Comments Thread For: HBO Mic Crew Hits Stride Ahead of Weekend PPV Blockbuster

[New England]

I can name at least 5 more qualified posters on NSB. Max is horrible at his job. He sways whatever popular opinion is. He kisses the ass of whatever fighter is commentating with him. His post fight interviews are terrible. He freezes up at any sign of confrontation instead of capitalizing on it. This is a sport where people punch each other in the face. He gets scared when fighters confront each other in the ring.

name them. this will be entertaining.

[Motorcity Cobra]

name them. this will be entertaining.

Kagami Taiga
Chrismart
Redd Foxx
Pigeons
Koba-Grozny
bigjavi973
BrometheusBob.
ShoulderRoll
FrankieClutch
BigZ44
deanrw
MDPopescu
Eff Pandas
-Kev-
siablo14
[MENTION]bigdramashow[/MENTION]
FrankieClutch
The Big Dunn
OnePunch

Some more I can't remember their names but if i see their AVI's I'll know. Hell, I think you would do better than them. Just because I don't agree with a person doesn't mean they aren't knowledgble about the sport. We have different opinions but they know what they're talking about and stick to what they believe, unlike Max who flip flops depending on popular opinion.

[Floyd is TBE]

I will watch the fight on mute

[New England]

Chrismart
Redd Foxx
Pigeons
Koba-Grozny
bigjavi973
BrometheusBob.
ShoulderRoll
FrankieClutch
BigZ44
deanrw
MDPopescu
Eff Pandas
-Kev-
siablo14
[MENTION]bigdramashow[/MENTION]
FrankieClutch
The Big Dunn
OnePunch

Some more I can't remember their names but if i see their AVI's I'll know. Hell, I think you would do better than them. Just because I don't agree with a person doesn't mean they aren't knowledgble about the sport. We have different opinions but they know what they're talking about and stick to what they believe, unlike Max who flip flops depending on popular opinion.

i had media credentials for several years and i forget more each year about boxing than most of these guys on nsb will ever know.

that said i'd looklike a complete idiot calling fights on TV. so would you, and so would everybody you just listed. max kellerman and jim lampley have been ringside for thousands of boxing matches. they're completely immersed in the sport. it is their job. yes, they're biased and are salesmen, but to say that some day sailor on nsb could do a better job is just laughable.

go ahead and get an interview with them if you think you can do better. HBO would 100% take your call if you had the knowledge and connections required to get the opportunity to interview them, and impressed on them enough your ability to do the job in the time you ahd. 100% they'd take the call.


go ahead and try. hell, go and try and cover one fight and write a story before card is even over. it is not nearly as easy as you think if you are willing to pull 10 names out of a hat in f#cking nsb and say they could do better than kellerman or lampley.

[Motorcity Cobra]

i had media credentials for several years and i forget more each year about boxing than most of these guys on nsb will ever know.

that said i'd looklike a complete idiot calling fights on TV. so would you, and so would everybody you just listed. max kellerman and jim lampley have been ringside for thousands of boxing matches. they're completely immersed in the sport. it is their job. yes, they're biased and are salesmen, but to say that some day sailor on nsb could do a better job is just laughable.

go ahead and get an interview with them if you think you can do better. HBO would 100% take your call if you had the knowledge and connections required to get the opportunity to interview them, and impressed on them enough your ability to do the job in the time you ahd. 100% they'd take the call.


go ahead and try. hell, go and try and cover one fight and write a story before card is even over. it is not nearly as easy as you think if you are willing to pull 10 names out of a hat in f#cking nsb and say they could do better than kellerman or lampley.

Nobody can come off the street and step in and be as natural on camera as they are. They're natural on camera, that's about it. Lamps has been doing it for decades and still misses punches and calls the wrong punches despite having the best seat in the house. Max sits there and drones on about nothing or making up a narrative that doesn't exist. Then he gets in the ring for the post fight interview and blows it. Since Merchant has left HBO hasn't a epic post fight interview. I remember after the fights everybody would get quiet just to listen to what Merchant was going to say. Now after the fight everybody talks and walks around.

But if ESPN will put this guy on the air I'm pretty sure some of the guys I named can do just as good

[BrometheusBob.]

