i know that he can be annoying at times, not make sense others but he is also funny here is two of the funniest lines he has had does anybody have anymore or their personal favorite larry line ???

larry about michael grant : " to say that grant has a glass jaw would be an insult to the glass"

larry about andrew "six heads" lewis : "lewis may have six heads but he has no chins"

One comment he made during the Chris Byrd Vs Ibebuchi fight:
"There`s something about Byrd's style that if i were the ref i`d wanna take a point away for non combative behavior"
( Keep in mind Larry hates Chris Byrd`s style!)

OMG thats so ****in funny! I like the six heads better though :D

"That whale just got harpooned" on Kirk Johnson getting KO'd by Vitali.

Eliseo Castillo vs. Wladimir Klitschko

"Castillo has used his arms more in paddling than boxing," referring to Castillo being a Cuban exile and his 5 punches a round performance.

Eliseo Castillo vs. Wladimir Klitschko

"Castillo has used his arms more in paddling than boxing," referring to Castillo being a Cuban exile and his 5 punches a round performance.
Ohhhh. thats a bit offensive actually but its not Larry`s fault, its the drink talking!!

http://www.hbo.com/boxing/img/commentator_photo_merchant.jpg

Larry is a legend! Love his commentary!
Too bad he is not getting any younger and age is beginning to show it's roots.
I don't think it's whiskey talking.. I believe the people upstairs are starting to move out

I was never a fan of guys like Larry that think it is clever and funny to make fun of boxers who make it possible for him to even have a job in the first place

Funniest Larry Moment ever, however I somewhat forget exactly what was said..

It was Floyd Mayweather vs. someone, I forget who, and he was going through his legal stuff for hitting that woman at the club or w/e.


Merchant was like "If it was a woman, I bet Floyd would land" or something to that effect. I got a good laugh out of it.



it's probably just me, but I thought it was pretty funny sanders-klitschko bout when, after wlad got ko'd, larry goes
"The boxing world will be shocked by what happened tonight!"

george goes "Na larry i think only your world is shocked" lol i.e. you don't know **** and only invested in this hometown hero b/c he's white

another funny thing but it's probably just me that thinks it's funny was also during the sanders-klitschko bout

Wlad got stuck good for the second time, right before he went down the first time, and Larry goes, "He gets hit again, and holds!" the way he said 'holds' was funny, it sounded like a little kid who dropped an ice cream cone. he likely believed wlad would dominate the aging sanders, and when he saw the action, that was the result

I don't care what everyone says, Wlad still won that fight! (Sanders Vs W. Klitschko)

After the Tyson-Tubbs fight in Tokyo

" If whale hunting has been outlawed in Japan, Mike Tyson hasn't heard about it."

After Holmes Tyson

" Mike Tyson looked like a bull in an antique shop, and what he did was he took out the old grandfather clock."

I don't care what everyone says, Wlad still won that fight! (Sanders Vs W. Klitschko)Oh and before everyone tackles me.. you do understand that it was a joke, don't ya??? :D

Larry is hands down the best out there and it aint up for debate.

The funniest I heard was before Floyd Mayweathers last fight against Brusseless.

Jim Lampley: How does a fighter like Brusseless get a shot at a fighter like Mayweather?

Lary Merchant: Well...I guess the woman Floyd usually spar's with was busy.

making a comment on Floyd and his fetish for smaking women around.

Larry is hands down the best out there and it aint up for debate.

The funniest I heard was before Floyd Mayweathers last fight against Brusseless.

Jim Lampley: How does a fighter like Brusseless get a shot at a fighter like Mayweather?

Lary Merchant: Well...I guess the woman Floyd usually spar's with was busy.

making a comment on Floyd and his fetish for smaking women around.


Yes...that's the comment I was talking about (see above)

forgot totally who he was fighting though and the circumstances and even the context...thanks for posting this ;)

Larry is the one of the best things that ever happened in boxing. Just imagine how appropriate it is that Larry became a boxing commentator because he himself is FEARLESS. Foreman has faced the best fighters inside the ring but as a commentator, he is such a coward. I remember one time when there was a scheduled PPV between Dela Hoya and Campas and how Lampley asked George how come Oscar is facing fighters that in any way has no chance against him. Foreman, such a coward that he is(as a commentator) just said "Oh Jim, I ain't gonna say bad things about Oscar."

On the other hand, Larry pushes around fighters, trash talks in front of their faces and is not afraid of anything...FEARLESS. Although, he is overly biased a lot of times, hehe, but who cares, he is just so much fun to watch. It's like you're always looking forward to what he's gonna say next.

