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[ViperSniper]

(10-16-2014 08:01 AM)the ollie reed fan club Wrote:  

(10-16-2014 07:59 AM)ViperSniper Wrote:  Colonel knows his boxing! Calling it is a whole other thing! He does drift through his commentary, but it's his passion and energy that has always made me a fan. It's been very odd, yet been a nice treat having Colonel Bob Sheridan & Larry Merchant call fights together recently haha

Fuck you Viper

Exactly

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(10-16-2014 10:29 AM)BrutalBodyShots Wrote:  The guy has a ton of experience commentating of course which in many ways translates to knowledge. One of the best forms of experience for any job is on the job experience. Don't you think if you took any member of this forum and had them commentate 10,000+ fights that they'd have a pretty good knowledge of it by that point? Shit you could take a non-boxing fan and mold them by that point.

99% of the time it usually comes down to personality and style (like overuse of the atmosphere comment). Of course there are going to be times that you disagree with what is being said, especially when you're considering the sheer number of telecasts he's done. It's human nature to remember the bad more than the good. Same shit with referees. You get a referee people say "sucks" and they can reference 3-4 fights that they disagree with how the referee handled that fight, but he's officiated 100+ fights. So, overall, not a bad performance percentage. Shit happens.

It's clear you hate the guy which is cool. Like I said earlier it's pretty much love or hate with all people passionate about a sport. There's people that love Merchant and people that hate Merchant. There's people that love Lampley and people that hate him. Some loved George, some hated him. It really is all good.

Exactly