Comments Thread For: Boxing Commentators Andre Ward, Max Kellerman Depart From ESPN Roles

[Devils Advocate]

Wonder if Ward’s Showtime documentary had anything to do with things?

[killakali]

The thing that drives me nuts about fans is that they act like Tim Bradley and Andre Ward are supposed to be unbiased in their commentary.

They're not. ESPN tells them what position to take for the sake of banter while they call the fight.

This is how ESPN operates - ESPN commentary is extremely biased by design.

Whoever replaces Ward will be the same way.

As for Andre being let go - no loss IMO. He reminded me of Lennox Lewis in some ways... Ward was more eloquent but he didn't really have a lot to say.

Exactly. Before Fox dumped the PBC they were the only more biased commentators and network than ESPN. ESPN is worse than every other one.

remember when fox didn’t have crawford in their list of top welterweights and refused to acknowledge the WBO? Lmaoooo

ESPN is almost as bad

[Oldskoolg]

Keller am making $5m is surprising. I don’t think he has been worth anything even remotely close to that since HBO boxing. Max is a good boxing commentator and analyst but he didn’t have anything to do with ESPN boxing in terms of the Conor commentary. I’d like to see him on the biggest pbc Ppv’s on strictly boxing…same with Ward. ESPN if they want to stay in boxing their product needs to improve

[turnedup]

Personally I took issue with Ward when he publicly started praising Stevenson via the network, I’m a big fan of Stevenson but this dude would sometimes change the whole conversation about another fighter to talk about the one he’s managing.

at least kellerman transcended sports and was on other shows that weren’t doing too badly but ward….at times his “I’m right” would create tension in the flow of the analyst conversation. Ward was a great fighter but he’s so bad as an analyst.

[NC Uppercut]

Personally I took issue with Ward when he publicly started praising Stevenson via the network, I’m a big fan of Stevenson but this dude would sometimes change the whole conversation about another fighter to talk about the one he’s managing.

at least kellerman transcended sports and was on other shows that weren’t doing too badly but ward….at times his “I’m right” would create tension in the flow of the analyst conversation. Ward was a great fighter but he’s so bad as an analyst.

He did do that. But did you know that Ward was run off the management team by J Prince? He took Wards percentage and kicked Ward to the side. Then comments kept coming about how Ward was part of the management team, etc etc, and Ward never spoke up and said, I’m no longer a manager in any capacity for Shakur. Facts

[richardt]

Now Timmy can run rampant on the show, lol.

[chepboxingking]

Max and Andre are two of the most knowledgeable boxing personalities. I’m sure they’ll find work right away.

DAZN should jump on them both.

[killakali]

Keller am making $5m is surprising. I don’t think he has been worth anything even remotely close to that since HBO boxing. Max is a good boxing commentator and analyst but he didn’t have anything to do with ESPN boxing in terms of the Conor commentary. I’d like to see him on the biggest pbc Ppv’s on strictly boxing…same with Ward. ESPN if they want to stay in boxing their product needs to improve

I didn’t hear any Conor commentary from Max. Or maybe I just remember in the Floyd vs Conor build up

[GBP4LIFE]

Tim Bradley likely gets paid in cheeseburgers.. so clearly he was safe

[Smash]

one look into wards sleepy hypno eyes would be enough for anyone to dose off