Jim Lampley breaks down crying in interview after final HBO telecast

Anyone applauding and celebrating the end of HBO is NOT a boxing fan.

It's understandable why he was emotional. And say what you want, but Lampley was THE voice of boxing for many years.

go to dazn man you still got prime years left in you as a commentator Jim! BANG! BANG! YOU GONNA HIT ME BACK? BANG!! BANG!!! :lol1:

Lampley always wells up on the verge of tears, but Roy legit cried at the end of the broadcast. He had tears streaming down his face.

I hope DAZN or someone picks up Lampley and the crew, Showtime is just so budget in comparrison, Jim Grey, Jimmy lennon jr, just not up to the standard of the HBO crew Whoa whoa...leave jimmy Lennon out of it, he’s about the best ring announcer in the game. He’s on par with buffer imo.

I wish someone would get emotional over me like Lampley does over everything :'(

no harm in crying for something you feel so passionate about.....lampley loves boxing and thats a great thing

HBO bias did become annoying in the later years...but I won't shoot the messengers. The commentators were pressured by the exec's to sell product and if you want to keep your high paying job you have to do what you have to do unfortunately. This was part of the HBO downfall. I would like to see Showtime dump Mauro Ranallo and replace him with Jim Lampley. I'd also like to see Roy Jones Jr in the team.

I think we all know the long story of the rivalry with Haymon, it was really related to corrupt boxing politics. Suits fighting it out while the fighters, producers of channels and especially fans lose out. HBO boxing to me was the production crews, the commentators, Buffer, of course the fighters, venues, the high class venues etc. Not the suits who threw it all away for dollars. Look at this clown. :rofl: It's what happen in the ring that matters. Make their are high class fighters in the ring and we all good. Go watch Downton Abbey if it's class that you seek.

HBO let it happen, not boxing. They would rather use their air time for garbage movies they rerun, agenda driven documentaries and comics who aren’t funny. It’s probably a reflection of their subscriber demographic who likely aren’t big boxing fans. When Lampley wasn’t spewing his bias or calling phantom punches he was one of the best. Jones is awful, and Kellerman will probably land a gig on ESPN boxing in some capacity. I think we all know the long story of the rivalry with Haymon, it was really related to corrupt boxing politics. Suits fighting it out while the fighters, producers of channels and especially fans lose out. HBO boxing to me was the production crews, the commentators, Buffer, of course the fighters, venues, the high class venues etc. Not the suits who threw it all away for dollars.

I see nothing wrong with him crying.

What a shame that Boxing let this happen. The sport is not gonna be the same again, and it will never reach the certain amount of class that HBO brought to it. HBO let it happen, not boxing. They would rather use their air time for garbage movies they rerun, agenda driven documentaries and comics who aren’t funny. It’s probably a reflection of their subscriber demographic who likely aren’t big boxing fans. When Lampley wasn’t spewing his bias or calling phantom punches he was one of the best. Jones is awful, and Kellerman will probably land a gig on ESPN boxing in some capacity.

Can't lie tho the telecast was awful lol. They didn't even give a **** about the Estrada fight and talked about other things throughout the whole fight. Also constantly getting names messed up and just telling flawed info. Wtf was up with Max btw, that dude didn't sound well at all ?

he is always crying about something..lol

Jim lampley is just a color commentator. He isnt somebody who is objective and i never took him seriously. He is for entertainment and he was great at it. Al Bernstein is a league above. Agreed Lampley isn't even hired to be the color guy he is the play by play he is supposed to be objective and just describe the action and set up the color analyst guys to give insight and opinion. Bernstein isn't play by play he's color analyst and he's way more objective then the play by play guy on the other network who is steering an agenda bias.

It's more likely than not that Roy would end up on the PBC. He was forced to toe the company line in order to keep his job at HBO. Al Haymon is fully aware and understands this.

I hope DAZN or someone picks up Lampley and the crew, Showtime is just so budget in comparrison, Jim Grey, Jimmy lennon jr, just not up to the standard of the HBO crew Hell no Lampley needs to stay away from DAZN. I like Brian Kenny. I really like Roy Jones everyone should be beating down doors to get him. I could care less about Max. But Lampley lost his fast ball long time ago and is way to bias. He is one of the reasons HBO fell apart and became agenda based.

Jim lampley is just a color commentator. He isnt somebody who is objective and i never took him seriously. He is for entertainment and he was great at it. Al Bernstein is a league above.

HBO had the best production. The best sound-bites, the iconic voices, legendary moments. I like what Showtime is doing in Boxing but the personnel at HBO are clearly superior outside of Paulie Malignaggi. Lampley, Kellerman, Paulie would be awesome. The last great year they had was 2013. It had been downhill ever since. 24/7 was AMAZING. The Mayweather/DLH and Hatton ones and the Cotto v Margarito ones were the best imo.

What a shame that Boxing let this happen. The sport is not gonna be the same again, and it will never reach the certain amount of class that HBO brought to it. You'll never see the production values HBO brought to boxing. The closest is Showtime and good luck finding something polished as HBO on DAZN - the welfare channel.