Comments Thread For: Mayweather Rips Merchant: He Used To Be Drunk On Air

[thuggery]

Nothing new, Merchant was so drunk in some of the fights that He got cross eyed a few times and said some really ****** sht. Tyson told HBO very clearly that He did not want to be interviewed by Merchant anymore and walked away as soon as He saw him coming on. After a decade or more, He got his act together.. and probably got drunk after the fight and not during.
It was unprofessional and some times just ******.

He really is a senile incoherent old man with no regards to the quality of his interviews.

[Jedi Vader]

It's my round Bro's.

The drinks are on me!!

[anonymous2.0]

The one quote from Larry that will always stick out in my mind for whatever reason is the Hopkins vs Pavlik fight. It went something along these lines:

"Yesterday Bernard Hopkins said that this fight would be between a two construction workers for a sandwich. Will it be a turkey sandwich, or a roast beef sandwich?"

And then he chuckles at his own joke. Still to this day, I don't understand what he was talking about, and this was a few years ago. Larry has long been sliding down the slope since then.



But seriously, what does Larry bring to boxing that either enhances our viewing experience or bring in new fans?

[jaestix1]

Floyd a G......

[Alx.]

drunk on the mic like larry merchant

[Best in Boxing]

Tell us something we don't already know, Floyd.

Cheers

[brick wall]

i like larry merchant more when he's commentating and drunk.

[Check]

Larry can do what he wants. If he wanted to smoke a joint and be drunk, it would make boxing a better sport. LM is the reason I watch boxing.

[Check]

But hey HBO thinks its great to have someone that as the years pass sounds like he hates boxing more and more, as he talks about the fights he is watching.

HBO thinks it's great because Larry has a strong fanbase. If you look at this thread you will see LM has just as many fans as he does haters.

[GRUSTLER]

Larry Merchant has said some funny $h!t on air many times drunk as hell.