Adam Smith - The Fight Ruiner

Well, that’s two minutes you’re never getting back, mate.

Do you really think he was going to go on camera as Head of Sky Boxing and straight-up call Hearn a snake and a ****? Come on. Go watch Succession — or better yet, read the chapter in Warren’s book about how ruthless Sky can be when they was negotiating with King. Or just stick on Frazier–Foreman if you’d rather watch how it normally ends.

I’m sure Eddie said after he quit Sky for DAZN that they suddenly started pushing boxing ten times harder, and Adam nonchalantly played it down. Yet the real powerhouse behind Sky, Comcast, threw tens of millions at Shalom with Adam heading it up, but when they failed to deliver, they didn’t hesitate to cast them all adrift. Adam, after his sabbatical, landed over at DAZN; Ben to the BBC — but I don’t think that’s quite the outcome any of them were expecting, least of all Smith and Shalom.

And yeah, I know he stepped down before the end after his diagnosis, but the writing was already on the wall — corporate giants don’t mess around.

I’ve got nothing against Adam, he’s played the game — fair play to him. As I said, he’s got real passion for the sport. But he’s got no leverage anymore; he’s just another Matchroom pawn — and might be bringing Parsons his morning Starbucks soon. Or Skye. Now wouldn’t that be ironic.

 

I'm teasing. As if DAZN executives read this little niche forum and bought Smith back because some people on here wanted him back. That said I still blame the people on here who went ' oh I really want Adam Smith back on the telly because he's so knowledgeable and passionate about the sport that he loves. ' The weasels. They know who they are.

 

No, I didn't. Which is precisely why I rebutted your statement that he would not praise Hearn, something I knew he had obsequiously done since Matchroom Boxing left Sky. Nothing more than that.

(edited to remove the word "nonsense" which was unnecessary)

 

Fair enough, mate — I get your points, but come on now, “obsequiously”? You’re doing some serious thesaurus lifting there. Had to spend two minutes looking it up myself.

For anyone else in the dark (courtesy of Merriam-Webster):

obsequious
adjective
ob·se·qui·ous | əb-ˈsē-kwē-əs, äb-*
usually disapproving
marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

was always followed around by his obsequious minions
There are no hushed voices, white tablecloths or obsequious waiters. — Isabelle Kliger
Not pleasing others enough amounts to surliness, pleasing too much makes one obsequious … — Carlin Flora

obsequiously — adverb
obsequiousness — noun

 

I though obsequiously was the next opponent for Terry Harper

 

my point still stands, why do you blame them?

 

Would make a change from TBA, to be fair — and could potentially be a nightmare for Smith on comms.

 

Smith seems a nice enough guy, and he adds excitement to a fight with his enthusiasm, but what he says is largely dog ****. As others have said, every fight has to have a narrative that he pushes regardless of how the fight is actually going, he ignores any good work from the "away" fighter, and he vomits out an endless stream of inane cliches.

Due to his love of reeling of the same mundane platitudes, most of the fights he commentates on sound the same. There is no truly unique commentary from him for a particular fight. He reminds me of earlier FIFA and PES games were the commentators repeated the same small number of stock phrases in every game in response to a certain action that occurred.

He truly is a bland cookie cutter commentator.

 

Couldn't lace Ian Drake's boots

 

He did Comms for the super middleweight heist last night and you know what? When there is no Matchroom A-side fighter for him to attach himself to, when he acknowledges the work of both fighters, he is better.

 

Typo I obviously meant Darke )

 

Oh no, I think he’s maybe worse on the GBM cards. Constantly banging on about all the people and boxers he can see in the crowd that he knows, and every little patronising quirk and backstory of all the fighters off his notes. It was the butcher versus the baker didn’t you know?

Although my favourite bit last night was when he went something like ‘Conor Benn will be watching’. Was he fook.

 

Spat out my drink last night when Smith was creaming himself over drone footage outside the stadium "ISN'T IT FANTASTIC?"

Deadpan Barry Jones "What, traffic?"