Barry McGuigan - I've had enough of you.

I like McGuigan and always have.

He knows his stuff and he isn't afraid to be critical about a performance.

I admit he does interupt quite a bit and that is ocassionally annoying, but I sometimes feel that you have to be that way on Sky to get a word in!

Nelson and McClory do it just as much.

I read Barry's autobiography a few months back and it is a really good read; it gave me a new respect for him when you read about just how hard he has worked to get where he is and also how much of an importnat role he played in bringing people together during a very troubled time.

 

Tell me someone who doesn't

Mcguigan is a brilliant pundit

 

Well like I never thought I'd say this but I totally agree with you!

 

Barry offers an opinion, and isn't influenced by anyone in the studio.

I'd rather have those types of opinions, SKYs problem is they daren't have someone else just as passionate about their opinions for Barry to knock heads with. Johnny just tends to **** himself and follows the party (SKYs) line, and lets Barry bully him.
SKYs football coverage with Keys and Gray proved that they want nice safe, and largely ignorant coverage, telling the punters what the channel want them to believe.
They did the same thing with useless Redknapp, no wonder Neville was so popular for telling it how it was, it was a breath of fresh air.
I'd rather have someone who likes to mix it up a bit, and boxing would be great to hear differing opinions between fights.
We're all grown ups, lets here what people think, rather than being spoon fed crap.

Differing opinions is what its all about, which a few that post on here could do with understanding. You don't have to stick with it to the death just because you've got a particular opinion. We aren't politicians, being wrong doesn't have to be career suicide.
We're fight fans, and no ones opinions are infallible.

 

Sounds like he just needs someone equally strong willed, to go up against him and not frightened to go head to head.
Alternatively a presenter with enough gravitas who can tell him to shut up and let his other guests have a go.

 

I like Barry always thought he was the best pundit not afraid to voice an opinion and that opinion is more often than not the true opinion of the general boxing public on any particular fighter.

This inevitably has been a bit diluted recently with Frampton and when talking about the SBW mix but he believes Frampton is the real deal and you can't knock him for that.

He brings a passion that McCrory, Nelson etc etc dont as a result when he cuts in its usually cutting through the crap to offer a genuine opinion or spark a debate.

 

I know him - he's a genuinely great bloke

 

Nice bit of name dropping there Jeff,

 

well I do, and to be fair he's a sound guy. Helped me out when I was boxing, sent signed pictures to my dad and friends. Offered me some work post-boxing.

He's a good guy - in real life he's actually very different from the pundit you see on the telly.

 

McCrory is by far the worst he's like the matchroom version of bunce

 

Good to know, he does strike me as a proper fella so what you say isn't a surprise as such, his enthusiasm for the sport is brilliant and by far the best pundit on Sky.

 

Have you read his book mate?

Fantastic read :good

 

Barry is a smart man. Great ambassador for the sport.