I think you have to bear in mind that Larry is a broadcaster first and foremost representing the world's premier boxing PPV channel commentating for people who have paid $40 or $50 dollars for a fight.

I know boxing is a sport and an art, but prime time PPV boxing is as much about entertainment as it is anything else.

People who pay $40 of their hard earned dollars to see a fight want to see a fight if you know what I mean and Larry is doing his bit as a voice for the people.

I absolutely agree with you regarding Chris Bryd and Cory Spinks doing what was necessary for them to be able to win but at the end of the day they are also on the worlds biggest prime time network, with their million dollar paydays the result of all the fans paying to watch them fight.

If they play to their strengths and adopt a safety first attitude to try and win fights it might make more sense for them, but the fans have every right in the world to choose the type of fighters they want to pay money to see and the majority of ultra cautius defensive fighters will never become big name stars.

Larry as the host of HBO is representing the fans that paid money to see the fights and therefore has an agenda in that its in his and HBO's interests for the fights to be entertaining so that people will pay to see them.

If he tried to make every fight sound entertaining and riveting others would say he wasn't sincere.


One place I do disagree with you is over the Contender. I'm starting to go off that show as its editing borders on ridiulous.

When you've got a fat plodder like Miguel this week lumbering around the ring, with every wide, plodding punch accompanied by an orchestral score to me it just trivialises boxing. They attempt to make every punch, shuffle and feint a moment of high drama with the result being the show doesn't really have any drama.

Save the rocky style scores and slow motion epics for worthy fights and events not a 5 round club fight between an overweight bus boy and an untested novice.