Interview with Jose Aguire from boxingscene. He talked shit about Roy and Foreman.
what kind of clown are you? I post the link and LATER you come across and tell everybody who did the interview and that it was about Roy and Foreman??? you punk watched the vid I posted and after that u make it look like u knew it yourself you loser. sad pple posting on this site
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This tension can be traced back exactly to April 22 1994. On that night Evander Holyfield was defending his title against Michael Moorer. In the second round Holyfield leveled Michael Moorer with a brutal left hook. None of the 3 judges gave Evander a ten eight round despite the clean knockdown. Worst of all one of the judges Jerry Roth actually scored the round even! In the end Roth's horrible descision ultimately cost Evander his heavyweight championship! The argument was that Moorer was handily winning the round at the time of the knockdown. The argument was insane and everyone covering the fight was livid. Every single HBO commentator had something to say about how questionable this was. These people included Jim Lampley Larry Merchant Harold Ledderman James Brown and a furious George Foreman. In the post fight commentary Foreman stopped just short of saying that the Duva's fixed the fight. George said the following I HAVE SEEN ENOUGH! THE DUVA'S HAVE TOO MANY PIECES OF PAPER IN TOO MANY POCKETS! He went on to say that SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO GET TOGETHER AND GET THIS JUNK OUT OF HERE! He then said half jokingly that he'd have to eat a lot of hamburgers to get over this one! HBO began promoting the rebroadcast as DID THE JUDGES GET IT WRONG? The Duva's went into attack mode and threatened to sue. They also moved to have Foreman fired for his allegations. Meanwhile Holyfield was being diagnosed with a heart condition. There would be no immediate rematch. Those two things combined caused HBO to completely do a 180. They feared a lawsuit and profusely apologized to Moorer and the Duva's. The postfight comments were edited in the rebroadcast. Lampley backed down completely and said he called the fight wrong. Merchant did a turnabout as well. NOT GEORGE THOUGH! He remained furious that the heavyweight championship had been reduced to a crooked game. He was also extremely hurt that his fellow commentators and friends left him hung out to dry! George himself dealt out the ultimate justice taking the titles back himself by knocking Moorer out 7 months later. The damage to the HBO team though was done. For the next nine years they remained a team but never without tension. Whenever George felt Jim or Larry were being YES MEN and calling a fight more favorably for an HBO contracted fighter he would boldly challenge them! Courageous
i remember this & foreman in my eyes was the best commentator i ever heard. he was always honest & talk about times he was hurt in fights & what a guy is thinking when things are not going his way,etc. he never tooted his own horn. he was also the ONLY one who said wladimir would become champion of the world & could easily recover from the 2 losses to sanders & brewster when the rest called him the next big bust or when roy jones compared wlad to butterbean & being nothing more the a 4 round fighter. george was always disagreeing with his team. when RJJ replaced foreman lampley said i'm glad to have you back right off the get go...
I repect Foreman but I always thought he sounded fake sometimes, like he was rehashing speeches.
You know what I always thought was fake?
That parade-float, you-have-just- won...A-BRAND-NEW-CAR!!! game show grin...It's like he was tryin' to not look mean and just can't quite do it. Makes me giggle every time it think about it.
Really? When did he say that and who to?
Interview with Jose Aguire from boxingscene. He talked shit about Roy and Foreman.
a cute chick posted this on yahoo answers
This tension can be traced back exactly to April 22 1994. On that night Evander Holyfield was defending his title against Michael Moorer. In the second round Holyfield leveled Michael Moorer with a brutal left hook. None of the 3 judges gave Evander a ten eight round despite the clean knockdown. Worst of all one of the judges Jerry Roth actually scored the round even! In the end Roth's horrible descision ultimately cost Evander his heavyweight championship! The argument was that Moorer was handily winning the round at the time of the knockdown. The argument was insane and everyone covering the fight was livid. Every single HBO commentator had something to say about how questionable this was. These people included Jim Lampley Larry Merchant Harold Ledderman James Brown and a furious George Foreman. In the post fight commentary Foreman stopped just short of saying that the Duva's fixed the fight. George said the following I HAVE SEEN ENOUGH! THE DUVA'S HAVE TOO MANY PIECES OF PAPER IN TOO MANY POCKETS! He went on to say that SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO GET TOGETHER AND GET THIS JUNK OUT OF HERE! He then said half jokingly that he'd have to eat a lot of hamburgers to get over this one! HBO began promoting the rebroadcast as DID THE JUDGES GET IT WRONG? The Duva's went into attack mode and threatened to sue. They also moved to have Foreman fired for his allegations. Meanwhile Holyfield was being diagnosed with a heart condition. There would be no immediate rematch. Those two things combined caused HBO to completely do a 180. They feared a lawsuit and profusely apologized to Moorer and the Duva's. The postfight comments were edited in the rebroadcast. Lampley backed down completely and said he called the fight wrong. Merchant did a turnabout as well. NOT GEORGE THOUGH! He remained furious that the heavyweight championship had been reduced to a crooked game. He was also extremely hurt that his fellow commentators and friends left him hung out to dry! George himself dealt out the ultimate justice taking the titles back himself by knocking Moorer out 7 months later. The damage to the HBO team though was done. For the next nine years they remained a team but never without tension. Whenever George felt Jim or Larry were being YES MEN and calling a fight more favorably for an HBO contracted fighter he would boldly challenge them! Courageous
Damn didn't know that stuff, good looking out fam. HBO is some slimey reptilian motherfuckas. :lol1:
Yeah I have alot of admiration for Foreman. I mean, he said alot of stupid sh1t as well over the years and was not without bias himself, but even in those instances I found him to be funny and I always got the sense that he was a genuinely good dude.
