HBO boxing analyst Max Kellerman was on the radio the other day, talking about Evander Holyfield possibly being linked to the ongoing massive steroid bust that you hear so much about (I didn't hear the show myself, as I listen to very little boxing radio talk). Kellerman says Evander's possible involvement should've have surprised anyone, and then (from this Bob Raissman article in the New York Daily News), he throws a bombshell of a number out there: "Seven out of the 10 top heavyweights are on the juice," he said. "Most of the top guys are (juicing)."I'm guessing this would be a much bigger story if anyone cared about eavyweight boxing. But anyway, Raissman hammers Kellerman for it, and rightfully so... it doesn't matter if Kellerman's number is accurate. What matters is that Kellerman throws it out there casually, and by doing so, casts major suspicion on every heavyweight.
Even if you assume that Kellerman's right (and it wouldn't surprise me, but again, that's not the issue), those other three heavyweights probably want to jam Kellerman's microphone in his earhole right now. Everyone looks like a juicer when someone says something like that. Seems a little unfair.
If Kellerman wants to do the right thing, he's got two options. One, name names. If he knows which seven are 'roiding it up, he owes it to the other three, not to mention to the "integrity" of boxing, to come clean. Or, option two, just take the whole thing back, apologize, and say it's a number he completely made up.
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He is way to loud on his broadcasts, he sreams, he is bug eyed, he spits every where, HBO, please lose this guy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He is way to loud, he screams on all of his broadcasts. He is bug eyed, he spits every where. HBO, Please lose this guy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAX KELLERMAN IS THE MASTER OF THE MORONIC STATEMENT
AND THIS REMARK CONTINUES HIS PUBLICITY SEEKING STUPIDITY.
IE;EDDIE CURRY IS BETTER THAN KEVIN GARNETT,PEYTON
MANNING IS VASTLY OVERRATED,SANDY KOUFAX IS GAY(A LIE)
ISAIAH THOMAS IS A EXCELLENT GM,RBI'S INSTEAD OF RBI,
ETC,ETC,AND GENERALLY DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SPORTS EXCEPT BOXING.
KELLERMAN TELLS IT THE WAY IT IS That's why this sport of boxing is on a downhill trip because everything is still hidden in boxes to much bull
I watched the Dela Hoya fight last night an was surprised that max didn't think he won any of the rounds! Maybe he was watching a different match lol. But there is something i did learn I always knew money couldn't buy class thats evident because if it did Mayweather an his uncle would have some. What i didn't know was money couldn't buy dentures or speech lessons lol. That match was a joke you have to beat the champt to take his belt an if Mayweather thinks he gave Oscar a beating he was watching the same match Max was.
I watched the Dela Hoya fight last night an was surprised that max didn't think he won any of the rounds! Maybe he was watching a different match lol. But there is something i did learn I always knew money couldn't buy class thats evident because if it did Mayweather an his uncle would have some. What i didn't know was money couldn't buy dentures or speech lessons lol. That match was a joke you have to beat the champt to take his belt an if Mayweather thinks he gave Oscar a beating he was watching the same match Max was.
I know there will be a comment because i made a typo but i do know how to spell Champ an thats what Oscar is.
Never again will I spend money on PPV boxing. I will save it for the UFC, where champs fight every few months...not years. And the excitement level is through the roof.
Crazy isn't it my typo comment came up before the comment with the typo lol maybe mayweathers uncle is running the site lol
I watched the Mayweather DelaHoya fight Saturday, May 5th @ 11pm on HBO ppv for $54.99
What I saw was a virtuso perfomance by a master boxer, vs an over the hill, washed up ex-champion, that ran out of gas after 7 rounds.
Personally, I don't like Floyd Mayweather, but honestly, if you count scoring blows, Mayweather pretty much destroyed Oscar Delahoya. Mayweather gave oscar a boxing lesson. Oscar missed 79% of his punches, and never hit Mayweather with anything substantial.
Oscar couldn't hit Floyd, his defense was too good. Oscar could land anything substantial. Oscar fell victim to the rope a dope. Afte the 7th round, Oscar was done. Oscar was hurt twice in the fight when his knees buckled from Overhand rights from Mayweather.
If they fought 100 times, Floyd would win 100 times.
Floyd is extremely fast, faster than any fighter in the world today. Fighters with lighting reflexes like Mayweather and Shane Mosley will always be trouble for Delahoya. Not only is Mayweather Fast, but he has the best defense in boxing.
On Judge Tommy Kasmerick....This guy must be blind or on crack. Its definitely time for him to retire,because he obviously has has cataracts, and is in dire need of Retinal Keratopathy, or Lasik surgery. It befuudles me to think that anyone who saw this fight could believe that Oscar DelaHoya won, especially an experienced Judge. My take on Kasmerick....He's on the take.
Amen to the action in the UFC!!! That excitement comes from mixing all of those disciplines leaving too many variables to predict fights. But boxing is still a great sport. Nothing beats when boxing has a match as big as that was...not the super bowl, World Series, NBA, NASCAR...nothing....except of course the UFC super fights. And there are a lot of great fighters out there with great match up potential. Although many who find boxing borderline cruel, think the UFC is over the top. This to me seems like the only thing that can keep the MMA from surpassing the popularity of boxing.
NONE of the fighters in the UFC near Oscar & Floyd's weight class would win a round if they were lucky to make it thru 10 or 12 rounds. Flip that around & NONE of the boxing champions would last 1 round in the cage with a champion level UFC fighter with a decent ground game at his same weight.
KELLERMAN'S AN IDIOT!!!! He said just before the fight that "Oscar has beaten nobody in their prime"…..boxing specialist my ass.
Oscar did not lose that fight! It was close & I can see calling it a draw. But him pressing the fight like he did & taken so many of the early rounds, that belt should still be his.
How much do one sinded ringside comentators influence the judge scores when they hear theis cometary during live fights?
Max Kellerman is incredibly annoying. The man truly dislikes Oscar De La Hoya and it comes through whenever he discusses him. He consistentlyl tries to undermine De La Hoya's entire career and his analysis of the fight was laughably predictable. His suggestion that the fight was 9 rounds to 3 puts him in the extreme minority of people who watched that fight, yet Kellerman acts like it is the most obvious thing. In truth, it was a pretty close fight and certainly not a "virtuoso performance." Kellerman also previously had screamed that De La Hoya had no right to suggest that he beat Mosley in their 2nd fight (which most objective people believe he did). I would not be able to watch any fight with him as a lead commentator...he is incredibly full of himself and is totally overrated.
other than emmanuel stewart, max kellerman is the only boxing analyst that i find i usually agree with. i'm thrilled that he'll be taking over for larry merchant on hbo. i've almost never agreed with anything larry merchant has ever said. i wonder if he has ever even been in a boxing ring! looking forward to max, won't miss larry.