Lampley just didn't put it in context. If he had said "If Hamed was right, and this was written by Allah, it was written 'B-A-R-R-E-R-A'", then it never would've been an issue. Without knowing that Hamed had said that himself, though, it just sounds like Lampley is taking shots at his religion for no reason. But Jim was just pointing out the irony in Naseems pre-fight statements.
Who cares I'm sick of some reason you can trash christians or any religion but you can't touch Muslim. Lampley was just making a point because Prince would say he wins because Allah made it that way. It was funny.
I think Jim Lampley shouldn't have said this "I think Allah knows how to spell Barrera" because that's pretty disrespectful to something that has nothing to do with boxing and a blatant attack on Naz and muslims. I wish him and Larry Merchant would get the fuck out of this business. They both piss me off with their biased commentating. Barrera did whoop that ass though lol
well said foreman and dat was so wrong to bring in religion to al this,fair enuff naz always did and after his loss also he said dat is was writen by god for him to go out like this but commentators didnt need to say this as did merchant in his first quetion to hamed after loss,pathetic i call it.i miss naz who was a true legend and entertainer in boxing.infact boxing misses him.
No but he thought Jim Lampley was using Hamed's beliefs as a way of taunting him just because he was losing the fight. George is a minister and respects anyone's beliefs and this is why he got mad at Jim Lampley. George could have just punched him in his face. But that would have been equal to murder.
why is everyone in boxing so sleazy? It's not just the boxers, its almost everyone involved. Merchant, Grey, Mayweather, King ... Full of greedy, egotistical asshats. I'm glad George has some integrity.
@HernGeo Good point. One time George was silent and was not earning his paycheck as a commentator. Jim said he wasn't offering much. So George tried to be wise and said, "More is less." Realizing he goofed up the saying, George followed up timidly with, "I mean, less is more." Nice goin' George. Deep.
@JMDinamitaMarquez Oops, I meant a '95 Hamed. Barerra knew that brawling like he did with Morales wouldn't work, so he changed his style. Hamed has more punching power than all those you mentioned. I think that Marquez might beat Hamed though.
lol that was funny, but I like JIm and everybody loves good ol' George Forman. Yeah it was kind of dumb for Jim to say that, but I guess he was just making fun of how Naz always talked about Allah and how he wins all the time becuz Allah had it written. Oh well I like Barrera, Naz, Jim, and good ol' George, BUT I fucking hate Larry Merchant
They should not be talking that way over the mickes, though I think that Lampley was way over the top from what I heard. George should have talked to him afterwards in private, not in public.
George didn't even go hard at him, he just said to be careful, totally professional. Besides, if George talks to you in private, you're just gonna piss your pants.
Fuck you hating Islam is for faggot scared Americans fuck terrorists and fuck disliking Muslims I don't listen to what the news tells me to think lampley is a coward I woulnever say that shit
His commentary seemed like a strange attempt at being humourous, but added nothing of substance to the fight coverage. He came off as insane rather than racist.
He had Islam on his trunks...doesn't that open him up for comments like Lampley stated or maybe George Foreman is one of those pretend christians!!! Islam and Christianity CANNOT co-exist PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@futurepast1 You are very young and ignorant !!! You cannot prove anything and TRUE Christianity is not a religion!!!! There's only ONE GOD and HIS name is not allah or mudhammed---that's satan!!! HIS name is JEHOVA, Christ Jesus and the Holy Spirit...PERIOD!!! Three in one and one in three!!! You cannot understand this I know and neither can anyone who is not saved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@59riggs Personally i think all religion's are bullshit but i respect everyone's right to believe what they want so long as it's not shoved down my throat, you on the other hand don't seem to understand your own religion. Christianity is about being a good person, loving people and not passing judgement. George Foreman shows these traits off perfectly whereas you don't therefore it is you that is the pretend christian.
@obewild You, like many are one confused person. You are an oxymoron within your own self if you can understand that. Since you're a self admitted atheist, just EXACTLY what can you tell me about Christianity or for that matter is-lame??? Do you know ANYTHING about middle east history from 622 AD to present day??? Of course you don't b/c if you did, you could see just how totally ignorant your statement is !!!
@59riggs I do not agree with extremist muslim's nor do i agree with extremist christians like yourself as you people tend to be nutjobs. People like you pick and choose parts of your chosen religion as you are hypocrites and are not good enough people and lack the self discipline to follow the actual words of your religion. I do not believe in any organised religion as they were created by man but if someone else chooses to believe then that's their choice, nothing oxymoronic about that.
@obewild You are obviously very young and without life experience. ANYONE who doesn't believe in GOD is a "nutjob". The world is not one big gray area as so many who are blind "see" it but rather quite the opposite. There is right and wrong, good and evil, truth and lies and in between these opposites gray area cannot exist!!! You have a free will to choose. You either give your heart to GOD or by default and your fault, you belong to satan PERIOD. I too do not believe in any organiZed religion.
@59riggs it's organised actually, not everyone uses the English language incorrectly. I'm sorry but I'm not weak minded enough to need some mystical spirit to guide me, I make and am responsible for my own decisions, I try to be a good person as much as I can be but it isn't out of fear of some made up creature or of going to some made up hell, it's because I am respectful toward people who are respectful towards me. You would probably be a happier person if you followed your religion correctly.
@obewild You seem like an educated, nice person. I tried to illicit your ire and have to admit that your response was less emotional than mine. You're educated no doubt and also very young and trying to be rational and "politically correct". A grave mistake instigated by the powers that be who want to confuse, divide and conquer the masses!!! Independant thought is very much discouraged in American educational systems today and anyone who believes there are but four dimensions is truly a fool!!!
