Since when did HBO became completely unlistenable?

[Guest]

They've been on the decline for a while now.. when Larry went senile (finishing in round 12 a sentence he started in round 1) it was a bad sign for the team. Then when Larry left, it got worse.

But when you listen to a fight and the expression "Max Keller**** was the least irritating person speaking" comes to mind, it's time for a new broom.

I remember when Jim Lampley used to COMMENTATE on fights. Now he thinks just opening his mouth and letting words fall out of it is enough. We used to have a quiz show over in the UK called "Catchphrase", where you had to guess a phrase from a visual clue, the show's own catchphrase being "say what you see."

That's Jim's motto these days. "jab... jab... jab...." Jim, that's not commentary, that's describing what's happening in front of you like a 6-year-old with down syndrome. If you can't offer anything, stfu.

What gets me is that it's WALLPAPER. Non-stop NOISE. Yes, other commentary teams are annoying (and I'm waiting for someone to say "I gues yu're sayen dat Jim What is the bes't comenttator thenn?") but at least they shut the Hell up for more than a second at a time. if I'm watching a fight I don't need CONSTANT noise in the background. Yap, yap, yap, ****ing yap. STFU, ****s!!

It also pisses me off when they go to Royston "Roy" Jones Jr. and ask him his opinion on stuff he clearly won't know anything about - "Roy, rate this fighter's chin... Roy, rate this fighter's heart... Roy, rate this fighter's desire to trade in a toe-to-toe war... Roy, rate this fighter in terms of having a reasonable sized cock."

Seriously, they all need to **** off.

[-PBP-]

Jab...jab....jab.....what a jab....jab...jab....jab...he's really committing to his jab....jab....jab....jab....what a strong accurate jab....jab...jab....jab

[Guest]

Jab...jab....jab.....what a jab....jab...jab....jab...he's really committing to his jab....jab....jab....jab....what a strong accurate jab....jab...jab....jab

Innit? If you can't offer anything other than inane BLATHER, do the people trying to watch a fight a favour and STFU.

[GrandpaBernard]

I find them to be very unprofessional.

WHen David landed his best shots thus far in the fight they were still sucking gennady's d

[Guest]

Yeah, I can appreciate them packaging a fighter as a "product", it's part of the job, but sometimes I just want to hear how the FIGHT is going, not a commercial.

[Cinci Champ]

Yeah, I can appreciate them packaging a fighter as a "product", it's part of the job, but sometimes I just want to hear how the FIGHT is going, not a commercial.

ya exactly its a business at the end of the day but the bias towards certain fighters is beyond annoying they are worse then pbc when it comes to that and thats hard to do. their production tho is second to none

[M Bison]

Boom hard comments by Anorak and down goes Jim Lampley.

[Guest]

ya exactly its a business at the end of the day but the bias towards certain fighters is beyond annoying they are worse then pbc when it comes to that and thats hard to do. their production tho is second to none

This is what makes it worse... they have the $$$$ so the production is great. But it's like trying to look at the Mona Lisa when a hobo's jizzed over it.

[gmc_rfc_06]

I've hated HBO commentary for a few years. If Manny, Miguel, GGG or one of Lampley's other favourites happens to be fighting then prepare to hear a lot of nonsense along with Jim's classic 'ignore what the other guy is doing and talk up every little thing my fighter does' commentary tactic.

Repetitive, biased nonsense.

Al Bernstein should commentate on every fight.

[chaposinaloa]

Al Bernstein >>>>> HBO