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UFC got the best announcers.... those dudes know their **** and never are one sided

 

Its ok to color commentate if your in the boxing game. Teddy Atlas, Virgil Hunter, Tim Bradley, Paulie Malinnagi, Teddy Atlas, Roy jj, Foreman, the dude who trained emile griffith whos name escaped me.. al GREAT color commentators cus you know they know what they are talking about

PBC announcers are great, cus they sometimes get up to 2 color commentators that are professional boxers or trainers. You know people who actually know what the **** there talking about. Compare that to Jim Lampley and Max Kellerman two broadcasters who have never boxed but are in thier own minds the go to experts about boxing as you can hear in there fight calling. Talking down to Foreman, Stewart, Jones jr and disagreeing with htem. Its like keep the hell quiet man you dont know waht youre talking about Its ****ing annoying watch all HBO cards with the volume down

 

RJJ is the worst one - sided commentator ever.

 

I'm getting tired of the hbo crew, even roy is slippin lately. Paulie and al bernstein on shobox I enjoy most of the time.

 

There are some great commentators - Bernstein is good, Lampley is very exuberant and exciting, and Paulie is very professional at putting his personal bull**** to one side and just talking about what's going on in the ring.

The UK team is appalling - either going way over the top for the home based fighter, or tearing him a new ****hole talking about what he 'should' be doing, rather than what is actually going on. They've always been like that though, I remember the exact same thing when I was a kid.

Likewise, I am not a fan of the commentary team on PBC/NBC - Marv Albert and co are more focused on talking up the A-side's strengths rather than observing the fight - and for the viewer it kinda gives the game away that this is supposed to be a competitive match, which kills all sense of drama. Though Ray Leonard is more even toned.

Generally, I like boxers expert insight, as they are respectful of the men that are in the ring, regardless of affiliation. However, Carl Froch should never be allowed near a mic again in my opinion!

 

I actually like HBO commentators the most despite their biases, UK commentary is just awful. PBC commentators are so robotic they may as well be in a video game.

 

Agreed. I almost feel like the PBC guys on NBC have certain things that they have to insert into the dialogue at some point, almost like reading a press release.

 

I've posted this a million times, hoping someone from Shotime is listening:

I mute the sound on Shobox fights so that I don't have to hear Mauro Ranello's screaming, yelling, frantic voice.

On HBO it's obvious which boxer has the HBO contract. I like all their guys but still they shouldn't let money get in the way of a good fight. I'm very naïve, I guess.

 

When were tv commentators not bias?

 

Commentary is like an ink-blot test. Tells us more about the viewer than it does about the commentary.