HBO’s Max Kellerman gets flak for ‘rude’ post-fight interview with Pacquiao
Max Kellerman (second to the left). Photo from his Twitter account.
People found a new villain in boxing. And it’s not Floyd Mayweather Jr.
He’s not even a boxer. He’s a reporter.
He’s Max Kellerman of HBO. He’s a boxing commentator for the American network giant who happened to piss off thousands of Manny Pacquiao fans.
It all started like any normal post-match interview for Kellerman as he talked to Pacquiao, who was fresh off a decision loss to Floyd Mayweather, regarding the fight.
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Pacquiao, then said, that he “thought I won the fight.”
Then Kellerman just had to share his thoughts.
“You thought you won the fight? Why?” Kellerman said in a tone that came off as condescending.
Pacquiao insisted that he thinks he won the fight.
READ: Pacquiao: I thought I won the fight
Then Kellerman seemed to just rub it.
“We didn’t (think that you won) at ringside, the judges didn’t.”
Backing Pacquiao up are his legions of fans who said that Kellerman was just unprofessional and straight up rude.
“His antagonistic line of questioning was very unprofessional. He also has the most miserable face on television,” said football player Chris Greatwich on his Twitter account.
“I’d love to see Manny knock out Max Kellerman,” actor KC Montero tweeted.
“Max Kellerman is coming across as very rude in his post-fight questions to #Pacquiao – just congratulate the guy on a great fight!” tweeted user Andy Kerr.
“@Max_Kellerman is very rude. You’re supposed to do an interview, not to give your opinion. So rude,” said user @deejayisawriter.
Kellerman, meanwhile, posted on Twitter moments after the post-match interview that he loves Pacquiao and he just had to ask the question since the judges did not put him above the scorecards.
“I love Manny. He’s pleasure to deal with and to watch fight. Manny disagreed with the judges. Had to ask him about it.”
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