The HBO Boxing Broadcast Team is a Damn SNORE-FEST!!!

They lack any enthusiasm....

 

Yeah, but you don't have to be so obviously biased for the HBO fighter. The Showtime commentary is much more balanced, and much better overall.

 

I usually love the team other than Steward, but tonight all 3 were the weakest link!

 

Lampley has been pissed and bitter for this whole year. I really don't know what's wrong with him, Merchant sounded very old, and I think it was way passed his bed time. After the fight and when he was about to do his interview with Berto it looked like he was trying to stay awake, and Steward, well, Steward was being Steward.

I agree Showtime, Gus, Al, Tarver, Farhood, Albert, etc. and I would say the ESPN crew of Joe T (sometimes Brian Kenny) and Teddy Atlas are much better to listen to than the HBO WCB crew.

 

Merchant is old, he just doesn't seem to be putting on the passion in his work anymore, and I hate that type of employee. He should be fired or retire, he needs to be replaced by someone younger, WAY younger.

 

Boxing has declined in the last couple years and a lot of fights that are suppose to happen are not happening. The commentators as fight fans realize that, and that's what they are probably pissed off about. Too many delayed fights, too many failed negotiations, boxers getting injured, and too many cherry-pickers (Hopkins, Dawson, Mayweather, etc) is not good for the sport of boxing.

 

forget barry mcguigan we need paddy mcguinness!

 

they suck to be honest and they get into a fighters jock and will ride him during the whole fight.. they show no objectivity and honestly their boxing knowledge sucks for some call on call boxing experts

:hat

 

Uhhh, no, thanks. At least they were able to point out that when Berto hit the canvas in round 1 it should have been ruled a kd although it was incorrectly ruled a slip by the ref. I'm afraid our utterly inept showtime team would have fumbled this. See: Abraham vs Dirrel.

Except when he's "bangin'" away during Pacquiao fights. He might as well have just said, "Fap, fap, fap!" instead.

 

I agree, the commentary has been getting worse and worse.

 

Larry Merchant is the best commentator out of all the HBO, Showtime, or ESPN guys

 

Shobox over hbo commentary any day.

 

Lampley gets his pantys in a bunch when he says bertos shots were landing and steward tells him theyre flashy punches but nothin landed. They show the replay and he responds to steward like a ***** on a menstrual cycle.**** hbo

 

But he is an HBO employee.