Jim Lampley Predicts Wide Points Decision of Mayweather Over Pacquiao: Quote Spotlight

When asked on an ESNEWS interview, published today, about his pick for Mayweather VS Pacquiao, Jim Lampley gave what some seem to think is a highly surprising answer, considering the personal opinion he's displayed for Floyd Mayweather Junior in the past. Although, I can't ever remember Jim Lampley putting down Mayweather's professional abilities, so I can't say I'm particularly surprised by the comment, caught outside his HBO broadcasting habitat, where he isn't obligated to promote the intrigue of these contests. 

"It's a Floyd Mayweather fight, right? . . . I love Manny Pacquiao. . . Floyd Mayweather fights a hundred opponents, in a hundred different arenas, that's a hundred times I pick Floyd Mayweather to win by unanimous decision. Okay? It's about control. It's about absence of risk. It's about gradually erasing the other guy. It's about taking all the air out of the balloon, so that the crowd walks away saying 'What was that?' And it's a Floyd Mayweather unanimous decision. He'll win nine or ten rounds." 

So, regardless of a the common perception of Jim Lampley's bias for Manny Pacquiao and against Floyd Mayweather Junior, he apparently has no problem saying, when out of the confines of his channel, that he flatly assumes Floyd Mayweather will decisively outbox Manny Pacquiao. The context for a domination call isn't just that it's one star fighter over another, but that it's in a fight being advertised as one of the most intriguing and important megafights that modern boxing has had to offer in about a decade, if not several. That, my friends, is the fight game. That is the business.

Full interview here:

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Bryant Jennings Quote Page

The following is a page devoted to quotes from up-and-coming heavyweight contender and U.S. titlist Bryant "By-By" Jennings:

"Boxing's so easy. I started four years ago, January 2009. Man, I walked into the gym and I was-I exceeded expectations so far that there was no way I could turn back."


~ On Elie Seckbach's ESNEWS YT Channel interview, published Sep 8, 2013
Current Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OgaQoP-cNM

On the pre-fight interview, aired on HBO's Bryant Jennings VS Artur Szpilka/Mikey Garcia VS Juan Carlos Burgos card, airing January of 2014:

"We had some hard times. I have two brothers that's incarcerated. And then my father's incarcerated. I just, I kind of had to break the cycle."  

"My dreams was to become a professional football player. I never gave up until something else appeared to be just as good. That's when boxing came along, and the moment I walked into the gym they locked the doors and kept me in there. By the time they opened up the doors and told me to walk out I'm like 'I don't want to leave.' "

"I work forty hours a week at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. I'm a building mechanic."


At the first official press conference for his match with Wladimir Klitschko, New York, 4th of February, 2015:

"I'm a great person, I have, you know, some amount of intelligence. I ain't stupid."

"I've respected his style. I respect his legacy. You know, I've seen things that he's done over the course of the years. It's definitely untouchable in my lifetime. . . But, you know, I'm not here to praise him. I'm here to praise myself and, you know, give you guys a warmup. I feel the heat right now."


Please note: This page will be updated with further quotes. Bookmark and check back for further interest.

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