IFL Viewers.

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by impacted, Oct 14, 2016.


  1. nurological

    nurological Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    They need to pull hearn up on dodgy scorecards.

    Other than that they do a great job
     
  2. pow

    pow Boxing Addict Full Member

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    they have made efforts to improve the sound quality recently which is good but still could do with some kit upgrades.

    Helder is miles better than that wally from seconds out.

    The William Hill ads can just be skipped there part of the video not embedded.
     
  3. Furey

    Furey EST & REG 2009 Full Member

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    They do a good job, great content.
     
  4. bbjc

    bbjc Boxing Addict Full Member

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    No complaints from me. Not many things i can sit and watch for up to an hour often between just two people. I think helder does okay but to be fair to koogan who s got his faults hes a decent interviewer. Maybe not in terms of professionalism but he does get a good bit out of the interviewee. Decent banter. Hearns quality as well a big con man but who else can sit for eight minutes doing impressions. Jim mcdonall was unbelievable.

    One of them things you probably wont fully appreciate until it stops. But makes a massive difference to the boxing world. A lot of people just want to watch the boxing without the soap opera but to me makes a big difference when you get the chance to find out more about the boxers weather its making you want bellew to get knocked out or crolla to unify the division what its all about in the end.
     
  5. Grooveongreg

    Grooveongreg Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I love it. Its probably one of the main reasons I'm addicted to boxing now. You only have to watch that bellend from America 'reporting' to realise how spoilt we are.

    If they stopped I would be truly gutted. No homo.
     
  6. porkypara

    porkypara Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Both do a great job and boxing fans are lucky they are ableto cover so many shows.
     
  7. Dragon Punch

    Dragon Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ifl is excellent. For something that is free I can't criticise them for anything especially James Helders ability as he m started the whole thing with Kuggan in the first place.

    When it comes to pressing Hearn I think because of the sheer number of interviews they do with him they get most of the answers (sometimes not deliberately) your looking from him eventually in other interviews so it's not always necessary to keep pushing.
     
  8. FloydWillnever

    FloydWillnever Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I'm grateful for the content but lets not pretend they're where they are on merit. Hearn and FW aren't stupid, they know Kugan and James know **** all about boxing whatsoever and can manipulate them. Kugan and James are the very definition of casual chancers who got lucky - they don't remotely ask the questions that need to be asked and when Hearn or FW are blatantly chatting **** to them, they never follow it up with a pressing or relevant question. They're in a position to actually do some good and ask proper questions, but they're essentially mouth pieces for Matchroom and FW.
     
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  9. DirtyOldTown

    DirtyOldTown Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Their clip of Haye v Bellew H2H has nearly 700,000 views since yesterday. Unreal.
     
  10. Selenkii

    Selenkii Member banned Full Member

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    ' great content' great content' 'great content' that's all you sheep say, there's actually other channels that do the same work but nowhere near as much viewers/subscribers that are better I would say

    and I don't see how Kugan is far better than James.. they both seem just OK/average.

    I hope Kugie doesn't really think the likes of AJ and BJS are his mates though, if his channel went I doubt he'd be seeing them again.
     
  11. carlingeight

    carlingeight Active Member Full Member

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    I think they are both very poor interviewers, millions out there could do a better job. But I think that manages to endear them to the fighters, managers, trainers, promoters etc. Someone a bit more polished asking incisive questions all the time would probably have been denied access to half of their contacts by now.

    Don't want to slate them too much because the amount of videos they put out is great for the fans. While so many people in the boxing world are willing to talk to them, long may it continue.
     
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  12. Brixton Bomber

    Brixton Bomber Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    Both are clueless and "Koogs" is way too friendly with Hearn, to the point where he simply cannot ask legit questions (dodgy scorecards etc), although he did mention something a few weeks ago which was pretty out of character.

    The lack of good questioning leaves a lot to be desired, as everything is either "erm" (done on the fly) and not thought out well. Still, I'd rather listen to them ANY DAY OF THE WEEK over that annoying ****** Ellie. Christ on a bike, he is bad.

    Their interviews with Booth are quality, IMHO. He plays Kugan like a fiddle.
     
  13. Hattonmad

    Hattonmad Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It is what it is - a very enjoyable free service that's full of information for boxing fans. If they asked Eddie and Frank the 'tough' questions people crave then they wouldn't be welcome back for weekly interviews and we'd lose all the quality content we get with promoters on the chanel. You just have to take what you get and they do get a huge amount of information from them.

    I love how they get interviews with the exact people you want to hear from after fights and controversial incidents. Some people are very hard to please. I think they do an excellent job and fair play to them for making something out of nothing for themselves and the fans.
     
  14. Grooveongreg

    Grooveongreg Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Exactly. Who the hell is going to want a casual interview and have 'pressing' questions all the time. Doors would quickly close.

    They need to play the game to get in there and provide this platform.

    I agree that they are chancers but everyone starts out like that. And if they're built to last they keep on grinding which they do. Fair play to them
     
  15. Redondo5

    Redondo5 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hearn and Fwank use these guys to promote.

    The "content" would always be there if these guys weren't there. As a viewer it's good to get news but would be better if it wasn't filtered through the promoters lens.