after the disqualification of roy jones agaisnt griffin, roy goes ona huge rant on how he hurt him and wanted to finish roy jones:..."i caught him with a right hand BOOOM I know i got him, boom" Larry Merchant: "did you get over eager roy?" Roy: (smiles happily) "yeah i was kinda over eager..." Larry: "becuase of all the frustrations you were having with him" Roy: ...(smile vanishes and he talks about somthing completly different)
"HIDE THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN, IF ANY OF THEM ARE STILL AWAKE"... Opening commentary for Pacquaio-Morales 3. The fight was so brutal, Larry couldn't have been more right.
"We're always wondering whether or not Golota is gonna stop throwing those banana-cream pies into his own face. It is a puzzlement."
Hopkins vs Tarver, at the start of the round where the knockdown happened: "Wake me up if something happens". At the end of the round Lampley tells him "how about that Larry" and he says: "Yeah, they woke me up"!
Larry Merchant will be on our local radio show tonight. 1240 ESPN, "Inside Boxing". Or catch it on the web, Type in WBBW. Click the listen live button. The show is from 6-7est.
I remember when Bob Papa (?) asked Larry who was going to win between Juan Diaz and Julio Diaz, his response was "Diaz."
After Forrest got the ''win'' over Quartey.....Vernon:''I wanna thank my team,my family,eeryone else who helped me....'' Larry:''Do you want to than kthe judges too?''