Larry Merchant famous quotes

03-28-2025

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

#Thinking #Boxing #Body
Too much youth, hunger, mission, and talent.
-- Larry Merchant

#Too Much #Youth #Talent
If I were 50 years younger, I would kick your ass
-- Larry Merchant

#Years #Boxing #Ass
Was it your strategy to just take as much punishment as you could and then hope he would fall down?
-- Larry Merchant

#Fall #Punishment #Boxing
To say he has a glass chin is an insult to glass.
-- Larry Merchant

#Glasses #Boxing #Insult
Fernando Vargas may have had a 6-pack in his stomach, but he didn't have a six-pack on his chin.
-- Larry Merchant

#Boxing #May #Six Packs
This fight figures to be crunk
-- Larry Merchant

#Fighting #Figures
Jameel McCline acts as if attacking Wladimir Klitschko is akin to attacking Russia during winter
-- Larry Merchant

#Winter #Russia #Attacking
Just because you BEAT Michael Jordan doesn't mean you BECOME Michael Jordan.
-- Larry Merchant

#Mean #Jordan #Beats
The thorough bred against a clamor, or rather the Porsche vs. the pickup truck.
-- Larry Merchant

#Porsche #Truck #Thorough
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

#Eye #Guy #Looks
It's hard to break through the clutter of fighters out there trying to get attention.
-- Larry Merchant

#Trying #Attention #Fighter
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

#Thinking #Boxing #Able
Nothing will kill boxing, and nothing can save it.
-- Larry Merchant

#Boxing
Betting stimulates the caring glands. That is where there is so much caring at the racetrack.
-- Larry Merchant

#Caring #Gambling #Glands
No use gambling if you can't lose your head once in a while.
-- Larry Merchant

#Gambling #Use
The Super Bowl is like Christmas shopping at Macy's for bookies.
-- Larry Merchant

#Shopping #Christmas Shopping

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