B. Hopkins: When will Pacquiao fight a Black fighter?

[El Kabong]

Not a fan of Buncey then?

....I blame him DIRECTLY for the brainwashing of the average British boxing fan. Teddy Atlas or Larry Merchant have NOTHING on that dude, he's a lickspittle for every pontential prospect out of England (deserving and undeserving) and he'll just talk utter crap about anyone from outside the UK. I have not seen ANYONE more biased in all of boxing than that dude....he's horrible

Care to elaborate on the bold bits?

1. He exaggerates quite a bit....I mean color commentators are there for their insight and views on their sport, but I might point to the time where he said "Wladimir has been knocked down like 4 times in his last 4 fights" or the time where he said "Manchester is the fight capital of the world...in Las Vegas all the boxing gyms have closed"...and people are free take those for fact as he puts them out there

2. This dude drools over all the British heavyweights (WBA title holder, Harrison [at one time], Price, Olubamiwo, Fury, etc) and that's just the heavyweights. There's nothing wrong supporting your fellow countrymen but it is nice to show SOME restraint in that and try to be a little bit objective at times. Be realistic just a little bit. Ricky Hatton would never have lost to anyone if this guy had his say. An example of his biased nature "Calzaghe had a similar issue to Witter (who was trying to fight Hatton) when he wanted to fight the bigger named fighters in America...they kept moving the goal posts on him 'I want $1 million' then 'I want $5 million' " .....I believe the true point of contention in those deals was fighting in the US vs the UK. He also slates American trainers saying they are "mercenaries" and "cost too much"

3. He only gives praise to foreign fighters when it benefits his agenda of hyping up British fighters.

I'd compare him to Jim Rome, he's brash, he's subborn, he is a very colorful guy no doubt, and he presents his views very well, but I just don't see things his way.....and he annoys me, his attitude annoys me along with his viewpoint. He's good at bringing guys hype though I will say that, he hypes the hell out of some fighters and part of me wishes some American commentators could do as good of a job as he does with the hype part of it.