Larry Merchant Is Garbage

leave larry alone hes like the old grandpar of hbo or something ................ old people are allowed to say things ............... there old !!!! they will be dead soon lol I agree. ---- The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 10 characters.

I thought Merchant was effing hilarious. It was like an insult comic instead of a commentator on there. I was entertained more by Larry's commentary than the fight. Even Lampley was getting his jabs in there as well. I look at Larry as a curmudgeonly old man who doesn't give a fuck and that's why I find him hilarious.

At the end of the day, people don't pay money to listen to Larry tell them how sh*t it is and how it's a waste of time.

merchant is hilarious his commentating was more entertaining than the fight

Then mute the damn volume if you can't stand him criticizing your princess boxers. These guys are getting paid extreme amounts of money by fans. If they suck, I have no problem with Larry Merchant saying they suck. And are you honestly going to say this fight was good AT ALL? Was it not deserving of ANY criticism? Doesn't need to be a blood bath, but if you talk the way David Haye does leading up to the fight, it better damn well be. Atleast Larry has the balls to call him out on it. You'd prefer we stroke these guys egos despite putting on a very weak performance that is not deserving AT ALL of 15 million dollars. I pay for my HBO subscription so I damn sure ain't putting a fight on mute. Also Larry is getting paid to. Because of these fighters, he has a f---ing job. F-ck Larry Merchant..............If you like him then thats good for you. I hate how he calls a fight period.

and being a total dick most of the time would turn them away because you're not building up your athletes regardless of how much talent and heart they lacks. Yes. Because Larry Merchant criticizing **** performances is worse, and drives away new fans than the boxers themselves putting on **** performances. :pat: Give me a ****ing break.

No smoke up the a$$ just shut the F---- up sometime. It's been old. I can't stand his same old crap each and every fight that is not a blood bath. Then mute the damn volume if you can't stand him criticizing your princess boxers. These guys are getting paid extreme amounts of money by fans. If they suck, I have no problem with Larry Merchant saying they suck. And are you honestly going to say this fight was good AT ALL? Was it not deserving of ANY criticism? Doesn't need to be a blood bath, but if you talk the way David Haye does leading up to the fight, it better damn well be. Atleast Larry has the balls to call him out on it. You'd prefer we stroke these guys egos despite putting on a very weak performance that is not deserving AT ALL of 15 million dollars.

I agree with the majority of the posters here. I thought Merchant really came off as a bitter ******* calling the fight. They were numerous times during the fight that I was wondering why can't this guy just shut the **** up. I think Floyd said it best during one of Merchant's interviews when he told him he's just a commentator who doesn't know **** about boxing.

At the end of the day, you have to show some utmost respect to each and every Boxers because they put their health on the line to entertaining us. It's okay call a fight as it is, but at the same time you'd want more new viewers to tune in to watch the Sport, and being a total dick most of the time would turn them away because you're not building up your athletes regardless of how much talent and heart they lacks.

Larry is grandpa Munster http://mediaelites.com/files/2010/04/Grandpa-Munster-from-The-Munsters.jpg

Larry Merchant is great. He has his biases, but he's not afraid to call it as it is. That's why I respect HBO the most. If a fight is ****ty, they'll call it ****ty. You will NEVER see them do that in Showtime. If it's a 'big fight' they will defend to the death how it's just a strategic mastery. You guys want smoke blown up your asses? I respect them for calling it how it is. These boxers are making EXTREME amount of money to put on a good show. If they fail to, atleast SOMEONE is holding them accountable. I don't feel like he was rude AT ALL during the post-fight interviews either. No smoke up the a$$ just shut the F---- up sometime. It's been old. I can't stand his same old crap each and every fight that is not a blood bath. He even criticizes boxers out fits. I remember Victor Ortiz came to the ring against Berto and big mouth Larry says Ortiz is trying to hard because he had the American and Mexican flag with his Kansas Jayhawk colors. What does what a fighter have on got to do with the fight.

How many times has Larry Merchant got in to it on air with Foreman and Jones? I can remember Roy saying some fighter reminded him of himself and big mouth Larry Merchant screams out on air that and I quote....(They might get knocked out roy) This was after Roy had already lost to Tarver and Johnson. Totally disrespectful.

Larry Merchant is great. He has his biases, but he's not afraid to call it as it is. That's why I respect HBO the most. If a fight is ****ty, they'll call it ****ty. You will NEVER see them do that in Showtime. If it's a 'big fight' they will defend to the death how it's just a strategic mastery. You guys want smoke blown up your asses? I respect them for calling it how it is. These boxers are making EXTREME amount of money to put on a good show. If they fail to, atleast SOMEONE is holding them accountable. I don't feel like he was rude AT ALL during the post-fight interviews either.

Which means he should know better than disrespect fighters, knowing what they go through to get in the ring. Merchant is an old fool, he has an excuse, Atlas doesn't that makes him worse. Not to mention Atlas seems to be driven by pure hatred and bias, Merchant just hates on performances No.......... He has every right. Boxers and trainers have every right to criticize. They can relate.

Say what you want about the Sky Sports commentators, but at least they shows more professional respect toward each and every Boxers fights that they televised. They may be more Pro-biased in favors of British Boxers, but they don't let their personal emotions get in the way as easily as the HBO commentating crew do.

Atleast Teddy Atlas has trained and boxed before. Larry just talks out his a$$. Which means he should know better than disrespect fighters, knowing what they go through to get in the ring. Merchant is an old fool, he has an excuse, Atlas doesn't that makes him worse. Not to mention Atlas seems to be driven by pure hatred and bias, Merchant just hates on performances

I am a HUGE Larry fan and was disgusted with him tonight. You'd never think he even remotely enjoyed boxing. Haye was fighting a defensive fight and had landed some good shots, and Larry actually said the fight was a "Waste of his time" only four or five rounds in. They need to retire this bitter old ******* that obviously hates the sport these days. That's the thing that pisses me off about him too. I agree that the fight was ****ty, but at least try to be professional by calling it instead of talking about your personal feelings. The guy is too grumpy at this point, and he need to call it a day. The Sky Sports commentators are just as biased as well, but at least they're more professional and most of the time respectful of every Boxers after their fights unlike Merchant.

Seems every network has a bitter old carnt commentator. HBO have Merchant, ESPN have Atlas (by far the worst right now), Showtime have Jim Gray, and I've heard a guy on Top Rank broadcasts disrespect fighters, Dave Von Tempo, but he's not that bad. I prefer the likable enthusiast type like Al Berstein, Mario Lopez, Ice Man Joe Scully, who almost never criticise a fighter and show upmost respect to everyone, but what can you do? Merchant does tell it how he sees it, and you have to respect that. Just be glad, it's Merchant and not a bull**** artist hypocrite like Teddy Atlas. Atleast Teddy Atlas has trained and boxed before. Larry just talks out his a$$.

Larry usually looks like he's had a little to drink to me. He's the old drunk grandpa on HBO. :alcoholic

I agree fukk Larry he's a piece of sh1t. All he does is run his mouth. He's a b1tch!