Assault In The Ring on HBO last night

[JazMerkin]

I agreed with Panama on Margarito... they didn't take any calls and was pretty short

The interview was too polite. They should have pressed him more. All in all, a big nothing which is what this guy is

I thought the interview was well-handled, the interviewer was very professional, being a dick to interviewees, no matter what they've done, is always a bad idea, as it allows the interviewee to get away with feeling a victim, which is especially a problem in a case like this where the guy is a scumbag. If he'd just laid into him, he might not have got the little bit about Margarito at the end. Lewis doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who's gonna sit there & listen whilst someone is impolite or abusive, that's just not how you work characters like that.

[holmcall]

I agreed with Panama on Margarito... they didn't take any calls and was pretty short

The interview was too polite. They should have pressed him more. All in all, a big nothing which is what this guy is

I thought the interview was well-handled, the interviewer was very professional, being a dick to interviewees, no matter what they've done, is always a bad idea, as it allows the interviewee to get away with feeling a victim, which is especially a problem in a case like this where the guy is a scumbag. If he'd just laid into him, he might not have got the little bit about Margarito at the end. Lewis doesn't strike me as the kind of guy who's gonna sit there & listen whilst someone is impolite or abusive, that's just not how you work characters like that.

I didn't say he should have kebbabed him. Just ask a few more incisive questions is all. Press him a bit more that's all. No need to be polite or impolite. Just stay with him and repeat the question is a diffrent way. But I agree with your points.