I remember hearing about Larry being at a bar in a Vegas lobby! he said
"Jim Bean, coke and ice"
Roy Jones walks in a says "Larry what you doing? Your due on air in 20 minutes"
Larry replies "Ok George, i`ll be right there in a minute.."

love/hate

he is so funny

but when he talks crap like byrd non being aggressive with ike as if it was wrong I just cant stand him

In regards to Kofi jantuah:

"You see Jantuah...wearing his yellowish outfit......and you think You can take the boy out of the tropics..........but you cant take the tropics out of the boy."

I dont know why I thought that **** was funny, but It was.

haha the **** he was saying in the ruiz fight had me rolling he said somehting along the lines of, "In ninteen hundred and...excuse me I mean 2000" I don't remember the exact thing he said but he sure seemed out of it.

foreman: "if lucas could land one good shot he could turn this whole thing around"

merchant: "george, he has 12 knockouts in 34 fights, he does'nt have any good shots"

one time buffer was doing the "lets get ready to rumble" thing, and before the fight starts larry says: "jim? did he say lets get ready to tumble?"

LMAO, to much rum i guess.

Lampley: Roy Jones seems to be too quick, and he wacks him with yet another counter.

Merchant: Why don't you get off his penis, Jim. He's in the middle of a fight here.

Foreman: Sometimes when the media is on your penis it gets you going.

Merchant: What do you mean by that, George?

"Morales realizes now that he has to do something drastic and he only has 12 seconds to do it, 11...10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1 WHAT A FIGHT!"

"Morales realizes now that he has to do something drastic and he only has 12 seconds to do it, 11...10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1 WHAT A FIGHT!"

yeah lol i remember that one, and hes all off count with the clock, sounds all out of breath too. i remmeber he was saying some funny **** on the gatti mayweather undercard too. it takes him so long to say absolutely nothing.

"Oscar is beating Hopkins to the punch".

Manny Stewart almost immediately said "Oscar isn't throwing anything".

I hate larry merchant I've seen him throw up some of the worst score cards in history When it was obvious the other guy was kickin the holy dog**** out of the guy he was saying was winning the fight.

You know what was funny when merchant was interviewing jermain taylor and that one guy he fought was in the back sticking his head in and talk Larry got all mad and pushed him off that was funny.

I hate larry merchant I've seen him throw up some of the worst score cards in history When it was obvious the other guy was kickin the holy dog**** out of the guy he was saying was winning the fight.


You are talking about HAROLD LEDERMAN he throws up his scorecard and he is usually pretty accurate. Dont you think it is sad to hate someone over such a silly reason haha. why not just not agree or dislike but hate? kinda powerful did he do something to your honor or family?

One comment he made during the Chris Byrd Vs Ibebuchi fight:
"There`s something about Byrd's style that if i were the ref i`d wanna take a point away for non combative behavior"
( Keep in mind Larry hates Chris Byrd`s style!)
did he not say non performance?

larry said another funny ass line in the calderon fight on the gatti vs. maywether fight ..

about calderon's punching power : "calderon couldn't dent a box of kleenex"

idk if it was him but before Toney Vs Ruiz
they were like :
"Toney said he was gonna swallow the entire HW division up"
(as toney was making his entrance)
"I think sallowing too much is Toneys problem
look at how big he is."

"It doesn't matter whether you speak English or Mexican...."

my Latino room-mate at the time nearly destroyed our flatscreen when he heard Merchant say this

Even the biggest Merchant hater has to admit when he is ON.

Case in Point-
Holyfield VS Ruiz III

"I am not entirely sure who is winning the fight but I definitely know who is losing this fight.....WE ARE. THIS.....FIGHT.....IS.....A.....BORE!"

"It doesn't matter whether you speak English or Mexican...."

my Latino room-mate at the time nearly destroyed our flatscreen when he heard Merchant say this

Scuse me for being the ignorant white boy......but why?

Scuse me for being the ignorant white boy......but why?
Mexican isn't a language, it's Spanish, you freakin' cracker! :) just playin', but anyhow the term "Mexican" is considered a slur by many Chicano's in the US

If you need some evidence of how Merchant's head is vacating, watch the post-fight talk with PacMan. Merchant absent-mindedly adjusts the Phillipino flag draped over Manny's shoulder, while discussing something totally unrelated.

