It's time for this hairball to blow away. His senile-like comments are wearing thin. Example: "Boxing is not an 80 meter sprint." Huh! Thanks for your sage insight, Larry. ???
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It's time for this hairball to blow away. His senile-like comments are wearing thin. Example: "Boxing is not an 80 meter sprint." Huh! Thanks for your sage insight, Larry. ???
I agree. He's slightly endearing in a senile old man kind of way but he brings absolutely nothing to the table in terms of boxing insight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ted The Bull
He seems to spend half the fight in silence probably looking through his book of tired cliches and old sayings and then will drop one in at the most inappropriate time.
When he does make a comment related to the actual fight its nearly always irrelevent and completely wrong.
My all time favourite Mechant line is as follows from the De La Hoya Vargas fight....
Larry Merchant, 'Why hasn't De La Hoya pressed the advantage? Why hasn't he explored whether Vargas is still groggy from the previous round? He's giving Vargas a chance to recuperate......
Jim Lampley' AND DOWN GOES VARGAS FROM A MONSTEROUS LEFT HOOK!'
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Yeah, I'm getting tired of Larry Merchant. After the first round of Pac-Morales III, he was said "that was just a warmup for these two fighters." I was thinking shut the fuck up. That was a great round of back and forth boxing, but just because it wasn't a bloodbath, Larry Merchant isn't satisfied. If Larry Merchant had his way fighters couldn't use defense at all and there would have to be a 100 punch minimum for each fighter every round. Sometimes it's just great to sit back and watch a good technical but still action packed round like that. I absolutely love what Lampley and MannySteward bring to the telecast but sometimes I don't wanna even hear what Merchant has to say. BTW, I'd love it if Lampley did the post fight interviews instead.
Larry Merchant is cool in my book. He is usually on the button. He knows his stuff...
Merchant just sucks at everything. He pointless banalaties and witticisms before a fight, more pointless ecentricities during the fight and petty putdowns during interviews with the fighters afterwards.Quote:
Originally Posted by albsur2006
The only good think I can say about him is that he's a better interviewer than that turd over at Showtime.
Forget his name but I can't stand the way he has this little 'be buddies with me smile' whislt he's basically telling a fighter he thinks he's shit.
James Toney had the right idea when he threatened to kick his ass.
He just winds me up so much. Like before the Briggs Lyakhovich fight he asks Briggs, (with a big creepy smile on his face) so are you just an underachiever then Shannon, then after the fight he's all smiles with Don King whilst asking him if he was embarrassed to be promoting such a stinker of a fight.
Don't get me wrong I dont mind him have critical things to say about a fighter or a fight, I just hate they way he puts it across with his creepy little smile, tosser,
i think he's ok. i dont pay to much attention to him anyway
Thank you for creating this post!!! It's about time the fans tee off on this senile old buzzard....
1. What the hell is he talking about half the time? He goes off on rants all the time, completely ignoring the fight and he makes sure you know that he is NOT impartial.
2. Max Kellerman has to have Merchant shaking in his shoes. He is well versed, speaks clearly, and agree or not, Max makes good points about boxing, sanctioning, ranking and promotions! I think he will be the next Merchant.
3. Merchant is part of the 'old guard' that still controls boxing. They will keep him around because he is part of the 'club' of 'how things used to be,' when it was totally controlled by whites and the Mob. You can hear is old line (and sometimes racist) sentiments come through in his nonsensical analogies.
4. I have come to a point where I just hit MUTE on my TV when he starts to speak. I have even changed the channel once while I was recording a fight b/c he is just a NINNY!!!
did I say that? ??? :-X ??? :-X
Put me in the pro Merchant camp.
Love em or hate em, it just wouldnt be as much fun without him around. The guy just wants to see exciting action packed bouts. Ya know, the ones that increase the popularity of the sport.
The questions he asks a fighter, post fight, are legit questions. I give him credit for having the balls to ask them. Hes to old to give a damn if he pisses anyone off, and I love him for it.
Have another scotch on the rocks Larry, I'm buying. ;D
I hate him!
I love him!
Yeaahh bro!!Quote:
Originally Posted by miles
lol fight the power me , you... and urrr i think a couple others.. ???
i love merchant!!
i wouldnt change the hbo team for the world!!
anyone know what happened to george foreman? i havnt seen or heard (to be precise) him on hbo for a fair while..
he helped call the cotto- malignaggi bout on showtime in june/july i forget when it was?
but he hasnt switched or left has he?
Peace
I love the HBO crew, and think the are the best annouce team in boxing history. Although Lewis and Stewart are good, I perfer Foreman for color commentary.
Also an honorable mention to ESPN
Well I don't HATE Larry Merchant, I don't agree with him for the most part but he's not evil.
When Merchant said "and that was just a warm up" during the Pac-EM III fight I believe he meant that there would be more of that to come later.
Larry is kind of like John Kerry only he has an excuse for his bad jokes....he's OLD
Merchant bothers me sometimes, but not enough for me to say I want to see him gone. He usually calls the fights correctly, though sometimes makes mistakes as any one would (plus he's getting up there in age). You must admit that Larry's strength is his interviewing skills. He always asks the right questions and more importantly, when has he ever shown he's afraid to ask the tough question? Never. He's been around boxing for a lontg time and will probably be inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame as a boxing journalist.
another good point, Rican
well put.
