree with Jims scorecard but he does bring that sense of excitement to a big fight.
John Rawling and Barry Jones on BoxNation also seem to call the action very well.

 

I have to echo what a lot of people are saying, I do enjoy the Sky commentary team, however Jim Watt needs to go, he used to be ok, at best!!!! but now his rambling and biased views are hard to hear. Sometimes i wonder if I am watching the same fight as him. That said, Paulie is a good addition when he contributes and I enjoy the punditry from Johnny Nelson, Paul Smith and Glen

 

Usually find the Sky commentary team quite good, although you might not always agree with Jim Watt's scorecard he does make the fight sound more dramatic. In the UK he tends to get a lot of abuse though.

 

The British commentator who did that fight Ian Darke said that Hattons dad could have reffed the fight and he would have lost, they just pointed out that Joe Cortez did a horrible job which he did. Never once did they say Hatton would be winning or KOing Floyd if it wasn't for the ref. so you are lying.

"Hatton is getting outclassed by Mayweather"- yeah sounds like a guy making biased excuses

 

These are just arrrumm punchees and- HES HUTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!

 

I personally enjoy Jim Watt's commentary, not much for the clueless rest.

 

They are just like the football pundits they just state the obvious and say the same things over and over and over.

 

I think it really depends on what you want from a commentary team. Hyping up and making it exciting is great, but I prefer to have certain things explained. So for example you could say Fighter A is fighting on the front foot all the time and using a particular type of punch. I prefer a commentator to then explain why that's an issue for Fighter B and then what his response should be.

Barry Jones on Boxnation is quite good for that (in my opinion). Agree with some of the above also; Paul Smith is a decent commentator, I'd forgotten about him