As a Muslim myself, I don't think Lampley was racist. The whole Naseem Hamed incident was that Lampley didn't like Naseem to begin with and was just culturally insensitive at most, not racist. Don't forget he liked Amir Khan and was teary eyed speaking about Ali. He wanted Naseem to lose since the Kelley fight and didn't like his antics and got carried away (as he does) when Barrera was clearly winning.
It was funny when they mixed up names, though....I remember Merchant calling a fighter Roy when Roy was commentating or Tompkins saying Merchant is in the ring now with Ray (SRL) who was standing next to him (when he meant Tyson). They weren't racist insomuch as just old men who didn't interact with a lot of black people.
It was funny when they mixed up names, though....I remember Merchant calling a fighter Roy when Roy was commentating or Tompkins saying Merchant is in the ring now with Ray (SRL) who was standing next to him (when he meant Tyson). They weren't racist insomuch as just old men who didn't interact with a lot of black people.
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