whatta U learn from watching a fight live, rather than on TV?

Well depending on where you are seating, to me you can hear the sound of the shots better, and you can also see the body language and the subtle changes in momentum better.

 

It's like any other sport when you watch it live, especially when you're up close.



You can sometimes get a little better sense of when a boxer (or team) has had enough. You get a better feel for who is actually controlling things. And you can almost feel the momentum shifting from one fighter to the next.


There is nothing in the world like seeing a fight live and up close!

 

Damn you took the words right out of my mouth.


What's goin on man?

 

just chillin man working how you been?

Yo i gotta tell you what happened......the night got crazy after the fight man..............Atlantic City and everything it has to offer sucked me in, LOL. catch my drift?

 

I have only been to a coppule of smokers, so I don't know what a high level pro boxing match is live in person. I have veen to my share of D1 NCAA football games a hand full of NFL games, NBA and MLB games. From I often sit which is often times midawy up to way up in the stands. The game dose not seem much difrent than it dose on TV. However you become part of the event. Even if your in the nose bleed section and can not make out what is going on without binoqulars there is something to being there that you can't get at hom or at the bar even if you have the worlds best TV.
On the rare occasion I have been able even for a minnuet to get closer to the action you understand how big fast and strong they are. You warch on TV or up high in the stands and you don't realy get a fell for the speed. You get close and you understand why your not playing. I am sure boxing is the same way.

 

Well when I was at Froch-Taylor, I could see Froch really gaining momentum around the 8th, winning most of the rounds from that point on. Taylor was clearly tiring and his foot work was getting quite sloppy. I thought it was a much closer fight live from when I re-watched it the next day on tv.

 

So you gave more rounds to Taylor watching it on TV than you did live?

 

Vitali vs Arreola was night and day different between live and televised...live it seemed as if Arreola was gaining momentum in the mid rounds, the stadium was filled with his fans and this played a key factor in the exciting atmousphere of the staples

on tv it was just a beat down really...

and i learned that Arreola's fans were very disrespectful, booing the majority of celebs that were anounced sitting ringside and every undercard fighter except for the dude that Banks beat

 

I should have added more detail

On television I thought Taylor won most rounds, I do not have a score but i would have agreed with the judges. On tape he looks like his is controlling the fight

In person I would have the fight even or leaning towards Froch, in person he was really taking the fight to Taylor and wearing him out.

According to most ringside reports at Froch-Dirrell, also had Froch ahead more rounds than it seems on tape.

 

Watching a fight live, you hear the punches, you can clearly see how the fighters react to being hit. Momentum changes between rounds, within a round. What looks like a fighter being defensive on television can be very different live, where you see him get tagged and its apparent he is trying to avoid getting hit again.

Punch impact makes a huge difference. When fight A throws 6 punches that halfway land, and they dont hurt fighter B, that doesnt make an impression. But when fighter B lands a huge shot that echoes, and the whole audience goes "WHOA!!" and you can clearly see fighter A got stunned, that makes an impression

Facial expression as well, overall body language. See a fighter make adjustments, catch his opponent off guard. Or seeing someone tire, seeing the other fighter gain confidence


Those are just some of the things you cant get a real sense of watching a fight on television. Seeing a fight live is a completely different experience

 

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