Exactly. Why anyone would prefer an unqualified, unknowlegable punk like Kellerman to solid, knowlegable, EXPERIENCED, boxing journalists like Bernstein or Farhood, I'll never know. Kellerman needs to go, and he need to go soon. He will ruin the HBO annoucing team when Merchant retires. I frankly expect that he won't last long anyway before they replace him with someone good.
Is bernard hopkins to controversal? If he toned down his rhetoric he might be a good commentator. I would much prefer him over the likes of lets say tarver. Both guys have some degree of articulation weigh in.
bernard is a pretty good hype man smacking winky in the face was pretty good but when he took titos flag and tore it and created a riot of sorts in the arena that was bernard at his best
I thought Roy could be a great analyst, because he seemed to have a sense of what was happening before you could see it, but he just didn't care enough. He was so lazy about everything, talking about himself, whatever whatever. But he did a really good job in Pacquiao/Morales I. When Erik turns southpaw in the 12th round and gets caught by a right hook and wobbles a little, Roy goes "ohhhhhhh". It was great. Please, never again Foreman. He blabbed on too much and never made sense. I was finished with him after the Hopkins/Trinidad fight. What a joke.
Actually, my idea would be to have a rotating series of analysts in the Steward/Lewis position. I'd have Manny there for the PPV fights, then maybe a regular of group of guys from about the same weightclass as the fighters in the main event. So for HW, you could have Lennox or Joe Mesi(?), Roy at 175, Hopkins at 160, maybe Mosley at 154/147, something like that. But I guess HBO probably wouldn't want to have to train that many people.
Plus some reporters have started saying Atlas was Tyson's early trainer. He wasn't, he helped D'Amato along with Rooney, and was allowed to work corner a few times till he ****ed that up.
I think that is ultimately unfair, Max is a student of the game and he brings to light so many great points using clear comprehension and emphazis to topics in a coordinated, short phrased speech that he is a rightful heir to Merchant I believe... Atlas is a trainer and just like Manny oughta know better but there is another kinda analysis that complements Jim's work and that is Kellerman's/Merchant's - why do you people give so much importance to Larry's or Max summaries anyway? It is not supposed to add credit to the fighter's performance, you know like Miguel Cotto, Pacquiao or M. A. Barrera speaking in english, ODLH's smiles or Bernard's intimidation lines, that's just part of the entertainment buziness!
Atlas is the worst **** ever to comment a boxing match. he does makes pretty pre-match analusis, but afterward all he does is trying to validate what he said no matter what happens in the ring. He will then go on repeating is **** over and over no matter what happens in the ring, without commenting on whats going on in the ring. He is to stubborn and dumb to adapt to whats happening in the ring, was obviously a bad coach with such a narrow mind. And becomes horribly biased if things dont turn out the way he originally predicted them.
You just cant replace want larry Merchant brings to the table he adds substance and credibility to the telecast he has been around the sport and seen them all. The Hbo telecasts would become like wrestling or like MMA telecast with out Larry. That touch of class would be gone....it will happen and well its inevitable.
The fact that there weeding out merchant sucks but he kinda dug his own grave on many telecasts he would made little comments like "I would rather watch grass grow then see another round of this" Im sure they warned him about it,not only that but his ignorance towards fighters after fights has grown with age. When hbo considered firing him people were up in arms,some because they like larry but most because of his homo-sexual relplacement max kellerman who might be the most hated boxing commentators of all time replacing one of the best of all-time it makes no sense to me.
If Atlas were to replace Max "Zab's sack in my mouth" Kellerman, I would be incredibly happy. Atlas' accent is annoying, but at least he knows the game.
Max is astudent of game--so is everyone here. Atlas is not a trainer. He barley trained anyone, he claims to have trained everyone though. He got lucky with Moorer, who would have defated Holyfield easier with Steward and many others. Who does he train? Who has he trained to success? No one.