Who do you want to see as the announcers for PBC on Amazon Prime?

[BennyBlanco]

Who should PBC/Amazon hire as the new announcer team?

• Play by play
• Non-fight analyst
• Fighter analyst
• Reporter/interviewer
• Anyone else? Host? Scorer?

Personally, I'd like to see:

• Play by play: Mauro Ranallo
• Analyst: ? Bernstein is the best active analyst, but I'd like to see someone new. Is there a trainer that could work?
• Fighter analyst: Andre Ward
• Reporter/interviewer: Jim Gray

PxP: I know not everyone likes Mauro's style, but he knows and loves the sport, doesn't play favorites as much as the others do and is much better than the alternatives. As good as Lampley was, he has lost a step. If you listen to his PPV.com work, his voice isn't as strong and he just isn't as sharp as he used to be. Tessitore is unlistenable; too much babbling and exaggeration and overselling and favoring the house fighter, and he doesn't seem to really know the sport. Grisham and Poncher are only OK. Maybe bring Gus Johnson back?

Analyst: The obvious choice here would be Kellerman, but he seemed to get really negative and cynical towards the end of his boxing run. Plus I don't need to hit about Harry Greb and Willie Pep every other round. Mannix is decent, but not in Bernstein's class; Bernstein is always neutral, and Mannix has obvious favorites. Kregel is a very good writer but not as good on TV. Teddy Atlas seems to hate boxing now.

Fighter: A lot of good choices here. Raul Marqueza is good. Would like to see Roy Jones again, but it seems like his speech patterns are getting harder and harder to understand. Algieri is growing on me, but not quite ready for the big leagues yet. Malignagi seems to have burned too many bridges. Can't stand Bradley - too much yelling and too many ****** opinions. He belongs on First Take or one of the argument shows where they show dumb stuff to create debates. Porter is a Bradley clone with a bigger wardrobe.

Reporter: I don't mind Brian Campbell. Arial Helwani is OK too. But too many of them just ask the obvious easy questions instead of asking what viewers at home want to know. It seems that most interviewers don't want to challenge the fighters. For asking the tough questions, there is no one like Merchant or Gray, and Merchant has retired.

Other: Kate Abdo or Brian Custer as host. Anyone but Brian Kenny.

[El_Mero]

If pbc is going to be doing ppvs like their 1st one, idgaf who it is. Trash/showcase fights deserve no attention, fu.ck announcers

[The Big Dunn]

I want anyone but Ranallo. He is a cuck.

I want objective analysis. Just detail the fight. I don’t want biased analysis where the analysis is pro the PBC star/ name.

[BennyBlanco]

Very thoughtful response. So if they get Canelo-Benavidez or Canelo-Crawford or Crawford-Boots done, then don't complain about the announcers. Because you said you didn't give a F.

[BennyBlanco]

I want anyone but Ranallo. He is a cuck.

I want objective analysis. Just detail the fight. I don’t want biased analysis where the analysis is pro the PBC star/ name.

What do you mean by "cuck"? I mean, I know what it means and how people usually use it, but how does that apply to a boxing announcer?

Ranallo has always seemed pretty neutral to me. Didn't Wilder even get mad at the Showtime announcers because he didn't think they were favoring him enough? I think a couple of other PBC fighters said the same thing.