Lampley Tells It Like It Is!
By Michael Woods May 19th, 2007Go Jim Lampley!
He called Taylor/Spinks “dreadful” and “borderline unwatchable.” He ripped Spinks a new one for acting like he was auditioning for Dancing With the Stars. Bravo!
Oh, and then Lamps said Dick Flaherty should never judge a major fight again for turning in a 117-111 card for Spinks. Hardcore commentary, and most welcome in this era of company men, sucking up to the suits, working as analysts.
And I though Steward was going to have a heart attack trying to get JT to get into his work.
Merchant, typically the most acidic in the crew, was actually the most docile.
I’m wondering, is there a link between fighters who are making the big money, and those same fellows turning in stinkeroo, self-preservational performances?
Also, the headline fight stunk like All You Can Eat Sushi, and the HBO crew made it almost enjoyable.
May 29th, 2007 at 1:38 pm
Lamply is about as credible Saddam Hussein winning the Noble peace prize. He never boxed, put on gloves, sparred, or trained to get hit in the face. Why does HBO put people like him on is beyond me. He said Oscar did a great job for a man of his age. Oscar is only 34, still in his prime. Oscar faught a good fight even if he was 21. In my opinion, if he faught the last 4-5 rounds and he did the first 8, he would have won. But that is typical Oscar in tough fights. He did the saem thing in his late 20s against guys like Felix. I had it 116 all, giving the last round to Oscar, the same score with the exception of the 12th with two of the three judges. All Lamply could say is how great Floyd is. Call an objective fight Lamply. By the way Oscar at 34 would beat all 154s right now.