Kagami Taiga
Chrismart
Redd Foxx
Pigeons
Koba-Grozny
bigjavi973
BrometheusBob.
ShoulderRoll
FrankieClutch
BigZ44
deanrw
MDPopescu
Eff Pandas
-Kev-
siablo14
[MENTION]bigdramashow[/MENTION]
FrankieClutch
The Big Dunn
OnePunch

Some more I can't remember their names but if i see their AVI's I'll know. Hell, I think you would do better than them. Just because I don't agree with a person doesn't mean they aren't knowledgble about the sport. We have different opinions but they know what they're talking about and stick to what they believe, unlike Max who flip flops depending on popular opinion.

Idk how I'd do in a job like that, but I'd like to think it'd be better than that soccer commentator turned football commentator you posted in the lounge

AKA I'd be at least a notch above completely cringeworthy lol

[BrometheusBob.]

Nobody can come off the street and step in and be as natural on camera as they are. They're natural on camera, that's about it. Lamps has been doing it for decades and still misses punches and calls the wrong punches despite having the best seat in the house. Max sits there and drones on about nothing or making up a narrative that doesn't exist. Then he gets in the ring for the post fight interview and blows it. Since Merchant has left HBO hasn't a epic post fight interview. I remember after the fights everybody would get quiet just to listen to what Merchant was going to say. Now after the fight everybody talks and walks around.

But if ESPN will put this guy on the air I'm pretty sure some of the guys I named can do just as good

LMAO yeah I just referred to that guy in my post

If I had to nominate anyone from your list I'd probably pick Eff Pandas, except for straw/fly/bantam weight fights where I'd sub in IronDanHamza

[Redd Foxx]

i had media credentials for several years and i forget more each year about boxing than most of these guys on nsb will ever know.

that said i'd looklike a complete idiot calling fights on TV. so would you, and so would everybody you just listed. max kellerman and jim lampley have been ringside for thousands of boxing matches. they're completely immersed in the sport. it is their job. yes, they're biased and are salesmen, but to say that some day sailor on nsb could do a better job is just laughable.

go ahead and get an interview with them if you think you can do better. HBO would 100% take your call if you had the knowledge and connections required to get the opportunity to interview them, and impressed on them enough your ability to do the job in the time you ahd. 100% they'd take the call.


go ahead and try. hell, go and try and cover one fight and write a story before card is even over. it is not nearly as easy as you think if you are willing to pull 10 names out of a hat in f#cking nsb and say they could do better than kellerman or lampley.

You weren't addressing me but since I was one of the posters Motorcity named, I'll chime in. I have a background in public speaking and performance, as well as a career in media production and an education that had me engineering and producing newscasts. So, I might not look like a complete idiot up there.

Now, Max is fairly polished at what he does but there's a couple things about him that stick in the craw of boxing fans. One being that he's an HBO shill. I don't spend much time bashing him about that because that's what he's hired to do. Max is a real boxing analyst as much as the mall Santa is really Chris Cringle. Max seems as if he could be transplanted to basketball, golf, or any number of other sports without missing a beat. He lacks real insight and is notorious for getting historic details wrong.

So, again, I don't really get worked up about Max being phony because viewers should know that already when they turn on HBO boxing. He has talents as a live commentator but his ability to present isn't good enough to hide the fact that the guy doesn't seem to have boxing running through his veins. Even Jim, whose vast faults I won't begin to get into, seems to genuinely love the sport and you can hear that in his presentation. Max lacks that "soul" of the sport.

[IMDAZED]

I can name at least 5 more qualified posters on NSB. Max is horrible at his job. He sways whatever popular opinion is. He kisses the ass of whatever fighter is commentating with him. His post fight interviews are terrible. He freezes up at any sign of confrontation instead of capitalizing on it. This is a sport where people punch each other in the face. He gets scared when fighters confront each other in the ring.

Max fell off. Maybe he's trying to stay aligned with the HBO boilerplate. But I liked him much more in his earlier HBO days. The lnowledge is still there and he's far more bearable than Lampley but the change is palpable and it isn't a good one.

[wileyhemi]

Max Kellerman is terrible. Typical *** just handed a job who is not really experienced or qualified for it. People keep pretending he's qualified, so they aren't called the most terrifying of words - anti-semitic. He's horrible. We all know it.

What exactly is the significance of his being ***ish? You think he would be less annoying and unqualified if he was born again?
Can you say "racist"?