Why are so many boxing commentators so simple-minded?

[ItWasWritten]

I'd like to see any average human being say the type of **** Merchant and Lampley say. Yeah, sometimes they say some ****** **** but generally they make the fight more interesting and there's no way that the average Joe Blow could do what they do...

[hitmanhomey]

Yeah, the "he needs to throw more punches" analysis is right up there with "they have to score here" and "they can't afford to turn the ball over" -- both made famous by NFL luminaries like John Madden.

We should start another post for the best lines in boxing commentary. My vote would go to Brian Kenny for his description of Emmanuel Burton's "peformance worthy of Drunken Master."

[Mech.]

Good, accurate post.

Teddy Atlas does the same thing. Sure, I know it's his job to analyze, break down strategies.
But ****....when it's in the 8th round of a fight, & one guy is getting dominated/shut down by another....stop with the "he should be doing this & that" routine. Sometimes, a guy is just overmatched, & is unable to come up with something that will work.

Well usually i find teddy a little more honest,saying what the guy needs to do in order to win,but also basically admitting that he has no chance.

[Mech.]

**** that. You know what? They're goddamn paid professionals, and are supposed to be the best in the business. You have maybe, what, a dozen boxing commentators on TV at the most. You're telling me that I should expect anything less than top-notch quality from the top .00001% in the business?

After Judah lost to Baldomir did you say, "oh well, it's not his fault, boxing is hard"? Or when Peyton Manning blew it against the Steelers were you like, "Well, they have to play 60 minutes of football, it's not so easy"?

Besides, the Showtime guys did say the same thing over and over...and the wrong thing, besides. They could have covered this fight from a number of angles, yet all they did was talk about Cherry not throwing enough, which was a dumbass way to analyze the fight.

Well as far as the showtime guys though,I just think they suck at their job.Im sure showtime could find better commentators.Bombardier,you free?

[Bombardier]

My only beef with Atlas is that he keeps trying to look for approval of his "advices" from guest fighters/commentators or the fighter's trainers when ESPN has them miked up. Kinda like "Don't you agree he should be doing this, that". Sounds like he really misses his training days, or just needs security about his knowledge of the sport.

Atlas is hilarious with that ****. I think it's just a personality quirk. He both asks an answers a question at the same time, and all the guy he's talking to can do is agree with him.

[eazy_mas]

I learned something from hearing the commentators I think they give good scenario of how each fighter could win espcailly HBO commentators.

I learned a lot from them