@59riggs I'm not trying to be politically correct, i just don't judge people on religion (or race, not that I'm accusing you of racism) as i don't think it is a good basis to form an opinion on. Boxing is multicultural and religion is a big part of it for the fighters, it gives them extra confidence and a will to win so I'm all for it if it helps, i don't believe in it personally but i respect Naseem's choice to worship Allah and Foreman's choice to worship the Christian God.
Lampley is the main reason I do not have HBO and do not buy PPV that features him at ringside. What a joke. Merchant is an idiot, too, but Lampley takes the cake.
this is why lampley said he didnt miss working with foreman cause foreman tells him staright wtf are you saying you get in there and win all the time you talk all the time but you woodnt say shit to there faces we need foreman back he nos wat hes on about
Jim Lampley ,, Ur on the Big screen Brother .. Please watch ur mouth and dont get cought up in the moment... Remember brother ur on T.V.. you got young kids Adults watching..!.
@ultrakool Yea....allah and his pedophile, faggot and illiterate mud-hammed who wedded and bedded a 6 year old girl!!! What a religion of hatred!!!!!!!!!!! Is-lame, mus-scum and mus-slime!!!! Kill innocent women and children in the name of the moon god allah....what cowards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Foreman wants me to believe he's a christian??? Yea right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I used to have respect for Foreman but not after this!!!!
It went the way Allah wanted, naz was in no way training as he should and living he's life according to the religion. Yes reliance in god is one thing, but that in itself wont cut it. You have to live according to Islam (or at least try to the best of your ability) and try to put the effort.
I'm a muslim man and I'll tell you there is nothing racist or negative about what Lampley is saying. If it was a Christian boxer and he had held Jesus Christ in high regard before the fight and someone said that if he loses it's because of Jesus, nobody would be freaking out. Stop reading too much into everything everyone says.
there was a serious tone of "where's your fake god now" in his voice. and how many times have you heard him make a remark about ANY other fighter's religion? how many times has he said if he loses now it's because of yaweh? never.
@Robstailey you have a point, but I take him for what he is and I don't try and interpret. He seemed like he wasn't a fan of Naseem and that's the angle he used. In my (now humble) opinion, if Naseem is going to make this a "look at me, I'm Muslim" fight, then Larry's got the right to approach it as such.
@Robstailey Nasseem was always a bit of a scumbag though. He was disrespectful to fighters and whenever he would get called on it he would start with the whole "this is Allah's will" as if its not just an arrogant sob spewing bullshit about God to justify his disrespect. Lampley really didnt like like him though and hes basically throwing Naseems own words back at him. Its the same as that incident in which Ali told Frazier " god is in my corner" and Frazier told him "Then God is cont
@nimakharrazi yeah true that. i think jim lampley just gets too horny for fights. he's like the white guy that is too overeager to impress is all, he means no harm, just trying too hard.
I think Barrera kicking Naz's ass was great. Naz had said it is written by Allah that he would KO Barrera. Naz opened himself up for the Allah comment.
George has a good point. But to be fair to Lampley, the dude probably didn't mean anything by it. He just gets so hyped up and crazy about fights that some odd shit tends to come out. But all respect to George - great fighter and even a hell of an announcer!
What if there was a Christian Fighter getting the beat up bad and Lampley said, "God is not on his side tonight!" No one would get mad. The only reason Americans get mad about Lampley saying, "Allah" is because Americans see Allah as almost a bad word. Where I see Lampley actually being more respectful to NAZ and his religion by using the word Allah and not God.
I love how everybody saying Foreman is a class act, etc. Did yall forget how terrible of a boxing commentator he wasand how he nuthugged De la Hoya thru the years. No one should say anything about religion because religious slaves start to get upset.
I taped this fight and my infant daughter pressed the record button over that segment. SO, the next week, when it was broadcasted on HBO, I taped it again and she did it again! I think my daughter didn't like those comments either though I will say that HBO edited those comments.
Naz was talking heavy shit right before the fight on the ring mic, talking about how everyone will serve Allah. I think that is what Lamps made reference to
@rammer257 I 've heard Roy Jones make blatant racist remarks when covering fights for HBO, he is always in favor of the black fighter when facing a caucasian or latino fighter, I've heard him actually root for the black fighter when he should remain nuetral as a commentator. I think Lambley, like most fight fans were tired of Hamed's constant bragging and always bringing up Allah in all his interviews. Once Hamed fought a real live world class opponent, he got the brakes beat off him.
I actually thought the "bang bang bang" commentary was the best part of the whole show. Something to entertain us while watching this useless waste of fight. It was boring to see Clottey play turtle for the majority of the fight. Seriously, did he ONLY put up a fight at the end? Thanks Lampley.
Way to go George. Although George is a Christian and an ordained minister, he has enough class, dignity, knowledge and humanity to respect Naz's religious beliefs. Unlike the ignorant, biased Jim "Bang! Bang! Bang!" Lampley. No wonder Floyd says Lamps is racist.
@SlimSkanzie - Yeah, I was surrounded by my friends (all Pacquiao fans) and they got a kick out of me yelling that Lampley's a Pac nuthugger and that he needs to get off Pac's nuts. lol
Bullshit. Why should anyone respect any religion who labels you an "infidel", or believes you won't prosper in the same level of heaven, simply because you don't believe what they (muslims) do.
Naseem arrogantly used boxing as a means to promote islam, and through it in all of our faces at the beginning of this match. If a christian, jew, ba-hai etc. ere to pull that shit in the middle east they would be killed. PS, "race" has nothing to do with it.
@JohnQRandom - Naseem never once referred to Christians as infidels. Why shouln't ge promote his religion? Jewish boxers - like the one Amir Khan KO'd in 1 round (Dmitriy Salita) do it all the time. There are Christians that live just fine in the middle east, stupid.
