Anyone else hate Showtime for big fights?

[any craic lad?]

Must be the only one on here who likes Gus Johsons punch by punch calling of fights.Ya he has ******ed moments but he gets you excited for a fight Bernstein and Tarver are solid too.On the Sky side of things does anyone prefer Nick Halling has main commentator to the rest.I felt he did an excellent job last weekend on the Khan Peterson fight

[etlux]

hbo's production makes you feel excited like you're watching a real PPV event. Showtime's production feels like you're watching bumfight in someone's basement/gutter/sewer

[Rocky Rode]

Yeah. I personally have no problems with Showtime's commentating crew, but their production feels second rate(atleast whe compared to HBO WCB/PPV)

[any craic lad?]

2.50 a Gus Johnson Classic

[Bushbaby]

Hell naw, showtime is boss in commentating & actual quality matches. I have no opinion on sky, but I'd watch it for sure. Hbo is the one that's full of crap, big stars in one sided fights, who else is tired of that is the real question.

[BattleAxePurist]

Johnson doesn't seem right for boxing other than that not a big deal
There production does not have the same sharpness but as stated before there sound quality is better than HBO you hear the punches clearer on there telecasts

[Motofan]

Get ready for Al to say "Boy, you sure are right Antonio" about 30 times tonight like usual.

[Forza]

as annoying as merchant can be I just love the RJJ/merchant/lampley team. Lennox instead of RJJ is fine too. It just works for me, and so does all graphics HBO uses. Then theres the ring that looks like a real boxing ring.

I mean hopkins pascal was fought in a purple ring with slippery ads all over the floor wtf is that

[copablack]

HBO vs Showtime

I like how the fights look on HBO netter then on Showtime but I actually like the announcers better on Showtime! I hate Lampley and Merchant. I like Al Bernstein and Johnson better and I think Tarver does a great job even better then Emanuel and a lot better then Roy Jones! I do like Max Kellerman tho! That being said as long as the fights are good I can careless of who the announcement team is lol!

It seems their broadcast team is amateur. You got guys like gus johnson who doesn't know a damn thing about boxing and other nobodies. And the ring is always so amateur looking with all those ****** adverts and ****** colors, I like the old school blue canvas red ring.

[studentofthegam]

Nothing about Showtime's crew keeps my attention. Im iffy on HBO's crew since the Marquez robbery but I would rather have Lamps/Roy and Max for any big fight. Lamps makes it exciting. Roy takes you inside a boxers mind and Max says exactly whats on his mind (a real fighter's commentator).