Comments Thread For: Tim Ryan Hopes To One Day Get a Call From The Hall

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By Thomas Gerbasi - It's a shame, but not a complete surprise, that Tim Ryan hasn't been given his place in the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota. Simply put, in a world where shouting passes for analysis, where Twitter followers are more important qualifiers than experience in earning some people jobs, Ryan was always going to be the odd man ou...
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[Mario040481]

Bernstein has a podcast and interviewed Ryan recently...and Vinny Paz too. Didn't listen to that part though...https://<iframe width="853" height="...reen></iframe>

[BigJoe999]

Tim Ryan, Gil Clancy, and Ray "Someone could go down early" Leonard were great.

[BigJoe999]

Also, I didnt know he was from Winninpeg.

[YoungManRumble]

Good read. He was before my time but I'm always looking to learn more about the history of boxing, even guys outside the ring.

Interesting to see he lives a few hours away from here too as there's not even a million people on this island. Small world.

[Mario040481]

Tim Ryan, Gil Clancy, and Ray "Someone could go down early" Leonard were great.

I think so too. But I also think that Leonard, since some time after the Tyson vs Douglas fight he commentated on with Lampley and Merchant for HBO, increasingly became worse over time. It almost seems as though he doesn't keep up with the sport as much as he should be as commentator and sounds very generic to me.

[BigJoe999]

lol, I remember Ray not being held in great regard as an announcer by the various boxing magazines at the time.

Still, I think he sounds like Larry Merchant if you put him next to Lennox. |Maybe he has gotten better.
I really like the old Boxing After Dark guys with Larry, Jim, Manny, and Roy /George. George got better after awhile.

[crisantonio917]

LEGENDARY announcer from the best era ever..