Mexican isn't a language, it's Spanish, you freakin' cracker! :) just playin', but anyhow the term "Mexican" is considered a slur by many Chicano's in the US
My brother worked with some Mexican "Indians" who said they spoke "Mexican". It was a very bizarre, Spanish influenced language decendant from the Mayans.

My brother worked with some Mexican "Indians" who said they spoke "Mexican". It was a very bizarre, Spanish influenced language decendant from the Mayans.

That is kind of my point. Mexican spanish is quite different from European Spanish.

Mexican isn't a language, it's Spanish, you freakin' cracker! :) just playin', but anyhow the term "Mexican" is considered a slur by many Chicano's in the US

I did not know it was a slur.

Merchant does saw some dumb sh1t but every now and then he pulls off a good line(the six heads comment was classic). Like someone mentioned earlier his fearlessness and ballz to ask whatevers on his mind make him a must for boxing right now.

I liked it during Leija-Camacho Jr......Merchant totally said what all of us were thinking...."THE OLD GUY IS GOING FOR IT!!!!"

During the interview he told Dan Goosen who stands about a foot taller than Larry to stop coaching Hector. Dan refused to stop. Larry said "I WILL CUT THIS INTERVIEW OFF IF YOU DON'T SHUT UP!!!"

I liked it during Leija-Camacho Jr......Merchant totally said what all of us were thinking...."THE OLD GUY IS GOING FOR IT!!!!"

During the interview he told Dan Goosen who stands about a foot taller than Larry to stop coaching Hector. Dan refused to stop. Larry said "I WILL CUT THIS INTERVIEW OFF IF YOU DON'T SHUT UP!!!"
Yeah you could tell that Larry was revved-up in that fight and that he absolutely hated Camacho Jr, that was some good *****!

Another classic, after Wayne Kelly stopped the Roy Jones-Richard hall fight, about 30 seconds after he really should have jumped in....

"That referee should be PISTOL WHIPPED for letting the fight continue like that!!!"

How about these ones.

Little Kid: Mr. Merchant I love to learn and enjoy reading... you know what they always say "Get a book read a book"

Larry Merchant: "Get some whiskey have some whiskey"

Roy Jones: I am the greatest boxer in history and the fighters in there are only mimicking me and I am so sweet and special and can do anything better than anyone. yall musta forgot. blah blah blah blah nobody has a chiseled body like a roy jones blah blahb blah. Also I am a great businessman and should get paid more money cause boxing is not fair you have to fight so many rounds and get so little money they should make it less rounds and more money its not fair.

Larry Merchant: "Yeah its not fair that you go to a bar and you can only get ten or fifteen shot glasses. They should lower the price of alcohol and raise the number of shot glasses."

Hahahha I know that they didnt say these things but I am falling out on the floor laughing now. I know that I will get negative Karma for this but who cares. I dont like Larry Merchant at all. he is a smart aleck who never even got into a pencil fight in his life, yet he insults boxers all the time and also he makes metaphors that make no sense and take an hour for him to finish saying.

How about these ones.

Little Kid: Mr. Merchant I love to learn and enjoy reading... you know what they always say "Get a book read a book"

Larry Merchant: "Get some whiskey have some whiskey"

Roy Jones: I am the greatest boxer in history and the fighters in there are only mimicking me and I am so sweet and special and can do anything better than anyone. yall musta forgot. blah blah blah blah nobody has a chiseled body like a roy jones blah blahb blah. Also I am a great businessman and should get paid more money cause boxing is not fair you have to fight so many rounds and get so little money they should make it less rounds and more money its not fair.

Larry Merchant: "Yeah its not fair that you go to a bar and you can only get ten or fifteen shot glasses. They should lower the price of alcohol and raise the number of shot glasses."

Hahahha I know that they didnt say these things but I am falling out on the floor laughing now. I know that I will get negative Karma for this but who cares. I dont like Larry Merchant at all. he is a smart aleck who never even got into a pencil fight in his life, yet he insults boxers all the time and also he makes metaphors that make no sense and take an hour for him to finish saying.

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Good ol Larry, hasn't changed a bit. I remember watching him in those HBO boxing documentaries from the 80's, and he was the same slick talking smartass then as he is now.

Did any of you guys see the Larry Merchant interview with Vivian Harris after his KO loss this saturday? It was Vivian that put his foot in his mouth but it was funny as hell. The funniest part of the interview went something like this...
Larry: " Vivian where you knocked out even before Maussa landed that left hook?"
Vivian: " No, Larry he hit me then I was knocked out."

If any of you recorded the interview replay it..

