HBO's poorly commentated on fights

[ИATAS]

The HBO team seem to talk alot about the fighters during the fight, rather than the fight itself, commenting on shots after they happen rather than when they happen,

Yeah I agree. I was just watching some old Ali fights yesterday and noticed how the commentators hardly talked at all. Very long moments of silence were common, only for a brief "good right hook by Ali" etc. followed by more silence. This obviously lets us observers watch the fight in peace and not be interrupted by people talking and it's also completely unbiased. HBO practically ruins fights at times with how much nonsense they talk (sometimes completely unrelated to the actual fight!) and their extreme favoritism.

[MANGLER]

Only thing that bothers me is when they get a lil to into the nuthuggin. A lack of enthusiasm never bothers me as long as the fight itself is still good.

[-Antonio-]

I get pretty annoyed when Foreman nuthugs the puncher even when he's getting his ass kicked. What the hell was he doing in the Quartey fight too?

[Gojira]

I can never really tell whether someones nuthugging in commentary or not. looks like ive been brainwashed by buncey and the gang.

[billionaire]

the commentary was alot better when they had a fighter like roy yones and george foreman instead of boring emanuel steward.....who cares if they dont know as much......

[TheCheetah]

Jim Lampley is whack... He should stick to Ice Skating commentary.

Kellerman on the other hand was hyping up Williams... Then when he lost against Quintana he was talking mad ****... Talking about Paul "The Punished" Williams.

**** Kellerman.

[warp1432]

Barrera-Marquez is the worst I've heard by them.

Also the lack of excitedness in Mayweather Hatton, especially the knockout, was really disapointing.

[thebowtod]

kelly pavlik's got blood on his face, probably from a punch" yeah, they really said that.

[Alibata]

HBO's poorly commentated on fights, what are they? first let me say i prefer HBO commentary too Skypsports, but sometimes they do a poor job, when the guy that wins is not the guy they wanted to win the fight.


Hatton vs Mayweather
Foreman vs Moorer


However even when they do favour a fighter they can still do a poor job. Watching Pavlik vs Miranda the commentary on Skysports was very exciting, but when i watched the HBO version it was no where near as exciting. I think Skysports did a better job on Taylor vs Pavlik 1 aswell, ironically enough.

Did they do a good job of Pavlik vs Hopkins ? because it seemed like they felt like the wrong guy won their too.

Penalosa vs. Ponce De Leon... Nuthuggery at its finest... Most scribes thought the fight was closer and even had Penalosa winning... HBO commentary made it seem so one sided. Funny thing is that they could not show any highlights of Ponce cuz he was getting hit with the bigger shots and he wasn't really getting past Penalosa guard...Even running in the end.

[Dynamite Kid]

the commentary was alot better when they had a fighter like roy yones and george foreman instead of boring emanuel steward.....who cares if they dont know as much......

Co sign that. I like Steward, because he seems like a genuinely nice guy, but i agree he is boring. I like Al Bernstein, because he is informative, but sometimes he overanalyze's fights and he too can becomes very tedious to listen too.