Favorite commentary performance

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  1. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Haha, that man was never remotely impartial. He got away with murder, really.
     
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  2. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Aye, he was certainly big on Frank!
     
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  3. Mario040481

    Mario040481 Member Full Member

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    Yeah, I like when I run into late 1970's and early 1980's type fights he worked on. Had a slight hint of southern twang. Also, those guys who generally worked solo but still kept you interested in the fight, didn't just run off at the mouth the whole fight taking advantage of their working the fight solo, they had really good timing. Knew when to talk, and knew when to talk about what. I would think it would be much harder doing that then being paired up with other guys. Ray Flores could take some notes
     
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  4. Mario040481

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    Ian Darke with either Watt or Glen McCrory is usually gold. And I really like Watt too but, every here and there he kinda unexpectedly craps on a fighter a little more than most former fighter commentators do. He spends the whole of Ricky Burns vs Terence Crawford making good and certain we understand he isn't impressed with Crawford, lol. I'm thinking "Dam Jim! It is the guys FIRST title shot, in a foreign country, AND he is managing to win every round and beat Burns up fairly significantly but "...he just isn't as good as I was told he was*..."
    *HEAVY paraphrasing
     
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  5. robo

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    The ego has landed
     
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  6. 88Chris05

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    I'm not the biggest fan of Lampley, but I have to admit his simple choice of words and the delivery of them were bang on point as Foreman-Moorer drew to a close.

    "It happened! IT HAPPENED!"
     
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  7. Skins

    Skins Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I really liked his work, especially considering he was really a college football guy in the states who just got thrown into boxing. Gave a nice gutteral scream when Weaver knocked out Tate. "Left Hoooooook". Also did justice to the Chacon-Limon classic. And worked alone, no other talking head to babble over top of him. Did great work on Franklin-Johnson II, and also Johnson-Gregory. Whoooooa Nellie!
     
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  8. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Gil Clancy's call of the Duran Barkley fight was brilliant. He was spot on in his analysis and actually predicted earlier in the fight that he thought that Duran could take a better shot than Iran.
     
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  9. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    Absolutely spot on.
     
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