"He's not getting up, Jim!"

[Dip_Slide]

when Roy said Gatti was taking a "heavy tattooing" vs Mayweather.. it was how he said it made me laugh.

Jim: Too much speed, maybe too much power too

Roy: ENTIRELY too much speed!

[IR0NFIST]

I thought that was one of the great boxing announcer calls of recent memory. It was simple but spontaneous and just captured the craziness of the moment.

What are some other memorable calls from boxing commentators that have stuck with you?

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

I thought that was one of the great boxing announcer calls of recent memory. It was simple but spontaneous and just captured the craziness of the moment.

What are some other memorable calls from boxing commentators that have stuck with you?

"ALLAH knows how to spell Barrera B A R R E R A!"

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

This was said during the Barrera vs Hamed live fight. HBO took it out during the replay the following week.

Lampley: "Prince Hamed told us, and every writer that would listen before the fight, that if he loses, its' because it has been written by Allah, the 12 rounds you've seen here, suggest that Allah, knows how to spell Barrera, B A R R E R A"

George Foreman: "inaudible on that"

Lampley: "Can there be any doubt? ... tremendous celebration in Barrera's corner, and Prince Naseem is wandering around, aimlessly in his own. ...... round 12 was all Barrera, by compubox numbers he landed 33 out of 66, Hamed only 7 of 20. Of course there was a point deduction against Barrera for this (slamming him against the ring post) I don't think he likes him George.

George Foreman: I don't think you like him much yourself Jim.

Lampley: I like him fine. I think I I have no problem with Naz.

George Foreman: You said some things I don't think you like him. You should be careful yourself.

You should be cool on that

[BrometheusBob.]

IDK if I can think of any specific iconic phrases... but perhaps some epic moments

I personally enjoyed the announcing for the last round of Froch-Taylor, from like 1:00-3:00.



I forgot the name of this announcer who now works on TR's broadcasts, here he is announcing Andy Lee vs John Jackson with Larry Merchant. 2:20-2:43 is like perpetually stuck in my head.

[BrometheusBob.]

Was the translator Ray Torres?

"hey, that black guy hits hard" - translator during Mayorga fight

[soul_survivor]

not a call during a fight but the whole

"If I was 0 years younger I'd kick your ass"

lol nothing more iconic has been said in boxing in the 21st century. Casual sports fans even know this one.

[ShoulderRoll]

not a call during a fight but the whole

"If I was 0 years younger I'd kick your ass"

lol nothing more iconic has been said in boxing in the 21st century. Casual sports fans even know this one.

That was cringe inducing. As if Larry Merchant would ever in his life be able to kick Floyd's ass.

It was a memorable moment for sure, though.

[Dr Rumack]

Merchant had some great moments. One of his best calls, from right before the opening bell for Forrest-Mosley I:

“Some fighters over history have just had the stuff to beat fighters that were considered better. Ken Norton gave Ali trouble. Iran Barkley gave Thomas Hearns trouble. Junior Jones beat Barrera twice. You wonder if Vernon Forrest is going to be that for Shane Mosley.”

[just the facts]

GGG: I wanna fight Andre Ward

Unable Sanchez: **** that!

Loeffler: We'll make those decisions, but what we can do is insist upon a catch weight that Ward can't possibly make. It will look like we made an effort to make the Ward fight but we won't actually have to fight him. We can deny it later if we have to. Our fans will believe it, after all they believe we're HOF worthy already and an ATG middle weight and we haven't even beaten one quality opponent yet.

Unable: Sounds good.

GGG: I'll play along for now