HBO needs new boxing annoncers

The best crew would be 1) Asian Sensation 2) Iceman Scully 3) Larry Merchant. with additional color commentary provided by Roger Mayweather. Haha I could just imagine doing commentary with John Scully. I'd probably wind up breaking old man Scully's hip with a left hook some time but it'd probably be fun arguing with him. I don't think the world is ready for this Flip quite yet though.

Building off this base, which is pretty solid, I'd say if you are going to replace Kellerman or Papa, you'd need someone to replace his perspective. Why not Raul Marquez? He's Hispanic, adding a little ethnic diversity, very articulate, bilingual and out of a job after the Abraham fight coupled with the cancellation of Solo Boxeo. ice ice baby! someone metnioned your iceman. why not? boxing has only few boxers who translate their thoughts good to the masses of people. he's one

NEW BLOOD IS NEEDED. I personally am not a fan of them as much as the other teams in the boxing game

Max and Manny are the best on the team.....Larry and Jim f***** suck!

Whenever a fight is on I always look for the HBO stream for there commentary alone.

i love all them.... Merchant, Kellerman, Stewart, Lampley, Lewis..... i mean yea, they all have their quirks (most of which are actually funny) but i enjoy all they're commentary

No matter who they get ppl will always complain

Steward & Lampley: the best :biggthump Papa: sucks Kellerman: the worst :ugh: Lewis: not articulate, but not annoying like Kellerman. Foreman was much better than Lewis. Merchant: the best of all time, but he's getting too old and slow-thinking. Suggestion: replace Kellerman and Papa with 1) a Hispanic-American, maybe Oscar, and 2) an articulate commentator like Iceman John Scully or Joe Mesi. Building off this base, which is pretty solid, I'd say if you are going to replace Kellerman or Papa, you'd need someone to replace his perspective. Why not Raul Marquez? He's Hispanic, adding a little ethnic diversity, very articulate, bilingual and out of a job after the Abraham fight coupled with the cancellation of Solo Boxeo.

jim lampley is the best in the business. Great voice and brings great drama to the fight. I agree about the great voice and drama. Unfortunately, drama often involves fiction. Lampley's blow by blow work is often not very accurate.

You can't make a statement like that without offering a solution to the problem. Who would replace them? Just fire them and put up a Help Wanted sign? Money Ryan the new HBO boxing analyst...:boxing:

the showtime crew is much more objective imo

I like the HBO crew, what I don't like is on undercards of PPV's instead of calling the action they sometimes just BS about other things and ignore fight going on in the ring.

My dream team of current announcers: Jim Lampley (play by play) Larry Merchant (color commentary) Al Bernstein (substitute-color commentary) Teddy Atlas (commentary/analyst)

I agree, there is no one better than him righ now, his comments make fights much better and more interesting to watch yes I also love the guy that does Setanta Fights(i think i spelled it right) lol he brings pretty good drama to the fight too.

jim lampley is the best in the business. Great voice and brings great drama to the fight. I agree, there is no one better than him righ now, his comments make fights much better and more interesting to watch

lampley is biased as can be, Merchant is losing it, and Kellerman is just too much. They need some new people, and Lederman needs to go as well. so he's criticized your fighter :bottle: boo hoo. can you do a better job?

while they're not perfect and sometimes have bad nights overall i think the hbo crew do a good job. he who is perfect cast the first stone right? lol

lampley is biased as can be, Merchant is losing it, and Kellerman is just too much. They need some new people, and Lederman needs to go as well.

The HBO team has got to be one of the best in the business of commentating period. People like to bitch and complain but they are never satisfied. Then when the hear the Showtime or versus commentators they complain even more and talk about how HBO's are so much better.. but they suck right? Many times people forget that their job is to commentate and give their opinions on the fight so I don't know why people get angry when they are not biased in favor of every freakin' fighter they like. It seems that's the biggest issue with them hating them.. At this time, there is no one out there better for the job then Merchant, Lampley and Steward. If you can name someone that you think deserves to take their job be my guest.

I think Jim Lampley is a pretty spot-on commentator. No one else can crumple a wife's jaw like he can.