Showtime Commentators Superior to HBO

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  1. RJJFan

    RJJFan Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Such a difference, I actually enjoy their commentary as opposed to HBO, where I'm forced to turn down the volume.
     
  2. Imperial1

    Imperial1 VIP Member Full Member

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    Outsider of Roy I agree Showtime has the better crew !
     
  3. guru059

    guru059 TV Packager Full Member

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    Showtime is far superior to HBO.
     
  4. Atlanta

    Atlanta Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Considering ShoBox don't have an old senile condescending drunk as one of their lead commentators I am inclined to choose them.
     
  5. Caliboxing

    Caliboxing Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Definitely. HBO commentating has really been getting on my nerves lately.
     
  6. Undisputed

    Undisputed Cant G no other way Full Member

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  7. Exactabox

    Exactabox Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Roy Jones is a fool.
     
  8. Marnoff

    Marnoff Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    For me, it's not even competitive. Showtime is actually enjoyable to listen to. HBO has gone stagnant in terms of commentating. Larry Merchant is wretched. He speaks slowly and carries his bias with every malice-filled word. It's getting worse, somehow.
     
  9. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    HBO is ****ing annoying. Lampley is the worst boxing commentator in the world

    And compubox sucks
     
  10. EJDiaZ

    EJDiaZ Boxing Addict Full Member

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  11. daz52

    daz52 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    HBO has seemed to get worst of late while Showtime has improved.
     
  12. Phanekim

    Phanekim Well-Known Member Full Member

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    i always thot steve albert and al bernstein were best duo.
     
  13. Johnstown

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    what i like about bernstein is he is a very good broadcaster (speaks well) and boxing journalist (knowldge about names and such) but beyond that he actually did a bit of boxing as a young man (not allot..but more then most broadcasters journalists) and as such he also has more of a idea of what its like to be in their...at least a bit of a idea.
     
  14. Johnstown

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    Lampley kept saying how khan should be throwing more body punches. that was a semi decent point early after the knockdown...but then he was still saying it in the 10th round...at that point khan was hurt and slowed down in hands and feet. The last thing he would have wanted to do was try to lower his hands to drop in body shots...lampley is a dumbass.
     
  15. El Fisto

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    Showtime easily has better commentators, minus Gus Johnson. He's the worst of them all.