Larry Merchant - How far is too far?

[WinkyFan]

Larry Merchant can be a fool sometimes. The lack of respect he has shown towards Bernard Hopkins and Lennox Lewis irritates me. As a commentator he should not act bias. TRY BEEN MORE PROFESSIONAL LARRY.

[puppy_dogg]

he does'nt try to hide his bias towards certain fighters, which i dont like about him. he seemed happy when forrest was ko'd against mayorga, he was also gitty when jones got ko'd the first time. his smart ass comments get on my nerves to.

[Duncan]

Why should Merchant be objective?

Why should Merchant have to be objective?- he's an analyst, as so called "resident expert," not a blow-by-blow man actually calling the fight. He has never claimed to be anything other than that. Of course it is perfectly appropiate for him to be bias or to believe this or that. One just needs to keep that in mind when listening to him.

[WinkyFan]

Larry annoyed me because he couldn't even be slightly happy for Bernard when he beat Oscar. Bernard was happy and he ignored that ****** arrogant tone and expression Larry was giving him. If i would have been Bernard i would have told him to stick his interview up his butt or i would have been arrested for assault.

[Bombardier]

Bernard seems pretty amused by Larry most of the time. Did you see the interview after the Allen fight? Bernard was hilarious.

Having said that, the whole HBO crew was rooting for DLH that night and it was disgraceful. I also remember Larry saying something about how southpaws should basically all be killed which seemed pretty wacko.

[realtim]

They'll keep because look at this thread right now three pages.
He's contreversial i dont like him but i listen neway.
I think he does be disrespectful alot especially to mosley after the defeat he said he should practically go down a weight because he keeps getting beat at light middle.
I think he was right in that ocasion but it was how he said it.
If Mosley laid of the protein shakes and cut down on the weight training he could make 147 easily without losing the power. He fought a good fight against Wright if he just won those two or three rounds more. I like him as a fighter he's good. HOF for sure.

[jack_the_rippuh]

He wasn't too amused with Merchant after the Hakkar fight. But that time Merchant had a point, I believe he said something like, "It must be pretty embarrassing for boxing fans to see the undisputed middle-weight champion of the world calling out junior-middleweights for his next title defence."

[jabsRstiff]

Merchant.......He doesn't bother me.
I'm just glad Foreman is gone. He said some of the dumbest, most baseless **** ever said by an "analyst".
He made stuff up, & made me wonder how someone could spend so much time, so close-up, to the sport....yet be so clueless.

[jack_the_rippuh]

Merchant.......He doesn't bother me.
I'm just glad Foreman is gone. He said some of the dumbest, most baseless **** ever said by an "analyst".
He made stuff up, & made me wonder how someone could spend so much time, so close-up, to the sport....yet be so clueless.

I usually only noticed him being wrong when he tried to predict how another fighter was feeling. He would make good points when it came to "how to do this.." or "how to do that.." but I would pick him over Roy Jones Jr. I guess I just got use to him..

[DR. FREECLOUD]

I usually only noticed him being wrong when he tried to predict how another fighter was feeling. He would make good points when it came to "how to do this.." or "how to do that.." but I would pick him over Roy Jones Jr. I guess I just got use to him..

naw you didn't just get used to him. he made more sense than most of the other guys. and his "how to do this" was usually right on. and he gave excellent explanations. big george did make some crazy comments from time to time....but that was usually when it directed towards my fighter.