Email HBO To Get That Farce Max Kellerman Off The Air............

Boxfan1 · Jun 25, 2007

"Don't disagree with me Jim and Larry, or I'll make you both my girlfriends"

Kostya Zoo · Jun 25, 2007

fluxstuff said:

I'm quoting you because it's the same sort of point and you kind of admit why people are so annoyed.

The fact is: Hatton fought well - it's not his fault that Castillo was shot at that point.

Why the Hatton fans are annoyed was that Kellerman first said that he thought Castillo was going to win, in direct contradiction with the much more experienced Steward, then only changed his mind when Hatton started leathering Castillo in rd4.

So, 1) Kellerman's inconsistent and flip-flops at will.

2) he was incredibly discourteous to a fighter by discrediting his opponent and therefore his victory. As someone said yesterday, if Merchant had said it, it would have been phrased more as an enquiry, whether Hatton saw anything in that opinion or not and, if it was rude, it would have more likely been funny. Merchant is a journalist, he was always gracious and only picked on fighters when they try to justify stupid choices or blatant lies.

3) he's an attention seeking jerk, because while he was making his incredibly rude and disrespectful point after his favourite had been destroyed, he looked at the camera, almost raising his eyebrows. he said it to get a rise, to be a jerk. He wanted to be rude to Hatton - nothing else.

Fair enough, you say that to a Jermain Taylor after struggling with Spinks ("So, Jermain, congratulations but would you say your victory's been diminished by facing a smaller man and still not knocking him out? What do we need to put in front of you, Bobby Gunn?") but not to someone who's just entertained the fans and knocked out a very hardy fighter through a fantastic body shot.

4) he's rammed to the gills on coke, which explains his forceful, hyperactive manner which is distracting to the fight. the reason he's poor is that he was delibrately skewing the opinion against Hatton when Hatton was doing nothing worse than Castillo ("Oh, I didn't see any warning" - well Max, how about the two warnings over the past three rounds - **** even I noticed them - maybe you were too busy licking Castillo's nuts...) i don't think it's cause he couldn;t see the other side of what he was saying, it's just he was so gassed he couldn't actually stop himself from spewing garbage.

5) He admitted himself that he was revising his opinion, using his closing comments to again denigrate Hatton's performance in light of Castillo's condition. That's NOT hatton's fault. Yes, he wasn't prime Castillo, but on that form Ricky would still have still won.

If Kessler beats Calzaghe in September/Novemeber, I can't imagine any of Kessler's fans allowing people to say JC got old or was shot, so why does it apply to Hatton?

hatton came in, in his best shape, to fight the best Castillo - that Castillo couldn't deliver doesn't mean Hatton performed badly - he was great. he smothered Castillo's work, he got his shots off coming out of the clinches, he planned for when he could trap Castillo. It was sound tactics.

Sure it wasn't graceful, but the blatant bias of HBOs crew (excepting Steward) was disappointing.
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I applaud your unbiased accuracy :happy

and Kellerman can kiss my ass

achillesthegreat · Jun 25, 2007

Boxfan1 said:

"Don't disagree with me Jim and Larry, or I'll make you both my girlfriends"
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achillesthegreat · Jun 25, 2007

Get rid of Steward and Lewis and Foreman, they are a mess.

Bring Jones or Tyson for expert commentary.

If Merchant is going replace with Bernstein or Atlas.

DoumB · Jun 25, 2007

Jack Presscot said:

Bernstein yes, Atlas, oh God, he is horrible as well. They need to either bring back Larry or bring in Al. Al has forgotten more boxing than Max has ever known or will ever know. I just finished contacting HBO Corporate, and voicing a complaint/demand for Kellerman's going back to BAD because he is not fit to carry Larry's shoes.
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I for one agree with u jack, I emailed them with all the email I knew even the one of my girlfriend, I hope with the help of everyone we get him outta there soon

Shpion · Jun 25, 2007

A-50 said:

Max Kellerman ran ESPN Friday Night Fights into the ground, after he left the ratings went up 30%.

He ran Fox Sports Boxing into the ground also (not that it was any good to begin with, but he made a terrible product even worse)

And if this clown keeps doing World Championship Boxing fights, he will run it in the ground also.

I seriously could not listen to that idiot last night, say what you will about Merchant, but he is 10 times the announcer/analyst Kellerman will ever be.

And let's not forget Kellerman gave us the "Roy Jones would beat Joe Frazier" comment. atsch

I just sent an email to HBO letting them know that Kellerman is destroying their product, I encourage anyone else here who feels the same to do so also.
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I sent one.

Zakman · Jun 25, 2007

Wow - seems like a real "people's movement" is developing to get rid of this unqualified PUNK!

Let's keep those emails flying

www.hbo.com/apps/submitinfo/contactus/submit.do?title=HBO Boxing&questiontype=hboboxing

The power of boxing fans can force this corporate giant to get rid of this twerp and get us somebody qualified like Al Bernstein

Ayatollah · Jun 25, 2007

Zakman said:

Wow - seems like a real "people's movement" is developing to get rid of this unqualified PUNK!

Let's keep those emails flying

www.hbo.com/apps/submitinfo/contactus/submit.do?title=HBO%20Boxing&questiontype=hboboxing

The power of boxing fans can force this corporate giant to get rid of this twerp and get us somebody qualified like Al Bernstein
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I send my Godly (Fatwa) to them. in an American way :yep

T.S. · Jun 25, 2007

Kellerman is a joke. I'd rather hear from someone who has been in the ring.
Kellerman ain't no more of an expert than any other fan.

Shotgun · Jun 25, 2007

T.Stout said:

Kellerman ain't no more of an expert than any other fan.
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Not to mention he gives less insight than your average ESB poster does. He's a fraud

I sent my e-mail to HBO by the way :good

warchild · Jun 25, 2007

Zakman said:

Wow - seems like a real "people's movement" is developing to get rid of this unqualified PUNK!

Let's keep those emails flying

www.hbo.com/apps/submitinfo/contactus/submit.do?title=HBO%20Boxing&questiontype=hboboxing

The power of boxing fans can force this corporate giant to get rid of this twerp and get us somebody qualified like Al Bernstein
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Done.

Shake · Jun 25, 2007

Awesome to see the Al Bernstein love.

I think that a crew of Bernstein, Merchant and Lampley would work wonderful even without a former boxer to compliment them.

Primadonna Kool · Jun 25, 2007

i have just watched this link, and almost everything Max Kellerman said anoyed me. George Foreman is the greatest ever!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=63zKyGOMJHo

badger6 · Jun 25, 2007

Zakman said:

Wow - seems like a real "people's movement" is developing to get rid of this unqualified PUNK!

Let's keep those emails flying

www.hbo.com/apps/submitinfo/contactus/submit.do?title=HBO%20Boxing&questiontype=hboboxing

The power of boxing fans can force this corporate giant to get rid of this twerp and get us somebody qualified like Al Bernstein
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So many things wrong with boxing these days and the best you can do is try to get a guy fired because you don't like him. How about the power of boxing fans trying to fix the real problems with boxing. If Max is a problem, he is a very minor one at best !!!

Zakman · Jun 25, 2007

Shake said:

Awesome to see the Al Bernstein love.

I think that a crew of Bernstein, Merchant and Lampley would work wonderful even without a former boxer to compliment them.
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Bernstein is the best, everything a boxing commentator should be. It was such an outrage when they trashed him and gave this unqualified twerp a position he didn't earn and didn't deserve.

Keep those emails goin' in gang!! The momentum is with us!!

www.hbo.com/apps/submitinfo/contactus/submit.do?title=HBO Boxing&questiontype=hboboxing

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