Lampley Irritating voice and adds absolutely nothing in terms of insight which is what a commentator should do, instead Jim often tells us which punches are being thrown, yeah Jim it's television we can see what's happening ! Also routinely calls punches which are blocked or missed as landed especially if it's an HBO contract fighter, remember him doing it a lot during ODLH's fights with Whitaker and Floyd, Oscar would throw a 6 or 7 punch flurry, land none and Lampley tell us they all landed. Terrible.
I always disliked Harry Carpenter as a commentator but was watching Saldivar-Winstone 2 the other day and he seemed a lot better than I remembered. Or maybe he just got worse over time.
He had to re-do his Ali v Foreman commentary,"Ali is so tired he can hardly hold up his hands," bang, right hand lands Foreman is down!"
The fight doctor . Bob Sheridan. Sean O Grady George Foreman Marv Albert I couldnt stand any of these announcers .. Some older bouts i have i dont watch because they ruin the fight- unless i turn the volume down. My favorites: Gil Clancy was the best and you always learned something. Al Bernstien My second favorite. I thought he and Barry Tompkins made a great team. Larry Merchant- i actually thought when he was in his prime he was great . Ray Leonard/Roy Jones- feel they are underrated.
Carl Froch! Love his voice 'It were a rart tart fart going inter the farnal round!' Steve Bunce for me. I just want to say 'Stop talking so much and maybe your voice will have chance to break'
And for me. Hard on both ear and eye and really brought nothing but the blindingly obvious to the table. And those teeth! I would have loved to have kicked them down his throat.
I'm tempted to say Skip Bayless, but he's a deliberately invidious troll who very, very obviously doesn't mean a damn thing he says. He's not even a skilled actor, which makes him somehow even more infuriating.
How bad does that make me, then? I'm sitting here fantasising about doing it and enjoying the thought so much I'm warming my hand and loosening my belt!!
