HBO Caves To Mayweather, Will Muzzle Merchant

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  1. pong

    pong Boxing Addict Full Member

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    http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/hbo-caves-to-mayweather-will-muzzle-merchant-29979
    if true what alot of bull****
     
  2. Juan Ma Lopez

    Juan Ma Lopez Active Member Full Member

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    Great news. Get that racist off my TV! **** Merchant!
     
  3. Leon

    Leon The Artful Dodger Full Member

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    Don't see what's bad about this. Merchant can still talk about what Mayweather does or did in the ring. Floyd's personal life isn't that interesting unless you're fascinated in beating women and poking security guards. Don't the majority of boxing fans like Mayweather the Boxer much more than they do Mayweather the man? If Floyd stops his opponent in style, Merchant can still AZZk Floyd to walk us through it. If Floyd causes controversy like the Ortiz fight, Merchant can still talk about that.
     
  4. bballchump11

    bballchump11 2011 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    Damnit :fire

    I wanted to hear 2 hours with of domestic abuse stuff and jail time. That was going to be great to hear. I don't have time for TMZ, so I go buy PPV boxing matches to get my info
     
  5. millertime1367

    millertime1367 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Caving to Mayweather would be to fire Merchant's dumb ass....so until they do that....I'm not satisfied
     
  6. Leon

    Leon The Artful Dodger Full Member

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    you forgot Jeremy Lin:hi::hi::hi:
     
  7. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    Fighters should never dictate the content discussed by commentators on a live broadcast to that extent. You're going to jail, you've taken long layoffs to deal with legal issues, you won't be back until November- all of those things are relevant to the landscape of the divisions surrounding welterweight and the pound-for-pound makeup of boxing itself.

    It's not that big a deal and it won't affect my enjoyment of the event, but it's just silly to make such a ban so extreme. A request should have been enough.
     
  8. slugger3000

    slugger3000 You Mad Bro? Full Member

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    Hopefully this pisses off Larry and he lets everyone know That "People don't see alot of action at a Floyd Mayweather fight" and "Cheers are seldom seen" :yep
     
  9. Slothrop

    Slothrop Boxing Junkie banned

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    Floyd Mayweather Jr. is a *****.
     
  10. Antwuan Maxx

    Antwuan Maxx Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    From Dan Rafael's chat yesterday :

     
  11. PityTheFool

    PityTheFool Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Is it really this bad on HBO?
    There have been many times when I wished we had HBO in the UK,but since Marquez-pac 3,I've had my doubts going on what people say here.
     
  12. BOXING DON

    BOXING DON Active Member Full Member

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    If they're gonna' put a ban on what the announcers can say, why can't the same be done for the fighters? Then we wouldn't have to hear all that fake-ass religious **** coming from their mouths, if I wanna' hear THAT ****, I'll go to church.
     
  13. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    I generally like the HBO commentary team a lot, it's only occasionally that one or some of them will exhibit excessive bias or just odd commentary. Merchant is hard to please in terms of exciting fights, but it's hardly ever an overwhelming hatred he exhibits against Mayweather.
     
  14. Lance_Uppercut

    Lance_Uppercut ESKIMO Full Member

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    If floyd doesn't want his personal life talked about, then the ignorant **** shouldn't do a 24/7, or talk about them himself.

    Insecure, ignorant, and immature. No wonder he attracts the dumbest ****s as fanboys. They strive to be him.
     
  15. bballchump11

    bballchump11 2011 Poster of the Year Full Member

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    He talked about how Floyd walking into the building with his kids was a "stunt" during a fight that didn't even have Floyd in it :verysad