After originally watching the Pacquiao/Marquez fight in a bar with Mainevent commentators I was interested to see how the official HBO commentators called the fight.
I was pretty annoyed at what I heard - hell, even a respected trainer like Emmanuel Steward whom I was hoping would provide a balanced view really disappointed me.
Jim Lampley and Harold Lederman sounded like they were having 12 round circle jerk.
The Max Kellerman post fight interview was annoying as hell and Mario Lopez proclaiming that "no one lost tonight" was truly the icing on the cake.
That got me thinking, how would have Showtime called this fight?
Showtime have consistently called the fights for what they were, especially the Mares/Agbeko or even the Pac/Mosley fight.
Jim Grey (although annoying at times) does a good job at putting people in their place.
Do you think Showtime would have been any different to HBO or would they have also been influenced?
:lol1: Fantasy commentating would be Christopher Walken calling the fight.
Walken as commentator would be perfect...he can't sway the people watching the fight because you almost can't hear him.
After originally watching the Pacquiao/Marquez fight in a bar with Mainevent commentators I was interested to see how the official HBO commentators called the fight.
I was pretty annoyed at what I heard - hell, even a respected trainer like Emmanuel Steward whom I was hoping would provide a balanced view really disappointed me.
Jim Lampley and Harold Lederman sounded like they were having 12 round circle jerk.
The Max Kellerman post fight interview was annoying as hell and Mario Lopez proclaiming that "no one lost tonight" was truly the icing on the cake.
That got me thinking, how would have Showtime called this fight?
Showtime have consistently called the fights for what they were, especially the Mares/Agbeko or even the Pac/Mosley fight.
Jim Grey (although annoying at times) does a good job at putting people in their place.
Do you think Showtime would have been any different to HBO or would they have also been influenced?
steward said it could have gone either way, during the fight, and after
what's wrong with that?
you're really stupid if you think marquez dominated and clearly won this fight
Al Bernstein would have had a hard-on for Juan Manuel Marquez's counterpunching style that was very affective against Manny Pacquiao.
The black announcer would state the obvious while agreeing fully with whatever Bernstein says during the fight practically a parrot.