John Rawling is a British boxing, track and field and darts commentator currently working for ITV and Talksport.
21 Facts About John Rawling
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John Rawling has commentated on Track and Field and Paralympic sports with Channel 4 receiving a BAFTA for Best Live Sports Coverage for their work on the 2012 games.
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John Rawling worked on subsequent Paralympic games through to 2022 and worked as lead boxing commentator with ITV, Sky, BT and BoxNation.
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John Rawling has commentated on many notable world titles fights from the 1980s through to the present day.
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John Rawling has written for national newspapers, most notably The Guardian.
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John Rawling has three children, lives in Leicestershire with his partner.
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John Rawling was educated at King Edward VII, Sheffield and Manchester University.
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John Rawling previously commentated on boxing and athletics for BBC Radio, and was named Sony Radio Sports Broadcaster of the Year in 1994.
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John Rawling was the lead commentator at four Olympic Games from Barcelona in 1992 to Athens in 2004.
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John Rawling was covering major title fights for the BBC from 1987 until 2005.
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John Rawling reported football matches, cricket and golf for BBC Radio.
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John Rawling's 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.
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John Rawling commentated for Setanta Sports, alongside Richie Woodhall, who acted as co-commentator for BT and he teamed up with another for world champion, Barry Jones, working for Box Nation.
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John Rawling has commentated on football for various other broadcast organisations, including 2010 World Cup and Premier League for Talksport radio and he has provided television commentaries for the Premier League, broadcast on their world feed.
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John Rawling became a presenter and commentator on the paid-subscription boxing channel BoxNation in September 2011.
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John Rawling returned to BBC 5 Live to commentate on darts, in the 2014 PDC World Championship final.
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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.
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John Rawling has written for a number of UK newspapers, such as The Guardian.
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John Rawling was The Guardian boxing correspondent from 1997 to 2009 following the retirement of John Rodda, and has written many articles on other sports besides boxing.
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John Rawling made frequent appearances on the BBC Radio 5 Live sports punditry programme Fighting Talk since its first series.
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John Rawling has a German Shepherd 'Winnie and is an enthusiastic golfer.