Really enjoy Joe Molloy's work. When Golf Weekly went behind paywall - Goodbye. When OTB did same - Goodbye. If Indo do the same - Goodbye. Dont believe in paying for sporting content. Pods, Tv or otherwise. Although, I've made 1 exception for Murray Kinsella. The best rugby pundit/analysist by a country mile.
Pleased to see Joe back where I can listen to him! Regarding the 4 Kings boxing documentary, that was a very special era in British boxing. I was based in the States but followed the British scene very closely. To provide some context, boxing in the UK in 1980 (Minter-Hagler) was radically transformed during the 80's. By the time that Benn was on the scene, it had started to become a spectacle. Benn's fight with Michal Watson in May 1989 was shown on NBC on a Saturday afternoon in the States. As a 14 year old, I was captivated by the feral atmosphere and the OTT intense ring entrance from Benn. It was unlike anything in the US. A note about Lennox Lewis, although he fought for Canada (which was logical, he was brought up in the Canadian boxing system), he was born in London and lived in England until he was 12. I'm 49 and can say with some certainty that the late 80's early 90's was a fantastic time in British boxing. Don't even know where to start with Eubank.......
Watched the 1st episode of the Four Kings doc, pretty good, but as with the Six Nation Netflix's doc the retrospective commentary instead of the original commentary is very annoying.
Yes!! Completely agree... the commentary randomly explaining basic concepts for the casual audience is infuriating. Why do they try make it sound like it was part of the original live audio??
Fantastic to be getting all the content for free unlike newstalk. That's why joe left his a man of the people
Really enjoy Joe Molloy's work. When Golf Weekly went behind paywall - Goodbye. When OTB did same - Goodbye. If Indo do the same - Goodbye. Dont believe in paying for sporting content. Pods, Tv or otherwise. Although, I've made 1 exception for Murray Kinsella. The best rugby pundit/analysist by a country mile.
Great to seeRonan back on the airwaves
Pleased to see Joe back where I can listen to him! Regarding the 4 Kings boxing documentary, that was a very special era in British boxing. I was based in the States but followed the British scene very closely. To provide some context, boxing in the UK in 1980 (Minter-Hagler) was radically transformed during the 80's. By the time that Benn was on the scene, it had started to become a spectacle. Benn's fight with Michal Watson in May 1989 was shown on NBC on a Saturday afternoon in the States. As a 14 year old, I was captivated by the feral atmosphere and the OTT intense ring entrance from Benn. It was unlike anything in the US. A note about Lennox Lewis, although he fought for Canada (which was logical, he was brought up in the Canadian boxing system), he was born in London and lived in England until he was 12. I'm 49 and can say with some certainty that the late 80's early 90's was a fantastic time in British boxing. Don't even know where to start with Eubank.......
Watched the 1st episode of the Four Kings doc, pretty good, but as with the Six Nation Netflix's doc the retrospective commentary instead of the original commentary is very annoying.
Yes!! Completely agree... the commentary randomly explaining basic concepts for the casual audience is infuriating. Why do they try make it sound like it was part of the original live audio??
That's why I gave up on OTB....