2. My problem with Kellerman that night was that before the fight, we seemed to discredit those who said Castillo was shot. He talked about how Castillo still had something left.. After the fight, he made a switch-a-roo, making it seem it had more to do with Castillo being shot, than Hatton fighting his fight.
Regardless of who it was in the ring, shot or at the prime, to me it looked like that punch would have sent anyone to the floor.
1. He made an atrocious about-face and appeared to be more interested in appearing to be clever than he was in addressing the fight. Larry Merchant is a cheeky bastard but he has a way of putting it across without being straight up disrespectful. Or he can get away with it because he's about a hundred years old...
Ive said it before and Ill say it again. I cant believe people getting so upset over what Max said but love it when Merchant disses Floyd and other boxers all the time. He does it all the time and those same guys who hate Max right now love it when Merchant does it. Merchant is way more of a ass then Max was that night. There just mad because finally someone through it back the other way. Manny is also suppery annoying and Lampley is getting sickning.
The bad part is that Im so use to them that I cant imagine seeing it without Lamp & merchant
Overall i think the HBO coverage wasn't acceptable. They didn't seem interested in the fight. They missed the referee warning Castillo twice for low blows and then questioned why he had been deducted a point.
They didn't call the fight, they were either silent or chatting bull**** everytime Hatton did some good bodywork and clean shots were landed from both fighters.
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