Has any commentator ever embarrassed themselves like Foreman did with Tito/Hopkins?

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  1. KERRIGAN

    KERRIGAN Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Has any commentator ever embarrassed themselves like Foreman did with Tito/Hopkins?

    I was just watching a copy of the HBO telecast of Tito Trinidad vs Bernard Hopkins, and two things really stood out for me in this fight.

    1. How good Hopkins was

    2. How biased George Foreman was for Tito

    Round after round Hopkins is giving Tito a boxing lesson and beating the bejesus out of Tito and it pretty much takes Foreman 10 rounds to work out that Tito is going to lose the fight.

    So I gots to thinking, has any other commentator made a fool of themselves to the extent that Big George did, for so many rounds of a lopsided fight?
     
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  2. saul_ir34

    saul_ir34 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I thought Kellerman looked like an idiot when Casamayor fought Katsidis and He was riding Katsidis all night and even after Katsidis got KOd Kellerman made it sound as if he didnt think the stoppage was right. Casamayor went to Kellerman and Lewis to give them a fist pump afterwards and Kellerman just seemed kind of awkward about it and hesitant.
    I love that fight. Made alot of Vcash on it. That ws before i started betting real money online...
     
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  3. Mantequilla

    Mantequilla Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Harry Carpenter's often ridiculous bias for British fighters.

    Wilfred Benitez vs Maurice Hope
    Sumbu Kalambay vs Herol Graham

    Are two that come to mind right away.
     
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  4. Iron Mike

    Iron Mike Active Member Full Member

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    Hagler, legend though he is, made a bit of a blunder in the Hatton vs Castillo bout. He started going on about how Hatton's bodywork hadn't been effective literally 5 seconds before Hatton broke Castillo's ribs with a body shot.
     
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  5. Sweet Pea

    Sweet Pea Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Every other fight George has ever commentated on.
     
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  6. LukeO

    LukeO Erik Morales is God Full Member

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    He told Hopkins he needs to be safe and go for a knock out because you can't trust judges.
    I love when George Foreman did commentary.
     
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  7. brickfists

    brickfists The Nonpareil Full Member

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    so did i
     
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  8. Leon20

    Leon20 New Member Full Member

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    Yeah George Foreman does that all the time, he usually favours the bigger puncher. I think he was the same during Toney/Barkley
     
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  9. venomus_p4p

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    Why did George quit commentating for HBO?? Does anyone remember when Jim made that religious offensive statement during the Prince Naz and Barrera fight, and George put Jim in his place??
     
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  10. itrymariti

    itrymariti Cañas! Full Member

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    "And meanwhile slipping ever further behind on the... OH NO!!! [tearfully] That's what we were worried about. ... Unbelievable. Unbelievable."
     
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  11. KERRIGAN

    KERRIGAN Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That was before the Tito/Hopkins fight, but I would love to see and hear more footage of that.
     
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  12. Xavier

    Xavier Boxing Logician Full Member

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    [ame]http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLtyKffXp4s[/ame]
     
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  13. KERRIGAN

    KERRIGAN Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Even though it was short and sweet, Kellerman also made a fool of himself during/after the first round of RJJ vs Calzaghe.

    He was then unusually quiet for most of the rest of the fight.

    :lol: Which Network was Hagler doing commentary for?
     
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  14. Xavier

    Xavier Boxing Logician Full Member

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    :huhWhat'd he say again?


    I can't remember.
     
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  15. KERRIGAN

    KERRIGAN Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Was there any fallout in the press over what George said to Lampley here?

    Whilst it appeared that Lampley came through unscathed career-wise, it is not hard to imagine how under only slightly different circumstances this could have been a career ending situation for Lampley.

    He must have been really pissed off with George after that.
     
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