Merchant and Lampley postfight comments OUTRAGEOUS!!

[DiegoFuego]

Showtime kicked HBO's ass tonight. The Marquez brothers put on one heck of a show. Showtime TKO5 HBO.

yeah but it's because they had much crappier fighters going at it. I always go to the local boxing events because when both guys are on about the same level with something to prove, they go ****ing nuts on each other like it sounds like the Marquez brothers did. But man **** Rafael until he fights at a real weight. It's like damn I could go to a high school and beat the **** out of little freshman all day and I wouldn't expect anybody to call me great. JMM is just a big ***** who struggled for a while with a guy named Terdsak.

[Kball15]

no it wasnt all he did was do volume of punches with no intention to affect the other person,jus showing off for the judges

first time seeing a fight live, im very much influenced by the crowd.

the crowd was extremely "anti-forrest" and very "pro-quartey." Everytime quartey landed a punch the crowd erupted. Everytime forrest landed a punch there were small cheers from a group of people in the front

[DiegoFuego]

first time seeing a fight live, im very much influenced by the crowd.

the crowd was extremely "anti-forrest" and very "pro-quartey." Everytime quartey landed a punch the crowd erupted. Everytime forrest landed a punch there were small cheers from a group of people in the front

I understand where you're coming from. My first live fight was Tyson vs. Danny Williams in 2004, and that fight was just crazy for me. I called it the heavyweight fight of the year at the time, which may or may not have been true. I mean the only other fights people listed up there with it were Byrd-Golota (which was a great fight) and Vitali-Sanders (which was a joke).

[Dirt E Gomez]

Figured I'd comment here since you're more likely to see it. You're crazy Diego. You suggested it was crazy that neither fighter tried harder considering it's such a crossroads in their career. What do you think Ike was trying to do? Forrest was not just moving away, he was practically running away for half of each round. So unless you want Ike to pull out some Dali-esk moves and extend his arms to punch him across the ring it wasn't happening. Forrest was not willing to engage, and hardly willing to box.

Also, Merchant and Lampley didn't do anything crazy. They're paid to talk, without scripts, for a couple of hours. They've gotta' say something so it's not dead air and they usually don't have time to think about what they're about to say. They assumed they were being funny.... I guess you thought they were serious?

[DiegoFuego]

Figured I'd comment here since you're more likely to see it. You're crazy Diego. You suggested it was crazy that neither fighter tried harder considering it's such a crossroads in their career. What do you think Ike was trying to do? Forrest was not just moving away, he was practically running away for half of each round. So unless you want Ike to pull out some Dali-esk moves and extend his arms to punch him across the ring it wasn't happening. Forrest was not willing to engage, and hardly willing to box.

Also, Merchant and Lampley didn't do anything crazy. They're paid to talk, without scripts, for a couple of hours. They've gotta' say something so it's not dead air and they usually don't have time to think about what they're about to say. They assumed they were being funny.... I guess you thought they were serious?

Lampley was dead serious at the end. He was pissed off, and he's not supposed to be like that. Merchant always does at least one thing weird, but when he was alone in the ring with his final thought, everyone in the room I was in was just bursting with laughter. I seriously thought he was going to ask me to adopt a starving African baby.

[HendrixLove]

yeah but it's because they had much crappier fighters going at it. I always go to the local boxing events because when both guys are on about the same level with something to prove, they go ****ing nuts on each other like it sounds like the Marquez brothers did. But man **** Rafael until he fights at a real weight. It's like damn I could go to a high school and beat the **** out of little freshman all day and I wouldn't expect anybody to call me great. JMM is just a big ***** who struggled for a while with a guy named Terdsak.

Yeah.....that's a huge size advantage.....


Why don't you say the same for Corrales?.....

You must be the biggest Mexican hater on this fourm.

[DiegoFuego]

Yeah.....that's a huge size advantage.....


Why don't you say the same for Corrales?.....

You must be the biggest Mexican hater on this fourm.

I like Mexican fighters that earn my respect. Here's the problem

1) Barrera - ducking Pacquiao since 2003
2) Morales - makes too many excuses when he loses
3) JM Marquez - ducking Pacquiao since 2004 to fight nobodies
4) Castillo - if I need an explanation, you MUST be a biased Mexican
5) Margarito - best win is against Cintron when he could be fighting Clottey, Ouma, Harris, Collazo, etc.

as you can see, none of these guys have done anything lately to earn my respect. a couple of them can never win my respect back.

[HendrixLove]

I like Mexican fighters that earn my respect. Here's the problem

1) Barrera - ducking Pacquiao since 2003
2) Morales - makes too many excuses when he loses
3) JM Marquez - ducking Pacquiao since 2004 to fight nobodies
4) Castillo - if I need an explanation, you MUST be a biased Mexican
5) Margarito - best win is against Cintron when he could be fighting Clottey, Ouma, Harris, Collazo, etc.

as you can see, none of these guys have done anything lately to earn my respect. a couple of them can never win my respect back.

Like they even know you exist,lol. I can see why you would hate on Castillo but I can't after following his great career so far, I'd be a punk to turn my back on him, but you have yet to prove Rafael's "HUGE" size advantage........

[gnostic19]

All right, I know the Forrest-Quartey result tonight was a bit bizarre, but even more bizarre to me was the ridiculous comments from Merchant and Lampley.

Merchant is in the ring talking about how two African fighters can't both win on the same card, how they aren't as talented and well-schooled but are such hardworkers. Is Merchant a ****ing African fighter sympathizer or something? We know that Ouma and Quartey are good fighters, but what was up with that ****? I expected some piano to be playing in the background while Larry tried to persuade me to adopt an African child.

Lampley dissed U.S. soccer twice, the first time it was hilarious, the second time it was hate-filled. Larry said that since Ghana beat the U.S., maybe Quartey would take Forrest out. Lampley quickly adds, "but the U.S. is world-class in boxing", which I thought was hilarious because our soccer team sucks BALLS (even though we were the only team that played Italy, the champions, and didn't lose to them). The second comment about how maybe the judges picking Forrest over Quartey was a way to get back at Ghana for beating the U.S was just insane.

Maybe these guys are just getting old, but they were off the mark tonight.

While I'm at it, Harold Lederman's scorecard for the Forrest-Quartey fight was god awful. He'd give Quartey a couple rounds that Forrest won and make up for it by giving Forrest a round that Quartey won.

HBO ****** ass tonight. Boxing After Dark's team has been showing the geezers up lately if you ask me.

yeah, that soccer refernece was pulled out of his ass. Where that came from i don't know. A reach.

[Hitman932]

i personally think american boxers are currently as big of underachievers as the american soccer team. lampley needs to get his **** straight.