The end of Merchant is near?

[Punisher136]

what about lampley isn't he fired or something. At this rate it will be Max and Lennox "i have the charizma of a scone" Lewis. If they get rid of merchant they better look for a good "replacement".

[TheBESTP4P]

what about lampley isn't he fired or something. At this rate it will be Max and Lennox "i have the charizma of a scone" Lewis. If they get rid of merchant they better look for a good "replacement".

haha I LIKE scones dont use scone as a metaphor, scones are delicious!

personally i think RJJ was the best commentator HBO had in a loooooooooooong time!

[BoxingGorilla]

I think Hopkins and Jones Jr would be excellent HBO commentators. You'd certainly need someone to sit between them...

[Punisher136]

I think Hopkins and Jones Jr would be excellent HBO commentators. You'd certainly need someone to sit between them...

hopkins rjj and kellerman.... eh it might work.

[Hulk]

I don't like Merchant. I don't care for Kellerman much nowadays either though, he's become a know it all prick and cheerleader for some fighters. Paul Williams is GOD in his eyes, it makes me sick. When Merchant goes, I ain't gonna shed any tears, but I'll probably miss him a little. The sucker is blunt, bold, and not afraid to ask anyone anything, I'll give him that. He knows his boxing history too. I wish he were being replaced by Teddy Atlas or something, not Max Kellerman.

[LegendBoxing65]

They can do better than replacing him with Max Kellerman. Kellerman is a big mouth who seems to talk about everything and doesn't have much passion for anything. He seems to be a friend of Tucker Carlson since he is on his show sometimes, and Kellerman does have knowledge about all sorts of issues, I think putting him on HBO is a mistake. He is just too juvenile for such a venue. They need someone with a little more style and verbosity. I hope it is not Kellerman. He just yells and talks and talks. Merchant made boxing matches events. That is why he was so good. Kellerman will make it ESPN friday night fights.

[DaxxKahn]

what about lampley isn't he fired or something. At this rate it will be Max and Lennox "i have the charizma of a scone" Lewis. If they get rid of merchant they better look for a good "replacement".

haha I LIKE scones dont use scone as a metaphor, scones are delicious!

personally i think RJJ was the best commentator HBO had in a loooooooooooong time!

I agree...I think I have mentioned that on another thread once...IMO Jones was a good commentator...Had a bit of a personality but was professional and not biased....

Lennox isn't to bad he just needs to lighten up a bit...


I don't care who they get NO ONE!!!!! Will be a replacement for Larry....

To bad they couldn't have John Scully on the broadcast I always though Scully was a decent commentator...

[tedsares]

Good riddance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hulk]

what about lampley isn't he fired or something. At this rate it will be Max and Lennox "i have the charizma of a scone" Lewis. If they get rid of merchant they better look for a good "replacement".

haha I LIKE scones dont use scone as a metaphor, scones are delicious!

personally i think RJJ was the best commentator HBO had in a loooooooooooong time!

I agree...I think I have mentioned that on another thread once...IMO Jones was a good commentator...Had a bit of a personality but was professional and not biased....

Lennox isn't to bad he just needs to lighten up a bit...


I don't care who they get NO ONE!!!!! Will be a replacement for Larry....

To bad they couldn't have John Scully on the broadcast I always though Scully was a decent commentator...

WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?!
John Scully is THE most boring SOB ever to call a fight, cept maybe Fran Charles. I'm sure he is a pretty good trainer and was a good fighter, but his voice is so depressing and boring. Also he says outlandish shat sometimes on those ESPN Classic broadcasts just to get a rise. Like during a Pazienza fight he goes on how a good amatuer would beat a top pro for the first 4 rounds, and win if it was just a four round fight. Ridicilious...

[The Shadow]

well ill tell u this much about MAX tho hes one lucky B******! he basically got to where he was by first doing his own ghetto talk show from his basement!

Yeah, and with a little help from his father and the numerous connections he has. This sucks. With age comes wisdom, which is much respected in many cultures with the exception of this one. It's a shame and a sin that HBO is trading a sage for a generic jackass.

Totally disagree with ya on this one.

Max is just young & coming up fast solid in his trade of sport.

