Larry Merchant Quotes

This fight figures to be crunk

The Super Bowl is like Christmas shopping at Macy's for bookies.

The thorough bred against a clamor, or rather the Porsche vs. the pickup truck.

Just because you BEAT Michael Jordan doesn't mean you BECOME Michael Jordan.

I don't think that boxing historians have been able to find a case in which a great fighter, or a fighter presumed to be a great fighter, came to such an ignominious end.

Nothing will kill boxing, and nothing can save it.

Jameel McCline acts as if attacking Wladimir Klitschko is akin to attacking Russia during winter

No use gambling if you can't lose your head once in a while.

Too much youth, hunger, mission, and talent.

Betting stimulates the caring glands. That is where there is so much caring at the racetrack.

If I were 50 years younger, I would kick your ass

It's hard to break through the clutter of fighters out there trying to get attention.

There are too many governing bodies. They're all corrupt. I think they have replaced the old Mobsters with the kind of 'corporate rule' of boxing.

To say he has a glass chin is an insult to glass.

Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and you tell the truth.

Fernando Vargas may have had a 6-pack in his stomach, but he didn't have a six-pack on his chin.

Was it your strategy to just take as much punishment as you could and then hope he would fall down?

Vitali Klitschko doesn't get enough credit for how intelligent he fights, because he knows when to throw at the target and when to throw through the target.