I know nothing of domestic abuse allegations, nor do I care. The point here is that islam only deserves as much respect as it gives, which is ZERO. Arabs went as far as to write a book justifying their arrogance by claiming it was edorced by the creator of the universe. Christians and jews are persecuted in the middle east and any one of them who flaunts their religion in muslim nations end up dead.
@JohnQRandom - You also know nothing of Islam, nor do you seem to care. So stick to something you care about. I take it you're one of those anti-religion nuts. People are persecuted everywhere - including America - Muslims, Jews, Christians, Blacks, Hispanics, etc. Live with it.
@JohnQRandom - Lampley's comment - as well as his "BANG! BANG! BANG!" - was unprofessional to say the least. If I was his boss, he would've been suspended. Matter of fact, he would've been fired the time he got jealous at a HBO party when he saw his girlfriend talking with some guy and slapped her and dragged her by the hair. Or the time he beat her at home and was arrested.
Everyone knows Lampley is a drunk. The Pac-Clottey fight shows he's fallen off the wagon. HBO should NEVER have him comment on anyone's rap sheet, alcoholism or violence against women, due to his own problems.
@comedicstuff will if you think about it, why do they fucken put religion in a boxing match? allah? god? so they can box and beat the hell out of their opponent, killing one another inside the ring? thats why jim lampley made fun of that nonsense.....
@deonvan - I understand that line of logic, but Lampley was unprofessional, and even if he doesn't like when people mention religion or if he doesn't personally respect Naz's religion, he should've had enough class, integrity and professionalism to keep his cool about it and not potentially offend millions of people. People "thank God" all the time after a boxing match, sometimes the announcers even cut them off.
Lampley should've been used to it and should've just beared with it instead of being an ass about it. Just like when De La Hoya came out with a Mexican mariachi band and Larry Merchant said "this sucks," that was disrespectful and potentially insulting to millions of Mexican viewers.
@comedicstuff i understand... lampley should be professional..... but i think he would be more respectful if naseem wasn't so arrogant, and be praising allah in the beginning with a funny attitude...
@deonvan - Nothing wrong with praising God. At least Naseem was humble enough to praise someone other than himself. And not so arrogant as to think there wasn't someone out there greater than himself.
@comedicstuff i'm not saying anything wrong, but check out naseem at the very begininning praising with ARROGANT.... But if he wasn't arrogant they respect him more... check it out in the beginning... that is all i wanted to say. is cool... peace.. i won this argument.. just playing...
@deonvan - LMAO! Being "arrogant" was part of Naseem's personality and/or act. So why get mad at a religion because of the way that one man acts? You're talking about over a billion people worldwide that follow Islam. Nas is just one person. Do people get mad at Christianity when Floyd Mayweather says "they're just mad because God chose me over them?" Floyd made that statement about Zab Judah and about his haters.
Naz not arrogant? Coming in the arena as if to say: "BEHOLD THE MIGHTY POWER OF ISLAM". Then getting his ass kicked of course. This is ,and always will be my favorite boxing match. It not only debunked islam, but it was a major victory for non-muslims world wide.
@JohnQRandom shut up you arrogant fool. im not a muslim and this fight was no victory for me. i was rooting for nas all the way. ali said the same shit about islam when he fought frazer then got his ass kicked. then he said the same shit in the forman fight and kicked formans ass. so was islam de bunked or proven? all i know is that allah guided both ali and nas to 10 times more victories then defeats. in nases case 31 times more victories then defeats!
You're not a muslim yet you believe "allah guided muslim boxers to victory". Naz fought "nobodys" in nearly all his victories, and the fight that he wanted the most, and the one where he used the match itself as a means to promote his SHIT religion, he got his ass kicked. Piss off you muslim bastard. Your religion is false and you know it.
@JohnQRandom your a stupid piece of shit. naz was the man, he actived more before the age of 30 then you'll active in your entire life, even if you live to 100. if i was a muslim then i'd never deny it. when i said the "allah guided them to victory" i meant they claimed that allah was with them in every fight and they both (nas and ali) won alot more then they lost. so how can you claim that if they lose then allah or any god has been disproved?
@JohnQRandom - So how about when Amir Khan KTFO'd the Jewish Dmitriy Salita in the very first round? That must've been a "major victory for Muslims worldwide," huh? How about if Amir Khan beat Paulie Malignaggi? Naseem Hamed lost just ONE fight his whole career and had a great record. He made tens of millions of dollars and never had to make a comeback because he's RICH! How about you?
Lampley just didn't put it in context. If he had said "If Hamed was right, and this was written by Allah, it was written 'B-A-R-R-E-R-A'", then it never would've been an issue. Without knowing that Hamed had said that himself, though, it just sounds like Lampley is taking shots at his religion for no reason. But Jim was just pointing out the irony in Naseems pre-fight statements.
And he probably didn't like him, either.
kyleinaction 1 week ago
Jim Lampley dropped the ball on this one. But I respect him more than Grey and Merchant. They can be very rude, condescending, and racist at times.
yosemite72 1 week ago
George Foreman. The big guy's a legend, one of the greatest Heavyweights EVER!!!
truebeliever786 2 weeks ago
i salute you George Foreman.. ive lost all respect for lampley
Uprising771 1 month ago
@rtuumm HAHAHA!!
buyneee 1 month ago
The comments were wrong by Lampley. But Naz was not a Legend. He got whooped on in his biggest fight.
Firstblk 1 month ago
Who cares I'm sick of some reason you can trash christians or any religion but you can't touch Muslim. Lampley was just making a point because Prince would say he wins because Allah made it that way. It was funny.
