HBO fair and balanced fight commentary

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  1. marzblkman

    marzblkman Active Member Full Member

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    I saw a SKY Sports feed of the fight on Youtube and god do I wish I had the option of choosing who to listen to during the broadcast of these fights here in the states.

    HBO continually tries to manufacture things that are there during fights ("judges aren't always good at discerning whether punches land or not" from the PBF vs DLH fight) but this by far was one of the worst I've heard.

    From Lederman's scoring to Merchant and of course Lampley. IT's like they only want to promote sheer agression even when it's NOT effective.

    Throughout the fight Mayweather clearly was landing the cleaner more effective blows yet if you listen to the fight, you would have thought that imitation of Ricky being an NFL defensive lineman was getting the job done.

    When I see the same fights from other networks, theres definitely more fair and accurate points being made.
     
    marzblkman, Dec 9, 2007
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  2. the_what

    the_what Bolo Punch KO Full Member

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  3. Marc

    Marc Well-Known Member Full Member

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    That was nothing compared to the Philippine commentary. Imagine Steward hating on Floyd x1000 squared by idiocy.
     
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  4. Kojiro

    Kojiro Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I've seen the fight live on Polish TV and let me tell you, the HBO team was really unbiased compared to that ****. I don't even know why they would love Hatton so much. Unfortunately brawling still seems to be more valued than genious.
     
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  5. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    HBO was disgraceful last night. Manny, lederman and Lampley were acting like Hatton was kicking pBF's ass or something. When PBF was the one landing the cleaner and harder shots. HBO is horrible I prefer the Showtime team they are much better.
     
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  6. Relentless

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    hbo crew are far more entertaining.
     
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  7. crosseyed

    crosseyed Active Member Full Member

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    I also noticed that during the last three rounds, when Floyd was just completely swamping him, Merchant basically stopped talking, didn't make a single comment. Earlier in the fight he couldn't say enough about what great work Hatton was doing.

    My brother, who had bet on Mayweather was worried when they kept showing Lederman's ridiculous card, but I kept telling him that there was no way the official judges had given more than 2 rounds to Hatton.

    Even Teddy Atlas was openly saying he had no idea what the HBO guys were watching. It was quite unprofessional.
     
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  8. Sedona

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    BINGO!!!!!
     
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  9. Symphenyceo

    Symphenyceo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :good
     
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  10. ChampionsForever

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  11. eltorrente

    eltorrente Active Member Full Member

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    Yeah, too bad Bernstein doesn't work for HBO. Showtime doesn't get enough big fights anymore.

    The best EVER was the combination of Bernstein and Clancy.
     
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  12. jexdd

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    Ditto .. I love Gil Clancy!!!
     
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  13. oblate

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    i watched it on sky and it was silly. They were talking about floyd's blinking and saying hes surprised by hattons speed. Then criticizing the ref for not allowing clinching.
     
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  14. Ring Master

    Ring Master The Originator Full Member

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    Steward & Lederman were the worst.
     
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  15. Popshots

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    HBO purposely kept Kellerman off the air because he's the only one that tells it like it is.
     
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