John Rawling is a British boxing, track and field, darts and yachting commentator, currently working for BT Sport, ITV and Talksport.
22 Facts About John Rawling
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John Rawling has become known as one of the best known voices of boxing commentary.
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John Rawling 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.
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John Rawling has subsequently commentated on all major Para events, including the Rio Paralympics of 2016 and the Winter Paralympics in 2014 and 2018.
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John Rawling's work has included acting as lead commentator in the Americas Cup World Series of yachting.
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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, before it went into administration, alongside Richie Woodhall, who co-commentates on BBC Radio at other times, and Steve Bunce.
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John Rawling has commentated for ESPN on The Contender Series and on the Prime pay per view network.
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John Rawling is currently commentating on boxing for BT Sport and BoxNation alongside Richie Woodhall and Barry Jones.
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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 provides television commentaries for the Premier League, broadcast on their world feed.
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John Rawling was lead commentator on the 2012 Paralympics in London for Channel 4 and for the 2011 IAAF World Championship Channel 4 in Daegu, Korea.
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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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John Rawling has written for a number of UK Newspapers,.
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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 has made frequent appearances on the BBC Radio 5 Live sports punditry programme Fighting Talk since its first series, and has been known by the nicknames of "JR" and "Psycho".
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John Rawling is a dog lover, with a devoted German Shepherd Dog 'Millie,' and an enthusiastic golfer.