ACslookin 2 months ago
@ACslookin i agree
carlitoboxing7 1 month ago
I think Jim Lampley shouldn't have said this "I think Allah knows how to spell Barrera" because that's pretty disrespectful to something that has nothing to do with boxing and a blatant attack on Naz and muslims. I wish him and Larry Merchant would get the fuck out of this business. They both piss me off with their biased commentating. Barrera did whoop that ass though lol
TEHWEEZY 2 months ago
GEORGE IS DA TRUTH
smokinlefthook 3 months ago
well said foreman and dat was so wrong to bring in religion to al this,fair enuff naz always did and after his loss also he said dat is was writen by god for him to go out like this but commentators didnt need to say this as did merchant in his first quetion to hamed after loss,pathetic i call it.i miss naz who was a true legend and entertainer in boxing.infact boxing misses him.
kinminful 3 months ago
@kinminful larry merchant is a faggot
smokinlefthook 3 months ago
Gorge formen supporting Naz
5940279 4 months ago
So i'm taking it that George Foreman is Muslim.
voirdire 5 months ago
@voirdire No, he is a Christian and was pastor of his own church for a while
GAAwudu 5 months ago 2
No but he thought Jim Lampley was using Hamed's beliefs as a way of taunting him just because he was losing the fight. George is a minister and respects anyone's beliefs and this is why he got mad at Jim Lampley. George could have just punched him in his face. But that would have been equal to murder.
Bxngexpert 4 months ago 4
@Bxngexpert LMAO I LOVE BIG GEORGE
smokinlefthook 3 months ago
@Bxngexpert lol
REALMEXREV 3 months ago
so thats what an arab punches like AHAHAOAHOAHOAHOAHOAHOHA
blindedby2monkeys 5 months ago
This guy is probably jewish.
DestroyerAlexandros 5 months ago
why is everyone in boxing so sleazy? It's not just the boxers, its almost everyone involved. Merchant, Grey, Mayweather, King ... Full of greedy, egotistical asshats. I'm glad George has some integrity.
HelloWalterSobchak 5 months ago 2
@HelloWalterSobchak You have a point but you forgot the biggest of them all-Bob Arum.
REALMEXREV 3 months ago
G. Foreman is entitled to his opinion but he has also said some dumb shit, for real.
HernGeo 6 months ago
@HernGeo Like what?
LedWilde 6 months ago
@HernGeo Good point. One time George was silent and was not earning his paycheck as a commentator. Jim said he wasn't offering much. So George tried to be wise and said, "More is less." Realizing he goofed up the saying, George followed up timidly with, "I mean, less is more." Nice goin' George. Deep.
DexterHaven49 6 months ago
'99 hamed wins
carmodifire 6 months ago
@carmodifire Hamed loses to JM Marquez, Morales, and Barrera ALWAYS. Hamed is levels below all those true greats I mentioned, don't make excuses.
JMDinamitaMarquez 6 months ago
@JMDinamitaMarquez Oops, I meant a '95 Hamed. Barerra knew that brawling like he did with Morales wouldn't work, so he changed his style. Hamed has more punching power than all those you mentioned. I think that Marquez might beat Hamed though.
carmodifire 6 months ago
lol that was funny, but I like JIm and everybody loves good ol' George Forman. Yeah it was kind of dumb for Jim to say that, but I guess he was just making fun of how Naz always talked about Allah and how he wins all the time becuz Allah had it written. Oh well I like Barrera, Naz, Jim, and good ol' George, BUT I fucking hate Larry Merchant
rtuumm 6 months ago 22
@rtuumm i used to hate merchant too, than i heard about an arrogant chump called max kellerman and all of a sudden i learned to appreciate larry.
carlitoboxing7 1 month ago
Lmao @ "allah knows how to spell barrera: b-a-r-r-e-r-a!"Rofflz
"i don't think that you like him yourself jim..."LUlz
BigOldMrKnish 6 months ago
LMFAO!!! :D
Mr9mm4u 6 months ago
Lampley sucks
mysteric70 6 months ago
When George Foreman tells you to be careful, you shut the fuck up and drink a Coke.
SeanOMatic 7 months ago 22
Dirty or otherwise, Barrera whooped his ass good. Naz had nothing for him except empty flash and cockiness.
Andarovin 7 months ago
Allah knows how to spell Barrera.
WTF
ckj377 7 months ago
@ckj377 Great comment.....love it.
marcusliciniusad 7 months ago
@ckj377 yeah, you heard him correctly. deal with it!
BigOldMrKnish 6 months ago
wow. kick his ass george.
illyrian4life 7 months ago
Larry Merchant is funny, if you have enough patience to wait aroung till he finishes his sentence.
thebatman3334 8 months ago 5
They should not be talking that way over the mickes, though I think that Lampley was way over the top from what I heard. George should have talked to him afterwards in private, not in public.
elnick1000 8 months ago
@elnick1000
George didn't even go hard at him, he just said to be careful, totally professional. Besides, if George talks to you in private, you're just gonna piss your pants.
