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Last weekend's HBO commentary...
... actually, I didn't think it was THAT bad. I still don't get why you need three cunts behind the mike and a fourth scoring when just a couple will do, but when they spoke, it was reasonably informative.
What gets me is when they decide early on which narrative they want to take the fight in, then can't change up as the fight progresses. There was a lot of debate about what happened in the Kovalev bout... some say Kov was dominating and got caught, some say Alvarez outclassed him and stopped him, others say it was competitive.
FWIW, I had it a close fight, with Kov shading it after six. Not through superior boxing, but just bulling his way into it with a good chin and heavy punches. Alvarez seemed to befuddle him and outspeed him for the first two rounds, but then he started to get into it.
But Max, being Max, has got it into his head that he's not in the fight after the first two, so, even when Kovalev's landing punches (and Alvarez taking them flush and asking for more was impressive, but doesn't give him rounds) Max is still there going "KovAlev looks CONFUSED in there tonight, JIM, look at the WAY in which he's NOT doing ANYTHING at ALL."
Harold's usually the most bearable one, as, while his balls have still yet to drop at the grand old age of 78, you only have to listen to the cunt every three rounds. But what was his scoring about? When I said earlier "some say Kov was dominating and got caught" you might think "bull****, no they didn't"... but then you've clearly forgotten about our Harold.
"OKAY JIM! Jim, da way Kovalev's trudging forward wid his hands down, getting hit repeatedly in the face and landing nuthin'... you gotta give him all the rounds as he's da aggressor - YOU JUST GOTTA! Six rounds ta nuthin', Sergei Kovalev.......................... JIM!"
But talking of twisted narratives, what really gave me the shits is when Royston "Roy" Jones Jr. tried that "I told you so" BS at the end. He said Kov didn't look good in the first couple of rounds, but then from about rounds 3-6 he was saying he was well into the fight. Then he gets stopped in the seventh and Roy's pretending he's not surprised.
"It's like I said in the first couple of rounds, Max, Sergei done gone do how he do, and that's how done gone do."
It also pisses me off when they ask Roy if a fight should be stopped or not. How the fuck would he know? He'd be on the canvas with a blanket for three fucking days if he took those shots. "They need to stop this one, Jim, he just got grazed with a jab and if that was me I'd be getting an oxygen mask right now."
Still, better than they usually are...
What gets me is when they decide early on which narrative they want to take the fight in, then can't change up as the fight progresses. There was a lot of debate about what happened in the Kovalev bout... some say Kov was dominating and got caught, some say Alvarez outclassed him and stopped him, others say it was competitive.
FWIW, I had it a close fight, with Kov shading it after six. Not through superior boxing, but just bulling his way into it with a good chin and heavy punches. Alvarez seemed to befuddle him and outspeed him for the first two rounds, but then he started to get into it.
But Max, being Max, has got it into his head that he's not in the fight after the first two, so, even when Kovalev's landing punches (and Alvarez taking them flush and asking for more was impressive, but doesn't give him rounds) Max is still there going "KovAlev looks CONFUSED in there tonight, JIM, look at the WAY in which he's NOT doing ANYTHING at ALL."
Harold's usually the most bearable one, as, while his balls have still yet to drop at the grand old age of 78, you only have to listen to the cunt every three rounds. But what was his scoring about? When I said earlier "some say Kov was dominating and got caught" you might think "bull****, no they didn't"... but then you've clearly forgotten about our Harold.
"OKAY JIM! Jim, da way Kovalev's trudging forward wid his hands down, getting hit repeatedly in the face and landing nuthin'... you gotta give him all the rounds as he's da aggressor - YOU JUST GOTTA! Six rounds ta nuthin', Sergei Kovalev.......................... JIM!"
But talking of twisted narratives, what really gave me the shits is when Royston "Roy" Jones Jr. tried that "I told you so" BS at the end. He said Kov didn't look good in the first couple of rounds, but then from about rounds 3-6 he was saying he was well into the fight. Then he gets stopped in the seventh and Roy's pretending he's not surprised.
"It's like I said in the first couple of rounds, Max, Sergei done gone do how he do, and that's how done gone do."
It also pisses me off when they ask Roy if a fight should be stopped or not. How the fuck would he know? He'd be on the canvas with a blanket for three fucking days if he took those shots. "They need to stop this one, Jim, he just got grazed with a jab and if that was me I'd be getting an oxygen mask right now."
Still, better than they usually are...
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