Adam Smith breaks silence - LEAVES Sky Sports

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  1. smoking mirrors

    smoking mirrors Active Member Full Member

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    the good thing about Costello is that he just speaks in one tone, so he’s easy to tune out. bombastic clowns like your Bunces, your Tessitores, your Ranallos are more difficult to ignore
     
  2. Maxi1

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    He comes across a nice fella but Costello just isn’t suited to live viewing. Get Smith in.
     
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  3. kevin-novice

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    Sky sports used to have that RINGSIDE program I really liked. They don't do anything like that anymore.

    Just the occasional non box office cards and that's about it.

    Everything sky does now is just full woke and dull.. look at soccer Saturday program now FFS. I'd rather have the ceefax days back than watch that crap.
     
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  4. LeavemealoneKoooogs

    LeavemealoneKoooogs All hail his excellency Full Member

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    Ringside was fantastic. DeGale and Groves and then Groves and Froch particularly memorable ones
     
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  5. kevin-novice

    kevin-novice Active Member banned Full Member

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    Khan n brook was good too.
     
  6. Bob Flaps

    Bob Flaps Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It wasn't just the confrontations though. They had good deeper-dive specials with Leonard, Holmes, Holyfield, Hatton, Benn, Eubank... all on YouTube and worth a watch.
     
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  7. kevin-novice

    kevin-novice Active Member banned Full Member

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    Why have sky cancelled it?

    Probably another reason people have cancelled sky:)
     
  8. Bob Flaps

    Bob Flaps Boxing Addict Full Member

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    They started branching out with "Toe to Toe" as another show (or "Ter to Ter" as the awful presenter used to say), and of course have got heavily into women's boxing, so I guess it's just a change of plan overall. Adam and Johnny no longer what's wanted.
     
  9. londonboxingess

    londonboxingess Active Member Full Member

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    You can't have interviews or programs like that these days, one wrong word, career over, if someone on the show went "men are stronger than women" they'd have there contract cancelled
     
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  10. kevin-novice

    kevin-novice Active Member banned Full Member

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    Sadly.

    Woman's boxing really isn't as good
     
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  11. moog

    moog Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I like Adam Smith as a boxing presenter. He would be a good pundit too imo. When he commentates, he talks too much about the fighters backstory's, instead of commentating on the fight! Be nice to see him involved in the sport, as he clearly loves it and is knowledgeable.
     
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  12. moog

    moog Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Adam Smith should consider becoming a boxing manager. He clearly knows the game inside out. Knows about commercial deals, including a fighters TV value and matchmaking. He knows all the promoters well and about building profiles.
     
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  13. Astro

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    I would like to see Adam Smith hired as the new main commentator on DAZN UK.

    Costello speaks in the same monotone voice throughout. A commentator's task is to build up the atmosphere around an event and Adam Smith is the perfect person to fill that role.
     
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  14. Wig

    Wig Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Bit racist, mate.
     
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