[Other Sport] Was I the only one mildly irritated

[Lower West Stander]

By the BBC leading with Anthony Joshua getting beaten rather than Johanna Konta winning and getting to the quarter finals of the French Open?

That was a fantastic achievement and vastly more praiseworthy than getting knocked over by a fat Mexican.


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[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Seems so. I can’t warm to plip-plop

 

[Da Man Clay]

Yep. Winning a last 16 game is really not leading story material

 

[essbee1]

Boxing died for me a long time ago as a serious sport. It's just a circus act now as far as I'm concerned. So yes I agree.

 

[theboybilly]

Boxing died for me a long time ago as a serious sport. It's just a circus act now as far as I'm concerned. So yes I agree.

The Hearn factor?

 

[essbee1]

I used to love Sportsnight and the era with Eubank, Bruno, Tyson etc

Now it just seems to be a boring, glitzy load of old nonsense where some of the boxers
look so unfit I could beat them. Turns a great sport into a joke. Hearn is to blame if that
is what he has done to the great art.

 

[Albion my Albion]

Both tennis and pugilism suck.

 

[drew]

By the BBC leading with Anthony Joshua getting beaten rather than Johanna Konta winning and getting to the quarter finals of the French Open?

That was a fantastic achievement and vastly more praiseworthy than getting knocked over by a fat Mexican.


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Disagree. Great achievement by Konta but surely a world champion losing to an underdog is a far bigger story.

 

[Napper]

Boxing second biggest sport in this country behind football now isn't it

I assume your talking about tennis which isn't really that popular ..... and even less popular is womens tennis.

Right order from the BBC

 

[drew]

The Hearn factor?

Really? Surely the joke is that there are five separate world organisations each with their own world champion!

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Disagree. Great achievement by Konta but surely a world champion losing to an underdog is a far bigger story.

This. If anything, BBC should be applauded for not giving greater exposure to the 'plucky Brit' who seems to be doing pretty well at tennis. Been there, done that MANY times before. Save the column inches for when she gets to a final or even WINS the thing...

 

[Albion Dan]

One of the biggest sporting upsets of all time v someone winning a tennis match that gets them to a 1/4 final.

Hmmm let me just think whether I'm annoyed?

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Boxing second biggest sport in this country behind football now isn't it

I assume your talking about tennis which isn't really that popular ..... and even less popular is womens tennis.

Right order from the BBC

Where did you get your information from? May I suggest you look elsewhere.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Where did you get your information from? May I suggest you look elsewhere.

Must admit thats what caught my eye...second biggest? Hmm

 

[Munkfish]

Tennis is shit, plus its not like she won a final.

 

[Justice]

Who cares about Toff tennis

 

[Titanic]

Joanna who?

 

[jackanada]

One of the biggest sporting upsets of all time v someone winning a tennis match that gets them to a 1/4 final.

Hmmm let me just think whether I'm annoyed?

Not really one of the biggest sporting upsets of all time, because Joshua has never been that good.

 

[Barham's tash]

I used to love Sportsnight and the era with Eubank, Bruno, Tyson etc

Now it just seems to be a boring, glitzy load of old nonsense where some of the boxers
look so unfit I could beat them. Turns a great sport into a joke. Hearn is to blame if that
is what he has done to the great art.

In between or just after the cricket the other day Sky showed one of their filler progs which was Prince N H’s first fight in the US. By the time PNH came along I’d long since lost interest in boxing as a circus show but watching that back it actually seemed like a sport again. Terrific fight with Kelly [i think] that ebbed and flowed tremendously compared to the showboating BS that passes for a sport these days.

 

[GT49er]

Not really one of the biggest sporting upsets of all time, because Joshua has never been that good.

So, a 25 to 1 outsider in a two horse race winning is not a major upset? Geez!