Ferdie Pacheco the worst commintator ever?

[StarshipTrooper]

Arthur Mercante did the color for the Holmes-Norton fight, one of the few times Cosell didn't work by himself. Mercante was tremendous in his analysis of the fight, and you could hear the respect and admiration Cosell had for Arthur as he spoke. had Mercante become a full time color commentator, he would have been among the best. Not like the shills that have been dirtying the airwaves since I was a kid.

I remember that! Mercante was one of the all-time best referees so he knew his stuff. The thing I really liked about Cosell was that he could take a crap fight and make it seem like an event: Not even Dunphy could do that.

Poet

[GJC]

Think one of the reasons Mercante didn't do much more commentary was Cossell accrording to Mercante Cossell behaved like a spoilt egomaniacal prick. I'm not a fan of Cossell just think he was one of these guys like Sugar and Fleischer who were round the fame so many years their voice was given far more kudos than it warranted.

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I remember that! Mercante was one of the all-time best referees so he knew his stuff. The thing I really liked about Cosell was that he could take a crap fight and make it seem like an event: Not even Dunphy could do that.

Poet

Why it took Cosell until this year to be inducted into the IBHOF I could never understand. Listen to the way he called a fight; he made each fight sound like an important event. He also did his research and would educate you as to each other's past. He was also not afraid to call out a fighter or promoter if they were involved in a b.s. fight.

[El_Cholo]

Lampley irrates me, spends more time talking about anything other than the fight.

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Lampley irrates me, spends more time talking about anything other than the fight.

That is one thing Cosell and Dunphy didn't do; they never spoke of other things that had nothing to do with the fight they were calling.

[catalinul]

Pacheco was terrible,just terrible.Extrmely bias,annoying voice,aw***ly wrong,etc.

His Showtime stint was awful nad if you think he was better in the 80's listen to his commentary for Leonard-Duran I.

Only good thing about him is that he could speak spanish and thus be a translator aswell.

[prinzmanspoper]

Howard Cosell's commentary of the George foreman Ron Lyle scrap remains the single greatest play by play calling of a fight ever seen.


Cossell knew how to capture the energy of a fight and could make a great fight even greater.When a fiight stunk then he would say so,it's one of the reason's why I have always like Larry Merchant too.


boxing is missing the well spoken fighters doing color commentary,like Ken Norton and Ray Leonard during their day.George foreman was always interesting to listen to aswell.

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Howard Cosell's commentary of the George foreman Ron Lyle scrap remains the single greatest play by play calling of a fight ever seen.


Cossell knew how to capture the energy of a fight and could make a great fight even greater.When a fiight stunk then he would say so,it's one of the reason's why I have always like Larry Merchant too.


boxing is missing the well spoken fighters doing color commentary,like Ken Norton and Ray Leonard during their day.George foreman was always interesting to listen to aswell.

To this day, Cosell has two of the greatest ko calls of all time. Foreman-Frazier: "Down goes Frazier! Down goes Frazier!!!!! Martin-Liston, after Martin puts Liston to sleep: "The career of Sonny Liston is over!!!!!!!!"