George Foreman the worst commentator of all time?

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  1. cyrax99

    cyrax99 The Greatest Full Member

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    I'm watching a bunch of fights from the early 2000's, and man, George Foreman is an ATROCIOUS commentator. He is a good speaker, easy to understand, but I've never heard such a biased commentator before, and that's saying something with HBO's crew. This guy literally LOVES Trinidad, Naseem Hamed, De La Hoya etc. and makes no attempts to hide his deep affection for them. Rewatched Hopkins vs Trinidad, and George is literally cheer leading for Trinidad, despite the fact he is getting beat down. Anyone else share my sentiments on this?

    (oh and Roy Jones Jr. is the best I've ever heard as a commentator.)
     
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  2. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Hardly.

    He was inconsistent.

    At his best, great but not the best...at his worst, cringe-worthy but not the worst.
     
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  3. KOTF

    KOTF Bingooo Full Member

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    Raging Cow
     
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  4. mgdb26

    mgdb26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Lennox Lewis was worse.
     
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  5. jeffjoiner

    jeffjoiner Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Foreman could be really bad. But at least he was always entertaining.

    My favorite Foreman line was: "Other than the two fighters, the referee is the most important person in the ring."
     
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  6. blackbolt396

    blackbolt396 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Worse ever when he did Bhop vs Tito he was crap.
     
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  7. bballchump11

    bballchump11 2011 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    :lol: I love George. He was always against the HBO hype machine. Whenever Jim and Larry tried to overhype or ride the nuts of a fighter, George would come and balance it out even if it made him sound like a ****** like in Hopkins/Trinidad or Toney/Barkley.
    He'd never count a fighter out even if he should.

    I'd still like to see him come back every now and then and commentate
     
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  8. cyrax99

    cyrax99 The Greatest Full Member

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    Seriously, he was literally cheering Trinidad on, not saying ONE WORD about the great punches Hopkins was landing.
     
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  9. damian38

    damian38 BigDramaShow Full Member

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    no he isn't
     
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  10. bballchump11

    bballchump11 2011 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    Imagine if he was commentating Linares/DeMarco


    Steward- "Linares all around looks like the most fantastic boxer I ever saw"
    Max- "Linares reminds me of Ray Robinson"
    Jim- "Not to mention he's handsome"
    George- "Oh don't count out DeMarco yet. He can turn it around with one big punch"

    :lol:
     
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  11. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    Go make me a sandwich....
     
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  12. Sugar Nick

    Sugar Nick He's A Good Boy Full Member

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    George is funny as hell. my man Lennox was a little boring by George was like your uncle commentating.

    Remember when he said "Larry,if you said that to me when I was young I would have come down and gotten ya."
    HAHA!
    Raging Cow!
     
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  13. IGIFTK

    IGIFTK S.Kovalev is a problem. Full Member

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    :deal
     
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  14. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    Get over it.



    George gets a lot of ****, but if you took his commentary for what it was, it helped add entertainment value and some insight. He'd often give credit to a losing fighter he liked and offer ways they might turn it around.
     
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  15. Sugar Nick

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