When HBO/etc. really touts their faves to make you sick....

[brocktonblockbust]

Don't you hate it when a fighter is CLEARLY being trumped up and highly-praised and it just seems to be a real pre-planned promotional maneuver in order to trump up a fighter's "status" in the eyes of the viewers? Don't you hate that fishy smell?

What fighters can you remember were really nauseatingly over-hyped in a disgustingly OBVIOUS way by the announcers and commentators on, OH, LET'S SAY UH...., HBO, MAYBE

Funny thing was, alot of them turned out to be just shadows of the intended SUPERSTAR STATUS that they hoped (and hyped!) they would attain.

In my mind, those marketing moghuls really went to town on the supposed stellar future of certain fighters, and it merely backfired on them when it never materialized.

One fighter really comes to mind IMO, and that is Sam Peter.

[Violent Demise]

Zab Judah-Joshua Clottey. I seriously thought Kellerman was going to suck Judah's dikk. He was riding him that hard. And Judah wasn't even winning

[brocktonblockbust]

Yeah that is a GREAT example of this vomit-phenomenon. Kellerman can really get annoying sometimes, and that is an understatement. I personally never admired much about Judah EVER, and that goes for his CHARACTER as well as his boxing skill.

Keelerman also used to bow down and worship Paul Spadafora, do you remember that nonsense? This guy has turned out to be what, then, in hindsight?

[SweetPea]

Max wasn't touting Judah that much. He said Zab was giving a good effort, but he had Clottey ahead in the fight.

I love Lampley, but sometimes his love for Oscar and Barrera went completely over the top. Oscar would throw one of those 10 punch flurries where 1 punch lands and 9 miss, and Lampley would get so excited that he would practically start crying.

[JazMerkin]

Max wasn't touting Judah that much. He said Zab was giving a good effort, but he had Clottey ahead in the fight.

I love Lampley, but sometimes his love for Oscar and Barrera went completely over the top. Oscar would throw one of those 10 punch flurries where 1 punch lands and 9 miss, and Lampley would get so excited that he would practically start crying.

1 punch would land

I agree, his love of Oscar was ridiculous & how he & Merchant tried to set up a rematch with PBF immediately after a fight that wasn't close enough to warrant it was unbelievable, especially considering it was hardly a thriller of a fight

[TitoFan]

Max wasn't touting Judah that much. He said Zab was giving a good effort, but he had Clottey ahead in the fight.

I love Lampley, but sometimes his love for Oscar and Barrera went completely over the top. Oscar would throw one of those 10 punch flurries where 1 punch lands and 9 miss, and Lampley would get so excited that he would practically start crying.

Hahahaha.... exactly!!! Typical Lampley... seeing what he wants to see.

[Majesty]

oscar de la hoya. I was a fan of Oscar when i was a little kid so i always wanted him to win so i was seeing what Lampley was seeing but now im older i go and rewatch some of those fights and i get sick