Let’s say he gets hired at Showtime, How would that play out? I can't picture him with Steve Farwood. But it could give Showtime a familiar voice. I think Larry can speak his mind more in showtime. Wald would never fight for Showtime, so Larry can’t cheerlead. Add the fact that Max will suck at HBO, this could help Showtime.
Apparently they didn't retire his Jim Beam, Max Kellerman was spouting off some trash that sounded remniscent of Larry
I was glad when hearing the news of Merchant's time with HBO coming to an end. When I heard Kellerman was the one replacing him, I went :doh:! Kellerman is a f*cking idiot, a loudmouth fan who read a few books. It's a bad move by HBO. They might as well just keep Merchant.
Larry Merchent and Steve Farwood. Priceless shit dog. Reminds me of those white trash tracksuits that used to say "Burk Simson" on them.
you know it really wouldn't be a bad idea. I couldn't see Larry doing Shobox neither, but I could see him hire on to just take the championship fights. And what better way to give HBO the finger:flip: I'm not really a Merchant fan neither, I just hate HBO
Yah and maybe they can get Teddy in there to replace Steward and we can have the greatest commentator team of all time running the HBO shows...
Merchant SUCKS & REED can't Understand why Some of Ya'll R Bent Out of Shape over his Departure:dunno: ... w/his BIAS & Perpetual NEGATIVITY,Merchant was a PISS POOR Ambassador for the Sport of Boxing... Good Riddance,BITCH!!!... REED
The new HBO team ( Lemmon, Papa and Kellerman ) is average at best IMO, Kellerman seems like a kid who try to hard not to look excited
Showtime can do without Al. Bring on Steve, Larry and Kevin Kelly as boxer analyst. Larry was HBO, Lampley, Stewart and Max suck monkey balls. Lenox is ok but not better then Forman.
dsimon writes: Hanzy I taught my nine year old and three year old to yell Kellerman sucks whenever a bulge eyed close up of Max comes on the TV. They used to refer to Merchant affectionately as that old drunken guy.
True... There's NOfuckingWAY James Brown would Do a Fight on Saturday NIGHT,then Host an NFL Studio Show on Sunday Morning... REED
Maybe it's me, but I just don't think Kelley is that good behind the mic. He was not very good during his KO Nation...or some of the CSI boxing cards I've seen. This reminds me, I was watching Kelley on "In this Corner" a week or two ago, and he was going over technique in the ring and instead of giving insight he just ended up repeating the same thing about 4-5 times, each time with just a slight modification on what he'd just said...that's kind of how he is calling fight. Foreman was prepared for announcing by being a preacher and salesman (one in the same)...even a wordsmith that came with "pugilist specialist" can't compete with that training.
I don't want James Brown back in any other role, other than his old hosting duties. He's never struck me as a guy who has much of a clue about boxing, but he does have a great camera manor and speaking voice. Hosting = cool Commentary not cool
w/Out Question,Roy Jones Jr. Is/Was THE Best Fighter/Announcer N the HISTORY of Boxing... Was he ARROGANT???...YES...Did he Use the Word "However" 123 Times PER Telecast??...YES... But Dude Provided Genuine INSIGHT on the Fights he Broadcasted...AND,Roy was NEVER a "Yes" Man OR Overtly NEGATIVE... "Ya'll Musta Forgot" REED
Kelley's INTERESTING to Listen to,but he's NOT Quite POLISHED Enough... He COULD B a Very Good Commentator,w/More Practice...He's ALREADY Better than Lennox will EVER B... REED
I'll disagree with you on that, though I'll agree with your earlier point that Jones was better than both...and one of the best former boxers I've heard behind the mic. I liked Czyz, though, and I thought SRL wasn't bad. When Roy wasn't talking about himself, he was very good, and I actually thought he toned down a bit after the Tarver knockout.
What the fuck are you talking about? What the fuck are you talking about? Is this the same Roy Jones that came out and said that Wladimir Klitschko could never fight from the downside?? Even Wladimir, who never says shit about anybody, had to come out and make fun of him after he TWICE failed to drag his ass up off the mat against guys like Tarver and Johnson. It was Wlad who dragged his ass up off the mat 3 times to as good as secure the IBF belt vs Peter. Roy suceeded in offending the most un-offendable mother in the sport. Y'all musta 4got that shit too. Now...I'll give Roy credit for his comments about Vitali during the Williams fight....but on Wladimir he was BANG out of order. And I'll hazard that it wasn't the first time either.
I'll take your word about Kelly, I've never seen him "in this corner". I only tought he would make a good contribution because he's an honest guy. He was commentating about himself during the fight once, I tought he did pretty good. I guess its a little different talking about yourself then being behind the sceen and talking about another boxer.
you think so? I still find him boring as hell. He just seems to repeat himself alot. Funny cause obviously the guy has tons of boxing knowledge. And Kellerman just screams for no reason. :doh:
I think Lennox is good. He is getting better. Roy was horrible. He cannot speak English. I am not trying to be funny or a smartass. Some retards are more articulate than Roy. Honestly, if a Amos and Andy couldn't mimick the nonsense Roy spewed.
