Showtime commentary on malignaggi fight

They weren't pro-Malignaggi imo

If anything Hopkins having it 38-38 after 4 had me wondering what I was watching as Paulie was clearly ahead at that stage.

I thought they were over-hyping Broner through the middle of the fight and then towards the end were sort of trying to remind people that actually, the decision isn't in yet and some people might have Paulie in with a chance- but they all thought Broner was winning.

 

atsch you actually think boner outclassed paulie?? Stfu and logoff ydksab

 

I do think they were biased, but not necesarily in favor of Paulie. I think they were just getting a lot of stuff wrong in general. For example, Hopkins had it even after 4 rounds and he was obviously incredibly biased towards Broner. Brian Kenny was throwing compliments Bernard's way all night and I didn't like how they were kissing up to Hopkins all night long. Whatever Hopkins said was treated as if it was intellectual gold, and frankly what Hopkins was either saying blatantly obvious half the time and flat out wrong the other half.

And it's not like I'm really hating on Hopkins, it's just that there's really no chemistry between those 4 guys. And Jim Gray just has a rude way about him. That fake smile is such BS and hardly ever gives a good interview start to finish. Him asking Paulie if the fight was fixed, was just rude. Paulie was bitching, but the guy also just fought 12 rounds, let him say what he wants, Jim Gray is just a dick. Lampley Kellerman and Jones are a better commentary team. Maybe it's just me, but the Showtime telecasts seem very unprofessional. Even the ring itself was falling apart.

 

I really was expecting them to be bias in favor of Paulie, but if anything I felt they were selling his performance short...

 

I thought they were bias towards Broner...Paulie put in a lot of body work that they didn't mention. Broner still won a close fight in my eyes.

 

Nah, it was a close fight and Paulie managed to shut Down Broner for long periods simply by being active. He had clearly watched the De Leon fight and used the same gameplan to his advantage. Broner barely won and a Draw would have been fair as well. Considering how big a favourite Broner was before this fight and how many people said he would stop Paulie, Hopkins, Bernstein etc. were right to question his abilities at this weight.

 

I had it 16-12 for broner , rd 1,2,4 and 12 for malignaggi

 

I thought the commentary was neutral and on point.

Also message to the OP - No one is reading your posts. Try put them into paragraphs.

 

They count for less all right, but Broner only opened up once in a while. Boxing is still scored on a round by round basis and Broner simply let too many rounds sail by while being inactive. It could easily have been a draw or even a loss for Broner had he had a point deducted which he kinda deserved.

 

I thought they were fair tonight, they mention all during the fight about how aggressive Paulie was and how inactive Broner was during this fight.

 

None of this happened. The commentators were clowns that ignored everything paulie threw and praised any of broners single shots that seldom came anyway.

 

I watched the fight in spanish so I was not influenced by them and I had gave paulie 2 rounds top... some of this haters think Pauile Won.. bunch of haters :bbb

 

For the first time in a while I did not like the bias of the Showtime team.

Probably because PM was not commentating.