Why does Jim Lampley hate Hopkins so much??

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  1. geppy

    geppy Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Hopkins has been in some dreadfully bad fights recently. HBO is not going to kiss his ass , when he is landing 8 -12 punches a round in boring fights. Even against Tarver , Hopkins wasnt throwing much or landing much, but Tarver wasnt doing anything at all.
     
  2. compukiller

    compukiller Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bernard was probably pissed at Foreman because of his totally ridiculous commentating during the Hops-Tito fight. George refused to believe that Tito was losing until he was sprawled onto the canvas.:D
     
  3. compukiller

    compukiller Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He nearly killed Tarver, and outlanded Taylor in both fights. Taylor has been in dreadful fights lately as well, but he is still God to Lampley and HBO.

    He also has accomplished more in the sport than any of HBO's other current fighters as well. Some respect is due. :deal
     
  4. geppy

    geppy Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Taylor got alot of heat from HBO against Spinks. Lederman went on a tirade over how bad the fight was. Merchant chewed Taylor's ass out in the post fight interview. I dont recall Lampley doing any cheerleading in the Spinks fight , as it was just so bad, made even worse by the spectacular undercard fight.

    HBO flat out said before the event, Pavlik vs Miranda was the main event, and Spinks vs Taylor was the walk out fight. How right they were!
     
  5. Marnoff

    Marnoff Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Tell me about it. Lederman was like, "I just hate to score rounds for a guy doing this much holding." Something like that. That's absurd. Hopkins was landing the "clean, effective blows", so whether you like his style or how he is doing it, he is still winning the rounds. Leave it up to the referee to decide how much holding is too much, not the judge.
     
  6. Marnoff

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    Man, that was honestly some of the most stupid and ridiculous commentating I've ever even come close to. Foreman was saying in I think Round 6, repeatedly, that Hopkins' legs were gone and that Trinidad had him. It was absolutely crazy. Foreman commentates like he fought. He thinks the man going forward is automatically winning.
     
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  8. compukiller

    compukiller Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yes he does. He rags on Hopkins as much as possible.
     
  9. Flatlander

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  10. compukiller

    compukiller Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    But Lamps put the blame on Spinks. He actually said Taylor was trying to make the fight, but Spinks threw more shots and had much better ring generalship. Taylor did absolutely nothing in that fight AT ALL, but Lamps blamed the entire thing on Spinks for "running". Then, when one judge scored it for Spinks, he said that judge should never be allowed to score a fight again. :-(
     
  11. compukiller

    compukiller Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The man is a legend, and the craftiest fighter in the sport. Lampley needs to go back to punching on his women.
     
  12. compukiller

    compukiller Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :lol: :lol: :lol:

    Tito was coming forward, but was getting his ass beaten in very brutal fashion in the process. And you are right, Foreman said BHOP was done in the 6th. It was pure comedy.:rofl
     
  13. compukiller

    compukiller Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    :rofl :rofl :rofl
     
  14. Motor City Sam

    Motor City Sam Boxing Addict Full Member

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    All the HBO guys seemed in shock that night as Hopkins was upsetting the planned superfight between Tito and RJJ. I think they wanted Felix and Roy so bad that they couldn't be objective. Foremand said some crazy things, and before the fight, Steward was saying how Hop would be too small for Tito because Hop weighed in at 158. It wasn't until the last half of Trinidad/Hopkins that the announcing team really started giving Hop credit.
     
  15. Lampley

    Lampley Boxing Junkie banned

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    If Jim truly were a company man -- and sure, he has to be to some extent -- then he'd never criticize any HBO fighters are fights. But he and Merchant (especially, and wrongly) do it all the time. Lampley has been very critical of Taylor lately, saying that he isn't listening to Steward.

    And in the Hopkins fights, the commentary wasn't nearly as one-sided as you might think. Jermain was a lot busier and providing the action to be described, so of course they were going to talk about him more.

    But after the second decision, Lampley's first words were "Shades of Holmes versus Spinks." He knew it was very close, and that Taylor hadn't really established himself as the better man. Would a true company man do that?

    Some of the arguments brought up against Lampley/HBO are valid, but many of them are emotional, irrational and too extreme.