Best Commentary Quotes

[Igor]

During Quintana-Julio:
Lennox: "A lot of basketball players like to play basketball".. I think he was trying to say a lot of boxers like to play basketball. There's a lot of other classic Lennox quotes where he points out the obvious, but that one sticks out because I was laughing for about a minute as Quintana was walking into the ring. I also love anytime Lennox says "he was definitely hurt!" when the fighter is completely out on his feet. He even does it during replays.

[Brooklyn1550]

Edison Miranda vs Allan Green - Round 10

Lennox Lewis: "His legs are gone, he cannot move. I don't think he's going to get up"
Larry Merchant: "Nah, he'll make it"
Lennox Lewis: "...NO!"

One second later, Green gets up.

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Gotta love the Rahman-Maskaev II ending. IT'S OOOVAAA! IT IS OVA!

[Brooklyn1550]

Originally Posted by Igor

Lennox: "A lot of basketball players like to play basketball"

Oh my God, that's classic!

[Igor]

I seriously think there are 8 year old kids out there who could provide more interesting analysis during a fight than Lennox. Every once in a while he says something insightful, but usually it's just obvious statements with horrible grammar followed by silly reactions and more obvious statements.

[cardstars]

Originally Posted by Igor

I seriously think there are 8 year old kids out there who could provide more interesting analysis during a fight than Lennox. Every once in a while he says something insightful, but usually it's just obvious statements with horrible grammar followed by silly reactions and more obvious statements.

tell me about it. "he landed a solid blow on him"....after the guy gets ko'd

[Brooklyn1550]

Originally Posted by Igor

I seriously think there are 8 year old kids out there who could provide more interesting analysis during a fight than Lennox. Every once in a while he says something insightful, but usually it's just obvious statements with horrible grammar followed by silly reactions and more obvious statements.

Agreed.

"He's landing with his jab and anytime you can land your jab, you're doing a good job."

Thanks Lennox, we know.

[Igor]

Originally Posted by brooklyn1550

Agreed.

"He's landing with his jab and anytime you can land your jab, you're doing a good job."

Thanks Lennox, we know.

I wish I wrote down a couple of them that I don't remember. There were some hilarious ones where he basically repeats the same thing 3 times in one sentence and there is a long pause afterwards. He's at his worst during boring undercard fights.. it's like he's thinking out loud without realizing he's on the air.

It's always been funny to me that during the Lennox-Tyson fight promotion, Lennox was the smart one and Tyson was the idiot, but Tyson actually spoke/speaks a lot more intelligently than Lennox does. I don't think Lennox is a dumb guy or anything, but he has absolutely no command of the English language and probably doesn't care too much about doing these broadcasts well. Tyson would be a much better commentator. I remember hearing him a few times as a guest commentator and he had a lot of interesting things to say, plus he knows a lot of boxing history. The only problem is his voice.

[Brooklyn1550]

We should make a Lennox Lewis Quotation thread. All of us could add quotes from the past and continue adding simple remarks made by Lennox each telecast.

[smoochp]

I have no problem with Lewis, but the Floyd vs Zab should have been Jones fight to announce

[Igor]

Originally Posted by brooklyn1550

We should make a Lennox Lewis Quotation thread. All of us could add quotes from the past and continue adding simple remarks made by Lennox each telecast.

And a "definitely" count could be another edition. He's using it less now though. In his definitely prime, he was using it a ridiculous amount of times.. literally at least 25 times a fight.

[cardstars]

Originally Posted by brooklyn1550

Agreed.

"He's landing with his jab and anytime you can land your jab, you're doing a good job."

Thanks Lennox, we know.

"he got hit hard, and any time that happens its not good"

ive heard some form of this one at least a dozen times

[Samurai]

Some of these Lewis quotes are definitely hilarious

[McGrain]

Here's a serious one that just always gives me goosebumps. It's from the BBC commentary on The Rumble In The Jungle:

"He's got him! He's got him!....And I don't think Foreman's going to get up!! Oh my God, he's won the title back at thirty-two!"

[Igor]

Originally Posted by McGrain

Here's a serious one that just always gives me goosebumps. It's from the BBC commentary on The Rumble In The Jungle:

"He's got him! He's got him!....And I don't think Foreman's going to get up!! Oh my God, he's won the title back at thirty-two!"

Nowadays it would be, OH MY GOD, WE'VE GOT AN AMERICAN HEAVYWEIGHT TITLIST, AND HE'S UNDER 35!!

[McGrain]

Originally Posted by Igor

Nowadays it would be, OH MY GOD, WE'VE GOT AN AMERICAN HEAVYWEIGHT TITLIST, AND HE'S UNDER 35!!

Haha, yeah, if a heavyweight started boxing like Muhammad now, people would probably be confused as they were the first time around.

"Heavyweight's just don't move like that."