Is Teddy Atlas the worst commentator in boxing history?

[boliodogs]

Maybe. Maybe George Foreman

Foreman was terrible but Atlas is worse. Foreman didn't talk non stop every second of every round. He didn't talk about wheelhouses and setting the table and crab apple fights and other weird ****. Atlas was outraged about the first Pacquiao-Bradley fight saying the decision was so bad that it was probably fixed. Later when he became Bradley's trainer he said Bradley deserved to win the first Pacquiao-Bradley fight. So much for Atlas's honesty and integrity.

[THC]

I like his candidness. He keeps it real like RJJ, George Foreman, and Larry Merchant. An attention whore, Teddy is too verbose during a fight although his comments are usually insightful. He and Joe Tessitore remind me of Hockey Night in Canada's Don Cherry and Ron McLean on Coach's Corner.

[TonyGe]

Steward had great chemistry on that team.

With all due respect Hopkins ringside reminds me of that family guy skit:

Stewart was the best of the HBO crew no contest. I liked George because Lampley and Merchant would question his analysis and sure enough George would usually be right. I could almost see their eyes rolling because George was a little rough around the edges..They never questioned Manny. He was a really cool guy.

[Shape up]

No paullie is when he is biased against one of the fighters

[Tony Trick-Pony]

I have to spend half the time I'm watching an ESPN card making jokes about him or muting the TV.

Haha. He's got some boxing knowledge but he's definitely not my favorite.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Foreman was terrible but Atlas is worse. Foreman didn't talk non stop every second of every round. He didn't talk about wheelhouses and setting the table and crab apple fights and other weird ****. Atlas was outraged about the first Pacquiao-Bradley fight saying the decision was so bad that it was probably fixed. Later when he became Bradley's trainer he said Bradley deserved to win the first Pacquiao-Bradley fight. So much for Atlas's honesty and integrity.

LOL. I didn't know he flip flopped like that. I do wonder who tried to cut his face off years ago. I'm sure he was ugly before it but that didn't help.

[THC]

I liked George because Lampley and Merchant would question his analysis and sure enough George would usually be right.

I remember during Naseem/Barrera, Lampley was gushing about Prince all night and ignoring Barrera. It got bad enough for George who stepped in to admonish Lampley, telling him to stick to blow-by-blow commentary only and keep a lid on his dislike for Barrerra. Lampley recovered nicely by stating "I like him just fine." Several years later when I watched a rebroadcast, that bit of audio was cut unfortunately.

[Redd Foxx]

Steward had great chemistry on that team.

With all due respect Hopkins ringside reminds me of that family guy skit:

Yea^ Bernard has a hard time with the commentary flow. He's a smart guy but his analogies get mixed up, his timing is off, and he lacks presence on the mic. It's like he's trying to do the Lampley/Kellerman partially scripted stuff and failing at it. It's rare that a guy can flow with the blow-by-blow stuff convincingly like Atlas and Steward. They may not sound like polished commentators but they didn't need to when they can tell you what's going on in the fighter's head, why he's failing, what he needs to do, etc.

[jmrf4435]

He wears his bias on his sleeve, and sometimes I do not understand his love for certain fighters and disdain for others.


His favorite fighters are glenn jonson and pauli malignaggi, lol wtf

[coltsforlife]

I like him , I enjoy his stories and advice