It's something me and some friends were having an argument about.
Post any three commentators that you would prefer to commentate every fight you see.
my picks:
Emmanuel Steward(his reactions are great when punches land, plus I respect him more than most other trainers. he also speaks intelligently, never says any stupid things)
Teddy Atlas(his past bringing up mike tyson and his huge scar suffered from taking on 6 thugs at once, combined with the analystic way he reacts to seeing flush punches makes him a definite pick.
I'm confused about the third..Roy Jones does well, george foreman was great because sometimes he'd say stupid things giving us all a laugh, and I also think Leija would be good on television in this position because with glasses he looks articulate, and he speaks clearly, for a guy whos been in quite a few wars. I'm gonna have to go with george foreman though, even though his reactions to landed shots are mostly 'Oooohh' and not very intelligent, I could see him and Atlas getting into arguments and george picking on him at times down the road, so that's why I think george is a good pick. when he says something he stands behind it,regardless of who disagrees. plus atlas pushed george once at a press conference, and i think that little encounter would bring us comedy for years to come.
I say throw out the Jim Lampleys...they are useless, and only there for their looks, when the fight progresses their speech is useless, they should be done away with, absolutely.
lampley's good cause he loves boxing. I don't like tessitore and the showtime guys cause they just sound so fake all the time. Lampley's best aspect is that he's enthusiastic about his job and that passion that he has transfers to the viewers. I really enjoy the commentary by the hbo crew and I don't think I would know half the things I do without the commentary. Sure he's biased, but it's not like you have to believe everything he says. Let larry merchant tell him he's wrong and roy correct them. They usually balance out.
If you put Teddy and Larry in the same booth, what a catfight would that be, better than Castillo/Corrales:
Merchant: "I disagree with you, Teddy, on the comment"
Atlas: "Oh yeah, I'll sucka punch ya, ya old basta'd"
Teddy Atlas - red corner
Larry Merchant - blue corner
Jim Lampley - referee
GREAT POST
one the undercard, how about the return of Bobby Czyz, vs Max Kellerman, in a cage match???
If you put Teddy and Larry in the same booth, what a catfight would that be, better than Castillo/Corrales:
Merchant: "I disagree with you, Teddy, on the comment"
Atlas: "Oh yeah, I'll sucka punch ya, ya old basta'd"
Teddy Atlas - red corner
Larry Merchant - blue corner
Jim Lampley - referee
Lampley is the best for integrity, for class, for his respect for boxing, for his respect for boxers, for his way of calling fights. He is the best commentator ever.
I agree that he respects the sport and all that, but sometimes Lampley tries to 'overlap' all the other commentators on purpose, just for his voice to be heard. If you watch the Hamed-Kelley bout the first really good punch Naseem landed, they all three give their natural reactions and lampley goes "THERES THE THERES THE POWER" it sounded fake, also it's lame when he predicts what boxers are thinking, if youll watch back when george was commentating with them he used to take cheap shots at lampley for doing that
other than that he's probably the best announcer in the business in terms of voice/speech, his speech/tone are perfect, all the time
on hbo i only listen to roy or stewart....merchant and lampley have nothing of value to say...that's what you get when you try to talk about something you don't know anything about.
merchant-'i totally disagree with that roy...'
jones jr-'when you lace up some gloves and get in the ring then you can talk!...'
merchant-'i think we can agree to disagree without having to pull rank...'
but seriously roy gives the most in-depth of what's going on even more than george foreman.
I forgot that Vitali's native langauge is Russian and not Ukranian and he was born in Kazakstan because his dad was an officer in the soviet army there.
roy jones james toney and vitali at the same time
...seriously it would be roy jones emannuel steward lampley
Vitali's English is horrible, in general the way all Ukranians learn to speak English is plain bad, they need to teach it a different way or something there. At least however he attempts to speak English in public where most fighters wont do it.
roy jones james toney and vitali at the same time
LMAO. That would be chaos. Two egomaniacs and a Big Kissass.
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I was thinking that you meant a trio of guys to work together....in which case my "dream team" would be Al Bernstein, Howard Cosell and Big George. Can you imagine Cosell and Foreman ...talk about the odd couple!
quit making it so easy, nobody cares if you have a crush on the guy, I know he's a damn good announcer, but integrity? Class? Dude it's a BOXING TELECAST, not a symphony....plus if you're sensitive to my comments, you must be new here, you should know by now that i'm the Angel Manfredy of this site, lotsa trash talk and average substance :)
Watch a TV KO production and then you will learn to appreciate Jim Lampley's class. Boxing commentators should have class, that is just my opinion.
Why do you have to make a bitch ass statement like that just because I respect Jim Lampley. You have seriously have a problem. Jim Lampley is the best commentator, most people would agree with that, or why do big promoters pay HBO to produce their fights for them.
quit making it so easy, nobody cares if you have a crush on the guy, I know he's a damn good announcer, but integrity? Class? Dude it's a BOXING TELECAST, not a symphony....plus if you're sensitive to my comments, you must be new here, you should know by now that i'm the Angel Manfredy of this site, lotsa trash talk and average substance :)
Lampley is five times funnier than Merchant. He says things that are brilliant.
"Hakkar is saying....what do I have to do to get knocked out in this town?"
"Corrales adjusts his trunks and Mayweather hits him. Corrales looks at Mayweather as if he were to say: "Cant you see I am adjusting my trunks?"
"As expected. Hopkins stuns Hakkar with the first punch of the fight"
Shit like that is hilarious as hell in my opinion.
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