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[KnockUTheFukOut]

Gus Johnson was complete sh$t on Saturday.

Some of the worst commentary I've ever heard.

OK? That is your opinion...WTF do you want me to do? Reply and try to convince you to like Johnson lol

[Evil Abed]

I really wonder about that. Consider the Pacquiao-Hatton fight- Lampley didn't even know Pacquiao landed a right hook. Watch the commentary from Sky Sports in the UK, those guys were incredible.

What are some of Jim's big moments, or memorable commentary lines in the clutch?

Oscar-Vargas and Foreman-Moorer come to mind.

[Evil Abed]

Another good one

[William Blake]

Oscar-Vargas and Foreman-Moorer come to mind.

Those are good calls by Lampley, especially the De La Hoya-Vargas

[#CaneloKhan]

Gus Johnson, Tarver, Al best team out their

second


is Larry, Lampey, RJJ

[#1Assassin]

showtime hands down.

gus annoys me, but everyone else on showtime acctually enhance the fight. steward and RJJ are the only ppl on hbo who do that. merchant, lampley and kellerman all suck more than gus do. i think merchant does it on purpose, nobody can suck that bad by accident.

showtime and sky are good, hbo are terrible. i usually look for a sky version when hbo air fights, atleast if merchant is working the card.

[El Angel]

Johnson can be a little much, but he's not bad. Lampley says "As if to say" more than anyone should commentating on a boxing match. Bernstein is my favorite out of all of them. Unbiased and tells it how it is. Merchant and Kellerman to lesser extent get on my nerves at times. RJJ and Steward always say "This is exactly what I though would happen." Even if it is, they need to offer more. Tarver is very well spoken and has very good points. But on HBO, it feels like an event. It doesn't always feel that way with Showtime.

[gmc_rfc_06]

Showtime.

I can't overlook the god awful bias that comes from the HBO guy's, it's embarrassing at times.

[WESS]

Max Kellerman, Jim Lampley, Roy Jones Jr, Emanuel Steward and George Foreman

[Double_L]

Al Bernstein >>>>>>>>> Everyone else by far.

But I actually prefer the HBO team overall. Just their presence gives each event a "big fight" feel that Showtime lacks, even though they have been slipping in the last few years.

I don't like Gus Johnson doing boxing commentary at all. His boxing knowledge seems very limited and he was especially annoying on Saturday with his "when will the real Juanma show up?" spiel over and over. IMO he should stick to football, here is one of my favorite football calls of the last decade, courtesy of Gus:

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