Do Larry Merchant, Jim Lamplee read sumthing in Backgrounds when They speak?

[jabsRstiff]

remember these guys probably have A LOT more boxing knowledge than any of us...they see this night after night first hand...this is what they do for a living...so they can do it fluently...

just like if you have been practicing a craft like playing piano...once you have done it for years and years...eventually it becomes second nature...and you just go with the flow...

they don't sound robotic so I think they MAY have specific notes of facts about the fighters in a specific fights and bring it up...but no I HIGHLY doube they read from promters or anything...I assume just notes and go with the flow...

Lampley ?
No, he doesn't have a ton of boxing knowledge.

This is a man who in '92....selected Rid**** Bowe & Lennox Lewis as the #1 & #2 lb4lb best in the world.
Yeah....better than prime time Whitaker & Chavez..

[Truth]

Lampley is just real intelligent, he could talk for hours.

[hollister]

I've noticed that Lampley also says things at times that give you the impression that he lets his emotions do the talking when speaking about certain fighters, he was pretty bad about it in the Wlad-Peter fight. I don't think he reads anything because I've seen him in interviews, both where he was interviewing someone else and where he was actually being interviewed, and he speaks that way seemingly all the time, probably even at home lol

[Derranged]

I've noticed that Lampley also says things at times that give you the impression that he lets his emotions do the talking when speaking about certain fighters, he was pretty bad about it in the Wlad-Peter fight. I don't think he reads anything because I've seen him in interviews, both where he was interviewing someone else and where he was actually being interviewed, and he speaks that way seemingly all the time, probably even at home lol

What was bad about what he said the Peter fight

[hollister]

What was bad about what he said the Peter fight

I didn't mean "bad" literally, but a couple of times he kind of got caught up in the moment when Wlad was landing those jabs, and when he got caught with that first slapping hook and didn't go down or anything. He didn't say anything really bad, he just got excited, that's all.

[TuPrincipe]

Jim Lampley is just naturally articulate and very intelligent. These guys are professionals (Merchant and Lampley), so they know how to talk in front of a camera as they went to school for it and learned the trade.

[Grimgash]

ya I surprise also. I dint realize Jim Lamplee knows about many sports not jest boxing. When he was talkin bout baseball one time, I thought "sell out", but it seems he jest studied SPORTS in general, not jest boxing.

Sell out because he has information or watches other sports? Manny I think you may be the only one on the forum who only likes boxing and no other sports. If you didn't know Lampley was an announcer for other sports prior to boxing. Although watching him on cheap seats is sort of funny...

[Manny_P]

Sell out because he has information or watches other sports? Manny I think you may be the only one on the forum who only likes boxing and no other sports. If you didn't know Lampley was an announcer for other sports prior to boxing. Although watching him on cheap seats is sort of funny...

Boxing is ta best sport handsdown. **** them posers and sellouts!

[phallus]

i can't speak for lampley, but i know in merchant's case, it's the hennessy talking

[Manny_P]

why is Roy Jones tryin to freestyle when he does commentary? LOL!!!!!

he know I aint buyin his remix album. HAHAHA!