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...
An HBO Announcer Compared The Pacquiao Knockout To A Tsunami, And People Are Outraged
Business Insider - 9 Dec 2012 22:58
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...
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