I think your being a bit fussy.. Larry is a character, he rambles on sometimes but I think overall he's a good commentator.. He isn't intimidated by the fighters, so I enjoy watching his post fight interviews the most.. I really just think your clutching at straws here because you simply dislike him.. I have seen that Micky Ward fight, and while it's a fair point Larry may not have done his homework on Ward.. Well, Micky Ward fought exactly like Merchant was berating him for every single minuite of the fight until he scored the KO. It was a vicious hook to the body for sure, but up until that Ward did look like basically a bum.. Merchant has been a sports writer/commentator for boxing some 50 years.. The fact that you could only dig up a couple of instances where he pissed you off doesn't exactly say much.. You tell me anyone who's been a public personality for 50 years and hasn't said something to piss somebody off.. I also think it's funny how you say he hates macho boxers for whatever reason. This is clearly the dumbest thing you just posted.. Merchant LOVES macho fighters, are you kidding me? He is exactly the kind of guy who appreciates a blood and guts type of fight, if anything he is often biased towards the brawler type in a given matchup.. The examples of this are truly endless so I won't bother.. Sometimes being in the ring isn't everything, there are distinct qualities that make a good commentator.. Besides that, Merchant is obviously actually quite knowledgable about boxing.. I don't recall him being put in his place by George Foreman, but even if so.. If I had never seen either of their faces, and tuned in to see a fight on HBO.. I would guess that it was Foreman who had never been in a boxing ring before Larry.. George Foreman was a great fighter with loads of experience obviously, but he said some of the most assinine, irrelevant things on a completely routine basis, and rarely drew an interesting observation about what was going on... Although he was a world class fighter for so many years, Merchant is much better at analyzing a fight, and picking up on the subtle things.. Not to say Foreman can't do it, he just isn't able to articulate it well, as is the problem with the majority of fighters who give commentating a shot.