Nah buddy he got those fights de la Hoya and Trinidad took the fights at the weight class and both lost Hopkins was much bigger he did eventually move up and did bigger things but let’s not forget
Know larry won the argument backed by george who said not much in the fight so larry won argument backed by George just cause you wanted bernad to win doesn't mean he won foreman said this was a terrible night backing larry so your wrong on this
Ray Heffner, They are just salty that Hopkins defended himself. He beat dudes ass and kept his body intact. Not everyone can hit as hard as Foreman or go be in as many wars as him without negatively impacting the rest of their lives.
And destroyed the sport of boxing by avoiding legitimate challenges and stringing out a long, stage-managed championship reign fighting the Hakkars of the world. What a legend!
Man, Larry Merchant has the audacity to talk to Bernard Hopkins like that while he's holding his daughter. That's fucked up. You don't disrespect a man in front of his child like that. That's cowardly.
Frederick Wells I think you can tell by his demeaner and how he bit his lip when Larry cut him off that he kept his cool because he had his daughter in his hands
@@Alphasports576 that’s not asking tough question that’s being rude and a fucking hater. He answered all his questions and Larry hater merchant got butthurt.
@@Alphasports576 Your response had no relevance to the comment you responded to. It’s cool tho. Some time has passed, hopefully your comprehension skills have gotten a lot better. Have a great life sport.
Ray Heffner He breaks his hand, his career is over. He has a trade., a skill. He cant sit home and collect a check. He doesnt have employees. He has to fight. He is rich, but working class living upper class life.
@@DmanDice well now he can't talk for a year he said if fury won he would not talk for a year that might be a good thing for golden boy this guy says stuff all the time and is proved wrong
I remember this! Hopkins was right and he was actually holding back and delivered his response with respect. Merchant was an instigating jealous spectator who was constantly insulting boxers he wasn’t a fan of.
He doesn't have to box he played football at Oklahoma and was really good at what he did for a long time played football at a football power house and has a degree and worked his way to a great boxing commentary job straight facts he is a millionaire talking boxing oh yeah he won the argument
No he knows plenty he did that job for like 30 years cause he is good at what he does he ask tough questions what your spouse to do he is not there to kiss the boxers butts he knows more about boxing then 99 percent of the population oh yeah this made for great tv they both had good points if your objective oh yeah guy he fought was garbage like george said nothing in the fight at all he said what Larry said so george and larry were right nothing in the fight at all oh yeah I watched the fight Larry and George were right
@@Pittsportboy yea they jealous millionaire genius who skipped 2 grades played college football at Oklahoma and gets paid millions to cover boxing all these are facts look it up great life he has
George Foreman laughing his ass off at Bernard's last comment to Merchant was hilarious, and tells you all you need to know about how Larry's peers feel about him. Lol
Larey skipped two grades in school he is sooo smart far from ignorant larry most of time right Larry a millionaire talking boxing better athlete then most played college football at Oklahoma at 17
I'm pretty sure he says are you part of the system or are you with us saying part of the system or with the system twice doesn't make any sense. He's trying to make the distinction which he probably already knows the answer that Larry merchant is with the brass the money side of the company he don't care about the fighters at all. So whichever thing he said that's what he was meaning.
Larry is a millionaire and a former college football player at Oklahoma he won foreman said this was a terrible night backing larry George and larry won nobody wants to see fights like that hurt the sport bernard got beat by larrybacked by foreman
Ray Heffner, Have you seen the fight? It was a great night for Hopkins, he retained his undisputed title and did it without a mark on his face. He would’ve knocked him out if Hakkar’s promoter didn’t stop the fight. Some people can do nothing wrong and still be treated like they did everything wrong. If he lost every round took a beating and stopped him in the last round like Mike Weaver did to John Tate they would revere him. That would be an actually terrible night for the man. He’s was just doing his job to keep his titles.
Xavier the Boxing Nerd Larry come off like an idiot for the simple fact that he said “I can assure you that it won’t happen again” like he’s the one cutting Hopkins a check. And then said “Well you got paid for not doing much” the job of an interviewer is to ask questions, granted he is a commentator as well but his opinion wasn’t warranted in that moment, Hopkins didn’t ask for Merchants opinion on his performance nor did it matter. That was his way of trying to get the last word off, and he still failed cause you’re interviewing Bernard Hopkins 😂
I Love it when I heard Bernard say it live on TV and to this day it was still excellent he was just doing his job , such a excellent come back at Merchant !!!
