
Originally Posted by
TitoFan
I have ESPN Classic and I generally like the channel. On boxing, however, they piss me off. You'd think there were no other worthy fights other than Tyson and Ali fights. It's either that, or grainy 40's and 50's fights. Surely they can come up with more variety than THAT.
They covered Pernell Whittaker and George Foreman as well this year.
I like their Ringside shows but honestly the ones where the fighter they are covering is in the studio it's just one big lovefest.
The Prime Tyson show was great, excellent analysis and a balanced appraisal.
The George Foreman and Pernell Whittaker episodes though lost all credibility because the fighter was there and they didn't want to be critical.
They made Big George's title win at 45 out to be some kind of heroic legendary event whereas in fact he just got lucky with a punch after losing every preceeding round. He shouldn't even have got the shot anyway, he had lost to Holyfield and Morrison and wasn't even ranked to my knowledge
PLus at the end of that show Big George got his grill out and there was a nice 10 minute plug for his lean mean grilling machines.

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