Last night’s fight between Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey was weird for a few reasons. For one, Clottey left his guts in the locker room and seemingly allowed Manny to get in his head well before the fight started. Secondly, it was a boring Manny Pacquiao fight. When has there ever been a boring Manny Pacquiao fight?

But the weirdest thing about last night’s broadcast was Jim Lampley. He argued back and forth with Max Kellerman and Emmanuel Steward about Clottey’s lack of punches and it seemed as if they got upset at each other. And then, he tried to make the fight exciting by screaming, “Bang!” when Pacquiao started to land some punches. It was jarring to listen to this fine broadcaster go off the deep end just a little bit. Maybe he was just trying to make up for a lackluster fight.

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