SeanOMatic 7 months ago 3
Its was a weird statement to make in a boxing match....
redryan5048 8 months ago
"I don't think you like him much yourself, Jim."
denzelsnipes69 8 months ago
Fuck you hating Islam is for faggot scared Americans fuck terrorists and fuck disliking Muslims I don't listen to what the news tells me to think lampley is a coward I woulnever say that shit
gerald45678 8 months ago
that comment by lampley was so unprofessional and innapropriate wtf was he thinking
hunip098 8 months ago 2
His commentary seemed like a strange attempt at being humourous, but added nothing of substance to the fight coverage. He came off as insane rather than racist.
laurab5400 8 months ago
lolol awesome clip
FIGHTFANNERD3 8 months ago
The Barrera masterlock!
mrcaloyperez 9 months ago
He had Islam on his trunks...doesn't that open him up for comments like Lampley stated or maybe George Foreman is one of those pretend christians!!! Islam and Christianity CANNOT co-exist PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
59riggs 9 months ago
@59riggs Your one hate filled guy!!, yes we know about mohammed but what monotheisic religion is different??
you tell me and i will prove you wrong...
futurepast1 8 months ago
@futurepast1 You are very young and ignorant !!! You cannot prove anything and TRUE Christianity is not a religion!!!! There's only ONE GOD and HIS name is not allah or mudhammed---that's satan!!! HIS name is JEHOVA, Christ Jesus and the Holy Spirit...PERIOD!!! Three in one and one in three!!! You cannot understand this I know and neither can anyone who is not saved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
59riggs 8 months ago
@59riggs After reading your last comment, I rest my case
futurepast1 8 months ago
@59riggs Personally i think all religion's are bullshit but i respect everyone's right to believe what they want so long as it's not shoved down my throat, you on the other hand don't seem to understand your own religion. Christianity is about being a good person, loving people and not passing judgement. George Foreman shows these traits off perfectly whereas you don't therefore it is you that is the pretend christian.
obewild 8 months ago
@obewild You, like many are one confused person. You are an oxymoron within your own self if you can understand that. Since you're a self admitted atheist, just EXACTLY what can you tell me about Christianity or for that matter is-lame??? Do you know ANYTHING about middle east history from 622 AD to present day??? Of course you don't b/c if you did, you could see just how totally ignorant your statement is !!!
59riggs 8 months ago
@59riggs I do not agree with extremist muslim's nor do i agree with extremist christians like yourself as you people tend to be nutjobs. People like you pick and choose parts of your chosen religion as you are hypocrites and are not good enough people and lack the self discipline to follow the actual words of your religion. I do not believe in any organised religion as they were created by man but if someone else chooses to believe then that's their choice, nothing oxymoronic about that.
obewild 8 months ago
@obewild You are obviously very young and without life experience. ANYONE who doesn't believe in GOD is a "nutjob". The world is not one big gray area as so many who are blind "see" it but rather quite the opposite. There is right and wrong, good and evil, truth and lies and in between these opposites gray area cannot exist!!! You have a free will to choose. You either give your heart to GOD or by default and your fault, you belong to satan PERIOD. I too do not believe in any organiZed religion.
59riggs 8 months ago
@59riggs it's organised actually, not everyone uses the English language incorrectly. I'm sorry but I'm not weak minded enough to need some mystical spirit to guide me, I make and am responsible for my own decisions, I try to be a good person as much as I can be but it isn't out of fear of some made up creature or of going to some made up hell, it's because I am respectful toward people who are respectful towards me. You would probably be a happier person if you followed your religion correctly.
obewild 8 months ago
@obewild You seem like an educated, nice person. I tried to illicit your ire and have to admit that your response was less emotional than mine. You're educated no doubt and also very young and trying to be rational and "politically correct". A grave mistake instigated by the powers that be who want to confuse, divide and conquer the masses!!! Independant thought is very much discouraged in American educational systems today and anyone who believes there are but four dimensions is truly a fool!!!
59riggs 8 months ago
@59riggs I'm not trying to be politically correct, i just don't judge people on religion (or race, not that I'm accusing you of racism) as i don't think it is a good basis to form an opinion on. Boxing is multicultural and religion is a big part of it for the fighters, it gives them extra confidence and a will to win so I'm all for it if it helps, i don't believe in it personally but i respect Naseem's choice to worship Allah and Foreman's choice to worship the Christian God.
obewild 8 months ago
Stfu all u arab loving faggits
clitdestroyer21 9 months ago
Lampley is the main reason I do not have HBO and do not buy PPV that features him at ringside. What a joke. Merchant is an idiot, too, but Lampley takes the cake.
dagiffy 9 months ago
cant hear the last part clearly. can anyone post a transcript please..
nikkisaindia 9 months ago
this is why lampley said he didnt miss working with foreman cause foreman tells him staright wtf are you saying you get in there and win all the time you talk all the time but you woodnt say shit to there faces we need foreman back he nos wat hes on about
lee1990lee 10 months ago
Way to go George!!!!!
ozzdubar 10 months ago
Jim Lampley ,, Ur on the Big screen Brother .. Please watch ur mouth and dont get cought up in the moment... Remember brother ur on T.V.. you got young kids Adults watching..!.
SKGLs13 10 months ago
Foremans a man of god, Lampleys a douche bag...
rainmaker2012 11 months ago
@rainmaker2012 You're a douche bag
monsoonboy47 11 months ago
@rainmaker2012 yes a follower of CHRIST
tonyteb 10 months ago
Foreman is right, you don't have drag a guy's religion into it. Lampley never really got on my nerves like Merchant did. but, he was wrong for that.
allmightymouse 11 months ago 2
@allmightymouse Naseem brought religion into it by wearing "islam" on his trunks!!!!!!!!!!!!
59riggs 9 months ago
this is awkward.
brandeezy108 1 year ago
hey, allah can edit his writings. after all, he's allah, george
ultrakool 1 year ago
@ultrakool Yea....allah and his pedophile, faggot and illiterate mud-hammed who wedded and bedded a 6 year old girl!!! What a religion of hatred!!!!!!!!!!! Is-lame, mus-scum and mus-slime!!!! Kill innocent women and children in the name of the moon god allah....what cowards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Foreman wants me to believe he's a christian??? Yea right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I used to have respect for Foreman but not after this!!!!
