1.
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.
Larry Merchant
2.
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.
Larry Merchant
3.
Nothing will kill boxing, and nothing can save it.
Larry Merchant
4.
If I were 50 years younger, I would kick your ass
Larry Merchant
5.
Was it your strategy to just take as much punishment as you could and then hope he would fall down?
Larry Merchant
6.
To say he has a glass chin is an insult to glass.
Larry Merchant
7.
Just because you BEAT Michael Jordan doesn't mean you BECOME Michael Jordan.
Larry Merchant
8.
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.
Larry Merchant
9.
Betting stimulates the caring glands. That is where there is so much caring at the racetrack.
Larry Merchant
10.
Too much youth, hunger, mission, and talent.
Larry Merchant
11.
Fernando Vargas may have had a 6-pack in his stomach, but he didn't have a six-pack on his chin.
Larry Merchant
12.
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.
Larry Merchant
13.
Jameel McCline acts as if attacking Wladimir Klitschko is akin to attacking Russia during winter
Larry Merchant
14.
This fight figures to be crunk
Larry Merchant
15.
It's hard to break through the clutter of fighters out there trying to get attention.
Larry Merchant
16.
No use gambling if you can't lose your head once in a while.
Larry Merchant
17.
The thorough bred against a clamor, or rather the Porsche vs. the pickup truck.
Larry Merchant
18.
The Super Bowl is like Christmas shopping at Macy's for bookies.
Larry Merchant