All Due Respect, but Larry Merchant must Go

[-Kev-]

Larry is great

He asks the questions that nobody else would have the balls to ask

Yeah like "How would your brother feel about this loss"

He was trying to ask Katsidis like, look you couldn't even win for your dead brother. That's how Merchant came off to me. That's an asshole move right there.

[markfrombrookly]

For One... Hernandez is a BUM. And Secondly, Merchant wasn't giving Litzau the thumbs down he was giving Lou DiBella the thumbs down because DiBella was screaming that Cab got robbed in the scorecards. Merchant was screaming back at him then got tired of yelling and did the thing with his 2 thumbs down. Litzau was talking to Steward and Lampley who was sitting next to Merchant. Stop making up your own facts.

[HaglerSteelChin]

For One... Hernandez is a BUM. And Secondly, Merchant wasn't giving Litzau the thumbs down he was giving Lou DiBella the thumbs down because DiBella was screaming that Cab got robbed in the scorecards. Merchant was screaming back at him then got tired of yelling and did the thing with his 2 thumbs down. Litzau was talking to Steward and Lampley who was sitting next to Merchant. Stop making up your own facts.

He was giving thumbs down to the figther's face, the man has been behind Cameras for nearly 40 years, and should have better judgment than that.

Dibella in after thought said that Cab lack of conditioning and losing to an inferior opponent cost him the fight, after i told him it was a draw.

[REMOVED SHARK 97]

Larry: If you have a problem, turn off your station!

[old cat]

Larry is great

He asks the questions that nobody else would have the balls to ask

that right!

People complain about the most foolish crap.

Larry is an old school word smith.

by the way, his crankiness is endearing.

[HaglerSteelChin]

I guess you would rather him just say what HBO would want him to say which is Berto is the future, it was an amazing win over a very proven fighter with great ko power, and he would be a real test for Pac.

Or Merchant can do this this instead:

1)Call up his boss Greenburg and say can you please refuse to air Berto fights when he is in the ring with lousy opponents, as you did when you refuse to show the last Klitschko fights.

2) Or very simply REFUSE to be part of the broadcast, if he can simply be a professional while doing his job and is so against the fight, he can get make an amicable arrangement to get out or modify his contract. Roy Jones could have been there with Steward or Lampley instead.

[The Gambler1981]

Freddy Hernandez is kind of a bum. It's like Pavlik beating up Rubio or some ***** like that, doesn't prove a damn thing.

Except Pavlik let Rubio hang around while Berto got rid of his bad opponent like yesterdays garbage.

Which is what he was suppose to do, if you are in with trash do them like trash. Which not everybody does like Pavlik against Rubio. Or in the previous fight Litzau against Cabellero, which Cabellero obviously did not take as seriously as Litzau did.

He doesn't have to lavish praise on Berto for beating up trash but no reason to dog him for doing his job~ and that punch would have hurt a lot of fighters not just scrubby ones.

[JONESJR22]

Agree with all points except the Berto point.

[WarriorSoul]

I would only agree with the last part, I think Larry asking Kat about his brother in that manner is a little disrespectful.

[LoStranger]

i've always hated yes not dislike hated Larry Merchant please just die or go which ever comes first

I dnt even watch HBO Commentary anymore it just sucks

Merchant is a troll end of