CAN LARRY MERCHANT JUST GIVE A STRAIGHT YES OR NO ANSWER TO ANY QUESTION

CAN LARRY MERCHANT JUST GIVE A STRAIGHT YES OR NO ANSWER TO ANY QUESTION WITHOUT BABBLING UNCONTROLABLY

He's definitely a babbling idiot.

If he was just a drunk I wouldn't care one bit, but he's an irrelevant old drunk who obviously has delusions that everything he says is really, really interesting because
he delivers every line so slowly and deliberately that it's just f#cking excrutiating.

The man's not going to retire on his own, it's time for HBO to force him.

Larry Merchant is the funniest thing HBO has. You get rid of him and Championship Boxing will seriously suck. I use to hate him, now I find him hysterical. You can't tell me you don't look forward to his post fight interview questions.

K, SO IM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT WANTS A RABID DOG TO GO AFTER HIS THROAT WHILE HE IS DELIVERING A MONOLOG

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Originally Posted by smashcrusher

Larry Merchant is the funniest thing HBO has. You get rid of him and Championship Boxing will seriously suck. I use to hate him, now I find him hysterical. You can't tell me you don't look forward to his post fight interview questions.

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TRUE HE IS LAUGHABLE

No offence...but anyone that questions the man's knowledge...well...I gotta question them.

Merchant has been involved in boxing commentating & sports in general for years & years & years. He's a well of knowledge & he (IWO) covers all the grounds that he should. He also asks the questions that most commentators wouldn't.

Honestly...I think that he's a bit long winded...but most commentators are & in the end...they should be.

I'd rather hear him embellish than I would listen to just a play by play...any drunken idiot can do that...errrrrrrrrrrrrrr...hey waitagotdaminutenow!
















































































































Heh heh heh. If one can't poke fun at one's self...who can one poke fun at?

One name comes to mind...he knows who he is. ;D

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Originally Posted by 71HOOKS

K, SO IM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT WANTS A RABID DOG TO GO AFTER HIS THROAT WHILE HE IS DELIVERING A MONOLOG

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Actually...you should edit the poll & give someone a chance to vote in support of him. ;)

Aww C'mon Wacko, I'm not saying the man doesn't know his boxing.

I don't want to hear Merchant for the same reasons I don't wanna watch a Holyfield fight. How senile are we gonna have to see him get? He's already well past going out on top, at this point he just needs to stop embarrassing himself.

I suppose though, if you think his mind is still a steel trap then we can just agree to disagree.

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Originally Posted by FLH2o

Aww C'mon Wacko, I'm not saying the man doesn't know his boxing.

I don't want to hear Merchant for the same reasons I don't wanna watch a Holyfield fight. How senile are we gonna have to see him get? He's already well past going out on top, at this point he just needs to stop embarrassing himself.

I suppose though, if you think his mind is still a steel trap then we can just agree to disagree.

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NEITHER AM I BUT HE IS ANNOYING AS SIN!!!

Can Larry Merchant give a straight yes or no answer ..........

Well, sometimes not really but maybe.

Signed

Larry Merchant Oops X

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Originally Posted by wacko3205

No offence...but anyone that questions the man's knowledge...well...I gotta question them.

Merchant has been involved in boxing commentating & sports in general for years & years & years. He's a well of knowledge & he (IWO) covers all the grounds that he should. He also asks the questions that most commentators wouldn't.

Honestly...I think that he's a bit long winded...but most commentators are & in the end...they should be.

I'd rather hear him embellish than I would listen to just a play by play...any drunken idiot can do that...errrrrrrrrrrrrrr...hey waitagotdaminutenow!

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The man definitely knows his boxing history--that's not why he's obnoxious. He's obnoxious because he can't just speak straight-up; everything has to be a not-quite-working analogy spoken in a smug tone, because he obviously thinks that everything that comes out of his mouth is profound.

That said, the post-fight interviews are hilarious sometimes. Merchant is such an old curmudgeon and does not have any sense of awe of (or even respect for, half of the time) any of these fighters, which leads to really funny (in a cringing kind of way) questions.

"After what was obviously a totally lopsided loss, [meaningful pause], what's next? Is this the end of [25 year old fighter's name's] career?"

"You seemed to have no answer for his left. Was it just that you are too slow, or was it more [meaningful pause] that you are simply a B minus boxer, [meaningful pause], while he is an A boxer?"

well,

on a night where so many inconsistencies reined true, and so many........ mysterious... occurances

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occurred.......................................... .. when will we see.................

a................................................. ....

time for a return.............................


to the way...................

it once was............................................... .................................................. .................................................. ............



jim

HAHAHAAHA

whahahaha :'(

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Originally Posted by 71HOOKS

CAN LARRY MERCHANT JUST GIVE A STRAIGHT YES OR NO ANSWER TO ANY QUESTION WITHOUT BABBLING UNCONTROLABLY

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I like Merchant, He just tells you how it is... Very honest and blunt person. Good for boxing commentary.

perfect example is Cotto's last fight, the poor guy showed professionalism by answering the questions himself in english, and then Merchant had to fuck it up confusing the hell out of him and forcing him to answer in spanish lol

THATS THE EXACT THING IM TALKING ABOUT