HBO commentators need to be fired...

[Guest]

These guys have had their day, they're getting too old and too jaded.

Lampley's getting so old he couldn't even be bothered to come out with some parochial bull**** last night.

And Merchant's self-amused, cynical drone is beginning to sound like a record played at the wrong speed. "Joe Louis, where are you..." shut the **** up!

[psychopath]

I would just leave boxers or trainers in there, like George, Lennox, or Manny.

I thought Lampley/Merchant were terribly boring and missed the shifting momentum of the Maskaev-Rahman fight. They missed the entire fight with their vacuous commentaries.

Dude how can HBO fire the people who's raking money for them?

These people are often times biased and always comes to the point where they sound realy annoying and ridiculous, that's why when I watch fights and make my scorecards I put my TV on mute.

[Job]

if they're going to fire anybody, they need to fire lennox lewis. his accent is even more annoying that his fights. his boxing knowledge is mediocre at best. and his coverage is sparse and unremarkable.

id rather listen to larry merchant slowly drone on and on and on about opinionated bull**** in a drunken haze rather than listen to that god-awful accent and primative coverage by lennox lewis.

I just loved the way Lennox got extremely excited about Maskaevs knockout win over Rock, thats a classic for me, and his accent made it even greater.

[neils7147933]

I would just leave boxers or trainers in there, like George, Lennox, or Manny.

I thought Lampley/Merchant were terribly boring and missed the shifting momentum of the Maskaev-Rahman fight. They missed the entire fight with their vacuous commentaries.

George and Lennox are way worse than Lampley and Merchant, Nauty...

[SnoopySmurf]

Bobby Cyz was my favorite commentator along with Sean O'Grady.

During the first Holyfield/Tyson fight, Bobby was able to analyze why Tyson was not able to get out of Holyfield's clinches, though they were no Ruiz type clinches. He was right on the money as to why he was winning the rounds by utilizing such tactics. Too bad he's a drunk.

Sean O'Grady was a Tuesday Night Fight guy. Knew exactly why one fighter was losing and what he would do about it. Even interviewed the trainers during the rounds as to why their fighter was winning or losing. Sometimes he'd drop a suggestion.

Lampley is just ******. He calls punches that don't exist or missed or were blocked.

[neils7147933]

Bobby Cyz was my favorite commentator along with Sean O'Grady.

During the first Holyfield/Tyson fight, Bobby was able to analyze why Tyson was not able to get out of Holyfield's clinches, though they were no Ruiz type clinches. He was right on the money as to why he was winning the rounds by utilizing such tactics. Too bad he's a drunk.

Sean O'Grady was a Tuesday Night Fight guy. Knew exactly why one fighter was losing and what he would do about it. Even interviewed the trainers during the rounds as to why their fighter was winning or losing. Sometimes he'd drop a suggestion.

Lampley is just ******. He calls punches that don't exist or missed or were blocked.

O'Grady is garbage. I remember him interviewing either Edison Miranda or the guy he was fighting on the Tua/Salif undercard and this fighter is like jet-black and he's all "He's got a great set of teeth, he's hoping to have a great fight" and I was like "wow, O'Grady the slave trader..."

I can't believe he still does fights...

[Mech.]

simply put.most hw fights r nobodies and the commentary arnt interested. no paragraphs jus simply put.

Exactly.


Despite what some of you may think,that was not a good fight.I was laughing myself at how badly both of them gassed at the end,so I cant blame the HBO uys for filling it with "vacuous commentaries."

And as far as BIAS...so the **** what.Look if some of the posters on here are to be believed,this was the greatest heavyweight fight in years,now THAT is bias.

[SnoopySmurf]

O'Grady is garbage. I remember him interviewing either Edison Miranda or the guy he was fighting on the Tua/Salif undercard and this fighter is like jet-black and he's all "He's got a great set of teeth, he's hoping to have a great fight" and I was like "wow, O'Grady the slave trader..."

I can't believe he still does fights...

He's funny like that! He half expected Tua to knock the guy's teeth out! You should listen to him in the Tough Man Competition!

[SnoopySmurf]

Exactly.


Despite what some of you may think,that was not a good fight.I was laughing myself at how badly both of them gassed at the end,so I cant blame the HBO uys for filling it with "vacuous commentaries."

And as far as BIAS...so the **** what.Look if some of the posters on here are to be believed,this was the greatest heavyweight fight in years,now THAT is bias.

I don't recall reading anyone ever saying it was the greatest fight but more like the most "entertaining" in the past year. Just like people say Gatti is not the most skilled but he's fun to watch.