Anyone hate watching old b/w fights?

Wrong forum mate.

 

You wont fit in here.

 

A less obvious contender for the classic forum you could not find.

 

Depends exactly on how poor the quality is.

 

I don't like the way they sometimes dub in the sounds of punches. It's so obviously fake; more like someone hitting wood. The films would be more enjoyable with that.

 

Agree, it's over the top and fake. It's like the constant moaning in porns. I always turn it off.

 

Films from the thirtes onwards generally seem fine as regards speed to me.

 

I don't know how old you are, but your age may have something to do with it. I started watching boxing around 1988, when I was 11 years of age. I grew up with miced-up rings, mic'd up corners, and multiple live commentators. It took me 4-5 years to truly appreciate footage missing these things.

How do you spell miked up, in reference to microphones?

 

Turning the volume down works as well.

 

I have hours of old b & w's. With movies and other recorded programs/events you always want to have the commercials taken out but with some of the old boxing footage, I like the commercials left in; kinda takes you back to another era.
"Brought to you by Viceroy, with the thinking man's filter!"
"Make every Wednesday night a Pabst Blue Ribbon night!"
Even the Wide World of Sports fights from the 60's that I have, many have commercials contained. I'd see commercials I hadn't seen in 40 years but remembered them immediately!
Pretty neat...

 

You sound like a very uneducated person.

 

Get out of here you pegan.

Long lived the black and white boxing films.

 

if you are that bothered by the quality and the speed etc.. you just can't appreciate how far boxing on tv has come.. I love boxings atg's so i get enthusiastic at any time i get that rare chance to see its finer advocate of the art in action.. If you did love this sport as much you may learn to look at it from the standpoint of the time those fights actually accurred.. I can sit all day watching Joe Louis, Bill Slattery, Archie Moore, Dave Shade, Charlie Burley etc... That is the difference between a lot of this generations fans, they need instant gratification .. in colour at the very high standard , NOW and it has to have 1000 punches a round.... or its boring dude..... LOL