Larry merchant is terrible

larry should have been on an episode of bum fights... as the bum fighting for beers dam drunk lol

i really think merchant is very annoying, and he asks too many complicated questions. I fully agree as I said in another post. He downgrades fighters and speaks in language only English majors can understand. BUT.... Just like when I was a kid, I hated Howard Cossell. Now, I wish he was back. The same is probably true with Larry. He is synomous with boxing and when he is gone, all of us that hate him will wish he was back. It would not be the same w/o him for sure, even though I despise him.

I'm not a fan of Larry Merchant myself. But whatever. Football has John Madden. Anyone remember his "fill up the Thanksgiving day blimp with turkeys and drop them on poor people" comment on the Thanksgiving day game about 10 years back? They are about on equal footing as far as the nonsensical comments go.

It's obvious that Kellerman KNOWS HIS SHIT though, you can at least give him that. Hell yeah Kellerman knows his shit I actually think Kellerman knows more about the nuiances of boxing than Merchant does. Like said they both have good and bad qualities. I just think Merchant is becoming nothing more than a angry drunk. Merchant has gotten to the age now where he is so old he can say just about anything out of him mouth and majority of the time people will let is pass because he is a old drunk.

Kellerman can get annoying because he gets too hyped up and thats when he starts get annoying and fuck up. They both have good and bad qualities IMO. It's obvious that Kellerman KNOWS HIS SHIT though, you can at least give him that.

Nah, Kellerman is an annoying pussy ass whiny little bitch, who thinks hes hard and whishes he was g, but really aint shit. Kellerman can get annoying because he gets too hyped up and thats when he starts get annoying and fuck up. They both have good and bad qualities IMO.

I don't like what Merchant says to some fighters after fights and how he can discredit a boxing match if it isn't exciting enough. That being said he has been commentating longer than I have been born it would just be wrong for me to say I want him fired. That man is synonymous with boxing.

Like I said in another thread Larry Merchant has both good and bad qualities. I'm just starting to find him more and more annoying though. Kellerman isn't that bad its just that most of yall love Merchant because he has been around so long not because he is just that good. As far as sports commentating goes Larry Merchant isn't not even in the same league as Howard Cossell. Nah, Kellerman is an annoying pussy ass whiny little bitch, who thinks hes hard and whishes he was g, but really aint shit.

Like I said in another thread Larry Merchant has both good and bad qualities. I'm just starting to find him more and more annoying though. Kellerman isn't that bad its just that most of yall love Merchant because he has been around so long not because he is just that good. As far as sports commentating goes Larry Merchant isn't not even in the same league as Howard Cossell. Larry Merchant isn't synonymous with boxing to me I think of Michael Buffer and his famous saying before I think of Larry Merchant. The dudes on showtime are better than the HBO cast. Well at least I think Al Bernstein and Trev Albert are better than Lampley(worst of them all) and Merchant. Just my opinion.

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At least he's better than Kellerman. Theres something we can agree on.

Don't get me wrong i love boxing and i love a HBO telecast as much as anyone i just think merchant is a terrible commentator. You guys are saying he is synonymous with boxing and thats exactly the reason i think you guys like him not cuz of his abilities, in any other sport he wouldnt have a job. Also i did read that thread which is what inspired me to writ this thread. Boxing fans are overwhelmingly partial to anything merchant does when in reality they are just used to him and associate him with great fights they have seen. I think you're takin it to seriously.. the dudes funny as hell.. at least once you acquire a taste for the shit he says. But actually, hes had a long carreer in sports.. he was sports editor for the baltimor sun at a very young age actually.

This is hilarious but it just shows how much of a moron he is I think your a moron because you dont know what he means by it.

This is hilarious but it just shows how much of a moron he is lol.............

Larry Merchant knows his boxing. Merchant has probably forgot more fights than we have seen. And even if you don't like Merchant. At least he's better than Kellerman.

This is hilarious but it just shows how much of a moron he is

I dont have a problem with him, I liked that comment he made during the taylor pavlik fight where he said he had blood on his shirt so it must be a good fight lol

If there is a Heaven, I hope Larry Merchant commentates on everything that goes on up there. I couldn't think of a better way to spend eternity than shooting the shit with Larry Merchant. Don't get me wrong i love boxing and i love a HBO telecast as much as anyone i just think merchant is a terrible commentator. You guys are saying he is synonymous with boxing and thats exactly the reason i think you guys like him not cuz of his abilities, in any other sport he wouldnt have a job. Also i did read that thread which is what inspired me to writ this thread. Boxing fans are overwhelmingly partial to anything merchant does when in reality they are just used to him and associate him with great fights they have seen.

If there is a Heaven, I hope Larry Merchant commentates on everything that goes on up there. I couldn't think of a better way to spend eternity than shooting the shit with Larry Merchant.

Larry merchant is one of the worst commentators i have ever heard. He constantly misspeaks and stutters over his words, he makes analogy's that are far fetched and don't make sense, he is constantly asking boxers questions that are hard to decipher than gets mad when they don't answer right, hes always making mistakes when it comes to "in the ring" disputes Ie Knockdowns/ slips, whether or not someone is hurt stuff like that. I think you guys all like him because you like boxing so much and you are so used to him that you associate him with boxing. Im not saying if you like Larry merchant you dont know boxing but you definitely don't know sports commentary. Well, you would to if you were as drunk as he must get before the fights, lol. But seriously, anyone who doubts Larry's greatness neads to check this thread (if you havent already). http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=141696