Dedicating this thread to either funny commentary moments or unexplained wtf moments that are hard to make sense of. Some moments for me; Foreman on Griffin vs Toney 1: “If Montell Williams won that fight then I can lay eggs” Merchant On one of Klitschko’s losses: “He’s a disgrace to his trainer, his country and his family” Foreman on Barrera vs Kevin Kelley: “You don’t want a guy like Kelley going the distance with you” “If he (Barrera) is a great champion like Larry says he is, then what is he doing fighting a guy like Kelley” (this was more of a wtf moment for me as Kelley though older was a top 10 P4P fighter at one stage).
Holyfield vs Douglas “He’s (Douglas) carrying an awful lot of weight as you can see the way he moves his body jellies. You can see the jelly in his body, particularly his breasts.” “What Douglas is doing is instead of counterpunching when Holyfield comes in to the body, which when he’s open, he’s grabbing him as soon as he gets in. Hoping that some of that fat will tire out Holyfield.”
Richie Woodhall about any boxer: 'He has to box long and use his range.' 'Stay away. Use his feet.' 'Turn the angle and stay long.' He says this about any fighter, including aggressive midgets. It's hilarious when he begrudgingly has to give the aggressive fighter the round for boxing aggressively.
Alan Minter v Mustafa Hamsho - back in this day and age ABC had really pulled the plug a bit on boxing. They would continue to air fights but only world title fights. Like having that tag made it more prestigious than a 'mere' 10 rounder. But this fight was a deviation for them. Maybe because they were two really proven names that they decided to air this live. After a gruelling fight, Chris Schenkel, who was announcing, gets in the ring to interview Minter who was on the losing end of a tight, controversial split decision. Now all through the fight Schenkel was making it a point to tell the viewers that all of Minter's losses up to this point was on cut eye stoppage. So in the interview Schenkel says something extraordinarily stupid. He says to Minter, who is still smarting over the decision, "Well, Alan, I'll bet your happy to have lost this by decision rather than stoppage." Minter literally cocks his eye at him as if to say, "Oh, yeah, I'm friggin' ecstatic!"
