Is Jim Lampley A Nuthugger?

[nitrokid]

I saw the fight and thought Winky should have won although by a very slim margin. The decision was close so even though I don't agree I can easily understand why it would be called a Draw. That's not my real gripe though. My REAL beef is with Jim Lampley, OMG!, if there ever were a textbook example of a nuthugger Jim definitely fitted the profile in the narration of that fight. It was so blatantly obvious that I even muted the TV so I could watch the fight w/o listening to him. It was that painful. So, let me know. You think it was really nuthugging at its best or just that he was having a closer look at what was happening there and saw things I wasn't actually seeing.

[Haglerwins]

Jim definitely exaggerates the action. A lot of Taylor's blows (especially in the early going) were hitting nothing but gloves and forearms. I wanted to laugh when he stutter stepped seeing the final punch stats. Didn't look like what he called during the fight.

It's not like Winky was totally ignored, but he clearly favored Taylor. Nothing new.

[DLT]

Yeah, I felt the same way. He went with the House Fighter, the young HBO, big future stud.

I told everyone in my house that, "there guys Lampley again, showing his bias".

He gave Taylor all the credit, even when Winky was doing great, he would be giving props to Taylor

[oldgringo]

I had always given Lampley a little slack because I knew he is just color commentary and has an opinion as well. It's just tough to listen to "BIG RIGHT HAND FROM TAYLOR" when it clearly is blocked or slipped. The "Winky knows he has to answer back because he's being strafed by big shots" was getting somewhat repetitive as well.

[rocketpuncher]

I guess it's a matter of perspective. I didn't have any bias going into this fight, but I thought it was odd how the commentators, including lampley, were favoring Wright so much throughout the fight. Then I thought Steward is normally in there with them commentating and now he's training the other guy and in his corner. They were probably trying to overly avoid appearing biased for Taylor for that reason.

[Easy-E]

Jim definitely exaggerates the action. A lot of Taylor's blows (especially in the early going) were hitting nothing but gloves and forearms. I wanted to laugh when he stutter stepped seeing the final punch stats. Didn't look like what he called during the fight.

It's not like Winky was totally ignored, but he clearly favored Taylor. Nothing new.

Well the punchstat numbers were severly flawed.
Alot of Taylors shots partially landed, but they werent counted on punchstat.

[oldgringo]

I guess it's a matter of perspective. I didn't have any bias going into this fight, but I thought it was odd how the commentators, including lampley, were favoring Wright so much throughout the fight. Then I thought Steward is normally in there with them commentating and now he's training the other guy and in his corner. They were probably trying to overly avoid appearing biased for Taylor for that reason.

you mean favoring taylor correct?

[oldgringo]

Well the punchstat numbers were severly flawed.
Alot of Taylors shots partially landed, but they werent counted on punchstat.

that's like admitting you scored punches that landed on winkys gloves

[deuce_drop]

whithout reading what was written and just going by the headline of the thread...........IS LAMPLEY A NUTHUGGER????? YES AND ****ING HELL YES!!!

the whole HBO are the biggest **** riders i've ever seen and heard. whenever it's their fighter doing anything they blow it up like it's the best they've ever seen.

all the time they'll call shots for one fighter and not the other, they let a lot slip by when it's the opponent, unless their fighter is getting his ass handed to him.

lampley will call out shots like something is actually happening when it's the HBO fighter, but the combo of the opponent gets nothing but silenced and swept under the rug as they talk about stats.

i've seen it tons of times where lampley will be screaming so and so lands a huge shot, and actually the shot totally missed, and then when the other guy lands he starts asking manny something or larry, or he starts spitting out stats.

if they would call it straight it would make things much more enjoyable, IMHO.

i will give Lampely credit he is by far the most talented commentator, probably ever, but he is HBO bias to the extreme.

it's like the only time he gives any real credit is when he has too, or it's abundantly obvious that he's being onesided.

[josenoway]

i forgive lampley somewhat, he calls fights sort of old school style as if you (the audience) were listening to it on the radio instead of TV. **** i'd prefer to listen to him call it than sit through Lennox Lewis' commentary.

but hbo does bias their **** though.