Why don't people like Max Kellerman?

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Originally Posted by hitmandonny

Fact is there is no voice of boxing as there was in the 70's with Howard Cosell.

Money grabbing sneakthiefs hav bastardized that area of the sport aswell.

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...Cosell knew fuck all about boxing...he was friends with Ali and that was it.

He had a great voice but he knew NOTHING about boxing

Well I read the first page and skipped the rest, hope you guys don't mind. LOL

I like Max, he sertanly knows his stuff. I like his enthusiasm in the fights and I also like the fact that he stands his ground and if he thinks the other commentators said something that does'nt make sense or he does not agree with, he tells them straight out and gives his reasons.

As someone else said, he needs to work on his interviews. He sometimes asked some pretty dumn questions and / or repeats a lot of the same questions. He also cuts fighters off sometimes. Merchant does that too and it pisses me off.

I respect Merchant but I was growing quite tired of his surmon-type speaches at the end of fights.

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Originally Posted by Puya

I really like the SHOTIME people better. You know not calling ghost punches or cheerleading for their favorite. All this HBO commentators does

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Al Bernstien is the best in the game right now. He really tries to call it like he sees it or should i say how it's happing.

Kellerman is decent, the one thing I don't like about him is how he always thinks he's right, when people argue with him he just kind of gives the whatever look then reiterates his stance. Or he will just look at them like they are crazy.

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Originally Posted by The Boxer

Al Bernstien is the best in the game right now. He really tries to call it like he sees it or should i say how it's happing.

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I have always liked Beristein he is really knowledgeable and un-biased , been a fan of his since his ESPN days. Old school no one tops Cosell.

I hate to disagree with a ton of people on here but Max Kellerman and Lennox Lewis did a GREAT job the other night.

Even my friends who only watch the big fights said they worked well together. They were very glad there was no Larry Merchant.

lyle your not the same guy from when i first started on this forum because we agree to much now. I like lewis. he cracks me up.

What is there to like?

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Originally Posted by The Boxer

lyle your not the same guy from when i first started on this forum because we agree to much now. I like lewis. he cracks me up.

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Lewis is like Holmes, Never got the respect while he was around. But Unlike Lewis, Holmes still gets no respect and he was just as good.

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Originally Posted by No Contest

Kellerman is decent, the one thing I don't like about him is how he always thinks he's right, when people argue with him he just kind of gives the whatever look then reiterates his stance. Or he will just look at them like they are crazy.

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That is definitely true. I also feel he's too quick to say a fighter is shot. I have long hated how commentators will say a guy is shot when he loses. To me it's ridiculous and disrespectful. Especially if you really care about boxing and make your living off of it. What other sport do they run down the losing team? When they interview the MVP from the superbowl do they say "well it looks like the other team sucks". No, you congratulate them and let them enjoy their win. Max starts cheap shots while the guys are still bleeding in the ring.

It's much more frustrating when Merchant does it cause he probably has to sit to piss at his age and he's trash talking guys that just fought for 12 rounds. It's only slightly less annoying with Kellerman's scrawny ass.

Kellermen is pompus, combined with his limited knowledge of boxing and even less knowledge of a fighters psyche makes him almost intolerable to anyone who has been in the ring at any level...To a casual observer of boxing his "I'm right your wrong" style may pass as knowledge, but to us on this board we see him for what he is... a "poser".

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Originally Posted by No Contest

I have always liked Beristein he is really knowledgeable and un-biased , been a fan of his since his ESPN days. Old school no one tops Cosell.

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The only thing I would disagree with is the bias of Al Bernstein's commentating of James Toney.It actually made me sick,watch the Toney vs Peter fights and Toney vs. Holyfield fight.I wouldn't put it past Bernstein that he would actually lick Toney's sack. Every little movement he made in the ring was genius to Bernstein. Sorry got a little nasty there.

I like Kellerman! He is passionate about the sport & knows whats he's talking about. I also like the way he recognizes the Ring champions & how one champion in each weight class can only make the game better.

Can't remember what fight it was but Steward was trying to say it was good for boxing to have multiple champions in each division (how anyone can think this i good I have no idea) but Kellerman was on his case trying to make him see how idiotic his comments were

I can't picture Max doing this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK2BLeYprfg

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Originally Posted by Taeth

He's a better judge than Ledderman who seems to score very biasedly for the guy who goes forward regardless of who's landing the better shots. Larry Merchant has never known what he was talking about, and Lampley while important isn't exactly a boxing guru either. Max regardless of being obnoxious and condescending to the audience listening at least knows the sport, and what is going on in a fight which the only other person I've seen like that was guys like RJJ, Lennox, Gil Clancy, etc. I like MAx because he is good for the new people getting to know the sport, and he isn't full of shit like the rest of the HBO commentators.

I also don't know why HBO hasn't gotten the mustache dude from Showtime, he knows the most of any of the current commentators(in North America) the brittish commentators are also a lot better than the HBO guys.

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I would imagine that most people dislike Kellerman, because he's a bit of a loud mouth who is always making inaccurate predictions. His bias is pretty clear: in domestic fights he always picks the east coast fighter, in international fights he always picks the US fighter. With that said, I don't think he's all that bad.