An HBO Announcer Compared The Pacquiao Knockout To A Tsunami, And People Are Outraged

Sometimes, in the heat of the moment, announcers can get carried away. That's what HBO's Jim Lampley did last night after Juan Manuel Marquez's shocking sixth-round knockout of Filipino superhero Manny Pacquiao. Lampley's call was: "The tsunami that hit the Philippines was just replicated by Marquez." The disaster he seemed to be referring to was likely a deadly typhoon that hit the nation earlier this week, claiming more than 1,000 lives. And of course there was the legendary tsunami in 2004...