Anyone else like the Showtime team of Mauro Ranallo, Al, and Paulie Malignaggi?

Not big on Mauro, prefer Gus Johnson. Paulie can be good, but he comes off as being biased, especially towards fighters he's lost to: Hatton, Cotto, and Khan... Al is cool.

Paulies really cut out for this imo, he surprised me a while back in one of his interviews when he had to analyse a fight or two and he described it extremely well...no bias just cold hard facts and logical reasoning said in a clear manner. His scoring of fights however is a bit iffy. Mauro was great in PRIDE and Strikeforce IMO, some people don't like him but he's got a distinct voice and can hype up a fight well. I watched the Khan v Molina fight and Al Bernstein is fine as well but I'll be honest with you nothing beats the legendary HBO team. People like to hate on some teams because they are on top, theres a reason why they are regarded as the best...because they are the best. I love each team though, they are different in their own way. Showtime pleases the hardcore fans and HBO pleases the casuals. Showtime gives a more analytical commentary, explaining whats happening in the fight and why whereas HBO present the story of the fight, how it came about, what happened in the build up and what happened in their past fights, their habits. The ones who hate Mauro hate him because of his links to MMA, these idiots need to grow the hell up, the man respects all combative sports, he has never dissed boxing at all, he has been announcing since he was like 15 years old back in Canada, and he is a really cool guy when you hear his interviews, plus I will never forget when he got punked by Mirko Cro Cop still one of my favorite moments.

Paulies really cut out for this imo, he surprised me a while back in one of his interviews when he had to analyse a fight or two and he described it extremely well...no bias just cold hard facts and logical reasoning said in a clear manner. His scoring of fights however is a bit iffy. Mauro was great in PRIDE and Strikeforce IMO, some people don't like him but he's got a distinct voice and can hype up a fight well. I watched the Khan v Molina fight and Al Bernstein is fine as well but I'll be honest with you nothing beats the legendary HBO team. People like to hate on some teams because they are on top, theres a reason why they are regarded as the best...because they are the best. I love each team though, they are different in their own way. Showtime pleases the hardcore fans and HBO pleases the casuals. Showtime gives a more analytical commentary, explaining whats happening in the fight and why whereas HBO present the story of the fight, how it came about, what happened in the build up and what happened in their past fights, their habits.

Ranallo sounds like he should be announcing wrestling or UFC. Dude just yells. Al is a beast an Paulie just keeps getting better. I don't even mind Jim anymore. He's a dick, but you know what you're getting. you do know Lampley yells in a whiny voice during fights right? who would you rather have a guy who has a deep voice like Ranallo that doesn't sound annoying or a guy who sounds like his voice is about to go through puberty like lampley. I didn't mind lampley when he was younger, but now he has become a conspiracy theorist with a political agenda.

Paulies beginning to piss me off, he's so biased towards movers and then scores cotto-trout a draw even tho trout was the mover He complains about judging, even tho he benefited from them and then shows how he clearly can't score a fight The dumbass didn't acknowledge a single thing Santa Cruz did in his fight. Not once.

Paulies beginning to piss me off, he's so biased towards movers and then scores cotto-trout a draw even tho trout was the mover He complains about judging, even tho he benefited from them and then shows how he clearly can't score a fight

ranallo did announce MMA fights before he landed this gig lmao No ****? Hahahaha!

what happened to gus johnson? i enjoyed his commentating..."nuts and guts!" Not even his line...dude just used it.

Paulie annoys me, and always has when he talks. His scorecards are horrendous.

I miss Gus Johnson. Gus Johnson>>>>>>your favorite announcer

Ranallo sounds like he should be announcing wrestling or UFC. Dude just yells. Al is a beast an Paulie just keeps getting better. I don't even mind Jim anymore. He's a dick, but you know what you're getting.

paulie cant score a fight if his life depended on it, but i guess theyre not too bad

Paulie is turning into one of my fav commentators, Dude knows what he's talking about and he appeals to the younger crowd. Instead of the usual 80 year old senile grumpy dumpys who do the fights

The only hate I seen Al have is against Mares. roy jones jr is an ex fighter and he is biased toward Pacquiao and Nonito donaire. We're only human. The only difference is, some of us hide it better than others.

They are OK...they miss Tarver though! Paulie is good but his scoring is a little weird

Ranallo no.... Paulie is decent until he post his scorecard This. Paulie seems to be biased toward the boxer/slick fighter. It is pretty laughable.

Paulie is decent until he post his scorecard Yeah, I like his commentary, but his scorecards always show his bias. His Angulo/Silva draw showed his bias towards fellow feather fists.

Putting Paulie on the team is the best move they've made in a long time.

no........paulie is a biased idiot and al bernstien is out of line for the hate he has for some fighters The only hate I seen Al have is against Mares. roy jones jr is an ex fighter and he is biased toward Pacquiao and Nonito donaire.

At first I hate the fact that Mauro was in there, but he actually does really good. The team as a whole is good. They have a good energy about them. I also like Brian Kenny. He's probably my favorite commentator of all time. I loved him on ESPN. Yeah, Mauro is really growing on me, I couldn't stand Gus Johnson, people hating on Mauro hate him cause he was a MMA guy but from the outside interviews I heard of his he is a Renaissance man he can really do it all he covered pro wrestling, boxing, and MMA, and he actually studies the fighters resume before each broadcast so you know he really is taking this serious. I can't stand Lampley he has become so agenda based, and political, and his voice is so whiny. Brian Kenny is awesome, dude is funny how he would get under Floyds skin. I hope they do more shows on CBS. I like Harold Lederman on HBO lol what a character OK JIM!