Larry Merchant may well be a old drunk *******. But he's great value.

you wanna see larry call someone out? ...watch trinidad vs hopkins ..about the 8th or 9th round something like that foreman goes on a tangent about how trinidad can turn it all around with just one left hook "foreman had been rideing trinidads nuts all night"
then larry comes back.."george...why have you not givin benard hopkins the respect he deserves as a fighter tonight" ... i seen that **** and went numb it was like he was calling the ****er out right there

My brother worked with some Mexican "Indians" who said they spoke "Mexican". It was a very bizarre, Spanish influenced language decendant from the Mayans.
Are you sure it wasn't Nahuatl?

Which is an Aztec language.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahuatl_language

HOPKINS vs TARVER

Lampley says something like: Both fighters look physically great in that ring

Merchant says: But they dont look good together (the way he said it made it sound like together meant relationship together, if u know what im gettin at)

Lampley immediatly trys to save him by saying: By together, u mean fighting eachother.

might sound a little im-mature, but I thought that was funny...

My fav would be during what I believe was the HBO double header with Hopkins 1st and Jones 2nd when jones ko'd that bum with the behind the back punch. Anyhow , Bernard had a Golden Palace.Com air brush logo on his back and during the interview he (Bernard) kept plugging the site and Larry had enough and said something to the effect of "This isn't a tv commercial you mention it again and the intreview is over" the look on Bernard's face was priceless. I just like that he said what almost everyone other than Golden Palace.Com stockholders wanted him to say and was kind of a dick about it.

I have 2 favorite Merchant lines

" Hey if you guys don't shut up, I'm gonna stop this interview" he says this to Brewster's crew, after the Wlad fight. Because they are yelling too loud and you can't hear Brewster's response to the question.

" The best part of that round was their boxing trunks" after the 1st round between Tim Austin and Ratanachai Vorapin. A Boring round, but they had fancy trunks.

What's the story between Merchant and Hopkins anyway?

The guy's quite funny sometimes, but he's turning into a listless old fart lately. He seems to be losing his mojo IMO.

Larry is hands down the best out there and it aint up for debate.

The funniest I heard was before Floyd Mayweathers last fight against Brusseless.

Jim Lampley: How does a fighter like Brusseless get a shot at a fighter like Mayweather?

Lary Merchant: Well...I guess the woman Floyd usually spar's with was busy.

making a comment on Floyd and his fetish for smaking women around.

That's a good one!

i know that he can be annoying at times, not make sense others but he is also funny here is two of the funniest lines he has had does anybody have anymore or their personal favorite larry line ???

larry about michael grant : " to say that grant has a glass jaw would be an insult to the glass"

larry about andrew "six heads" lewis : "lewis may have six heads but he has no chins"


*Pacqauoi is like a typhoon straight outta the pacific!*

after wlad was Ko'ed by sanders what merchant said was

"the next big thing just became the next big bust"

On the Hopkins vs. Tarver fight


Larry: Wake me up, when something happens.

16 minutes later

Larry: I should have stayed home today.

I was killing myself laughing at that.

What's the story between Merchant and Hopkins anyway?

The guy's quite funny sometimes, but he's turning into a listless old fart lately. He seems to be losing his mojo IMO.


Merchant and Hopkins have always been cool with each other. Hopkins was on HBO for most of his career.

On the Hopkins vs. Tarver fight


Larry: Wake me up, when something happens.

16 minutes later

Larry: I should have stayed home today.

I was killing myself laughing at that.
WOW





im begining to think you are due for some type surgery

WOW





im begining to think you are due for some type surgery


Shut the **** up. If anyone is retarded it is you. Having 1,000 posts in a little over 2 weeks. No wonder you have bad karma you always act like a little *****. A 32 year old man living with his mama taking care of him. No wonder you stay online all day, you don't have a mother****in job, *****. OWNED!!!!!!!.




*****!!!!!!!!

Shut the **** up. If anyone is retarded it is you. Having 1,000 posts in a little over 2 weeks. No wonder you have bad karma you always act like a little *****. A 32 year old man living with his mama taking care of him. No wonder you stay online all day, you don't have a mother****in job, nigg. OWNED!!!!!!!.




*****!!!!!!!!
i never mention retarted....

are you retarted??

i never mention retarted....

are you retarted??


Nope, but by that post you made you made yourself seem like an *******.

Larry Merchant will always be considered one of the great commentators simply because, love or hate him, you remember him. That's why there even is a thread about him here to begin with. He's outspoken, and sometimes clever. Like when he spoke about Judah before the Mayweather-Judah fight.

