Lampley is one of smartest and most interesting commentators in boxing. I really don't think he's pulling for the house fighter; it is very possible to have a different view of a fight sitting ringside where you're reacting to the immediacy of the action, and this is what Lampley does. Cotto was boxing effectively at times and winning rounds, it sure wasn't like Margo was dominating him the whole time. When you've called a guy like Cotto's fights and seen him be so good time after time, there's some inclination to think, this guy can't lose, surely he'll come back. That could be what happened here, and it was reflected in the commentary, even if subconciously. As for you guys with your juvenile insults, the sport would be far worse off without Lampley around it. He's more than a commentator, he's a mouthpiece for boxing on a national level.
Lampey is always a shill for the house fighter. He's biased and doesn't seem to able to disguise that. I don't like or respect him, either.
I thought Taylor vs Hopkins was bad but this fight he sunk to a new low. How can Cotto's face literally be telling the story of the fight and Margarito not be landing effective punches. I really wish during one of these braodcasts that Emanuel Stewart would just tell him to "shut the **** up" maybe he would learn something. BTW on a side note emanuel_augustus"s avatar is the gayest thing I have ever seen. It looks like an ad for cardio boxing from "Out Magazine" or something.
lampley has a great voice and is an above avg announcer. His bias is because he is a company man. Most of us (me included) are guilty of this sometimes. Even though I'm a pavlik fan i thought it was obvious the lampley and Merchant wanted Pavlik to beat taylor. This is a lack of professionalism that should never be tolerated. And saturday it was clear he wanted cotto.
A fight commentator's sole job isn't to call blow-by-blow, punch-for-punch what you can already see for yourselves USING YOUR EYES. Ridiculous. Or are you guys so blind that you REALLY NEED a fight commentator to tell you when one fighter hits the other? There are not there to judge a fight objectively. You guys must be confusing fight commentators with ringside judges. Silly people. Commentators are there to *ahem* comment--to give some analysis, some opinion and some entertainment. And Lampley does all those. And yes he may have favorites, but we're allow to have favorites including him.
Lampley is not a fight commentator! Thats what the other two people are there for. They are the commentators or the color men. They are there to put a perspective on what we are seeing. Lampley is a play by play announcer. He is there to give you a running blow by blow of the fight as it unfolds. Thats why he is always calling shots as they happen. He should be as unbiased as they come.
Yes, it is time for him to leave . He was at his best in the mid 90's but now his age is really starting to show ( the guy must be over 60 now). He is talking way too much and takes himslf too important although that was not the case at the beginning of his career. I also think that he does form a better Team with Merchant than with Kellerman. So good old Larry should stay and Lampley should get the fk out.
He needs to stop attaching himself to fighters so much and just call the action like it is. I like his voice...oh yeah and stop with the ****ing crying already!
[QUOTEYes, it is time for him to leave . He was at his best in the mid 90's but now his age is really starting to show ( the guy must be over 60 now). He is talking way too much and takes himslf too important although that was not the case at the beginning of his career. I also think that he does form a better Team with Merchant than with Kellerman. So good old Larry should stay and Lampley should get the fk out.][/QUOTE] Yes I agree. The Cotto Margarito fight was pathetic. All fight long Lampley was giving Margarito no credit, when even as early as the secound round Emanuel Stewart said Cotto will be in trouble if Margarito keeps pressuring him like this. Then about two rounds later both Stewart and Kellerman mention that Cotto tends to fade at the end of fights and Margarito gets stronger, the pace tends to favor Margarito. And Lampley has the audacity to tell them they they are being a little presumptive to assume that Cotto will fade under this kind of pressure when he has always risen to the occasion in the past. No they are being observant and they were doing their jobs not blatantly nuthugging the whole fight. It was almost as if Lampley was willing Cotto to win.
absolutely horrible, even undermining and critizing emmanuel stewards opinion because he didnt have his nose up cottos ass, than the crying, and when margo landed his biggest punches cottos counter was all he talked about, and hte constant mention hes the better puncher, rediculous.
THe better puncher stuff was terrible. Let me ask you a question, what makes a punch effective how it looks or the result? Obviously the result of Margaritos punches was way more effective than the result of Cotto's punches. So who cares what the punch looks like, Cottos face looked like he had been beaten with brass knuckles or something. To me that is effective punching.
I think lamps was crying due to the fact that one of the HBO production crew died man. It seemed like a friend to lamps. I dont think he was crying to cotto getting KO'ed.
Lampley's comments were the most bias that I have ever witnessed plugging Cotto throughout as he received the beating of his life. He is a total embarrassment to ESPN and should never be allowed to announce anothe fight.