Is this why Lampley is a bit off when asked about Big George?

[MANGLER]

George ruled. I miss his commentary. He was goofy, but insightful.

[Dynamite Glove]

Is this why Lampley is a bit off when asked about Big George?

Taken from Yahoo answers.

This tension can be traced back exactly to April 22 1994. On that night Evander Holyfield was defending his title against Michael Moorer. In the second round Holyfield leveled Michael Moorer with a brutal left hook. None of the 3 judges gave Evander a ten eight round despite the clean knockdown. Worst of all one of the judges Jerry Roth actually scored the round even! In the end Roth's horrible descision ultimately cost Evander his heavyweight championship! The argument was that Moorer was handily winning the round at the time of the knockdown. The argument was insane and everyone covering the fight was livid. Every single HBO commentator had something to say about how questionable this was. These people included Jim Lampley Larry Merchant Harold Ledderman James Brown and a furious George Foreman. In the post fight commentary Foreman stopped just short of saying that the Duva's fixed the fight. George said the following I HAVE SEEN ENOUGH! THE DUVA'S HAVE TOO MANY PIECES OF PAPER IN TOO MANY POCKETS! He went on to say that SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO GET TOGETHER AND GET THIS JUNK OUT OF HERE! He then said half jokingly that he'd have to eat a lot of hamburgers to get over this one! HBO began promoting the rebroadcast as DID THE JUDGES GET IT WRONG? The Duva's went into attack mode and threatened to sue. They also moved to have Foreman fired for his allegations. Meanwhile Holyfield was being diagnosed with a heart condition. There would be no immediate rematch. Those two things combined caused HBO to completely do a 180. They feared a lawsuit and profusely apologized to Moorer and the Duva's. The postfight comments were edited in the rebroadcast. Lampley backed down completely and said he called the fight wrong. Merchant did a turnabout as well. NOT GEORGE THOUGH! He remained furious that the heavyweight championship had been reduced to a crooked game. He was also extremely hurt that his fellow commentators and friends left him hung out to dry! George himself dealt out the ultimate justice taking the titles back himself by knocking Moorer out 7 months later. The damage to the HBO team though was done. For the next nine years they remained a team but never without tension. Whenever George felt Jim or Larry were being YES MEN and calling a fight more favorably for an HBO contracted fighter he would boldly challenge them! Courageous commentators like George Foreman are one in a million!


George Foreman's bio BY GEORGE.

There will never be another Foreman, boxer or commentator. He was the best commentator ever, and it was because he gave his opinion straight up...he wasn't a yes man, as you put it. Plus, with Foreman, you get extra ring security...with the Bowe -Golata riot, Foreman collaring 20 year olds "Don't do that son!"

[El Jesus]

Yeah, it was the Tito/B-Hop fight. Absolutely terrible. He had lost every single round, was looking like a completely beaten fighter and was on wobbly legs, whereas Hopkins was gunning it, throwing combos all over the shop and still George was going on and on "Ohhhh, you jus caan' give up on this guy na. Ee's got 'im right where ee wants 'im"

Funniest commentated fight ever.

Would have been like saying at the end of Lacy/Calzaghe "This Calzaghe has got to be careful. He just don' know the power of this guy and he's settin' up for big shot. Ohhhh I can see it"

Lacy was a power puncher he would have said exactly that.

[Kinetic Linking]

I ****in love george foreman.

[Scott9945]

There will never be another Foreman, boxer or commentator. He was the best commentator ever, and it was because he gave his opinion straight up...he wasn't a yes man, as you put it. Plus, with Foreman, you get extra ring security...with the Bowe -Golata riot, Foreman collaring 20 year olds "Don't do that son!"

I sure don't agree with you about George as a commentator, but that scene at the Golota fight was unforgettable.

[Heru]

His bias usually got in the way of everything he said when it came to the stars.

His hatred toward Mayweather Sr. in the De La Hoya-Vargas fight was too evident and he'd go into arguments with Merchant and Lampley far too often.

Still, for some reason I liked him better than all the other athlete announcers. Maybe it's the grill.

[MOTHER DUCKER]

Interesting stuff i had actually heard Merchant got him fired or something but i guess not. Well i loved the dude even if he was a bit crazy, i'd like roy Jones back doing commentary to once he retires.

[Joe2608]

You gotta love Foreman.

[rskumm21]

Thank God we don't have to listen to Foreman's idiotic babble anymore.

Yes because Larry Merhant's idiotic babble is so much better...

[gingeralbino]

Can't say that I have, however I have seen edited and unedited versions of Barrera-Hamed. In the original, Foreman and Lampley argue over Hamed's religious comments, and whether or not the result is a sign that Allah wanted Hamed to lose. In the edited version, the discussion is removed and there is no commentary for 20 seconds or so.

So yeah...I've no doubt that HBO would cut something out for the rebroadcast if they felt it was potentially controversial.

yeah i remember that, he called him out on that brilliantly, Lamply was out of order there "Allah wants u to lose" or some **** like that.

He may not be one of the best announcers but i like him for things like that. He calls it how he sees it (even if he's wrong). TV needs more people like Gerorge. If he actually knew what he was talking about it would be better!

He loves punchers
I remember Morales v mccullough he was saying mccullough needs to hurt him more, saying, sometimes u have to break the rules (of how to punch in boxing) and really swing to get some leverage.