"Zab Judah's mouth is three pounds of diamonds enclosed in a case of glass." Or some such. Referring to his chin.

Larry Merchant will always be considered one of the great commentators simply because, love or hate him, you remember him. That's why there even is a thread about him here to begin with. He's outspoken, and sometimes clever. Like when he spoke about Judah before the Mayweather-Judah fight.

"Zab Judah's mouth is three pounds of diamonds enclosed in a case of glass." Or some such. Referring to his chin.


Yeah I remember that one.

he said "He has a mouth full of 20 karats worth of diamonds, unfortunately they are in a setting of glass."

He also said "As Mayweather puts it, this is flawless against jawless."

Hahahah these are great. HBO boxing will never be the same if Larry ever goes.

Yeah I remember that one.

he said "He has a mouth full of 20 karats worth of diamonds, unfortunately they are in a setting of glass."

He also said "As Mayweather puts it, this is flawless against jawless."

That was hilarious. I remember him getting into it with Don King and Lennox Lewis after Byrd beat Holyfield, but I can't recollect what exactly the beef was about, or how it eventually played out, but it was funny at the time.

the funniest one i remember was in the castillo-mayweather first fight when the ref told them to calm it down, and Merchant started screaming "WHAT DO U MEAN CALM IT DOWN!" "I THINK HE NEEDS TO CALM IT DOWN!" lmao, anyone who heard that **** knows what im talkin about, it was hilarious, merchant was amp, he would have socked the ref right there if he could of...

I rememeber a real funny one, but from Jim Lampley.

When Joe Mesi knocked out Dvarryl "Touch of Sleep" Williamson in minute or so.

Lampley says "well, Williamson got touched, and he slept"

On the Hopkins vs. Tarver fight


Larry: Wake me up, when something happens.

16 minutes later

Larry: I should have stayed home today.

I was killing myself laughing at that.

Hahahahahaha, thats good stuff.
As dominating of a fight that was, it was quite boring.

I rememeber a real funny one, but from Jim Lampley.

When Joe Mesi knocked out Dvarryl "Touch of Sleep" Williamson in minute or so.

Lampley says "well, Williamson got touched, and he slept"

Damn that's stupid.

I was never a fan of guys like Larry that think it is clever and funny to make fun of boxers who make it possible for him to even have a job in the first place

I have never liked Larry...he humiliates fighters...I know his job is to commentate ie: to make comments...has he ever stepped through the ropes with gloves on?

I dislike Merchant a lot. I don't find really as funny as you guys let on.

I seen him interview with Tarver in Tarver-Jones 3 and though he wanted to take away Tarver win of Jones saying that Jones did do much.

As i seen it its more like a chess match one mistake from anyone one of them and they could be hitting in the canvas or owned. So its alway to be careful when fighting a with Roy Jones Jr as well as Tarver (cause he has the KOed Jones in 2nd round in part 2). Roy Jones is just brave enough to face someone who just KOed him in the second round. I guess many people wont fight guy who only could possiablly KO him and you gotta give credits for both fighters

I dislike Merchant a lot. I don't find really as funny as you guys let on.
I'd have to agree. Anyone who adopts that "if I talk slowly and pull my serious face then I sound really insightful and profound" technique just really irks me.

Even the boxers look frustrated by his technique. And that's often after they've been punched about the head and body for 36 minutes.

Jim Watts is the best boxing commentator by far. Calls it spot on 95% of the time. Not sure if you ever get to hear him over in the USA.

Merchant on rahman v maskaev

Merchant:RAHMANS DOWN RAHMANS DOWN AND IT DOESNT LOOK LIKE HES GETTIN UP

Merchant on rahman v maskaev

Merchant:RAHMANS DOWN RAHMANS DOWN AND IT DOESNT LOOK LIKE HES GETTIN UP
It can't just be me.

99% of these quotes aren't funny.

I think I might vacate this thread.

Frank Bruno: "I was in a no-win situation, so I'm glad that I won rather than lost."

Harry Carpenter: "This boxer is doing what is expected of him, bleeding from his nose."

I think that the problem with Larry is that he started out as a sportswriter and he tries to use illustrious, well-thought out metaphors that writers have the advantage of time to come up with. Unfortunately for him, he doesn't have much time to think about what he is going to say; therefore, he slows down his speech, acts thoughtful, and more often than not, comes up with some bizarre illustration. Of course, aging and purported alcohol use do not help his problem.