One thing is clear to me...

[Kball15]

I know!!!! He kept saying the fact that Forbes has never been knocked down is a bad thing cause it means he takes no risks.

First of all he's not in there, and second of all i've seen Forbes fight agressive and very active in his 2 most recent fights, Hopkins and Bajado. AND Tonight he fought his ass off.

idk what Merchant was talking about.

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

you would think after all these years merchant would know more. but then look at how off the wall george foreman could get.something about being in front of the cameras.i listen to larry on pedros show and he's like intelligent.

i always thought you gave it straight when you announced scully. isnt that a good gig?
so dont see olivers next fight listed yet. is it still on?

Steel, yeah, Mike-Mike is on this Wednesday on ESPN-2. As for Foreman, I thought that there were many instances that he said things that people who really knew boxing would understand....and Larry would disagree or be perplexed. Same thing with RJ, he sometimes would say things that didn't make sense maybe to the average person but people who KNOW boxing understood what he said and how he meant it. Larry usually did not.

[Scoooter]

Merchant's drunken ramblings are still a million times better than anything that sweaty little weasel Kellemran has to offer.

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

I know!!!! He kept saying the fact that Forbes has never been knocked down is a bad thing cause it means he takes no risks.

First of all he's not in there, and second of all i've seen Forbes fight agressive and very active in his 2 most recent fights, Hopkins and Bajado. AND Tonight he fought his ass off.

idk what Merchant was talking about

EXACTLY.... I thought Forbes looked good at times letting his hands go. Larry has NO IDEA what it means to take risks...Forbes is a tiny man compared to ODLH.... he was within range for much of the night, stayed on the ropes and rolled with punches...forced Oscar at times to stop and regroup cuz' he wasnt landing solidly. Merchant doesnt recognize risks because he never had to take one in th ering before

[BMWM3P]

Larry Merchant is by far the better comentator on hbo, he pulls no punches and he'll ask anybody anything. And he was right on Forbes doesn't get knockdown because he takes no chances. He fights in spurts and he was just happy to get to a decision and a big paycheck at the end. He's not going to hug anybody's balls and he called Manny out on it.

[ICEMAN JOHN SCULLY]

Larry Merchant is by far the better comentator on hbo, he pulls no punches and he'll ask anybody anything. And he was right on Forbes doesn't get knockdown because he takes no chances. He fights in spurts and he was just happy to get to a decision and a big paycheck at the end. He's not going to hug anybody's balls and he called Manny out on it.

Please stop it....dont let Larry OF ALL PEOPLE tell us that Forbes didnt try hard...he tried with what he had...he threw what? 30 LESS punches overall than Oscar??

[PBF Mayweather]

I thought forbes fought his heart out and did some damage, if you look at oscars face it shows.

[Sweet Pea 50]

Please stop it....dont let Larry OF ALL PEOPLE tell us that Forbes didnt try hard...he tried with what he had...he threw what? 30 LESS punches overall than Oscar??

The don't knows, DON'T KNOW.
The ones that been in it, DO.
Merchant has seen some great fights. He is, by all means, a HISTORIAN.
Plain and simple.
As far as getting hit with a low blow, or a hook that turned into a elbow...
That muthaphucka knows NADA.
I take his ramblings at the most times as just that. A drunk, 1000 year old man, that Vin Scully would beat the **** out of....

[NachoMan]

Steward was doing some major league nuthugging of Oscar tonight. It just seemed so obvious. It wouldn't be that bad if didn't keep repeating the same thing every damn round.

I didn't hear any nuthugging. I heard a pretty accurate and objective assessment of Oscar's performance.

[freedom213]

Larry Merchant does NOT understand what it is to be a fighter, or what it is that is ACTUALLY going on inside the ring. Listening to him all these years... he comes off like he knows something but his knowledge of (actual) boxing is VERY limited

id say merchant doesnt even know what it feels like to take 1 hard punch let alone 200 or 300 and still keep fighting. I have 0 respect for him.