I find that HBO's commentary is often biased. Lampley puts on blinders when calling the blow by blow, and ignores the shots landed by the non-preferred fighter.
Forget Floyd/Cotto and HBO's commentating on that.
I'm just amazed at how inept HBO is. They didn't do any homework for Lattimore/Quintana.
1-Is Quintana a huge puncher? No
2-Is Quintana a little long in the tooth? Yes
That is all they asked themselves in preparing for the fight.
They neglected to ask:
1-Does Lattimore look impressive whenever he is facing a decent fighter? He TKO'd Sechew Powell, but he lost a close one to Corey Spinks and more importantly, he lost the rematch to Powell.
2-What is Lattimore's recent performance? Against Milton Nunez, 10 weeks ago, a 23-3-1 Colmbian, who could be easily outboxed but has some decent power, Lattimore got dropped in rounds 9 and 10 and then barely won a 10 round decision.
If they looked at all the facts, the HBO crew would have known that Quintana is a proud veteran, was a class above Latimore in his prime, would give Lattimore a tough fight and had a decent chance of winning if he had enough left, and a KO would be a mild suprise, but not a shocker.
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