If you had to pick between HBO or Showtime to watch fights which would it be?

"no Contest"-hbo

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lighting is key on HBO

Tough one... Showtime looks depressing (really bad lighting) but great commentary. And HBO always feels like the big leagues despite lackluster commentating. Shoulda had a middle option. I agree with you accept for the commentating part. I like the guys they have. Larry Merchant & co.

Total opposite for me. I think Larry Gets annoying as hell. Jim is ok....I guess. Jimmy Lennon Jr T.K.O. Michael Buffer 1. he's waaaaaaaaay more popular then lennon. and he has a catch phrase every1 knows. lennon tried to give tyson a nickname and he called him mighty mike whhhhhhhhuch never caught on :rolleyes:

hbo's commentary would be enhanced with the termination or retirement of merchant and the addition of bernstein, atlas, or even farhood

That would be a big loss to HBO if Lederman retired....

i like when lederman says the rules "the fighter can not be saved by the bell in any round including the 12th and final round Jim"

soooooooo. hbo does a shitty job at analysing :confused: i guess lederman suxs huh :rolleyes: I actually like Lederman, he's entertaining and I always crack up at his delivery, I guess I look at HBO as being more entertaining what with Merchant's seemingly drunk ramblings and Lampley's snide side winding comments, but bernstein tips it to Showtime for me. ;)

Showtime for Al Bernstein's analysis soooooooo. hbo does a shitty job at analysing :confused: i guess lederman suxs huh :rolleyes:

Showtime for Al Bernstein's analysis

HBO by a mile. Showtime doesnt show enough fights.

hbo is the better visual experiecence by far, but except for mayweather and 1 or 2 others ,all of hbo boxers are flirting with father time,for the new and up and coming prospects, and overall exciting fights,gotta go with showtime

Showtime always seemed to of been far better - Hagler, Benn, McClellan, Prime Hamed, Tyson, Holyfield, Hatton, Tszyu, Calzaghe, etc. Great fights like Benn-McClellan, Castillo-Corrales, etc. Great occasions like Benn-Eubank II, Tyson-Holyfield II. hbo had the prime tyson. showtime jus got the left overs. ohhhhhhhhhh that was bad :cool:

to fuckin easy HBO. 1. hbo has a more lively cast,2 they have the more exciting fighters,3 the atmosphere on there is exciting,4.they have great lighting where u can see all the fans and everything else and its not obvious that there tryin to center the attention to the fighters like showtime does on how they pretty much block out the audience into the darkness, also hbo's crowds r louder cause they turn up the volume of the audience instead of turning it down like showtime does,and they have legendary commentators unlike showtime,plus they got michael buffer ;) there ya go all in a nutshell

HBO has always been #1 for boxing in my opinion, but Showtime and that ShoBox stuff are getting better and giving them some competition. still HBO is best for me.

It's weird, HBO gives off a whole different feeling to it when you're watching it. You feel a lot more relaxed and enjoy the commentators' voices, those guys on Showtime get annoying sometimes. The producing and all that is also much better on HBO, I'd have to go with them. Total opposite for me. I think Larry Gets annoying as hell. Jim is ok....I guess. Jimmy Lennon Jr T.K.O. Michael Buffer 1. Never pay again for live sex! | Hot girls doing naughty stuff for free! | Chat for free!

Showtime, because Al Berndstein is my favorite announcer. Never pay again for live sex! | Hot girls doing naughty stuff for free! | Chat for free!

shotime all day ,I spend more time waiting for larry merchant to have a stroke then concentrating on the fight and I wish they would stop having fights the same night as shotime,everyone knows the first saturday of the month is shotime's night

Tough one... Showtime looks depressing (really bad lighting) but great commentary. And HBO always feels like the big leagues despite lackluster commentating. Shoulda had a middle option. Right on!! I picked showtime though, but changed my mind. Even though I think there is less bias in the showtime commentary, HBO overall is actually the more entertaining just because there commentators have way more personality, even if they are dumb asses sometimes. Showtime has surprised us with some unexpected great ass fights though of late; Castillo/Corrales and now Brewster/Sergei which is a top candidate for FOY.