Merchant Contract renewed until 2011. NO!

[SigmaMu]

Merchant Contract renewed until 2011. NO!

I like Larry Merchant as a person but not very much as an announcer. I like him more as an interviewer. With that being said, his contract was renewed by HBO for another 2 years.

What else do I have against Larry Merchant? For one, he is slow to talk, he does not provide any real good sound bytes during an actual fight but neither does Emmanuel Steward whom I hate as an HBO announcer. Emmanuel reminds me of Droopy Dog.

YouTube - Droopy Dog-Mutts About Racing

I have yet to get a decent sound byte from Emmanuel Stewart during a fight. He brings no excitement, no drama, the man is like a corpse at times. Although I do not like Lampley that much, at least his voice of excitement is there unlike Merchant and Steward.

When ever I make a video, I have to not use anything with Steward in it.

[JonesJrMayweather]

great!!!! i hate kellerman...

[Gandalf]

I like Merchant, Im glad he is sticking around. That he wants to continue this way beyond retirement is testament to the guys dedication to boxing.

[HattonTheHammer]

Fantastic

merchant is legendary for HBO and his opinion valued greatly amongst almost all of the boxing world.

But please, please, PLEASE get rid of kellerman

[rjj tszyu]

I only get to hear Larry when I buy my career sets on DVD but I like him. He speaks his mind and he doesn't give a shite who he says it to!

[Gandalf]

I only get to hear Larry when I buy my career sets on DVD but I like him. He speaks his mind and he doesn't give a shite who he says it to!

I like that about him too. He's been great for boxing IMO.

Kellerman has a long way to go before he can ever fill the boots of Larry Merchant.

[Jody Lane]

I only get to hear Larry when I buy my career sets on DVD but I like him. He speaks his mind and he doesn't give a shite who he says it to!

I agree. I like Larry's take on stuff. My favorite quote of his is from the last Rocky movie when he said of Rocky's exhibition versus Mason Dixon "They're calling it an exhibition because they didn't want to call it an execution."