8/31/2023 0 Comments Steven boxing commentatorHe was The Guardian boxing correspondent from 1997 to 2009 following the retirement of John Rodda, and has also written many articles on other sports besides boxing. Rawling has written for a number of UK Newspapers, (in particular The Guardian). From 2014 John Rawling has commented on the BDO World Darts Championships at the Lakeside Country Club for firstly for BBC Sport then BT Sport & Channel 4 alongside Jim Proudfoot, Paul Nicholson, Chris Mason, Vassos Alexander and Tony Green. He returned to BBC 5 Live to commentate on darts, in the 2014 PDC World Championship final. Rawling will be commentator for the 2013 America's Cup. Rawling became a presenter and commentator on the paid-subscription boxing channel BoxNation in September 2011. He was lead commentator on the 2012 Paralympics in London for Channel 4 and also for the 2011 IAAF World Championship Channel 4 in Daegu, Korea. John also commentates on darts for ITV4 and ESPN. He has also commentated on football for various other broadcast organisations, including 2010 World Cup and Premier League for Talksport radio and he provides television commentaries for the Premier League, broadcast on their world feed. Rawling is currently commentating on boxing for BT Sport and BoxNation alongside Richie Woodhall and Barry Jonesįrom the start of the 2007/08 season to 2008/09, John commentated for ITV on The Championship, the Sunday morning Football League highlights programme and was a regular contributor to Champions League and FA Cup broadcasts. He has also commentated for ESPN on The Contender Series and on the Prime pay per view network. Rawling commentated for Setanta Sports, before it went into administration, alongside Richie Woodhall, who co-commentates on BBC Radio at other times, and Steve Bunce. His long-term commentating partner on Radio 5 Live, Duke McKenzie, a former world boxing champion at three weights, moved to ITV at the same time as Rawling. He also reported football matches, cricket and golf for BBC Radio. He contributed some boxing commentary on BBC television. He was covering major title fights for the BBC from 1987 until 2005. He was the lead commentator at four Olympic Games from Barcelona in 1992 to Athens in 2004. Rawling previously commentated on boxing and athletics for BBC Radio, and was named Sony Radio Sports Broadcaster of the Year in 1994. Rawling was educated at King Edward VII, Sheffield and Manchester University. Previous work experienced includes a spell at the Mansfield Chad, Roland Orton's Leicester News Service and BBC Radio Leicester. John also commentated on boxing for Sky Television and Setanta.īefore joining ITV, John was an award-winning commentator on BBC Radio, covering major athletics meetings across the world from 1988 as BBC Athletics Correspondent, winning the Sony Radio Sports Commentator of the Year award, and also broadcasting numerous world title boxing bouts. In 2007, he was named Sports Commentator of the Year by the Royal Television Society for his work in ITV Sport's The Big Fight Live. Previously, he was the main boxing commentator on ITV after boxing returned to the network in September 2005. His work has also included acting as lead commentator in the Americas Cup World Series of yachting. He has subsequently commentated on all major Para events, including the Rio Paralympics of 2016 and the Winter Paralympics in 20. He was the lead commentator for Channel 4 in their award-winning coverage of the 2012 Paralympics in London and the 2011 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Korea.Ĭhannel 4 received a BAFTA for Best Live Sports Broadcast for their coverage of the Paralympics and also received a special award from the Royal Television Society. John also commentates on Paralympic sports for Channel 4. On ITV darts broadcasts, John commentates with Chris Mason, Stuart Pyke, Dan Dawson and Alan Warriner-Little, while Mason and Paul Nicholson are alongside him for Talksport darts coverage. With BT, John commentates alongside former World Super-Middleweight champion Richie Woodhall, while former World Cruiserweight champion Glenn McCrory is his co-commentator with Talksport. He has become known as one of the best known voices of boxing commentary. John Rawling is a British boxing, track and field, darts and yachting commentator, currently working for BT Sport, ITV and Talksport.
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