Am I the only one that thinks...

Curt Menefee is about ten times better than Gus Johnson?

Let Curt do the boxing and Gus do the MMA. I'd be much happier.

I agree with you.

Gus Johnson is the worst ever.

He loves to say a right handed fighter threw a right hook.

He loves to scream, "he's hurt, he's hurt." Only problem is 65% of the time that fighter isn't what most fight fans or announcers would consider hurt.

He loves to exaggerate how good/great a fight is. There are very few fights I'd excuse an announcer for losing his head and going completely nuts. If the announcer for Castillo vs Corrales round 10 did so (steve alberts), then I would have forgiven him, as that round was absolutely insane.

One thing to look forward to!!!!!!!!!!! Eventually his head is gonna spontaneous explode and we will get to hear Al Bernstein try to recover from that.

People who are or would be better at calling a fight than Gus Johnson

Curt Menifee
Bobcat Golthwaite
Helen Keller
The soccer announcer who bellows goooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!
The Elephant Man
Fran Drescher
Gilbert Gottfried

captainanddew wrote:

Gus Johnson is the worst ever.

He loves to say a right handed fighter threw a right hook.

He loves to scream, "he's hurt, he's hurt." Only problem is 65% of the time that fighter isn't what most fight fans or announcers would consider hurt.

He loves to exaggerate how good/great a fight is. There are very few fights I'd excuse an announcer for losing his head and going completely nuts. If the announcer for Castillo vs Corrales round 10 did so (steve alberts), then I would have forgiven him, as that round was absolutely insane.

One thing to look forward to!!!!!!!!!!! Eventually his head is gonna spontaneous explode and we will get to hear Al Bernstein try to recover from that.

See I think that's where you need a Don Dunphy type who just shuts up. How could commentary possibly add to the gallantry and violence of that situation?

Not sure who Curt is right now, but as an MMA fan you can keep Johnson. Matter of fact I will drop off Franklin Mcneil if you boxing fans can find an out of work guy with Down Syndrome to replace either of them? He doesn't even need to know anything about any form of combat sports and I would be happy.

Call me crazy but I've kinda grown to like Gus.

Ali_1748 wrote:

Call me crazy but I've kinda grown to like Gus.

It really depends on the fight, its like he needs a shock collar lol

Something to tell his ass when to calm down or when its ok to get carried away

Right now though, Ill take Menifee, calls a great fight and keeps Farhood and Tarver on point

Ali_1748 wrote:

Call me crazy but I've kinda grown to like Gus.

You're crazy.

Ali_1748 wrote:

Call me crazy but I've kinda grown to like Gus.

Gus has two issues that bug me.

1) he doesn't modulate well. EVERYTHING is important is what his voice imparts.

2) he really doesn't understand what he's watching. He's not very well grounded in the sport.

I just like his enthusiasm and general excitement when something dramatic happens.

I have seen far worse commentators out there eg Col Bob and Mr Definitely.

Rather have Gus then boring,drunk n blind Larry Merchant.

Most people hate Gus now so you're not alone. Ever since everyone fell in love with him for the NCAA tourney calls he's been overexposed and under prepared. People are starting to think he's a gimmick and the fact that he isn't an expert in combat sports hurts him a lot.

But he's been getting better and so what if he's biased towards American fighters? That's why there should be other people in the booth to keep him honest. At least he's passionate.