ive always wanted to see tyson as a commentator, and it would certainly make more people watchQuote:
Originally Posted by meowza
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ive always wanted to see tyson as a commentator, and it would certainly make more people watchQuote:
Originally Posted by meowza
Yea it would be like Tazz and Michael Cole from WWE Smackdown ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by SalTheButcher
i hear Merchant would be back on HBO anymore. that's a shame if true. i use to hate Merchant but he grew on me over the years. i like Max Kellerman, who will replace him, but once Larry gets a few vodka tonics in him, he's funny as hell.
we'll miss ya, Larry O0
Never cared for Merchant too much, but you all have to admit that when you think of HBO boxing, you think of Merchant.
You mean besides Lampley getting killed the first time he corrects Mike on air? ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by meowza
Well that'd be his fault for speaking out of turn! Unless he's prepared to fornicate with him. So he shouldn't talk. Unless he wants to... you know. :lickish:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hulk
CC. ;D Thats right. I have always wondered, would Mike have said that if the woman interviewing him was say...Starr Jones? Then I think, well, he was in prison, so he's had worse, so yes, yes he would have still said it. ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by meowza
I think Kellerman is a mistake. The guy is a loud mouth who will not add much to the professionalism of Jim Lampley.. I think they should think hard about someone else taking Merchants place. Someone with some verbosity, which what Larry has.
Why is HBO putting Kellerman in there. He is the most annoying guy in boxing. Now HBO boxing will be like ESPN boxing. Larry and Jim, or Larry and Barry Tompkins always had a style where it was a special event.. They are professionals. I hope HBO reconsiders. I think Al Bernstein would be better than Kellerman. Al Bernstein did Hagler/Hearns and made it special.
:coolclick: # 20 my brother.. HBO is turning shit and fast ! all the fukin commentators HBO can choose from and they go with this joker Kellerman . fucking hell ! Max wouldn’t know a boxing glove if he was wearing it. He is all reckless opinion , and very little fact , just a horrible watch . A snuff queen that one !Quote:
Originally Posted by LegendBoxing65
Yea it want be the same without Merchant asking the questions the fighters don't want to be ask, and as far as Keller is concerned he is a arrogant and I would like to snap his jaw.Quote:
Originally Posted by Danny_G
Where did HBO find Larry Merchant? I know he was a journalist for a midwest newspaper I think. I am too young to know much about that, but they could find someone who could do well with Jim. Kellerman did ESPN and had some exchanges with Teddy Atlas which were amusing, but HBO needs someone better. I didn't know Larry Merchant was 76 either. He looks pretty good for his age. I saw some fights he did 20 years ago and he has not aged too bad. I think we will miss Merchant. Al Berstein was good. What about Tim Ryan? He was great with Gil Clancy back on I think CBS. I thought the Clancy/Ryan/Leonard team was pretty good as was the Tompkins/Merchant/Leonard. I know Clancy is getting a little old now since I have not seen him in years on tv..
Nice article. I think people will miss Merchant after they get a taste of Kellerman for a year or so. HBO had a unique thing with Merchant. His analogies were sometimes a little too much, but they served a purpose. I remember when he called the Hearns/Leonard rematch in 1989 he said something like "This is John Wayne and Henry Fonda duking it out in the twilight of their career".
I have a love/hate thing for Merchant. Some days he tells it like it is, and some days he's had way to much to drink. I think the combo of him and Lampley is great though. Lampleys hyper and boisterous remarks are offset by Merchants cool demeanor. Boxing will go on, but Merchant will be missed.
Max isn't great, but i like him. Give him time.
I would love to see Mike in the booth. In fact I wish he's been there for the past 5 years. A student of the game, he has watched a ton of fights. He knows a lot and he has a fairly calm demeanor on the right night. I don't think he would kill Lampley.
Little Tyson story. He was on Best Damn Sports Show Period a lot. A regular. As is a guy named Aries Spears, a comedian who does an awesome Tyson impersonation. So Tyson is guest 1 and then Spears comes out. He sits down next to Mike and then Kevin Salley asks Spears to do his Mike impersonation. Spears gets bugeyed, says no a couple time but they won't let him off without doing it. All the while, Tyson is staring at Spears, not saying anything with a half smile on his face like "you do it, I kill you." Finally someone asks Tyson if he wants Spears to do it. Tyson leans back and says yeah sure whatever.
So Spears does it, it's hillarious. Tyson doesn't laugh. Finally, after they all finish laughing, Tyson says "10 years ago Idda put them teeth in the back of your throat" and then bust up laughing. Classic Mike. Very personable guy really, not hard to like but you have to wonder how he would work with the HBO crew day in and day out. People say he has his good days and his bad days, so not sure how that would shake out but he's definitely someone I want to see in the booth.