HBO crew should get their act together.

Just wondering if anyone was thinking the same thing. I invited some of my friends to come see the fight, which was pretty good . But all of a sudden we got an unpleasant vibe coming off all the moaning and whining the HBO crew was doing, especially Merchant. Then i started thinking, man imagine the casuals who just wanted to give HBO boxing a try today, then all of a sudden the network's own broadcasting crew is trying to convince the public that what they're watching sucks. Just makes it sounpleasant to watch, that i had to mute these guys. Which i hate doing cause i can't hear the shots landing, the ref, or the corners. Their comments just gave me a bad feeling about the fight, like the moment was ruined if that makes any sense to you guys. We need contact HBO or drop them a tweet/email or something , so they can take notice and bmaybe get their act right. Kind of like going on a roadtrip with whiner, who just whines all the way til the end, fuks up the mood of the trip. funny thing is that i like Merchant at times, but not today. what were your thoughts

Comments (15)

DoktorSleepless

In the third round, the crowd starting chanting MAR-TI-NEZ, but Jim Lampley said "here comes the boos." I was like WTF?

14y ago

Rip_Chudd

I think Merchant was the worst offender. He really stood out to me and my friend. Actually he ALWAYS stands out with his bias and hate for pure boxers. He's just a grumpy old man that hates his life. If the 2 boxers in the ring arent punching each other in the face all night then he's gonna ***** and moan. They need to fire him and put Max Kellerman in the ring. Merchant is way past it. This right here^^^^^ Merchant is just getting worse and worse. I remember during the Sergio vs Barker fight, might of been the 5th or 7th round Steward was making a comment that he'd like Sergio to BOX more, use his lateral movement, slip punches, fire off a combo and turn Barker. The next thing out of Merchant's mouth was "So you want Martinez to run?" I swear man, he's been AROUND boxing for a long time but it doesn't seem as if Merchant KNOWS boxing. Either that or he's just wants people to stand there with little to no defense and slug it out and if not then he hates on them. A shame really

14y ago

boricuajr23

Yup. I tuned in to the Spanish broadcast after the first round but they're horrible so I switched it back and just dealt with it. I watched enough Mayweather fights that I'm kind of use to it by now. Still, I wish they get some new people in there. never though about that one. Gonna try it next time.

14y ago

nysoxfan84

14y ago

Carpe_Diem

I remember early on Martinez landed a massive left ....the best shot of the fight at the time, and they didn't acknowledge it. but continued to criticize him... they just came off as biased last night like they wanted Martinez to lose That seems to happen ****load of times. It just shows their true colors. They'll acknowledge and credit missed punches as landing punches if it's the guy that they're selling/hyping to the casual audiencethat's throwing them, but they'll barely acknowledge the best punches landing from other the guy. I think Lampley does it on purpose.

14y ago

Yogi007

I thought it was a boring fight for the most part. There was basically only a punch here and a punch there(one punch at a time), which makes for a pretty boring fight. Wasn't until Martinez got knocked down / tripped, that he actually came alive and started making it interesting. I pretty much agree with the criticizing, because I was doing it long before they were. Martinez is a good fighter, but he needs fighters like Paul Williams to push him to make his fights exciting.

14y ago

boricuajr23

say what you will about the Showtime crew but at least they actually call the fights. The HBO guys just blabber on about god knows what and anytime a top fighter isn't having an absolute perfect dominating fight they are negative and just keep talking about why so and so isn't dominating. Just call the damn fight! Or even worse they can be the opposite and nutthug a fighter to an extreme point. I'm tired of them. Get rid of all of them. Get some fresh blood and more positive, exciting announcers. And Max Kellerman isn't the answer either he's an annoying twat as well. I have no problem with SHOWTIME. I never mute them out.

14y ago

boricuajr23

damn, you guys pay too much atention to these guys. By now and after so many years, you guys should know to ignore the damn guys. Hit mute, turn on some music and grab a sheet of paper and score the fight.

14y ago

darcizzy

Yes it seemed liked they were very open that they didn't like anything Martinez did. I was so impressed with the whole fight. I think they really need to switch that **** up

14y ago

El_Angel

If you want to point flaws, do it to both guys. Merchant was nuthugging Macklin like crazy all night. Not one bad thing to say. Martinez couldn't buy a compliment from Merchant all night. When Sergio started to dominate, Merchant didn't talk at all. I heard him talk once from round 8 to the end of the fight, when Sergio picked it up. Just annoying as hell. Wish I could've seen his face when Martinez knocked him down and sliced his head with that straight left.

14y ago

wave7661

i was watching the first jones hopkins fight the other day, and yeah even back then all these dudes did was complain. a shame that such a historical fight is basically tainted by terrible commentary

14y ago

vacon04

I remember early on Martinez landed a massive left ....the best shot of the fight at the time, and they didn't acknowledge it. but continued to criticize him... they just came off as biased last night like they wanted Martinez to lose When Macklin was knocked down for the second time they didn't say anything at all, like just hoping that Macklin would recover. As you say, they were hoping that Martinez would lose.

14y ago

LeG00N

14y ago

Johnwoo8686

LOL now you know how Mayweather fans feel. But I have to agree that the hating tonight was unwarranted especially considering the fact that I thought Martinez was winning the fight pretty handily.

14y ago

markfrombrookly

14y ago