Isn't it about time HBO dump the Geriatrics

Lampley and Kellerman can stay, I don't care about Merchant and Steward. merchant has definately had his time nether much cared for stewart anyway it should be lampley kellerman and roy jones jr

Lampley and Kellerman can stay, I don't care about Merchant and Steward.

get rid of Steward and Merchant ... give Kellerman more air time

Funny you mention this because when I rewatched Pac-Marquez 4 yesterday the commentary was atrocious...... I mean the first rd Steward gave 5 compliments about Pac's balance and said sh!t about Marquez even though it was a close rd.

Merchant has got to go, he just has to. The guy takes 3 minutes to ask a question and by the time he's done you can tell the fighter just wants to leave. Then you think after 2-3 questions you think he is done, then he'll ask 2-3 more. If he is on a broadcast that is not PPV I DV-R that sh*t and FF the interviews. There is a reason people retire before 70, you just can't do the same sh*t anymore, age is a mother f*cker. Max is badass, people are haters nothing more. He is so ANTI-Lampley it's refreshing... well at least in the sense that at least he roots for the other fighter or makes it seem that way which means he's doing his job. I used to like Steward but now he has to go, he did terrible in the Cotto/Marg fight and last saturday as well. Just bring over Tarver from Showtime, he just the "fighter/trainer" role perfectly, very informative information and unbiased at least from what I've seen. Lampley is a cheerleader but f*ck it, he is the voice of boxing if you ask me. They all are but Steward and ESPECIALLY Merchant have won out there welcome. Who ever said Gus Johnson, you are delusional a guy could land a solid jab and he would go into black woman win the lottery hysterical mode Lampley is bad enough. Fvcking spot on 100% with everything this post covers. Especially with Merchant having to go...takes way too long to say anything and then he says it in a disrespectful tone at times. And yes, Lampley is the voice of boxing.

Merchant has got to go, he just has to. The guy takes 3 minutes to ask a question and by the time he's done you can tell the fighter just wants to leave. Then you think after 2-3 questions you think he is done, then he'll ask 2-3 more. If he is on a broadcast that is not PPV I DV-R that sh*t and FF the interviews. There is a reason people retire before 70, you just can't do the same sh*t anymore, age is a mother f*cker. Max is badass, people are haters nothing more. He is so ANTI-Lampley it's refreshing... well at least in the sense that at least he roots for the other fighter or makes it seem that way which means he's doing his job. I used to like Steward but now he has to go, he did terrible in the Cotto/Marg fight and last saturday as well. Just bring over Tarver from Showtime, he just the "fighter/trainer" role perfectly, very informative information and unbiased at least from what I've seen. Lampley is a cheerleader but f*ck it, he is the voice of boxing if you ask me. They all are but Steward and ESPECIALLY Merchant have won out there welcome. Who ever said Gus Johnson, you are delusional a guy could land a solid jab and he would go into black woman win the lottery hysterical mode Lampley is bad enough.

Can you imagine if they had Skip Bayless (in the role of Lampley)???? That would be crazy.

Kellerman, Jones, and then someone else new would be good.

People voting to get rid of Lamps, Merchant and Manny are all fools. Boxing will suck just a little bit when all we have is Bob Papa and Max. I'm laughing out loud here at some of you wanting Foreman and Jones to come back. Foreman contradicted himself the ENTIRE fight EVERY SINGLE TIME OUT, and came off like he didn't know jack **** about the sport. Roy just uses HBO as a way to promote God every two seconds. As for why Max hasn't replaced Larry, they tried that. The public outrage brought Larry back. Do some research for ****s sake.

