Anyone else can't stand Jim Grays interviews?

[SugarRayCurtain]

what did he ask that was insensitive?
Havent seen it yet but yea there have been a few interviews where Im thinking WTF is this dudes problem, he has this passive aggressive approach that fighters dont anticipate and its really annoying.
Its like he hates his job and fighters in general but does it for the money

[AL_Camino]

what did he ask that was insensitive?
Havent seen it yet but yea there have been a few interviews where Im thinking WTF is this dudes problem, he has this passive aggressive approach that fighters dont anticipate and its really annoying.
Its like he hates his job and fighters in general but does it for the money

That is exactly how I see it. I cant remember what he asked, just that is was typical gray fashion

[iamboxing]

Jim Gray is a horrible interviewer. IMO the main reason his interviews are so bad is because he really has no functional understanding of boxing. He'll recite punchstats or a few things that he remembered the announcers saying during the course of the telecast, but that's all he can do.

nah, Gray is sound. Watch his interview of Tyson after the ear biting incident. Asked the relevant questions without escalating the situation and got the answers without getting punched by an extremely angry Tyson. Lampley is a good interviewer too, he once filled in for Merchant because Tyson refused to do an interview with Merchant, and he asked why Tyson was leaving HBO and asked about the fight without making snidey comments like Kellerman. Max is the worst interviewer, never smiles and no humour, looks afraid and smug at the same time.

[deanrw]

When Jim was interviewing Gary Russell Jr after the Lomachenko Loss

Jim "Is Lomachenko just better than you?" (3 second pause of Russell looking confused) until Jim finished with "I mean in this fight tonight?"

[HAMMER77777]

I get that but grays question can be too awkward or unecessary

Yeah, he's not the best at his post fight interviews. Cringeworthy sometimes

Very rude and insensitive interviewer. His straight to the point style has its upsides tho. Who would want to see an interviewer who does nothing but kiss ass the entire interview?

You remember how Larry Merchant was always accused of not respecting boxers? I think he respected a certain kind of fighter (rock em sock em robots) far, far more than Jim Gray has ever respected any kind of fighter from what I've seen. It's that kind of sentiment that colors all his interviews that I've seen.

Jim Gray is a horrible interviewer. IMO the main reason his interviews are so bad is because he really has no functional understanding of boxing. He'll recite punchstats or a few things that he remembered the announcers saying during the course of the telecast, but that's all he can do.

Yea don't really like him or max. Jim even gets upset if you curse on ***ing showtime lol

Yea even though Broner does talk **** alot and especially during interviews, I felt bad that he worked himself up cause now he looked like an asshoke again. I think Grays interview he couldn't help it.

Yeah he comes off as very rude. When people seem like they aren't trying to be rude it actually makes them look more like a ****. His questions to Charlo and Broner were kind of ****ish. Broner deserved his questioning though.

He comes off as insensitive and rude at times but I understand due to time constraints he has to be direct with his questions and dont have time to sugar coat things etc.

His interviews usually have the lamest almost cringy worthy questions. Always awkward. I know broner is always doing crazy ****, but I could tell he was trying to keep it mellow and snapped because of grays lame questions, almost as if hes trying to get a rise out of Broner. I've never been a fan of grays style. On Showtime my favorite commentator/interviewer has to be Steve farhood. He's no nonsense, always good questions and to the point. Anyone agree or disagree on my post?

That is exactly how I see it. I cant remember what he asked, just that is was typical gray fashion

I'm not getting the problem. I think he asked the right questions.

[boliodogs]

I usually don't like his interviews much.