He's sexy :D
I just don't like how he clearly favors some fighters. I mean, I don't know how anyone that has watched HBO over the past couple of years can say that he isn't biased. Merchant literally would pay to receive ODLH's or Wlad's manseed all over his face. For god sakes, it's disgusting. I was pissed off at the end of Mosley - ODLH II, Merchant was harrassing Mosley like Mosley was the one scoring the fight.
He is a complete piss-head. He never hardly talks during commentry because he is busy reaching for one of his 5 hip-flasks. Slurring old fart.
NO! Floyd Maywaether Junior thinks he should go away too.
he is biased, but who cares. its not like hes a judge
i for one couldnt care less if he has certain fighters that he likes because it adds a little bit of flavor to the broadcast and i think that if anybody else was up there, they would also speak highly of their favorite fighters. when im watching a fight im not swayed by the commentators dialog, i pay attention to whats going on in the ring
i guess you could say that im pro merchant
I can't stand Merchant or Jay Nady.
Your crazy! Larry's the man, he says what everybody else is thinking but is afraid to say, like Mayweather's track meet against Baldomir, he had the nerve to wear a roman gladiator custom, and then ran like a bitch, and Merchant called him on it, and Floyd got upset. Larry ain't nothing but the truth, and by the way bilbo that was Jim Gray talking to Briggs after the Liakovich fight, get it right!!Quote:
Originally Posted by bilbo
WOW am i ever surprised!!! some people actually like this ignorant smarmy bastard??? disrespectful to the guys who are getting their guts bashed out so he can sit outside the ring and cut em down. Cuts off guys during their props and thank yous. Esp upsetting to me is disrespecting a mans personal faith as he wants to give the credit to god (or who ever) for the greatest moment in his life and merchant cuts him off. like him??? i wouldn't piss down his throat if his guts were on fire!! he talks like as if every word is gold and draws some stupid trite analogy into a 2 minute diatribe!! Compare this lame ass to max?? are you kidding!!!!??? if i was in charge there would be one sound..................."PUNT" as his ass got kicked down the street!!
Guy argues all the time with big George. doesn't matter what foreman says he disagrees and tries to make him look dumb.(closet racist maybe?) I HATE listening to him. now...did i make myself clear??? lol!
So what are you saying Landmine you dont like the old cunt
Rican, I sure as hell hope you are wrong. Putting him in the Hall would disgrace the Hall. Yeeech!
Coming from someone who sat RINGSIIIIIIIIIIIIDE this past weekend at a fight called the GRAND FINALE, its kinda funny cuz Larry gets up ALOT to go to bathroom. alot of u and myself thought Larry's quiet and comes back into the discussion from no where after several rounds but the truth of the matter is he gets up constantly to go pissssssss man must be that bladder of his with all the liquids at that age?????
SHITE!!! I like Larry. After he gets a few Grey Goose (neat) Martinis and starts to wax poetic in his closing statement it's a think of drunken beauty. ;D
Larry Merchant, cheers! For You. These guys have no idea what you bring to the table until your gone.
Max Kellerman hhahaha... he can stay on the Paul Williams and Judah bandwagon still. ;)
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Originally Posted by Gyrokai
Larry merchant is the john madden of boxing. Every sport should have that one commentator that says stuff that not a lot of people understand.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ted The Bull
After thinking a bit i realized that some people on here are from england and probably don't know who john madden is so i found the best quote i could to sum up how he announces entire football games.
“Hey, the offensive linemen are the biggest guys on the field, they're bigger than everybody else, and that's what makes them the biggest guys on the field.”
landmine950, grea post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :laugh: :laugh:
Actually I heard he's got a thing with stealing spoons. Apparently he goes into the bar area and fills his pockets with cutlery in between rounds.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBESTP4P
A security guy/minder always follows him and empties his pockets before he sits down again. He's been doing it for about 5 years I think.
If you listen carefully sometimes you can hear a clang of metal just after a round is about to get started. Strange but true.
And by true I mean false.
Well it could be true, I like to think it is.
Bilbo., I heard that too, but don't spread it around........ ;D ;D ;D
mikeboxing if your sexual attraction is indeed serious go to my thread on my coverage of Fight of the Year Ringside there I got a sweet treat for a twisted man like you there. ENJOY!Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeboxing
I HAD TO CC U FOR THAT EFFORT,WELL SAID ;D....I REALLY COULDNT BE BOTHERED TYPING THAT MUCH SO IM GLAD THERES PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF TO DO IT FOR ME. ;D ....I WILL SAY THAT I HATE THAT C..NT AS WELL, AND THE SAME GOES FOR HOWARD COSELL.....THEY BOTH MAKE ME SICK :puke:Quote:
Originally Posted by landmine950
Megusta Senor Merchant! ;D
Ever notice that when its a short evening for him he's not as offensive??? I've been to quite a few HBO fights and every time Larry is going to his flask early and hard...It's great when he's all juiced up and his hair is all over the place always completely pissed....that's when he comes up with his best gems, imo
Now Showtime's version, Jim Gray has no excuse for being the village idiot...
I concurrrrrrr i cant stand any of Showtime's people they cant even get the fighters names right, and historical background oh hell naw thats too hard for them! ahahaQuote:
Originally Posted by The Promoter
I think Merchant is biased in one way, and that is the fact that he likes brawlers more than he likes "boxers" and movers like Roy Jones and Floyd. Yet, he still had the conscience to give Floyd the credit he deserved after his fight with Baldomir. Floyd's reaction was unjustified in this sense. Merchant was clearly stating the truth about the crowd when he asked Mayweather about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by albsur2006