Sure Merchant has wisdom...but you can't persecute Max for being young. Merchant is great...I love him...but he's old & getting older...he'll have to be replaced...it's inevitable. The thing is...Merchant mainly got his lead through "feetball", while Max toured in the wide world of sports...he's more a figure head in boxing.

Max has a chunk of knowledge & he's energetic & enthusiastic for the sport...Merchant is just on a different spectrum...while Max is giddy as a school girl...Merchant is as bitter as an unripe apple (unless he's spooging his shorts over Wlad Klitschko...& I quote: "A big beautiful man of a heavyweight!"), theyr'e just different.

I think that Kellerman deserves a shot...he's got the goods...he just needs the grooming.

Well, I respect Kellerman's thorough and studied background of the sport, and I think that he's generally a good guy that does his best. I'm just not very enthusiastic
about the way he carries himself on the air, i.e. there is a generic, factory packaged quality to him. Maybe that will disappear when he finds a comfort zone.
Of course, you are correct in the fact that replacing Merchant is inevitable. But from my perspective, they are very hard shoes to fill. His closing comments are the thing of legend - sometimes prophetic, sometimes outlandish and hilarious in his stream of consciousness musings. Larry is both a commentator and artsy sage, which is a very rare quality. And sometimes, after a few cocktails, he's simply a blundering but endearing clown.
However, all good things must come to an end and I'm willing to set aside my ambivalence and give Max a shot. The passion for the sport is apparent. He just needs a bit of polishing to smooth out the rough edges. We'll see.

[Kev]

well ill tell u this much about MAX tho hes one lucky B******! he basically got to where he was by first doing his own ghetto talk show from his basement!

Wow didn't know that, maybe we can look forward to HBO being fronted by Don Omega and Iron Truth around 2020?

[El Gamo]

Merchant is the man. When he was younger,he was an awesome commentator in my opinion. Really interesting to listen and made good calls. In 1 of Erik Morales EARLY pro fights,he was saying that Morales would match up well with this other young Mexican fighter known as Barerra,and as we know,they had 1 of the greatest trilogies ever. H##

He has made other really good observations too. Obviously he is much quiter nowadays but I love his random ramblings! Recently,his points about Warren and his interview with Floyd after the Baldo fight were cool too.

I have a STRONG disliking of Kellerman. Very enthusiastic but makes ALOT of mistakes(during 1 fight,he said Manny koed MAB in the 5th round about 3 times for example!) and there's his incredible nuthugging of certain fighters(Williams). I don't know,he comes across manufactured to me!

[Puas]

Larry is like a fine wine, he's getting better with age. HBO will not be the same without him. He does need someone to argue with though. Remember Big George. Those two would always go at it. The got rid of George and now he's picking fights with Jim and Emmanuel. Keep Larry, get rid of that fake ass boxing fan Max Skeleton.

[Kev]

Merchant is the man. When he was younger,he was an awesome commentator in my opinion. Really interesting to listen and made good calls. In 1 of Erik Morales EARLY pro fights,he was saying that Morales would match up well with this other young Mexican fighter known as Barerra,and as we know,they had 1 of the greatest trilogies ever. H##

He has made other really good observations too. Obviously he is much quiter nowadays but I love his random ramblings! Recently,his points about Warren and his interview with Floyd after the Baldo fight were cool too.

I have a STRONG disliking of Kellerman. Very enthusiastic but makes ALOT of mistakes(during 1 fight,he said Manny koed MAB in the 5th round about 3 times for example!) and there's his incredible nuthugging of certain fighters(Williams). I don't know,he comes across manufactured to me!

Plus he suffers from 'crazyeyes' and looks like he's been snorting coke a couple hours before the show start. Actually maybe HBO are trying to diversify and have people from all different addictions and misdemenours represent them.

We've got the alcoholic Merchant, the wife beating Lampley, now we get the young drug addict Kellerman. If they could only get Tyson and Don King to guest commentate their rape and murder convictions would give a more well rounded feel to the show and ensure that all bases were covered.

[Punisher136]

well ill tell u this much about MAX tho hes one lucky B******! he basically got to where he was by first doing his own ghetto talk show from his basement!

Wow didn't know that, maybe we can look forward to HBO being fronted by Don Omega and Iron Truth around 2020?

lol