Who is the worst big-name television boxing analyst out there?

Steven A Smith

 

Johnny Nelson

 

Agree on Percheco. Very unlikeable. Contrast him to Gil Clancy, who I love to listen to commentate. I know who I'd pick.

Max Kellerman is knowledgable, but very annoying, and increasingly bias, though how much of that down to network 'influence' I don't know.

Mallinagi is also knowledgable without good application, though he is very good at reading a fight (as you'd expect). He also speaks like he has a hamster on wheels in his brain. He can also be quite bias to certain fighters.

I don't know what happened to Foreman. He was quite good as a commentator for a time, then suddenly went funny. Probably full of grease

Lampley has a great voice and call outs, not knowledgable though works great with an experienced boxer e.g Jones.

I wish Tyson would be a commentator. One of the most knowledgable ever in the sport. Has probably watched the most film as well, including rare film from Jacobs library.

I also like Atlas, although he's crazy!

 

Clancy is one of my favourites.
He trained Emile Griffith. He knew what he was talking about.

Also in my opinion Tyson is probably one the MOST knowledgable out there, in any peroid. His knowledge is immense, especially as a young man.

 

Gil Clancy hated Monzon... it was pathological and fairly transparent (wonder why?) Still, I loved Gil.

Can't stand Max but he keeps up on the sport. Biased as all hell. I'll go with Max.

 

David Haye is a sometimes pundit in Britain and is woeful.

 

Gil Clancy in my opinion was the best, Kellerman is as annoying as a bee at a picnic. I like Atlas, and Al Bernstein on occasion though he sometimes really screws one up.

 

In terms of British commentators and pundits, Richie Woodhall is absolutely abysmal. If it's a Brit fighting a non-Brit, his bias goes in to overdrive and he makes zero effort to hide it (or he's simply too self-absorbed and jingoistic to realise it). He was particularly awful for Hatton-Senchenko and Fury-Cunningham. Just couldn't give Senchenko or Cunningham any credit and his claims about how well the British fighter was performing in both cases was laughably deluded.

John Rawling, too. Like Woodhall, essentially just a glorified cheerleader. But he's so smug to go with it, and seems to have only superficial knowledge of the sport.

Going back across the pond, how about Benny Ricardo? Largely because of the stupid way he used to theatrically pronounce "Guillllleeerrrrrmo a-Rrrrrigondeaux!" Also for that bubble perm and the fact that he looks like an extra from a Wham! video.

 

We need Jim Watt!

 

Sean O'Grady was one of my faves, too. Underrated work.

 

Probably Ferdie but most of them are pretty worthless, imo. Even Gil Clancy was annoying sometimes.

 

Pacheco & Kellerman are the ones I dislike the most.

Clancy and Tim Ryan were my favorite team.