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Originally posted by dino
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He said beating a fighter he new for his fourteenth defense he knew it was his 20th defense. He also had some other real good things to say. -
I agree that Tyson seemed to have his brains (what few there may be) in his head tonight when he was interviewed, and actually seemed to know what he was talking about. And I say this because he agreed with me about Taylor needing more experience before meeting Hopkins.
Whatever else Tyson may be, though, he does know his boxing history, and I've always admired his respect for those who've gone down in the sport's history, and his willingness to learn everything he can about them.Comment
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Mike Tyson has always been a great boxing historian. He used to be in documentaries with Larry Merchant and they would look at old fights and talk about them. I had one on tape.
However, Roy is also very insightful and notices things in a fight that the older guys do not. He is a good commentator and Tyson probably would not be.Comment
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The problem I have with Jones, is his constant self-promoting, and arrogance. As a commentator, you're supposed to be concerned with the fights you're covering, not reminding everyone of how great you are, were, or think you are/were. That, and his tendancy to mispronounce words, or use improper (or made up) adjectives when he's trying to sound intelligent.Originally posted by Super_Lightweight
I think Roy is probably a pretty decent guy, but his presence on camera just irritates the **** out of me. I think Jermaine Taylor is far more intelligent, and his sense of humility during his interview after his decisive win was ****ing refreshing, BIG-TIME for me. His stock went up in my book, by about double.Comment
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lol...get over yourself, man. 'm going to have to rewind that tape for you. Taylor is no more intelligent or articulate than Roy, and Roy doesn't mispronounce words too often or misuse them. He does sometimes, but not a whole lot. Certainly not as much as George did.I think Jermaine Taylor is far more intelligent, and his sense of humility during his interview after his decisive win was ****ing refreshing, BIG-TIME for me. His stock went up in my book, by about double.
In any case, chill your ass out and stop the hatit'.Comment
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lolOriginally posted by Slipx
I've always liked larry merchants commentation, tonight I didn't get everything but after Taylor beat out Edouard, when Merchant got in the ring to interview Taylor, Eduoard was acting an ass and merchant sorta pushed him aside and started the interview...it made me laugh
another funny thing that happened tonight was when Lampley and DLH were talking about when DLH comes back if he's going to be fighting the best, dlh said something to the effect of yeah, and then lampley goes "Well we saw what happened when you fought the best when you fought Hopkins" the look on Delahoya's face ROFL his smirk turned into a 'wtf are you clowning me on tv' look. lol
i love that pic....ive always said merchant was to busy drinking
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Well I think he looks good.Originally posted by The Fixlol i love that pic....ive always said merchant was to busy drinking
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That was a cool surprise from HBO to interview Iron Mike, his boxing knowledge is unreal.Originally posted by deuskie
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Tyson would be, to me, a welcome addition to ShoBox as a 3rd commentator. Farhood's a good boxing journalist/color guy, but Tyson's got personality that could jazz up some of the uglier fights when two guys with less than 10 fights are putting on a less-than-spectacular show.Comment
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Originally posted by Super_Lightweight
Ok, after watching it again....more intelligent? Maybe not, but definitely FAR more understandable, and humble. Roy Jones gets old with the "I'm the greatest" bull****, and talking about himself in the 3rd person.
Not sure what "hatit" is....If you meant "Hating", I don't hate Roy, he just annoys the **** out of me, and I don't feel he has any business as a commentator.Comment
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