![]() Overall if your a boxing fan HBO is the place to be for the best in the business you will see legends made and great fights happening with superstars. Getting back to Larry he gives the post fight commentary so elegantly and graceful, Larry's a tell it like it is guy! Round scoring is also provided accurate by Harold Lederman on each broadcast. Top 12 All-Time Best Larry & Lampley Moments. Attract both the younger 18-34 male demographic and the Latino. The diagrams and punch-stat numbers shown on the screen are nice and neat a great way to keep pace of the fight, and it's keeps you interested. If HBO was smart theyd drop Kellerman like a bad habit and get a really hot female Latino announcer. This duo of Merchant and Lampley always keeps you well informed. ![]() Plus Larry is a veteran sports reporter who knows his stuff so well. The class and quality the whole network carried is something no one has ever come close to touching. The team on set with boxing knowledge most dream of attaining. The magic of an HBO fight night is unmatched. The broadcast team is the best in the business and Jim Lampley is boxing's all-time best blow by blow man, yes even better than Howard Cosell! Lampley knows his stuff, and his vocabulary is unmatched and I love to hear his exciting voice during fights! Plus Larry Merchant who to many seems arrogant does a great job as a big prize fight analyst, who gives between the rounds commentary so well. HBO boxing made the sport what it is today. Many champions would fight fights in their hometown, like Lennox Lewis defending in London, or Wladimir making a defense in the Ukraine. The network has always featured the best champions and high quality fights from places like Atlantic City, Las Vegas, and New York City's Madison Square Garden. Many people forget that boxing started on HBO in 1973 at a time when Ali, Frazier, and Foreman ruled, and HBO is still king of boxing today. Like 35 of US households, he’s joined a streaming service. This time, it is not on cable or even the standard pay-per-view. The crowd in Tokyo was stunned and silent. James Buster Douglas, a 42-1 underdog, had just pulled off the biggest upset in boxing history when he knocked out the fighter some called the the baddest man on the planet. After a two-and-a-half-year hiatus, Lampley is back calling prizefights. This makes Cinderella look like a sad story. Over the years I've watched De La Hoya, Lewis, Holyfield, Mosley, and many others carry the sport to new heights on HBO. Jim Lampley has been synonymous with big-time boxing for over 30 years as the preeminent play-by-play voice at HBO Sports. SN's Thomas Hauser pays tribute to a man who lived and breathed boxing like few others. For over three decades now HBO has brought us great fight after fight on it's ever popular series "World Championship Boxing". Long-time boxing judge and HBO commentator Harold Lederman died at 79 after a battle with cancer. HBO in the day with Lampley, Merchant, etc was great.
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