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Lampley is so hit or miss. He is a ball-washer for the fighter's HBO wants him to hype-up, but I has a great voice an he makes some great insightfull comments. Merchant is done. Done. Kellerman good, but he's not great on camera and his delivery is choppy. Lewis is getting better, but he's still not good. Roy Jones is pretty damn good. When he isn't busy promoting himself or being egotistical, he's on point.
As someone mentioned, Showtime has the best. Bernstein is the man.
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Originally Posted by SeanE
Lampley is so hit or miss. He is a ball-washer for the fighter's HBO wants him to hype-up, but I has a great voice an he makes some great insightfull comments. Merchant is done. Done. Kellerman good, but he's not great on camera and his delivery is choppy. Lewis is getting better, but he's still not good. Roy Jones is pretty damn good. When he isn't busy promoting himself or being egotistical, he's on point.
As someone mentioned, Showtime has the best. Bernstein is the man.
Ball Washer ! ;D
Good Post ! :coolclick: #42 .. yeah Showtimes Al Bernstein is one of my favorites . I like Ferdie back in the day also.. Bobby Czyz was good and insightful .
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As someone mentioned, Showtime has the best. Bernstein is the man.
I think Bernstein does a great job. From an analytical standpoint, a Lampley-Bernstein group would be great. I'd miss Merchant though.
The thing that drives me nuts about Showtime is that they don't show any punch stats at all. That drives me crazy. Does anyone know why they don't do this?
I mean, I know that punch stats aren't the be-all and end-all when it comes to scoring fights, but it's still nice info to have.
Re: who you rekon is the best HBO commentator??
jones jr , Lederman and Emanuel Steward those are my favs, Lampley is so full of him lately and merchant well his hating everybody that doesn't win by KO I do hate on Kellerman and the others bore the shit out of me.
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Larry Merchant(Not scared to ask dum shat) Jim Lampley(Just very informative) Wacko( a very drunken but good assessment of a fight)
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I just want to say I actually think that Teddy Atlas is very knowledgeable, but he gets so annoying when he repeats the same thing over and over.
CC. Drives me crazy just repeating the same shit over and over again.
Atlas never shuts up, never. He'll pick one theme for the night, say he thinks a fighter should be fighting on the outside because of his reach, and just never shuts the fuck up about it.
I don't doubt his knowledge, just get tired of hearing him talk about the same things round after round, fight after fight.
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Speaking of commentators who say the same thing over and over again...
While I do like Steward, I do get a kick out of trying to keep track of how many times he says the words "amateur background" during the course of a fight. I think he averages about 50 amateur background mentions per fight.
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Speaking of commentators who say the same thing over and over again...
While I do like Steward, I do get a kick out of trying to keep track of how many times he says the words "amateur background" during the course of a fight. I think he averages about 50 amateur background mentions per fight.
LMFAO ! ;D
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Originally Posted by SeanE
Lampley is so hit or miss. He is a ball-washer for the fighter's HBO wants him to hype-up, but I has a great voice an he makes some great insightfull comments. Merchant is done. Done. Kellerman good, but he's not great on camera and his delivery is choppy. Lewis is getting better, but he's still not good. Roy Jones is pretty damn good. When he isn't busy promoting himself or being egotistical, he's on point.
As someone mentioned, Showtime has the best. Bernstein is the man.
Ball Washer ! ;D
Good Post ! :coolclick: #42 .. yeah Showtimes Al Bernstein is one of my favorites . I like Ferdie back in the day also.. Bobby Czyz was good and insightful .
I can't take credit for coming up with "ball washer." All credit to WEEI sports radio here in Beantown. At least twice per fight, I find myself thinking, damn Lampley, his balls are clean enough! Do you really need to keep washing them?
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I LIKE LARRY MERCHANT AND JIM LAMPLEY