Has anyone brought up the biased HBO coverage?

[mECHsLAVE]

I didn't think Lampley was THAT bad on Sat. It is a tough job to keep commenting on the action in an interesting way, so you have to cut him a little slack.

The worst call I ever saw him make was Lewis-McCall 1. He totally freaked out and was screaming about the ref stopping it, and Lennox is still unable to stand without staggering WHILE LAMPLEY IS COMPLAINING. That was absurd. But for the most part I like Lampley and I think he does a good job.

For whoever mentioned their favoritism of Taylor, that's simply because they see Taylor as the future and Hopkins as the past. I would say their age, and their future potential in the sport, was far more influential than a split from a manager. That's to be expected with the old vs. the new, and they were right. There was a passing of the torch and Hopkins is about to retire and Taylor is probably going to start a decent MW reign.

[jabsRstiff]

The HBO team's call of Chavez-Taylor, was sickening. They barely acknowledged a thing Chavez did, while going nuts over every Taylor move.
Somebody was breaking Mel's face apart in there, but they didn't seem to notice.

[oldgringo]

The HBO team's call of Chavez-Taylor, was sickening. They barely acknowledged a thing Chavez did, while going nuts over every Taylor move.
Somebody was breaking Mel's face apart in there, but they didn't seem to notice.

The only real call in that fight Lampley got right was, "I CAN'T BELIEVE IT...LOU DUVA IS GOING TO GO NUTS IN A MINUTE HERE!!!"

[machotime]

Did anyone hear Larry Merchant in the begining of the fight say "Eric's nose looks like a hawk hunting for prey"? That shyt cracked my up.