A couple things I noticed re-watching Marquez vs. Diaz

[Pullcounter]

kellerman is anti-pac, merchant is pro-pac.

[Zarco]

1.) Jim Lampley seemed irritated when Max Kellerman compared the fight to Corrales/Castillo. Mentioning that that fight was on their competitor's network

2.) Lampley also says that Corrales/Castillo occured in 2003, when it actually occured in 2005. A fight that epic, it seems odd to think a professional boxing broadcaster wouldn't remember it. Maybe Lamps doesn't watch Showtime fights?

3.) Lampley and Steward were in the tank for Juan Diaz. They always got excited when Diaz threw anything, even when he was clearly missing. And rarely ever did them mention Marquez's amazing counterpunching skills, or the adjustment he made mid-fight.

4.) Harold Lederman still only scores rounds for activity, and not accuracy.

5.) Kellerman made a point to bring Corrales/Castillo up yet again when the post fight interviews were concluded, this time on a live mic, so the whole crowd could hear him. I agreed with what he had to say.

6.) Bernard Hopkins was going nuts in the crowd, yet again. It's funny for me to see Hopkins front row, going nuts, at all of these fights. He's a character for sure, cracks me up. He also patted his hand on Diaz's shoulder when Diaz seemed disappointed inthe loss, as if to say "it's okay". I thought that was cool.

7.) The replay of the first knockdown shows some amazing slow motion footage of Marquez's ability to adjust a punch, mid-combination. He's about to throw the left uppercut, and he notices that Diaz is out of range, so he pulls it right back, and turns it into a jab, which sets up a nice right hand afterward. The entire replay is a perfect example of how deadly Marquez's accuracy can be.

8.) Emmanuel Steward is such a fence-rider. He'll pick a guy he likes, in this case, Diaz, and talk him up nonstop. Then the opponet, in this case Marquez, lands some nice shots of his own, and all of a sudden, it's him he likes. At least Kellerman and Lampley let you know who they like immediately, and don't switch sides 15 times in a fight.

9.) I still miss Larry Merchant.

I just noticed that today in some ones gif. image. That was beautiful.

[-Antonio-]

I didnt sense Steward's bias in this fight. Lamps wasnt calling nearly enough of JMM's punches I thought.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

i want to karate chop kellerman in the throat

[Latin king]

I agree with the OP. Same old HBO crap!! Its worse without Larry to put everyone in thier place. Max does try tho!! LOL. But Max can also be very biased to fighters he likes.

Larry was the best and saying what he saw and telling it like it is!!

[ßringer]

As a Pacfan I only noticed Max Kellerman's ****riding of Marquez.
About 5 years ago he was so into Marquez and even belittled Pac's accomplishments and proceeded to predict a win for JMM in their first fight. After so many of Pac successes thru the years he has yet to utter his name, until about 3 months ago when Pac demolished Oscar De la Hoya comparing Pac with Henry A. (He was forced to I guess)

He probably felt this is his opportunity to get his Marquez nutsucking back.

I think Kellerman struck a fine balance. Granted he was nuthugging, but the other 2 commentators at the table were nuthugging Diaz just as bad, if not worse.

Lamps and Steward barely even acknowledged Marquez until he KO'd Diaz.

[larryx]

[QUOTE=The_Bringer;4844688]Hopkins was also doing something with Marquez, after Marquez's post fight interview. I couldn't see it all, because Kellerman was blocking the shot. But it looked like Hopkins was joking with Marquez about all the titles he had on, he was smiling ear-to-ear and laughing. Marquez seemed amused as well, though I'm not sure if that was because Hopkins genuinely made him laugh, or that Hopkins is a Golden Boy Co-Promoter.

Also, what was up with all the Oscar shirts? Everybody on Marquez's team had one almost. ****, I haven't seen that many Oscar shirts at any Oscar fight.[/QUOTE]

first time ive seen oscar at a fight since his lose..that maybe why

[ßringer]

I didnt sense Steward's bias in this fight. Lamps wasnt calling nearly enough of JMM's punches I thought.

I felt like Steward was pro-Diaz. He switched sides a few times, as he normally does. But the overall amount of positive comments he had were mostly directed at Diaz.

I'd go back and watch it again, paying only attention to comments by Steward, to tally it, but I can't be bothered right now.

[-Antonio-]

One thing I like about Max is he continues to call it like he is. He may have certain opinions on fighters that others dont agree with, however when it comes to calling the action, he is always on point.

[Pullcounter]

[QUOTE=larryx;4844798]

Hopkins was also doing something with Marquez, after Marquez's post fight interview. I couldn't see it all, because Kellerman was blocking the shot. But it looked like Hopkins was joking with Marquez about all the titles he had on, he was smiling ear-to-ear and laughing. Marquez seemed amused as well, though I'm not sure if that was because Hopkins genuinely made him laugh, or that Hopkins is a Golden Boy Co-Promoter.

Also, what was up with all the Oscar shirts? Everybody on Marquez's team had one almost. ****, I haven't seen that many Oscar shirts at any Oscar fight.[/QUOTE]

first time ive seen oscar at a fight since his lose..that maybe why

also nacho might've felt bad that he led dlh to disaster and humiliation.