Jim Gray

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  1. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This guy has to be the worst interviewer ever. How he ever got the job at SHOWTIME I have no idea. He has zero personality, he seems timid whenever he interviews someone. He speaks in monotone voice. I'll take Larry Merchant, anyone over Jim Gray. Other announcers can be arrogant, pompous, egotistical, but Gray has no personality whatsoever, he doesn't even seem to be interested in boxing. Maybe he's trying to be completely neutral in his interviews, but he's bland. That's the best way I can describe him. Maybe he's related to someone high up at SHOWTIME because he's been there for a long time.
     
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  2. reznick

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    I’m recently starting to think he’s not that bad. His interviews aren’t wildly eccentric, and he carries them out in a consistent manner.

    Maybe I’m just settling. Uh oh
     
  3. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    He did a damn good job here:

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  4. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He was pretty bad.

    He must have blackmailed Don King or something to get and keep the job

    He looked like the type of guy who spent his childhood indoors near the comforting arms of his over-protective mother and was always picked last in PE class because he was as badly uncoridnated as he was unathletic looking.
     
  5. reznick

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    Very well done by Jim.
    He handled that with class and poise, and got the answer he was looking for from the red.
     
  6. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I like him. Sometimes I think he might get punched someday by someone like Tyson when he asks a smart question, but he does well and gets to the point. That is why people like him. He is not the kiss ass kind of guy like Al Bernstein, who I think is excellent. He just has his own style.
     
  7. Howitzer1888

    Howitzer1888 Active Member Full Member

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    Don't mind him actually. Think he's rather honest and asks the right questions.
     
  8. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I couldn't have said it better. You nailed it right on the head!
     
  9. dinovelvet

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    I like him ... America's Paul Dempsey.
     
  10. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    Compared to HBO's Max, he's a regular Charlie Rose or David Frost !
     
  11. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    True.

    It would have been good to see Max do a similar job with Tony Weeks.
     
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  12. Nighttrain

    Nighttrain 'BOUT IT 'BOUT IT Full Member

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    He is a robot which is both his strength and his weakness. He will just plug through with a question even when it is inappropriate, on the other hand he keeps going even when it gets awkward.
     
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  13. Jamal Perkins

    Jamal Perkins Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Im fond of him.Hes polite and asks the right questions.his work post bite fight was as good as it gets
     
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  14. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He's a star for holding it together in the interview post Tyson/Ettiene fight.

    "I broke my back!"

    "What do you mean Mike?"

    "My back is broken!"

    "Which part Mike, a vertebra or something?"

    "Thspinal!"