59riggs 9 months ago
lol HBO needs to change a couple of its commentators.... and I think everyone knows who they are
BoxingFacts001 1 year ago
It went the way Allah wanted, naz was in no way training as he should and living he's life according to the religion. Yes reliance in god is one thing, but that in itself wont cut it. You have to live according to Islam (or at least try to the best of your ability) and try to put the effort.
Moabubaker92 1 year ago
"I don't think he likes him". haha no shit. Look at Barrera's face when he headlocks Foreman and pushes him. lol!
ihopeutubedies 1 year ago
bob papa ruels lol
boricuatodabone 1 year ago
I'm a muslim man and I'll tell you there is nothing racist or negative about what Lampley is saying. If it was a Christian boxer and he had held Jesus Christ in high regard before the fight and someone said that if he loses it's because of Jesus, nobody would be freaking out. Stop reading too much into everything everyone says.
nimakharrazi 1 year ago
@nimakharrazi
there was a serious tone of "where's your fake god now" in his voice. and how many times have you heard him make a remark about ANY other fighter's religion? how many times has he said if he loses now it's because of yaweh? never.
Robstailey 1 year ago
@Robstailey you have a point, but I take him for what he is and I don't try and interpret. He seemed like he wasn't a fan of Naseem and that's the angle he used. In my (now humble) opinion, if Naseem is going to make this a "look at me, I'm Muslim" fight, then Larry's got the right to approach it as such.
nimakharrazi 1 year ago 2
@Robstailey Nasseem was always a bit of a scumbag though. He was disrespectful to fighters and whenever he would get called on it he would start with the whole "this is Allah's will" as if its not just an arrogant sob spewing bullshit about God to justify his disrespect. Lampley really didnt like like him though and hes basically throwing Naseems own words back at him. Its the same as that incident in which Ali told Frazier " god is in my corner" and Frazier told him "Then God is cont
bigsexy1234567 1 year ago
@bigsexy1234567 getting his ass knocked out tonight" right before he put ali on the mat.
bigsexy1234567 1 year ago
@nimakharrazi yeah true that. i think jim lampley just gets too horny for fights. he's like the white guy that is too overeager to impress is all, he means no harm, just trying too hard.
tigerchief 1 year ago
@nimakharrazi I don't think it's racist but it is tactless
tpbisdivine 8 months ago
Reminds me of something.. Barrera was trying to put Naseem in a full nelson hold!
expressivechild 1 year ago
i love both of those crazy bastards! i wish big george was still telecasting for hbo...
ThisLittleBlackBook 1 year ago
@gl0ck916 IM SO MAD BC UR TALKING ABOUT MY MAIN NIGGA THA JOE ROG
and FUCK yo romulus NIGGA your just one stupid baby eating fucking LEMUR
piece of shit
forzaazzurri101 1 year ago
@gl0ck916 i'm a hypocrite and you're a cock sucking animal demon, fuck you and fuck the wolves that raised you ya dumb son of a bitch!!!!
forzaazzurri101 1 year ago
@gl0ck916 you think rogan is as much of a douchebag as all of them? have you never seen him do stand-up? you're one disrespectful dumb mother fucker
forzaazzurri101 1 year ago
@gl0ck916 I totally agree.
lskandarr 1 year ago
Bullshit, I don't see anything particularly wrong with what he said. So what if he says Allah, fuck that.
lozza925 1 year ago
What a disgrace
ColourboyMarkyboy 1 year ago
Too bad more Americans don't have the class George Foreman has!!!!!!! - WHAT A STAND-UP GUY HE IS!
Solowizard 1 year ago
bang bang bang....wanna throw sometime? BANG!!
ravingdave900 1 year ago
Jim Lampley is a piece of shit. Much like Larry Merchant.
NRPBrute 1 year ago 18
Well said, @NRPBrute .
marcxopoco 11 months ago
I think Barrera kicking Naz's ass was great. Naz had said it is written by Allah that he would KO Barrera. Naz opened himself up for the Allah comment.
hawkermustang 1 year ago
George has a good point. But to be fair to Lampley, the dude probably didn't mean anything by it. He just gets so hyped up and crazy about fights that some odd shit tends to come out. But all respect to George - great fighter and even a hell of an announcer!
halleck3 1 year ago 19
I despise Larry Merchant and Jim Lampley.
My favorite exchange was between George and Merchant after they were disagreeing on what was happening in the ring:
"I know boxing, George"
"No, you WATCH boxing, Larry!!!!"
digitalcrypt 1 year ago 3
What if there was a Christian Fighter getting the beat up bad and Lampley said, "God is not on his side tonight!" No one would get mad. The only reason Americans get mad about Lampley saying, "Allah" is because Americans see Allah as almost a bad word. Where I see Lampley actually being more respectful to NAZ and his religion by using the word Allah and not God.
iambhavik89 1 year ago
I love how everybody saying Foreman is a class act, etc. Did yall forget how terrible of a boxing commentator he wasand how he nuthugged De la Hoya thru the years. No one should say anything about religion because religious slaves start to get upset.
frEEturk 1 year ago
@frEEturk being a class act has nothing do do with being a good commentator ,
you don't diss people's religion on national tV when you're a " neutral " commentator
ulverup 8 months ago
Why are racists so dumb, and come out with the same old stereotypical rhetoric rubbish ?
Jim is dumb, and anyone who likes what Jim said is simply pathetic and sad
mab999 1 year ago
What a shock that a pompous, arrogant twit like Lampley makes these kinds of comments lol
hardcorehouse 1 year ago
I taped this fight and my infant daughter pressed the record button over that segment. SO, the next week, when it was broadcasted on HBO, I taped it again and she did it again! I think my daughter didn't like those comments either though I will say that HBO edited those comments.
thelordmemnoch 1 year ago
Its all cool i dont like Naz either
keithyboy313 1 year ago
good on geaorge
kasim8t3 1 year ago
@kasim8t3 Allah is a religion that advocates raping little children.
keithyboy313 1 year ago
LOL alah.
