Max Kellerman's show on ESPN2

I'm not a huge Kellerman fan. He scoring of a fight can be off at times and he used to be / is very biased, I think he's just much better at covering it up now that some of the stars in boxing that he has to cover are from the groups he is / was biased again. He also said it was okay to hit women, which got him suspended from ESPN a while back.

The bias slipped out again ( Against a group he used to / still is biased against ) when called Gvozdyk, a quitter. Gvozdyk didn't quit in between rounds his body had enough and gave it. Kellerman, who caught a lot of heat for saying Gvozdyk quit this used the show to issue his on-air public apology, mentioning a recent ring death and a 2-day hospital stay by Gvozdyk who received punishment from perhaps the hardest hitting light heavyweight active today. It was his best moment in years.

As for the show it's very good. I'll give it a thumbs us. The guests are quality. The boxing replays are good. Kellmeran is much better in a scripted environment, thinking about what he's going to say and picking the best clip to edit in or out. Live on the air he can be a mess, but in his show, I must say its quality.

 

It was a good apology; you should catch it.

In the show before, Kellmeran questioned GGG's legacy using the Canleo fights ( Which GGG won the first beyond a doubt ) and his recent performance against Derevyanchenko to suggest he's overrated. Oh, really Max, how old was GGG for these fights? 36-37? How did yer boy Ali look at this age?

Maybe an editor of the show can remind you how young Hagler and Monzon retired, and how lucky they were to have the top name welters moving up to fight them to build their legacy upon, meanwhile, Mayweather and Pacquiao would not even dare whisper to the press about fight GGG. The bottom line is the most famous welters avoided GGG, and so did Martinez. Part of his legacy is who avoided him, his consecutive title defenses, and still being a good fighter in his later 30's. Oh, and he still only has one defeat on his record, and that one deserves an asterisk the size of a fist.

He has a segment of the show where he answers emails from the fans. Maybe I should bring up this point, then again he's the one who picks who replies to.

 

I accept the show because it's slim pickings. The format, replays, and guests are good.

 

Welter's and jr middle, heck middle weigh champions want no part of a prime GGG. How about Cotto. With all the BS on the scales these says I bet Pac and Mayweather were heavier than Hearns was on fight night at middle weight.

I guess the point was GGG never fought big names in a weight class or two below him in his prime because they knew better. Hopkins, Monzon, and Hagler most certainly did.