i think he noticed he was saying jew and thought.....hmmmn not right that so judaah was a safer bet. should of taken the hint with the FAT star of david on his trunks. put salita to shame you would think he would of been told to call him judah or just zab at least get the part you cant go wrong with.
i actually felll asleep about the 5th round after 'judder' wasnt throwing any punches for fear of cutting himself worse. i had one of those instant sleeps and woke up to see calzaghe walking up the gangway WHAT a result!!!!!:happy on more lin of the subject...can we call zab judder now:think
Haha! I done the same, woke up to Calzaghe being introduced while he was standing in the corner. Awesome!
The lead commentator for Setanta was awful too... He didn't even know who Emanual Augustus was? atsch Richie is usually very interesting to listen too but he was so biased. Setanta have serious commentry issues they need a good lead and a suitable support. I'd even listen to Reg Gutteridge and Jim Watt over two people who don't seem to know the goings on of the sport. If Setanta are reading DO NOT use Jim and Reg.... Just find someone decent.
The lead commentator was rubbish - annoying voice, clueless, biased. Not exactly Ian Darke, is he? Woodall is very good, knowledgable and insightful - but often (and did on Sunday) sounds like a trainer - use the jab, get that left hand going and the uppercut etc etc and was very biased in favour of Joe. Now I know those two are pretty good friends, that I have no problem with at all but one must question the wisdom of him commentating on Joe's fight. It would be like Adam Smith calling a Hatton fight, or Johnny Nelson on a Witter one. I actually like Rawling, he does get over-excited at times when a punch lands but at least knows (or seems to know) the game - a lot better than the joker on display this weekend.
Yeah it was like he'd never watched a boxing match before. I couldnt believe it when they started saying that they'd been told by Claude Abrahms that Emanual Augustus was capable.... Thats common knowledge amongst even casual Ring Magazine readers. They then argued that anyone who could do 10 rounds with Micky Ward ust be good ommiting that it was the rings fight of the year....very amateurish... Least with ITV you get comedy. That was just poor professionalism.
Agree entirely, not sure who the guy was but he didnt have a clue! And this was at 4am when I'm not exactly at my sharpest!
lol mate, i'm not the sharpest at the best of times but I could do a better job than that chap.... Plus my dulcet northern tones would attract more lady viewers.
i thought setanta done a great job having showtime or hbo's commentators like they used to, it would have made a big difference to the level of enjoyment i got saturday night had they used the american commentary and i cant stand the american accent at times, i thought it was brutal
Very true. Especially that hatton fight with thaxton should have been stopped and if it was a international bout it probably would have been. Even though that cut was bad the jones one, the corner made it worse by pooring buckets of water over it.