TheeNameIsBrandon 1 year ago
fuk wat the hell was jim doin hes a clown doesnt kno shit good on you george ur a tru man an icon to the sport
rockz88killem 1 year ago
Awesome call lampley. stupid niggers and sand niggers always talking about GOD and intervention. Way to make fun of it lol
toadman842 1 year ago
@toadman842 Yeah, because most non-black Christian boxers never thank God
reliantjqq 1 year ago
Naz was talking heavy shit right before the fight on the ring mic, talking about how everyone will serve Allah. I think that is what Lamps made reference to
ph1484 1 year ago
Wow George! You go boyee!!!
mabrown84 1 year ago
i dont think you like him much yourself jim! ha so blatantly true. naz was a class act.
optimum24 1 year ago
BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!
000WOLFBANE000 1 year ago 2
That was such a sad loss. :(
pistolpete0500 1 year ago
Lampley should be fired because he doesn't know anything about boxing on top of all the reasons you've stated below.
makeitfunkyfolks 1 year ago
Wow George Foreman is class !!!
joefurzton 1 year ago 2
George wasn't upset with Jim , he is a class act and just adivsed Jim Lampley of the stupidty of his comments
Chaz770 1 year ago
foreman and RJJ should go back and announce with HBO
h4z 1 year ago
George Foreman is a class act and truly of man of GOD! Thank you George for standing on the side of right!
I too have heard lampley make racist remarks. HBO needs to get rid of Lampley & Larry the loser Merchant!
rammer257 1 year ago 7
@rammer257 What other racist comments did Lampley make I thought this was the only one mate
BlackPoisonxX 1 year ago
@rammer257 stfu, you're a peace of shit. There is no god.
monsoonboy47 11 months ago
@monsoonboy47 ...and you're an idiot who doesn't know the elementary difference between piece and peace.
DonStirFrye 11 months ago
@DonStirFrye lol
monsoonboy47 11 months ago
@rammer257 So when is religious comment racist?
lesnmatt 10 months ago
@rammer257 I 've heard Roy Jones make blatant racist remarks when covering fights for HBO, he is always in favor of the black fighter when facing a caucasian or latino fighter, I've heard him actually root for the black fighter when he should remain nuetral as a commentator. I think Lambley, like most fight fans were tired of Hamed's constant bragging and always bringing up Allah in all his interviews. Once Hamed fought a real live world class opponent, he got the brakes beat off him.
RIPRICKJAMES 8 months ago
Jim Lampley has an awesome voice & energy! Now tell me. If that's a fact am i lying?
xTazerx 1 year ago
jim lampley is a cocksucker the worst boxing announcer of all time
3232rams 1 year ago
@3232rams You must be a showtime fanboy. Im sorry you dont have the best boxers on showtime.
xLIMEx1 1 year ago
@3232rams fuck off, lampley is god.
Cobretti20001 1 year ago
@Cobretti20001 you and lampley are both black shemale cocksuckers
3232rams 1 year ago
@3232rams whatever gayboy, keep telling yourself that loser lol.
Cobretti20001 1 year ago
Fuck Prince Naseem, not because he's a muslim but because he's a showboating little prick.
RossKempOnYourMum01 1 year ago
@RossKempOnYourMum01
Yeah cuz Ali wasnt a showboating Muslim
joeclemm15 1 year ago
@joeclemm15
Never said I liked Ali either.
RossKempOnYourMum01 1 year ago
foreman defended the religion of a man who had kayo'd him, thats fuckin classy
yoshibootz 1 year ago
I actually thought the "bang bang bang" commentary was the best part of the whole show. Something to entertain us while watching this useless waste of fight. It was boring to see Clottey play turtle for the majority of the fight. Seriously, did he ONLY put up a fight at the end? Thanks Lampley.
xzazman 1 year ago
Way to go George. Although George is a Christian and an ordained minister, he has enough class, dignity, knowledge and humanity to respect Naz's religious beliefs. Unlike the ignorant, biased Jim "Bang! Bang! Bang!" Lampley. No wonder Floyd says Lamps is racist.
comedicstuff 2 years ago 33
You're a stupid fuck
jtrubilla 2 years ago
@jtrubilla - Eat a dick.
comedicstuff 1 year ago
@comedicstuff
no thanks
jtrubilla 1 year ago
@jtrubilla - Eat LAMPLEY'S dick. I know THAT got you excited. Biotch!!!
comedicstuff 1 year ago
So I wasn't the only one annoyed with Lampley during the Pacquiao Clottey fight. BANG! BANG! BANG! For christ sake shut the fuck up Jim.
SlimSkanzie 2 years ago
@SlimSkanzie - Yeah, I was surrounded by my friends (all Pacquiao fans) and they got a kick out of me yelling that Lampley's a Pac nuthugger and that he needs to get off Pac's nuts. lol
comedicstuff 1 year ago
@comedicstuff
Bullshit. Why should anyone respect any religion who labels you an "infidel", or believes you won't prosper in the same level of heaven, simply because you don't believe what they (muslims) do.
Naseem arrogantly used boxing as a means to promote islam, and through it in all of our faces at the beginning of this match. If a christian, jew, ba-hai etc. ere to pull that shit in the middle east they would be killed. PS, "race" has nothing to do with it.
