Jim Lampley

Lit him up and never again.

Right, right.

Constant turmoil and partying and feeling invincible.

She's the wrong woman, period.

There's certain women out there like that.

They can tank your life.

Yeah, and unfortunately.

That was one of the best things about you and Merchant and just the entire commentary team at HBO was that you had these intelligent, articulate people involved in what many people think of as the most barbaric of all sports.

Yes.

So it defined it in a very different way.

Elevate it.

It certainly was elevated.

But it has to be with the commentators.

It frames everything.

The same exact event with crude commentators is not the same experience because you don't get that intelligent, articulate analysis.

And a guy like Larry Merchant, who had been around boxing for his entire life and had a deep understanding of it, and you, and then it's even the funny back-and-forth banter between Larry and George Foreman when they would disagree on things.

Brilliant.

That's amazing.

That's incredible.

Yeah, having a great team like that.