Merchant throwing Belts in the Trash

[Lance Uppercut]

This was in Dan Rafael's chat Friday:

"Steve, Sac, Ca: Dano, I was watching an old HBO review following the first Lewis/Holyfield fight where Lampley and Merchant threw the WBC,WBA,IBF titles in the trash following that horribe decision. I thought it was funny, did you happen to ever watch it?

Dan Rafael: Of course. It was a beautiful moment."


Did that really happen?

Is this video online?

[Saddo]

This was in Dan Rafael's chat Friday:

"Steve, Sac, Ca: Dano, I was watching an old HBO review following the first Lewis/Holyfield fight where Lampley and Merchant threw the WBC,WBA,IBF titles in the trash following that horribe decision. I thought it was funny, did you happen to ever watch it?

Dan Rafael: Of course. It was a beautiful moment."


Did that really happen?

Is this video online?

hahahaha really watched it live but it was UK sky not HBO... strange i would have thought Merchant would have been laughing as he always looked like he hated Lewis... anyone remember then almost wresteling over the mic i think it was after Lewis beat Tyson hahahaha funny stuff

[Lance Uppercut]

I found it.

Check it out at


At 8:10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPBYV2kb5xc

[SweetPea]

That link's been removed, but one other thing that I remember that was funny from that HBO show...

They interviewed the judge who scored it 115-113 for Holyfield, and they asked her specifically about one round that Lewis dominated, but she had scored 10-9 for Holyfield.

Her excuse was that all the action in that round had happened on the opposite side of the ring from where she was seated, so she was blocked from seeing a lot of the punches. Merchant and Lampley watched the tape of that round, and the tape showed that she was totally full of shit, the vast majority of the round had been fought on her side of the ring, right in front of her.

[Saddo]

That link's been removed

it hasnt mate it just wont embed outside of youtube you need to not press play and just click on the player to take you to the youtube site



great find mate and that woman was arrogant as fuck.

[Kev]

haha great video I'm shocked that HBO would have had the balls to publicly mention the possibility of match fixing and then to throw the belts into the bin

I can see now also why they keep Harols Leaderman off camera, he twitches and jerks more than Michael J Fox.