Is it just me, or does Harold Lederman...

[John Locke]

Lederman is a joke, I cringe listening to him commentate. It's amazing how somebody who's been around boxing for so many years can be so utterly clueless

The same goes for most other boxing pundits/commentators, you never see breakdowns of how/why certain punches should be thrown, how certain feints can help you unlock a defence etc. It's just always 'wow great punch, great right hand'. Pauli is one of the few who understands and breaks down what he's watching.

[HarvardBlue]

In a way he's right. However, there is usually a reason a particular boxer isn't throwing enough punches and it's almost never because they simply choose not to...

[Jsmooth9876]

You also have to remember that certain people at HBO have been waiting for Hopkins to lose bad for a long time. Hopkins beating the system, and making it to the top, paired with being a very outspoken Black man, rubs some people the wrong way. Merchant probably got a kick out of how Hopkins went out last night as well.

Yeah it must be cause he black.... Cry us a fking river...

[SouthPawHitman]

Ok OP. You know I gotta tell ya I think it's time to replace Howard Lederman. In a battle between Howard scoring a fight logically and scoring a fight ******edly,the ******ed scoring is being the aggressor and landing harder cleaner shots and winning all 12 rounds.

[A.K]

I been saying ledderman is a old school idiot for years he scores simply on who presses the action regardless if the punches land or not or it's one big shot in the round and he completely forgets the other 2 minutes And 55 seconds of the round.

[Motorcity Cobra]

thats why people who dksab can be swayed by hbo so easily. he acts like being aggressive is 3 out of 4 criteria for scoring a fight

Yep. If you come forward you're winning on his card. His card for Cuadras/Gonzalez was horrible.

[RespekonMyName]

Didn't Lederman say during Kovalev-Ward that if he was Ward, he'd go forward and beat Kovalev up? What an idiot.

[Motorcity Cobra]

LOL he pretty much does say that to anyone down by a couple rounds like boxing is simply about "letting your hands go". HBO needs to probably can his ass at this point. No wonder boxing can't attract new younger fans with the WWE level corruption that isn't tongue in cheek like the WWE & mfers older then their parents bumbling around saying nonsensical **** or telling you the fight you are watching sucks.

Boxing is like the weird drunk uncle who can't hold down a job who seems a lil too attracted to girls under 16 who thinks he's just misunderstood of sports.

I've been saying for years the sport needs an injection of youth. Everybody involved in boxing is old. Announcers, jugdes, promoters, refs, sanctioning org officials. And that HBO team needs to be shaken up. They are horrible. Max has to go. His post fight interviews are horrible. And he's always naming some obscure fighter. HBO has to get rid of that whole team.

[Motorcity Cobra]

Lederman is a joke, I cringe listening to him commentate. It's amazing how somebody who's been around boxing for so many years can be so utterly clueless

The same goes for most other boxing pundits/commentators, you never see breakdowns of how/why certain punches should be thrown, how certain feints can help you unlock a defence etc. It's just always 'wow great punch, great right hand'. Pauli is one of the few who understands and breaks down what he's watching.

Yep. ESPN does it a little with Teddy. Paulie is the best at breaking down what's happening in a fight and explaining it in laymans terms. I think John Madden is a big reason football is so popular. He and his famous telestrator. Football fans can tell your the technical parts about the game like zone blitzes, blitz packages, cover 2, and more. Lampley can't even get a punch correct.

[Beercules]

Well he is 76 years old so, I like him gives me a good laugh sometimes