Roy jones commentary tonight.

[MDPopescu]

... I had no sound for this fight (because of a driver's conflict in my computer)...
But I enjoyed the 'silent" fight, as I smiled all night long and I was free to score this fight correctly (i.e. 120-107)...

[Dr Rumack]

I like Roy but the HBO team as a whole is terrible. Has Lampley completely given up on blow-by-blow commentating. That's what he's supposed to be doing isn't it?

The three of them just carry on a disjointed conversation for 12 rounds instead of actually calling the fight. Annoying as hell. The Showtime team is far superior.

[ssc73]

Roy Jones is great at what he does, he's very rarely wrong if you pay attention and when he does, at least he'll admit it. Showed a lot of respect for Hopkins tonight......something someone with less class wouldn't do.

I'd love to hear more of Andre Ward though. He's very solid as well. The last few times Roy was absent he hasn't been there........

Lampley is horrible, couldn't stand Merchant and both were typically pretty hammered. I have some issues but won't complain too much about Kellerman though I do like him better with Papas...who isn't bad. Bernstein is better but that's experience....

Mauro Rannallo is horrible on Showtime........Paulie is very good, not sure what happened to Tarver but he wasn't bad either. I preferred Steve Albert to Lampley or Mauro and back in the day on HBO thought Barry Thompkins was pretty good........

Mauro, Lampley and Merchant always have favorites, gargling Manny Pacquiao or Miguel Cotto's nutsacks while trying to talk though.....can't stand them.......

Leonard was good back in the day too, Ferdie Pacheco wasn't horrible....Bobby Czyz & George Foreman were but not nearly as bad as the worst all-time, LENNOX LEWIS' STUTTERING ASS.......YOU'D THINK HE WAS PUNCH DRUNK BUT HE'S NOT......

Strange thread. Just Roy bias? He was pretty articulate on what Hopkins was trying to do........and he was essentially right. Anyone who believes he was wrong, have you considered Roy has scouted him for the better part of the last 20 years?? Pretty sure he had a good idea what he was talking about and pointing out how and when Kovalev was nullifying Hopkins game-plan giving several examples along the way.........

If you think Roy Jones isn't a good commentator, well, my bet is you just don't like Roy..........??............

[SplitSecond]

I love roy, but, tonight, his commentary was absolutely embarrassing. It was insulting to suggest throwing 12 punches a round was part of his strategy. Or that Bhop, no kos in years, was setting it up for a late ko. Unreal.

nothing wrong with what he said, best commentator in the business right now, you're just clueless

the problem is most people to begin with dont have a clue what they are watching, so ofcourse roy sucks to you when he says profound sht and it's not just the obvious crap anyone can see and nod there head to like paulie malignaggi

[MarcoHooker]

I don't usually like Roy but he did have a good night tonight, his comments were much more insightful than the other guys

He's improving but the HBO team is **** in general

Lampley was putting him in his place all night, and Roy as usual would respond with his little chuckle. Roy provides great insight though,a hell of a lot more than Mr. Jim "****-****" Lampley. Roy knows his shyt, I listen to him more than the two other guys.

I love hearing George Foreman put Lampley in his place (Prince-Barrera & Gatti-Ward II fights)

[Roy Jones Jnr]

I thought it was great.

Being honest i could understand a couple times in recent fights where people have complained but i thought last nights commentary was fantastic and spot on for the most part, even more so given how praiseworthy he was of BHop.

I think it's just something we have to come to accept on here now, after every big fight there will be people looking to moan about something for the sake of moaning.

Roy Jones is a great commentator, the whole HBO team are great for the most part, people are just sad bastards moaning for the sake of moaning.

[jreckoning]

I thought it was great.

Being honest i could understand a couple times in recent fights where people have complained but i thought last nights commentary was fantastic and spot on for the most part, even more so given how praiseworthy he was of BHop.

I think it's just something we have to come to accept on here now, after every big fight there will be people looking to moan about something for the sake of moaning.

Roy Jones is a great commentator, the whole HBO team are great for the most part, people are just sad bastards moaning for the sake of moaning.

The way to look at it I suppose is like a eulogy at a funeral.

I mean B-Hop was getting killed, and at a funeral you don't talk about how bad the guy was. You try to say good things about him.

[FlatLine]

I thought Jones did good, he was probably the best out of all of them tonight, he put Lampley and Kellerman to shame. HBO might as well fire their asses and let Roy run the whole show

[Dr Rumack]

Lampley has a great voice but he needs to give it up. He doesn't call the fight at all any more, he just treats the broadcast as an extension of the fight game where he just gives his opinion on everything and goes off on tangents.

Just describe the action! It's a fairly simple job description.

[Crazylegs77]

Boxnation was pretty much on point although they seemed sympathetic to Popkins. Was curious about the HBO commentary, they went into spin/hype/panic mode it sounds like

Gotta rewatch with HBO