Merchant Petition

[Grimgash]

Oh yeah as for Larry I like him at times, and at times hate him, it's all whats coming out of his mouth i guess. Lampley, Roy, and Merchant do a pretty good job together I think. Atleast they say more than, xxx threw a punch, its round 8......xxxxx was knocked down /shrug

[TuPrincipe]

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 ...

Most people as in average boxing fans?

Most of the credible sources believed Hopkins won the fight. Sure he was on his tail for half of the fight, but He clearly had more ring generalship, and every punch he threw had purpose.

For christs sake, Taylor only landed 19% of his punches.

[Grimgash]

Most people as in average boxing fans?

Most of the credible sources believed Hopkins won the fight. Sure he was on his tail for half of the fight, but He clearly had more ring generalship, and every punch he threw had purpose.

For christs sake, Taylor only landed 19% of his punches.

Yes average boxing fans Although I forget where...but there was someone discribing juding to pro rookie, and said yadayadayada with emphasis on effective agressivness. I agree it was close but I had Taylor winning 7 rounds to 5...people see it differently I guess, btw why are we arguing on B-Hop Taylor I on a Larry Merchant thread? : /

[TuPrincipe]

Yes average boxing fans Although I forget where...but there was someone discribing juding to pro rookie, and said yadayadayada with emphasis on effective agressivness. I agree it was close but I had Taylor winning 7 rounds to 5...people see it differently I guess, btw why are we arguing on B-Hop Taylor I on a Larry Merchant thread? : /

Taylor was agressive, but He wasn't landing anything.

I can't stress enough Taylor only landed 19% of his shots, most of which were jabs. Bernard clearly landed the more powerful and telling blows.

[RiverCityMike]

Taylor was agressive, but He wasn't landing anything.

I can't stress enough Taylor only landed 19% of his shots, most of which were jabs. Bernard clearly landed the more powerful and telling blows.

I must agree here. Me and my father have fought about all this same stuff since the fight. (My father is a Taylor fan). I quote the punchstats to him all the time, but he's right when he says that Hopkins gave up too many early rounds doing nothing. Taylor didn't do much either, but Hopkins did nada, rien, not ****. We can't score fights by total punches landed when one guy outlanded the other for 7 of 12 rounds.

[cmason]

i've said it before on this forum, HBO need to get rid of their boxing team, including jones who just mumbles. lampley has to be reminded at the start what sport he's commentating on, and then just reads compubox figures all night. by the time merchant has got a point across the fitters are taking the ring down, and lederman could'nt judge a fight with a gun to his head.
in the week which has seen the death of george best, someone should take merchants glass away, he's pickled.

[Truth]

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.

No, Larry Merchant is a great boxing mind...

[TheEvilSaint]

even my mom hates him, he talks too damn slow and is such an *******.

[DiegoFuego]

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.

This definitely separates smart boxing fans from ****ing idiots. Roy has never been wrong on an HBO telecast as a commentator. Do you realize that? Everything he has ever said has come true. He said Winky would dominate Trinidad and we didn't believe. He said Trinidad would KO Mayorga with a body shot (said it in the first ****ing round)! I remember him saying a straight right from Hopkins would flatten Allen, and lo and behold one round later it did. Roy is a ****ing genius. Best commentator ever.

[DiegoFuego]

If Roy gave predictions for every fight, I'd make a killing on betting. The only time I wouldn't listen is when he talks about himself.