I thought tonight's broadcast with Bob Papa was excellent. I actually like Lennox more than usual tonight. Merchant seemed to talk a lot more during the fight, instead of just between rounds, which I liked a lot.
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I thought tonight's broadcast with Bob Papa was excellent. I actually like Lennox more than usual tonight. Merchant seemed to talk a lot more during the fight, instead of just between rounds, which I liked a lot.
Lampley doesn't do BAD.
It's normally Fran Charles, Max and a random guest host Max, Manny, Lennox.
I guess now it'll be Papa, Merchant and random guest.
Merchant is just filling in on BAD while they look for a replacement. That spot is empty right now because Kellerman is only going to work WCB and PPVs from now on.Quote:
Originally Posted by CutMeMick
Right. I didn't mention Merchant was part-time.Quote:
Originally Posted by SweetPea
I tried looking into sending them my reel but I got no response from HBOs human resource dept. :(
Wonder if they'd let me do the show wearing glasses? 8)
;D
Lennox is a hard listen . him defending that first match was pure bullocks. Dirrell using the 4 corners defense over the course of the entire match was snuff queen material. the fans lost that match.
I seen you in action Mick .. Stellar .. quick thinker , very friendly pleasing domineer ! your time will come mate, ! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by CutMeMick
I like Merchant and Hate fanatia bias Kellerman
I dont know that it was better..
I know i really enjoyed the commentating and i thought the guy did an excellent job..
Especially since i dont tend to warm to new people so soon.. Im pretty picky when it comes to commentators..
Cant stand kellerman or your usual uk broadcasters.. But the dude suprised me how well he did and how knowledgable he was,
I think Larry Merchant was loads better last night too!..
I think all this talk of his job bieng at stake etc has motivated him in some way to put more effort into theyr broadcasts
I did like last night commentating.
One thing i thought of that was cool..
Obv i like lampley..But it does grate having seen him call so many fights and he still does the thing where he calls a punch wrong or says something landed when it didnt..
Guess the new dude was just pretty accurate and fresh etc
Lampley is my favourite member of the HBO team. Lewis is all right but rather pointless, he doesn't ever explain anything, just agrees with whatever the anchorman asks him and then leaver it for the anchorman to elaborate.
For me Teddy Atlas, Lampley and James Toney would be the dream team but I doubt it will ever happen
ve to admit I thopught it was a pretty good crew calling the fights....IMO Lennox is pretty enjoyable when commentating....At first when he started to appear on the telecast he was kind of tight and stiff in his broadcasting...He has become a welcome addition to the team...I prefer him to Steward and Foreman
hey guys I have to agree the broadcast seemed much better with bob papa and larry merchant workin together... don't know about lewis and his defense of dirrell running in circles all night
What happened to Lampley? is he off the broadcasts or did he have the night off or something?
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Originally Posted by getupkid2004
Was Dirrell crowd pleasing? NO...But i can name several guys who made a pretty damn good career with that style.....One being a fellow about to serve 7yrs...Hector Camacho Sr
I didn't mean to say anything bad about dirrell I think he used his speed wisely to not stand and bang or I think he woulda been KOed I was saying lewis defended him a bit too much for my taste
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Originally Posted by JT Rock
I think Jim is slowly being fazed out by HBO......Due to the domestic violence thing.... :-\... I didn't miss him
Dirrell was more or less disgusting in the ring. But Stevens was tailor-made for practicing using ring movement and height advantage. What we saw, besides Dirrell's wriggle-ass showoffmanship, was not so much a boxing match as ring movement abstracted and unadulterated.
Dirrell proved he was very good at it. Lewis' comments were, I think, very much on the mark.
When Dirrell is in against a fighter who 1) is of more equal reach; 2) does a better job of cutting off the ring; 3) is good at boxing from the outside; and 4) has good ring movement and defensive skills ... THEN we'll see him have to balance his ability to move with other boxing skills. Especially if the other dude has some decent speed and power.
This fight was no measure of much except the very thing he's being criticized for - his ability to point and move - yet that is what he demonstrated as one of his very strong skills. Sure, it wasn't much fun to watch, but my point here is that I think Lennox Lewis' comments were right on the money. He wasn't defending the fight as an interesting or good fight; he was saying that Dirrell was showing a mastery of being able to move in the ring.
Obviously, Dirrell will need to show more against an opponent such as I described above.
Lamps doesn't do the Boxing After Dark anymore. But I thought the chemistry with Papa, Merchant, and Lewis was the best of all the HBO teams.Quote:
Originally Posted by JT Rock
What does that even mean? :kissing:Quote:
Originally Posted by the wiz
...Listen to Fran, Max, and Lewis do their first BAD....NO CHEMISTRY no one knew their roles....Lewis didn't say ANYTHING and Fran was just horrible.
I like Papa, I like Kellerman, hell Teddy Atlas is ok every now and then....Merchant is easier to listen to when he's not complaining about my favorite fighters, same with Harold Lederman sometimes he gets annoying too.
The thing is usually if the fight is good the commentating is good too, I like the 3 man aspect of HBO's broadcasts it gives the fans the action from the announcer, side notes from the color man and expert.
ESPN's announcing team works well because one of the color guys talks between fights about other interesting match ups and with other guests, I like that too.
HBO may want to consider a 30 minute or hour long program that's a forum for boxing. That way all the boxing can be talked about, fight results, scheduled fights, and fights that could happen in the future, and maybe even go in depth on some fighters the way they used to.
Do that program once a month and it'll help out tremendously
I agree completely. I've always thought something like this would be a great idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lyle
Even if they don't want to do it as often as once a month, they go do an episode whenever there's a month where there isn't much going on.
For example, June and July are both busy months. June has Cotto/Judah, last night's BAD doubleheader, and then Hatton/Castillo. July has the Wlad fight, then the big welterweight tripleheader, then the Winky/Hopkins PPV.
But August looks pretty empty so far. Only the Morales PPV that I know of. Why not have a 30 or 60 minute show in August, where the HBO guys can discuss all that's happened in the last few months, and talk about what this means for the future. Maybe have one or two fighters call in for quick interviews as well.
I know I would watch this.
I just hope this new action boxers learn from Cotto in how to cut the ring of this kind of fighters. and put this runing bocicle guys into a stop