JohnQRandom 1 year ago
@JohnQRandom
"threw" (excuse the typo)
JohnQRandom 1 year ago
@JohnQRandom - As in "threw" deez nuuuuuuuuuttttttttssss!!!!
comedicstuff 1 year ago
@JohnQRandom - Naseem never once referred to Christians as infidels. Why shouln't ge promote his religion? Jewish boxers - like the one Amir Khan KO'd in 1 round (Dmitriy Salita) do it all the time. There are Christians that live just fine in the middle east, stupid.
comedicstuff 1 year ago
@comedicstuff
I know nothing of domestic abuse allegations, nor do I care. The point here is that islam only deserves as much respect as it gives, which is ZERO. Arabs went as far as to write a book justifying their arrogance by claiming it was edorced by the creator of the universe. Christians and jews are persecuted in the middle east and any one of them who flaunts their religion in muslim nations end up dead.
JohnQRandom 1 year ago
@JohnQRandom - You also know nothing of Islam, nor do you seem to care. So stick to something you care about. I take it you're one of those anti-religion nuts. People are persecuted everywhere - including America - Muslims, Jews, Christians, Blacks, Hispanics, etc. Live with it.
comedicstuff 1 year ago
@comedicstuff
I know islam is false, therefore I know by far more about islam than its followers.
JohnQRandom 1 year ago
@JohnQRandom - Lampley's comment - as well as his "BANG! BANG! BANG!" - was unprofessional to say the least. If I was his boss, he would've been suspended. Matter of fact, he would've been fired the time he got jealous at a HBO party when he saw his girlfriend talking with some guy and slapped her and dragged her by the hair. Or the time he beat her at home and was arrested.
comedicstuff 1 year ago
Everyone knows Lampley is a drunk. The Pac-Clottey fight shows he's fallen off the wagon. HBO should NEVER have him comment on anyone's rap sheet, alcoholism or violence against women, due to his own problems.
comedicstuff 1 year ago
@comedicstuff will if you think about it, why do they fucken put religion in a boxing match? allah? god? so they can box and beat the hell out of their opponent, killing one another inside the ring? thats why jim lampley made fun of that nonsense.....
deonvan 1 year ago
@deonvan - I understand that line of logic, but Lampley was unprofessional, and even if he doesn't like when people mention religion or if he doesn't personally respect Naz's religion, he should've had enough class, integrity and professionalism to keep his cool about it and not potentially offend millions of people. People "thank God" all the time after a boxing match, sometimes the announcers even cut them off.
comedicstuff 1 year ago
Lampley should've been used to it and should've just beared with it instead of being an ass about it. Just like when De La Hoya came out with a Mexican mariachi band and Larry Merchant said "this sucks," that was disrespectful and potentially insulting to millions of Mexican viewers.
comedicstuff 1 year ago
@comedicstuff i understand... lampley should be professional..... but i think he would be more respectful if naseem wasn't so arrogant, and be praising allah in the beginning with a funny attitude...
deonvan 1 year ago
@deonvan - Nothing wrong with praising God. At least Naseem was humble enough to praise someone other than himself. And not so arrogant as to think there wasn't someone out there greater than himself.
comedicstuff 1 year ago
@comedicstuff i'm not saying anything wrong, but check out naseem at the very begininning praising with ARROGANT.... But if he wasn't arrogant they respect him more... check it out in the beginning... that is all i wanted to say. is cool... peace.. i won this argument.. just playing...
deonvan 1 year ago
@deonvan - LMAO! Being "arrogant" was part of Naseem's personality and/or act. So why get mad at a religion because of the way that one man acts? You're talking about over a billion people worldwide that follow Islam. Nas is just one person. Do people get mad at Christianity when Floyd Mayweather says "they're just mad because God chose me over them?" Floyd made that statement about Zab Judah and about his haters.
comedicstuff 1 year ago
@comedicstuff
Naz not arrogant? Coming in the arena as if to say: "BEHOLD THE MIGHTY POWER OF ISLAM". Then getting his ass kicked of course. This is ,and always will be my favorite boxing match. It not only debunked islam, but it was a major victory for non-muslims world wide.
JohnQRandom 1 year ago
@JohnQRandom shut up you arrogant fool. im not a muslim and this fight was no victory for me. i was rooting for nas all the way. ali said the same shit about islam when he fought frazer then got his ass kicked. then he said the same shit in the forman fight and kicked formans ass. so was islam de bunked or proven? all i know is that allah guided both ali and nas to 10 times more victories then defeats. in nases case 31 times more victories then defeats!
slimithy12 1 year ago
@slimithy12
You're not a muslim yet you believe "allah guided muslim boxers to victory". Naz fought "nobodys" in nearly all his victories, and the fight that he wanted the most, and the one where he used the match itself as a means to promote his SHIT religion, he got his ass kicked. Piss off you muslim bastard. Your religion is false and you know it.
JohnQRandom 1 year ago
@JohnQRandom your a stupid piece of shit. naz was the man, he actived more before the age of 30 then you'll active in your entire life, even if you live to 100. if i was a muslim then i'd never deny it. when i said the "allah guided them to victory" i meant they claimed that allah was with them in every fight and they both (nas and ali) won alot more then they lost. so how can you claim that if they lose then allah or any god has been disproved?
slimithy12 1 year ago
@slimithy12
"WAAAAAAAA!" "WAAAAAAAA!" "MOMMY, HELP ME!" "WAAAAAAAAA!"
JohnQRandom 1 year ago
@JohnQRandom ..........
slimithy12 1 year ago
@JohnQRandom - So how about when Amir Khan KTFO'd the Jewish Dmitriy Salita in the very first round? That must've been a "major victory for Muslims worldwide," huh? How about if Amir Khan beat Paulie Malignaggi? Naseem Hamed lost just ONE fight his whole career and had a great record. He made tens of millions of dollars and never had to make a comeback because he's RICH! How about you?
comedicstuff 1 year ago