I repect Foreman but I always thought he sounded fake sometimes, like he was rehashing speeches.
Im like a boxing encyclopedia and always willing to help out a polish friend. here is the interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qF8F-wrmMw
in the last seconds he answers the Foreman question.
Thank you Encyclopedia!
And damn that was harsh.
Really? When did he say that and who to?
Im like a boxing encyclopedia and always willing to help out a polish friend. here is the interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qF8F-wrmMw
in the last seconds he answers the Foreman question.
:lol1: :lol1: the thing is were abouts was she though? Was she in direct danger or maybe in a box so was safe?
She was in the gents toilets running a train.
Ummm....pics of daughter?
You know that was like 10 years ago or somethin'. If she was 16 then, she's all the way growed up now and maybe smokin' hot...
Anybody?
I am trying to find articles to back it up,but i believe it George always stood up for himself and the fighters he was commentating on.
Yeah I have alot of admiration for Foreman. I mean, he said alot of stupid sh1t as well over the years and was not without bias himself, but even in those instances I found him to be funny and I always got the sense that he was a genuinely good dude.
There's an espn show out there somewhere w/Bert Sugar and Brian Kenny (I think) and George. It's a talk show format with them sitting on tall stools in somebody's gym and they talk about how he got started and his career and they bring in a couple of the guys he fought. Was really good and about 2 or 3 hrs long. Can't remember the name of the show though.
Wait. Found it. It's ESPN Ringside Classics hosted by Bert Sugar and set in Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn. Can't find any video for it though. :(
Foreman used to pull Lampley up when he was being biased or was calling it wrong and Lampley didn't like that. If you listen to the HBO team now others like Steward might disagree but they usually let Lampley have the last word and they go silent. Foreman didn't do that and used to make Lampley look like a complete idiot.
Read my previous post.and i believe Lampley said Barrera obviously doesnt like Hamed very much and George said obviously you dont either chill out something to that effect.
Right right...missed that part. That was friggin' hilarious. :lol1:
That whole mess was just awesome to watch on tv :lol1: I think I still even have a VHS of it around somewhere.
In Lampley's defense regarding missing Big George (who btw is my favorite color commentator of all time :)), didn't Foreman get mad and chew Jim's @ss and tell him to stfu in a menacing fashion toward the end of Barrera vs Hamed? If I was Lampley in that moment, I'm sure I would have shat myself and wanted to be far, FAAARRR away. :lol1:
What do you mean by colour commentator?
a cute chick posted this on yahoo answers
This tension can be traced back exactly to April 22 1994. On that night Evander Holyfield was defending his title against Michael Moorer. In the second round Holyfield leveled Michael Moorer with a brutal left hook. None of the 3 judges gave Evander a ten eight round despite the clean knockdown. Worst of all one of the judges Jerry Roth actually scored the round even! In the end Roth's horrible descision ultimately cost Evander his heavyweight championship! The argument was that Moorer was handily winning the round at the time of the knockdown. The argument was insane and everyone covering the fight was livid. Every single HBO commentator had something to say about how questionable this was. These people included Jim Lampley Larry Merchant Harold Ledderman James Brown and a furious George Foreman. In the post fight commentary Foreman stopped just short of saying that the Duva's fixed the fight. George said the following I HAVE SEEN ENOUGH! THE DUVA'S HAVE TOO MANY PIECES OF PAPER IN TOO MANY POCKETS! He went on to say that SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO GET TOGETHER AND GET THIS JUNK OUT OF HERE! He then said half jokingly that he'd have to eat a lot of hamburgers to get over this one! HBO began promoting the rebroadcast as DID THE JUDGES GET IT WRONG? The Duva's went into attack mode and threatened to sue. They also moved to have Foreman fired for his allegations. Meanwhile Holyfield was being diagnosed with a heart condition. There would be no immediate rematch. Those two things combined caused HBO to completely do a 180. They feared a lawsuit and profusely apologized to Moorer and the Duva's. The postfight comments were edited in the rebroadcast. Lampley backed down completely and said he called the fight wrong. Merchant did a turnabout as well. NOT GEORGE THOUGH! He remained furious that the heavyweight championship had been reduced to a crooked game. He was also extremely hurt that his fellow commentators and friends left him hung out to dry! George himself dealt out the ultimate justice taking the titles back himself by knocking Moorer out 7 months later. The damage to the HBO team though was done. For the next nine years they remained a team but never without tension. Whenever George felt Jim or Larry were being YES MEN and calling a fight more favorably for an HBO contracted fighter he would boldly challenge them! Courageous
Wow didn't know any of this behind the scenes stuff. Nice find and very interesting if true.
I remember that shit, Foreman saved Lampley and Merchant's asses. And then years later when Lampley was asked if he missed working with Foreman he had the nerves to say "No!". :nonono:
That whole mess was just awesome to watch on tv :lol1: I think I still even have a VHS of it around somewhere.
In Lampley's defense regarding missing Big George (who btw is my favorite color commentator of all time :)), didn't Foreman get mad and chew Jim's @ss and tell him to stfu in a menacing fashion toward the end of Barrera vs Hamed? If I was Lampley in that moment, I'm sure I would have shat myself and wanted to be far, FAAARRR away. :lol1:
I remember that shit, Foreman saved Lampley and Merchant's asses. And then years later when Lampley was asked if he missed working with Foreman he had the nerves to say "No!". :nonono:
Really? When did he say that and who to?
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