Why is Larry Merchant's final comment about a Showtime fight?

[Kid Achilles]

Tyson was and is still a hugely popular fight with the casual boxing fan. I have seen Teddy Atlas comment on past Tyson fights MANY times on ESPN even though Tyson never fought on that network. No one complains about that.

Who really cares if Merchant ended the broadcast with the Tyson bit? As someone said, at least Merchant has the backbone to say what's on his mind.

By the way, everything he said about Mike was true.

[Truth]

Tyson was and is still a hugely popular fight with the casual boxing fan. I have seen Teddy Atlas comment on past Tyson fights MANY times on ESPN even though Tyson never fought on that network. No one complains about that.

Who really cares if Merchant ended the broadcast with the Tyson bit? As someone said, at least Merchant has the backbone to say what's on his mind.

By the way, everything he said about Mike was true.

Some of what he said was true, but overall I think he sounded like a guy who just wanted to kick Tyson while he is down.

[Brother Mouzone]

at least Merchant has the backbone to say what's on his mind.

i would considered him having the backbone if he said that to tyson's face ..

[SuckaPunch]

i would considered him having the backbone if he said that to tyson's face ..

Merchant will say that Tyson's face if he has a chance. I still can't believe most people still don't know Larry Merchant. I'm not sure if it's really him or the alcohol talking but he's never had any problems saying **** to any fighter's face. Remember Lewis-Klitschko, he basically told Lewis in front of him, you were ****ty tonight, and then Lewis tried to grab the mic from Larry. And how Larry embarrasses Roy Jones everytime duuring their telecasts. Oh, Merchant's got backbone alright.

[Memorex]

Merchant will say that Tyson's face if he has a chance. I still can't believe most people still don't know Larry Merchant. I'm not sure if it's really him or the alcohol talking but he's never had any problems saying **** to any fighter's face. Remember Lewis-Klitschko, he basically told Lewis in front of him, you were ****ty tonight, and then Lewis tried to grab the mic from Larry. And how Larry embarrasses Roy Jones everytime duuring their telecasts. Oh, Merchant's got backbone alright.

in think its the other way around, roy jones embarrasses merchant on hbob4 during and after the fight

[Nautilus]

By the way, everything he said about Mike was true.

I agree. He spoke his mind honestly and I agreed with eveything Larry said.

[TheEvilSaint]

They trash Tyson on the Cotto fight against the PPV, now they trash him against the replay on the Tarver fight.

Pretty unprofessional, if you ask me, not to mention disrespectful to Glen & Antonio on a night they put on a good show...

larry merchant has a slow speech and a slow mind but hes not ******ed, although there might be evidence that he is. larry merchant and the whole HBO commentary team except for maybe roy jones and emmanuel steward, are biased and opinionated. they insult certain fighters, even fighters they dont work with, they horribly score fights, and they even get into arguements with each other during certain fights.

ignore larry merchant, he should be fired.

[neils7147933]

larry merchant has a slow speech and a slow mind but hes not ******ed, although there might be evidence that he is. larry merchant and the whole HBO commentary team except for maybe roy jones and emmanuel steward, are biased and opinionated. they insult certain fighters, even fighters they dont work with, they horribly score fights, and they even get into arguements with each other during certain fights.

ignore larry merchant, he should be fired.

Roy Jones is biased too, especially when it comes to his buddies. I thought he was going jump into the ring and make out with Winky during the Trinidad fight...

[Boxerdog]

I would rather have a guy that stirs up the pot than a bunch of zombies. I always liked Cosell and his ability to "tell it like it is!" I realized it was just his opinion and agree or disagree he made me smile. Larry makes me smile too...sometimes unintentionally.
I just dislike two types....the guys like Jim Grey who come off like weasels and the guys like Roy who can barely speak coherently.

[Konstantin]

Well Roy knows what hes talking about better than Larry. During the Ike Quartey fight Larry was like Phillips is tired he doesnt have pop anymore and Jones said hes still dangerous. He said it a couple times and right after he said it Quartey got knocked down. Jones is a good comentator because knows whats happening in the ring.