Larry Merchant destroyed fights with his sour commentary!

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Didn't he praise Tzsyu in a possible fight with Hatton?

I don't remember that, but he would support an Asian boxer like Tszyu (Kostya had a Korean mother, like Golovkin) over a White boxer like Hatton.

And say Wlad was supremely skilled and good for the sport but was just not that entertaining?

No. He said "the sport of boxing would be better without the Klitschkos" and went on and on many times about how the only reason Wlad was dominating was because it's a "weak division".

Didn't he also say Calzaghe was better than a top form Spinks?

No. He said Calzaghe was knocked down by a "shot" Eubank in their fight (a lie), that Hopkins was robbed against Calzaghe (a lie), and that Calzaghe only dominated 168 because it was a "weak division" (another lie).

Other examples:

Max said "Berto defeated Urango by a wider margin on the scorecards than Ricky Hatton did" after the Berto-Urango fight. That's a lie - check BoxRec for the scorecards.

Max said "Rahman is taking this fight on THREE weeks notice" during the Rahman-Klitschko HBO telecast. Old news reports on boxing sites can verify it was SIX weeks notice - Rahman agreed to the fight in late October and fought Wlad on Dec 13.

lie: "Most people thought Collazo beat Hatton"

lie: "Eubank knocked down Calzaghe in the first round of their fight"

lie: "Judah wasn't really hurt in his fight with Tszyu, it was an unfair stoppage"

lie: "Bute is MUCH bigger than Miranda"

lie: "The Klitschkos never get real KOs, just TKOs"

lie: "Calzaghe is doing more poorly against Roy than a shot Trinidad did"

Kellerman sees nothing but race. He'd root for Tszyu (half Russian, half Korean) over Hatton, but Judah over Tszyu.