Quote Originally Posted by OumaFan
Lampley makes everything sound so easy, as far as just a pure announcer goes he's great. He just adds something to a fight. But he's a cheerleader for some fighters, without question, and that gets annoying. Lamps gets really excited when Jermain Taylor misses a right hand or lands one on the gloves.

I actually liked Roy Jones, I mean his ego is so big its comical, but when he wasn't fondling himself he was pretty good. Had a way of seeing some things before they happened.
I agree with this completely. I also have to totally disagree with everyone who's saying that Lennox Lewis is anything other than intolerable and needs to be fired immediately. I don't think he's improved a lick since starting. He doesn't talk at all unless specifically provoked to, and then he either (a) says something completely obvious, as THEBESTP4P perfectly characterized, or, since he's ignored everything that's been said before he ends up either (b) repeating what someone else has already said, or--more often, and more awkwardly--directly contradicting something Max just said, which is obviously right. And don't let the accent fool you--the guy is not smart.

I think Manny takes way too much heat on this board too. I think I actually like him best. I preferred RJJ and Foreman--and I'm almost positive I'd prefer B-Hop as a commentator--but put him up against Lennox in the same position, and you see how far he is from bad. He's often over-sure of something and sometimes turns out to be wrong (see JMM vs. Jaca), but he's definitely right way more than half the time. Seriously, he's the only guy on there now who will consistently call out that a guy who appears to be winning or at least competitive is making some mistake that's going to be his downfall 3-4 rounds before the guy gets the shit beat out of him and KO'd. I just appreciate the conviction too.

I do like Kellerman. I just wish he would go back to talking faster. HBO obviously coached him big time on slowing down and it just seems a bit awkward and not-him in the pre-game. Knowledge-wise he's excellent though--and well spoken. They really need to clean up the rest of that team though, because I agree Fran Charles is terrible (witness the difference when Lampley subs in), and as I said, Lennox is too (witness the difference when Manny subs in).