While his brain is still intact. I would like for Roy to take over Steward's position, cuz he tends to repeat the same things over and over throughout a match. I generally like Steward okay.... but man on Saturday night during the Chavez/Rubio fight he had me cringing from the very beginning. It was only the middle of the second round, and here's Steward saying "Rubio better pick it up, he's already way behind on the score cards." It wasn't even the end of the 2nd round yet, FFS. :nonono: Gus Johnson on Showtime, seems to be excited for BOTH FIGHTERS, he was going crazy for Orlando Salido during the Juan Manuel Lopez fight...and that is how it should be, the Play By Play guy should not be "BIAS" I dunno Sick.... Gus is another very excitable guy. Seems like every frikken time a guy gets hit, he's yelling at the top of his lungs "HE'S HURT! SO AND SO IS HURT!!!" It drives me bonkers. TBH... I personally can't take much more of Lampley. He might know his stuff - and all those other things that some really like about the guy but man... he's just way too over the top anymore. He is SUCH a bias commentator when he has a clear favorite in mind... so much so that he's usually talking OVER the action, about God knows what (even to the point of sounding irritated that the action in the ring interupted what he was saying), and very rarely even makes note of the good work the other fighter is doing. He also comes off like the type that needs constant confirmation of his opinions, from the other commentators. Ugh... I just can hardly stomach him anymore, to the point of having to mute a large majority of the fights (esp. the ones where he's nuthuggin to the hilts) and I'm starting to resent the fact that I have to mute out the sounds of the sport that I enjoy watching/listening to so much. Having the sound off really changes the excitement of the fight to a pretty high degree for me.

I don't understand how people can hate Kellerman He is very professional and loves what he does

I Think they should keep Lampley. To me he is the voice of HBO and I have no problem with him on there.. Merchant is funny as hell though (If i were 50 years younger I'd kick your ass! :lol1: ), but yes he does mumble on a bit too much these days. And Steward is just annoying if you ask me, analyzing a fight 30 seconds in, etc.. as for Kellerman i don't even know what to say, he gotta go even though he is not old.

I'd pay money to have Hopkins, Jones & Tarver commentate. Would be hilarious no dubt...thats the DREAM TEAM right there lol...imagine how many disagreements and arguements they would have...oh man!! :lol1: somebody gets schooled for the whole fight and I can hear B.Hop around the 10th round telling Tarver "this is sort of like the ass whooping I gave you AC"...or whan somebody gets KTFO....Tarver to Roy "thats reminiscence to the way I caught you" :lol1:....would be fun to hear them go at it lol

The problem is not their age, its the HBO agenda......but let's address the real problem in US commentary, punchstats.... Just get rid of them already No a lot does have to do with age. I cannot stand having to wait 15 seconds for merchant to bust out a single sentence.

lampley,kellerman,and jones would be awesome Replace 'Jones' with 'Steward' and I agree. Jones fumbles with his words and seems to have trouble getting his point across. Fighters generally don't make good commentators. I like Merchant but he is too negative at times. I like Bob Sheridan and Al Bernstein, although strangely, they are no good as a pair. Jim Watt is good too.

still love the guys

I have wanted Lampley and Merchant to fired for the longest time. I can't stand those dudes man. Watching fights on HBO leaves me stuck I don't want to hear those fools talking but I don't want to watch the fight on mute either. I'm with you bro....its a funked up deal!!

The problem is not their age, its the HBO agenda......but let's address the real problem in US commentary, punchstats.... Just get rid of them already What about it? Its something fun for the fans to ponder. Its all about presentation and entertainment Otherwise you'd just be watching a fight with no sound and just the 2 fighters in the frame at all times

The problem is not their age, its the HBO agenda......but let's address the real problem in US commentary, punchstats.... Just get rid of them already

Lampley and Kellerman are OK, I don't think they like when Roy Jones, George Foreman or Lennox Lewis (in the past) would shoot Merchant and/or Lampley down and tells them "Well...YOU NEVER BOXED BEFORE SO YOU WOULDN'T KNOW" lol which is TRUE...so they stay with Stewart because Stewart will "STAY IN HIS PLACE" Stewart slurs and mumbles, I can barely understand the guy, plus he really doesn't have a mind of his own, if Merchant and Lampley wants to team up and be cheerleaders for 1 fighter, I think it is only fair to have a Former Fighter that will keep things balance and point out the things that are really going on in the Ring, so many fights Lampley just gets quiet when the guy he is rooting for gets hit, but then he gets all loud and excited when the guy he is rooting for lands a punch Gus Johnson on Showtime, seems to be excited for BOTH FIGHTERS, he was going crazy for Orlando Salido during the Juan Manuel Lopez fight...and that is how it should be, the Play By Play guy should not be "BIAS" It has been going on for years now. I don't have any problem with Lampley, He's really good at what he does.