Bloody Elbow Quote of The Night: Larry Merchant

by The Bronzeville Bully on Jan 24, 2009 10:40 PM EST

Oscar De La Hoya is in nearby Anaheim where his company got a 5 million dollar fee from a t-shirt maker, so that he can be personally involved in the promotion of a mixed martial art show. It would take that much to get me to go to one of those things.

Larry Merchant commenting on some interesting details in Golden Boy's involvement in Affliction Entertainment and trashing MMA on HBO's live broadcast of Margarito-Mosley encounter.

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Merchant always pisses someone off when he is air.

by Zocalo on Jan 25, 2009 12:26 AM EST reply actions

Fuck Larry Merchant.

by Derek Suboticki on Jan 25, 2009 12:28 AM EST reply actions 2 recs

I echo that. I’m a huge boxing fan as well so after DoR I had the Margs/Mos fight already DVR’d and ready to go. When we heard Merchants ignorant ass my house errupted lol. FUCK LARRY MERCHANT! GTFO and bring Max back in for good!

by xFenixKnightx on Jan 25, 2009 11:46 AM EST up reply actions

nicely put. FUCK that douche bag.

YAMATO DAMASHII

by R.T. on Jan 25, 2009 12:36 PM EST up reply actions

At first, I though $5M to get in an Affliction shirt. I would have agreed with him on that point.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett

by Scott C. Broussard on Jan 25, 2009 2:52 AM EST reply actions

Merchant is a real ass but if that is true then it sort of shoots down the whole “partnership” angle.

by who me on Jan 25, 2009 3:52 AM EST reply actions

I do wonder if it's true

But Larry Merchant is an old school boxing guy. He hates MMA and would love to sabotage anything to do with it.

by rainmaker6 on Jan 25, 2009 4:45 AM EST reply actions

Making that up really doesn’t “sabotage” MMA, heck even if it’s true him saying it doesn’t sabotage MMA. It is sort of a slap in the face to ODLH which he probably wouldn’t of said if it wasn’t true because that could come back and bite him in the ass. Of course Merchant could of been misinformed.

by who me on Jan 25, 2009 4:55 AM EST up reply actions

I have to mention that Merchant and Oscar hate each other. Oscar tired in vain to get him fired.

by Zocalo on Jan 25, 2009 11:39 AM EST reply actions

Merchant and Lampley shared a smug laugh, too

The thing that bothered me, apart from the two of them and their annoying vendetta against MMA, was that I’m sitting there watching a fight where Antonio Margarito tried to come to the ring with plaster of Paris on his wraps, apparently, yet it’s MMA that’s barbaric. Shut up, Larry.

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by Scott Christ on Jan 25, 2009 12:02 PM EST reply actions

It’s gonna be real interesting when the whole story with that plaster stuff comes to light. That is some shady shit right there.

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by Rundownloser on Jan 25, 2009 12:57 PM EST up reply actions

for real. And the way Merchant and Lampley casually brought it up and then left it alone the rest of the telecast was strange too. i was thinking..wait..the dude should have been disqualified and suspended for 2 years let alone get to defend his belt and make 3 mill.

by lbk on Jan 25, 2009 2:44 PM EST up reply actions

He’s talking out of his ass. De La Hoya is a superstar but nobody’s gonna nobody 5 million to sit there and look cool, not with the economy the way it is and the financial strife Affliction FC is dealing with. 5 million is more then their entire fighter payroll. So I just cant see it.

YAMATO DAMASHII

by R.T. on Jan 25, 2009 12:39 PM EST reply actions

I think the point is what they were paying Golden Boy not ODLH just for sitting in the crowd.

by who me on Jan 25, 2009 2:15 PM EST up reply actions

nobody’s gonna /\ pay nobody

YAMATO DAMASHII

by R.T. on Jan 25, 2009 12:40 PM EST reply actions

DOUBLE NEGATIVES FTW

YAMATO DAMASHII

by R.T. on Jan 25, 2009 12:55 PM EST reply actions

I tend to give Merchant a break....

Let’s face it, he’s in the twighlight of his life, and the sport that he loves so dearly is being usurped from it’s throne as the #1 combat sport around. It’s Lampley that bugs the piss out of me.

by Cmad77 on Jan 25, 2009 1:25 PM EST reply actions