Larry Merchant - How far is too far?

[Guest]

De La Hoya isn't white, he's a Mexican. His skin is close to white, but he's not a caucasian. Your point is kind of lost by mentioning De La Hoya.

Yeah, you have a point there. Though it's from the same basic genetic type, though, isn't it? (Going by the old way of breaking the human race down into four basic racial origins)

[Fareastwarrior]

Boy, if I was a fighter and that old fox would behave like a jurk in a post-fight interview I would smacked that old grumpy. It suprised me so far that none of a fighter have insulted that grumpy so far. He is crossing a line.

[ClydeErwinBarretto]

I have to say MERCHAND IS A DINGBAT! I am a PACFAN and do admit his defeat but MERCHANT wouldn't stop with the crap ass possible reasons that may have detered PAC from winning the fight. You can totally sense his one sided bias in the side of PAC. There was no reason to mention any of those things in the interview.

I liked how him and ROY sort of went at it as well after the mid rounds.

To be honest I've seen ROY comment/analyze a few times and find it really insightful. He really does notice things happening in the fight way before any of the other guys do.

[xrhythmxnxbluesx]

I have to say MERCHAND IS A DINGBAT! I am a PACFAN and do admit his defeat but MERCHANT wouldn't stop with the crap ass possible reasons that may have detered PAC from winning the fight. You can totally sense his one sided bias in the side of PAC. There was no reason to mention any of those things in the interview.

I liked how him and ROY sort of went at it as well after the mid rounds.

To be honest I've seen ROY comment/analyze a few times and find it really insightful. He really does notice things happening in the fight way before any of the other guys do.

cuz roy is a boxer he knows things lamp and merchant dont... and yes i am a pac fan too and a proud filipino... it was a great fight one of my favorite... but once i did hear about the gloves and **** like that... too bias... he didnt give morales any credit...

[adeelr]

I never liked larry merchant, his comments are usually very disrespectfull and seem more personnal than professional, when foreman and he are commenting together, merchant gets a little rude with him..if somebody wants proof of that watch the kevin kelley and naz fight and hear larry's comments on that one and also hear his comments during the naz vs. sanchez, he was being very onesided and calling naz a big mouth when he was clearing destroying his opponents.

[justin04]

I just thought of something - i wonder if some of Larry Merchant's abrasiveness isn't intentional... maybe they've set up a certain dynamic amongst the commentators on purpose: the nice guy who everyone likes, the harsh guy who pisses people off, and the old pro (foreman and now jones)...

also notice how merchant never clashes with lampley - he only argues and challenges foreman (and now jones)... that could be an intentional pattern, the guys on the flanks providing tension and disagreement and lampley in the center holding it together and making things run smoothly.

wow i spent way too much time thinking about that.

[BadMagick]

xrhythmxnxbluesx: Who is that in your avatar, and what fight is that from?

I can't stand Larry Merchant, or Ledderman. Ledderman put's De la Hoya ahead of Hopkins, when Hopkins was clearly winning, and so did Merchant. They both piss me off. Merchant is such a ****, too. He acts like he's some know-it-all boxing analyst and he's not.