39 Quotes by Larry Merchant

I haven't seen Johnson enough in the past to know, but he's a guy who's fought all these years, 16 years, finally gets a title, he's fighting for his biggest payday, he's still fighting back in occasional flurries, just as Jimmy Garcia did when he fought Gabe Ruelas. So he was still fighting back, Every time he went back to the corner he seemed to be going slower and slower. In fact I did mention after the eighth, ninth round that he sorta wobbled onto his stool. So the signs were there and it's in the hands of the referee.

He's so good, you wonder what's wrong with him.

Too much youth, hunger, mission, and talent.

The Super Bowl is like Christmas shopping at Macy's for bookies.

No use gambling if you can't lose your head once in a while.

It's hard to break through the clutter of fighters out there trying to get attention.

The thorough bred against a clamor, or rather the Porsche vs. the pickup truck.

This fight figures to be crunk

Jameel McCline acts as if attacking Wladimir Klitschko is akin to attacking Russia during winter