What's your take on the shaming of fighters on HBO?

klompton2 · Oct 22, 2015

Dubblechin said: ↑

Classic clip.

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Hahahaha. Classic. I love Woody.

Dubblechin · Oct 22, 2015

klompton2 said: ↑

The cool thing about Dunphy doing both radio and TV was that you really got to compare and see just how prepared and professional he was and just how different the two disciplines were. When calling a radio broadcast he would call it blow by blow exactly as it happened and put you ringside. When calling a TV broadcast he would let the picture do the talking and only add insight to things that you wouldnt catch if you werent right there in the arena. He would talk about what was going on in the corner, or say things like "for those of you watching in black and white so and so has an angry red welt above his left eye" things like that, that you couldnt really pick up on those old tvs. I remember one time during a tv fight the crowd stood up in excitement. Without Dunphy you would have thought they were excited about the action. Instead Dunphy said something like "The audience has just taken note of a fight taking place in the stands behind me and apparently its a whale of a fight to destract from our feature tonight." LOL. He would often give you context like "that punch may have looked harder to our viewers at home than it really was." etc. He rarely ever insulted the intelligence of the viewer by repeating what they could already see. Nowadays they just rattle off "a hard left! a hard right! Two more rights to the mid section!" No **** Jim Lampley, Im watching the same thing you are. Or even worse "BAM, BAM, BAM, BAM" Good god. I want to puke just thinking about that. I wont even get into Max Kellerman (who has been pointless since day one both in the studio and worse at ringside) constantly shouting, quoting "facts" that are just horribly incorrect, butchering pronounciations, and drooling over his favorites.
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:good Exactly.

And the "Bam, Bam, Bam, Bam" call from Lampley was so awful and embarrassing. I think everyone on earth who heard it had the same reaction.

Unforgiven · Oct 23, 2015

Vince Voltage said: ↑

Some guys are genetically built to look bad. Tubbs, Buster Mathis Sr and Jr....even when in good shape they still look flabby. Sometimes, sure, guys come in too heavy, but I bet even with the best training of his life, Tubbs would still be flabby.

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Nah, anyone can get slim and lean. Maybe not ripped like a Bruno, Weaver, Holyfield or Tyson, but anyone can get lean with no noticeable flab.
Truth is, Tubbs never trained hard enough.

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