How awful was the HBO crew last night?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by MichiganWarrior, Jun 10, 2012.


  1. Atlanta

    Atlanta Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    They were god awful last night. They didn't even commentate half the rounds, just talked about how stunned they were that Prime Bradley wasn't doing more against an "old" Pacquiao.

    Still I had Pacquiao winning 7-5. So everyone is a loser, except Bob Arum.
     
  2. PIPO23

    PIPO23 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    If you think they were bad you should listed to Brian Kennedy the former ESPN star dude was sucking off Bradley the whole fight.
     
  3. MichiganWarrior

    MichiganWarrior Still Slick! Still Black! Full Member

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    Had it 8-4/7-5 Pac. However i was NOT shocked at the scores. Bradley was flashy and looked good on defense.
     
  4. J.R.

    J.R. No Mames Guey Full Member

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    Brian Kenny
     
  5. finalfight

    finalfight Boxing Addict Full Member

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    What little there was of HBO's commentary was as difficult to listen to as usual. Lampley even gave up calling Pacquiao's attacks punches and started calling them booms for God's sake - ' he hit Bradley with another two booms, boom boom'! Like a pre-schooler.

    As the fight progressed and Manny inexplicably decided he only needed to throw punches in the last minute of each round for what was at least the last six rounds the HBO team followed suit and didn't even bother to commentate as Bradley peppered Manny, only starting again when Pac became somewhat active in the last third of any given round.

    It was eerily quiet. Weird.

    I had Pac winning, not widely but the decision wasn't a surprise mainly due to Manny's general inactivity and sense of boredom with it all. Bradley win's the rematch easier and with Ariza in his corner methinks.
     
  6. MichiganWarrior

    MichiganWarrior Still Slick! Still Black! Full Member

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    Exactly.
     
  7. Redondo5

    Redondo5 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Apart from Kellerman - who strangely enough I used to think was the worst of them - all the HBO boys were to busy taking turns sucking Pacs ****.

    Kellerman, at least bought some rational post fight into why he thought it could appear as a robbery and why it seemed he thought pac should've won.

    Kellerman has improved the most especially with the face offs. Steward just a ****ing sell out and just says the same thing everytime.
     
  8. leaduppercut

    leaduppercut Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Hbo are always biased.. it was pretty bad last night
     
  9. eliqueiros

    eliqueiros Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Watched it with spanish commentators. Foreign ones are best.
     
  10. Cableaddict

    Cableaddict Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    HBO's been like this forever. How about Floyd's last fight? They literally seem to not notice when an opponent lands, even when there's an audible thud from a perfect body shot.

    A classic moment last night was when Pac threw a left, and Bradley pulled his head back to avoid it. (in one of the early rounds) then they actually showed it in SLO-MO and commented on what a great shot it was, while the slo-mo clearly showed that it didn't land. (Just like in the JMM III fight)

    Someone should make a loop-GIF of that & put it on YouTube.

    The other absurdity was, ONCE AGAIN, the complete inaccuracy of the compu-box numbers. They weren't even close.

    - But you gotta' LOVE that they got totally pawned this time. It almost makes the BS decision worth it.
     
  11. slantone

    slantone Ring General Full Member

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  12. pipe wrenched

    pipe wrenched ESB ELITE SQUAD Full Member

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    Damn straight....:deal



    :deal
     
  13. pipe wrenched

    pipe wrenched ESB ELITE SQUAD Full Member

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    while I noticed it more in the JMM III fight, nothing aggrevates me more too than when they have Compubox stats on screen (live and counting) and you see the "Non HBO" guy landing shots but not getting counted.......right in front of your own eyes. :!::-(
     
  14. Exactabox

    Exactabox Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    U r such a pathetic disgrace and known pac hater.
    I dont know if it is racisim or just stupidity but ur a hypocrite and should be ashamed of yourself.
    Kellerman is a known ***** and HBO bent over backwards to accomadate haters like yourself.
    Maybe u can accept and resepct how good Pac really is.
    The essence of boxing is hitting without getting
    hit and Pac has done that to every opponent since stepping up.
    On top of that he lands the harder shots. Nothing more a fightwr can do.

    I would hope when a boxer does the above commentators would take note and maybe u need to go back to the drawing board and see whose opinion is really "awful"
     
  15. Techniques

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    Emanuel Stewart is the biggest pacquiao dickrider I know, But you have to admit that Timothy bradley did not win this fight, he won about 3 rounds at the most. If that was the case then Marquez REALLY beat the **** out of pacquiao, Now THAT was a robbery. Oh well, Boxing is almost as fake as the WWE now.