Merchant Petition

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Who would like to keep this guy from ever talking on telivision? Lampley has to be frustrated when Merchant starts rambling about whatever it is he is rambling about. He talks so slow I lose the point of what he is saying. Well those are my thoughts. Agree or disagree let me know.

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Who would like to keep this guy from ever talking on telivision? Lampley has to be frustrated when Merchant starts rambling about whatever it is he is rambling about. He talks so slow I lose the point of what he is saying. Well those are my thoughts. Agree or disagree let me know.

Disagree, I would rather see Roy jones off the HBO airwaves way before they ever consider taking Merchant off.

Say what you want about the mans approach or delivery, he knows boxing and I for 1 like listening to what comes out of that mouth of his.

[Bozo_no no]

Merchant is a rambling drunk who's become more and more incoherent in the last few years.

His gin induced pauses are overshadowed only by his obvious and tiresome attempts at desperatly trying to sound poetic.

He does know boxing, but he's so full of himself and drunk that he's almost completely unwatchable.

HBO is getting worse and worse each year. They are completly biased, and when they're not riding one fighters jock as per their agenda, they're rambling on and on and on talking about something that's completely distracting the casual viewers as to what's currently happening while they're listening to themselves speak about something they think they noticed several moments earlier.

Time for him to go.

[RiverCityMike]

Merchant has some years on him now, so I think that he forgets what he's talking about sometimes, but he's still one of the best at what he does. I've always liked him. I haven't always agreed with him, but that shouldn't be expected.

When speaking of Merchant, does anyone else remember when someone tried to grab the mic from Merchant while he was doing a post-fight interview and Larry shoved him to the ground? I don't even remember which fight it was, but what was funny about it was his hair. It fell into his face when he shoved the guy and then with one brush of his hand was back in perfect place.

[drez24]

First off, there is a middle ground between loving and hating someone. Second, the one thing I do like about Larry is he asks the tough questions to fighters afterward, and tries not to let them off the hook if they dodge it. However, most fighters end up dodging questions anyway, which is his only strong point. Also, I don't like how he disrespects fighters either. It's one thing to cut off a fighter who drones on and on about who he thanks, its another to cut them off right after they say, "I'd like to thank..." after being in a battle in the ring.

And yes, I agree with what bozo had to say.... their bias is sickening.

[TuPrincipe]

HBO's bias is really sickening. It's quite clear they have there own agenda.

I want big george back because He knew what He was talking about, and although he was absent-minded at times, He knew the sport inside and out.

A classic example of Merchant's bias:
He scored Hopkins - Taylor 116 - 112. He was one of THREE out of 20 or so that thought Taylor won the fight. He needs to get his eyes checked, along with anyone who scored the fight for Taylor.

[RiverCityMike]

I'll tell you who should be petitioned is Jim Gray (I think that is how he spells his last name). He's a fool. He tries to ask the tough questions, which is something that Merchant is able to do tactfully without disrespect, but Gray almost always offends. I've watched him offend boxers for years, but never heard anyone complain until he harrassed Pete Rose a few years back. One of the most memorable moments of his bad tact was when he got the interpreter shoved by Julio Cesar Chavez when he asked, "Why did you quit?" after the De La Hoya fight.

Merchant is miles above this bum and many others, still to this day.

[drez24]

HBO's bias is really sickening. It's quite clear they have there own agenda.

I want big george back because He knew what He was talking about, and although he was absent-minded at times, He knew the sport inside and out.

A classic example of Merchant's bias:
He scored Hopkins - Taylor 116 - 112. He was one of THREE out of 20 or so that thought Taylor won the fight. He needs to get his eyes checked, along with anyone who scored the fight for Taylor.

You want to talk bias? go back and watch the Hopkins Taylor fight. at almost every exchange where both landed equal punches, Lampley says, "And taylor gets off a nice jab," or when Hopkins gets the better of the exchange, Lampley would not say anything and do a call back like, "You know it's intersting when you look at the mentality of both fighters coming into the fight" or some bull**** like that, completely disregarding some nice Hopkins punches. It's probably why a lot of people had Taylor winning the first fight (casual fans).

[TuPrincipe]

You want to talk bias? go back and watch the Hopkins Taylor fight. at almost every exchange where both landed equal punches, Lampley says, "And taylor gets off a nice jab," or when Hopkins gets the better of the exchange, Lampley would not say anything and do a call back like, "You know it's intersting when you look at the mentality of both fighters coming into the fight" or some bull**** like that, completely disregarding some nice Hopkins punches. It's probably why a lot of people had Taylor winning the first fight (casual fans).

It was like that with Toney - Ruiz also. Ruiz was peppering Toney with jabs in the first 3 rounds, but HBO never mentioned this once. Toney won that fight, but not in the dominating fashion that they made it out to be.

As much as I like Lampley's voice, he doesn't know his boxing. He seems like a muppet to me. And that clown Lederman, He is a joker. The only round's he ever gets right are the clear-cut ones.

[Grimgash]

HBO's bias is really sickening. It's quite clear they have there own agenda.

I want big george back because He knew what He was talking about, and although he was absent-minded at times, He knew the sport inside and out.

A classic example of Merchant's bias:
He scored Hopkins - Taylor 116 - 112. He was one of THREE out of 20 or so that thought Taylor won the fight. He needs to get his eyes checked, along with anyone who scored the fight for Taylor.

Most polls have the win going to taylor.....so I dont know who needs to get thier eyes checked....some people look for different things in juding a fight, most people rate agressiveness wayyyyy above the other 3 ...