Comments Thread For: HBO Out of Boxing: Some of Us Will Miss The Voices

[j.razor]

I will miss Lampley. Still thought he was better then most, and in his prime was amazing. Emmanuel Steward was an underrated gemstone.

I will also miss the perfect theme song and the truck.......

jim is bias. I won't miss him at all.

[j.razor]

I think Jim Lampley was/is ace, the man really loves his boxing. The racist claims are tiresome to keep reading. Like gossiping girls in a playground, ffs. Maybe he wasn't everyones favorite but jesus there's no need for the hate. Silly.

jim sucks. He ****** for a long time too.

[j.razor]

I always liked Lampley. He wasn't perfect but who is.

Problem was he was very far from perfect.

[j.razor]

It ran it’s course but I always enjoyed Lampley & Merchant. Lewis great boxer but not so good on the microphone. My most memorable moment of Roy Jones on the mic was when Wlad Klitschko lost to Lamon Brewster he compared him to Butterbean. An insult that sure made him look ****** when you look back now. Foreman was my favorite. George always talked about those points in matches where the fighter was hurt & You would know he was speaking from experience. Never tooted his own horn like Lennox or Roy Jones. He also butted heads a lot with Merchant. When Merchant was way off he would call him on it. Liked Clancy & loved Steward. Kellerman was alright too.

jim & merchant were 2 peas in a pod, both senile.

[j.razor]

I will definitely miss HBO Boxing - Lampley is/was an iconic voice in boxing. They all had their good and bad moments, sometimes things would even get heated like Roy vs Merchant in dramatic moments in Pac-Morales 1, or Foreman vs the rest when he would be go crazy when he saw OScar and his "bounce"; even Lennox had a classic line with the "he's a tough cookie from Youngstown!!" in Taylor v Pavlik 1. Steward and his OH MA GAWWD!! Sooo many great fights and calls came on these broadcasts

Anyway, I guess we've got Mauro Ranallo as the lead voice now - I'm giving him a chance and he's alright...just sometimes it seems like he'd rather be at an MMA or pro wrestling event, it comes across. Never had that issue when listening to Lampley

lampley had a good voice, the problem was the things he would say & there was plenty of that.....

[Marvlus Marv]

jim sucks. He ****** for a long time too.

That opinion is fine. At least I'm not hearing the "He was a racist!" bull.

[Manlikefemi]

Actually HBO died when the Feminists at the network wanted to get rid of Floyd because of the False domestic abuse charges.

I've been tell y'all this. It's Feminism. It's cancer. They don't want "Toxic Masculinity."

Men have been in Charge of HBO since it’s existence. I doubt there’s any Man in the world who is a feminist without a agenda, such as trying to pull a women or keep his wife on side.

HBO got outbid by CBS. End of Story

[joe strong]

Best commentator hbo EVER had!

Now I see what your 145666546 negative posts about HBO commentators is all about. You could have just said you didn't like the others but enjoyed Ward. Your point could have been made in 1 post...

[joe strong]

That opinion is fine. At least I'm not hearing the "He was a racist!" bull.

Yeah they were racist that is why they always hired both white & black commentators. Lampley racist? Jesus the guy was so excited when they rehired Roy Jones back I thought he was going kiss & hug him...

[chicken-]

Mauro Ranallo is the most annoying commentator. He needs to go back to WWE where he belongs.