Larry Merchant quotes
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“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.”
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“Too much youth, hunger, mission, and talent.”
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“If I were 50 years younger, I would kick your ass”
-- Larry MerchantSource : "Analyst Larry Merchant to End Run With HBO Boxing After 35 Years" by Jose Martinez, www.complex.com. December 14, 2012.
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“Was it your strategy to just take as much punishment as you could and then hope he would fall down?”
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“To say he has a glass chin is an insult to glass.”
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“Fernando Vargas may have had a 6-pack in his stomach, but he didn't have a six-pack on his chin.”
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“Jameel McCline acts as if attacking Wladimir Klitschko is akin to attacking Russia during winter”
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“Just because you BEAT Michael Jordan doesn't mean you BECOME Michael Jordan.”
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“The thorough bred against a clamor, or rather the Porsche vs. the pickup truck.”
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“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.”
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“It's hard to break through the clutter of fighters out there trying to get attention.”
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“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.”
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“Nothing will kill boxing, and nothing can save it.”
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“Betting stimulates the caring glands. That is where there is so much caring at the racetrack.”
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“No use gambling if you can't lose your head once in a while.”
-- Larry MerchantSource : Larry Merchant (1973). “The national football lottery”
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“The Super Bowl is like Christmas shopping at Macy's for bookies.”
-- Larry Merchant
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