anybody else exticed to hear AL call a mayweather fight

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  1. DrX

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    al is a hofer and hes true professional .....unlike larry he actually understand boxing from a technical standpoint

    the whole ST time is very professional and they'll call it even for both men
     
  2. victor879

    victor879 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes. The Showtime crew seems a lot less "cheerleaderish" than the HBO crew. Just IMO.

    Seen Al make some wrong calls on punches he thought landed, but nothing that suggest bias. Just a bad angle from his seat and certainly not the norm with his calls.
     
  3. BagsWithDust

    BagsWithDust Well-Known Member Full Member

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    yeah whenever an hbo or top rank fighter is fighting, the hbo crew is all over their dicks and never gives the other guys credit.

    Al is good, yeah sometimes he makes wrong calls but hes still very profesional and calls it as it is
     
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    mgdb26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Is Paulie also going to be calling the fight?
     
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    daprofessor da legendary professor Full Member

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    i was thinking the same thing. add paulie to the mix and this will be enjoyable.

    i've been trying to tell ppl for years....hbo sucks.
     
  6. thawk888

    thawk888 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Love Al Bernstein, the whole Showtime crew, in fact. Just can't stand that guy that used to call Mma fights.
     
  7. daprofessor

    daprofessor da legendary professor Full Member

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    they just need to get rid of the mma/wwe guy. he's the weak link and is very jim lampley-esque.
     
  8. daprofessor

    daprofessor da legendary professor Full Member

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    :lol: amen.
     
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    MAG1965 Loyal Member banned

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    Al is a professional and he loves boxing. That is what I like about him. Merchant and Lampley fell into boxing as a career event, but Al loved it from day one saying he used to hear the fights on TV when he was young on the radio.
     
  10. Barrera

    Barrera Defeated Boxing_master Full Member

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    Have yet to experience the showtime
    Crew.. Ill pay attention to the commentary. Though i usually block it out because of how bias it is ( HBO )
     
  11. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    yeah forget about the shitty opponent....Al is calling the fight! :happy
     
  12. I1T2BOX

    I1T2BOX Boxing Addict Full Member

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    HBO has gotten worse and worse, even Roy is starting to annoy me. They were on some bull**** for the Martinez fight. Al Bernstein, Paulie and Steve Farhood are doing a great job.
     
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    SugarShane_24 ESB good-looking member Full Member

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    Al berstein, then Jim Gray to interview the combatants.
     
  14. Forza

    Forza Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He's good but the whole HBO format is cheap to me.
     
  15. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    Not really. Exciting is the last thing I think of when I hear Bernstein. Watching any old fight, it's great to hear him and Paulie and the rest make accurate observations. But in a big fight, the HBO team takes the cake. Lampley, despite his bias and inaccurate calls, is an exciting play-by-play guy and Max and RJJ fill the technical gap very well.