They Had A Problem With Bernard Hopkins Fighting Smaller Fighters But They Have No Problems With Trying To Make Mayweather Jump Up To 160 To Fight GGG When Mayweather Fights In 147 Smh HBO Ain't Shit But A Bunch Of Hypocrites
Neno Belliard mayweather made JMM move up 2 divisions and fought a small 140lb Hatton and guerrero. Floyd never fought a prime killer in his career. Ducked ton of fighters and faced many fighters past their peak. GGG would go down to 154lb to fight him but Floyd don't take risky fights.
King Loco canelo the guy who can't cut off the ring and has feet like wet cement. He had one good win coming into that fight which was against Trout. He didn't impress much in that one.
@@MultiKadafi First off that is not entirely true. Mayweather is great because he fought who he had to fight and beat them all. He fought Maidana, Zab Juddah, and Hatton in their primes (Just to name a few). As much as I like GGG he would not go down in weight to fight anyone. GGG has stayed is whole career in middleweight and that is not going to change. If you do not like Mayweather that is fine but weather you like it or not he is one of the best ever.
Extremely disrespectful interviewer. A legendary boxer who just won a fight, stands with his young daughter and has to listen to these attacking, trolling questions
I dont get what Merchant expects Hopkins to do in all seriousness. Give up his title so he doesnt fight this guy? Mandatory fights are a part of boxing. If that guy earned a mandatory, he SHOULD get his shot. Just another example of Larry trying to be holier than thou
Larry if you have powers other than being a commentator !!!! Larry is the most insulting speaker ever....and he is nothing else than just a speaker !!! So is jim lampley....behind his microphone......the only one in there who has the right to speak is George Foreman....
This was when I fell in love with Bernard, and is the best example of how no member of the hbo commentary team had a clue about how boxing works and I’m including George Foreman in that
BHop held his own but Larry a legend for calling out the bullshit. Larry should have called out HBO first for paying for that trash ass fight, but Hopkins deserved that for toying with a bum for 12 rounds and wasting everybody's time. Hopkins went on to do much bigger and better things. I'll always respect Larry for not being easily impressed and keeping it G-real with fighters
At 2:12, "Isn't it embarrassing for the middleweight champion of the world to be calling out junior middleweight champions?" Why didn't Larry Merchant ever ask that question to GGG when he called out Mayweather and Pacquiao, two small welterweight, and never called out Andre Ward or Sergey Kovalev?
Gone from HBO, but he would still pop up in interviews and as an announcer for other promotions, which made you wonder if he was retired or dismissed, offering his bias opinions. And he wasn't retired when GGG big middleweight ass was calling out small welterweights such as Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, and he never criticized GGG for that.
People take this way too personally, they were both right in their own way. Hopkins didn't want to give up his WBC title and Merchant prefers big fights to take precedence over mandatories. Neither disagreed Hakkar was a weak opponent.
Hakkar did not belong in the ring, but a mandatory is a mandatory. Merchant was always an idiot. He always wanted to see fighters fight others outside of their weight class. He begged Mayweather to fight a smaller Manny for over a 8 years, but here has saying a 6 pound difference is too much.
Larry Merchant was talking nonsense! He's not an athlete, and has the nerve to criticize a man's opponents or claim he is doing "nothing" All of the WORK that goes into being a professional fighter demands a commitment that must won't ever fathom, especially not Larry . Bernard is fighting who's there. Plus, Larry doesn't get to tell anybody what to say and not to say with his old- fashioned prejudice ass. There's nothing embarrassing about winning a fair fight in one of the HARDEST sports in history. Combat sports are no easy hustle, and anyone who excels in that field deserves respect if nothing else.
Bernard is 100% right. He doesnt fight and they strip him. Larry has zero comments to reply. Then he wants to fight all the players...guess what politics come in and say this and that and money comes to play! Exactly, junior MW are middleweight. 5lbs non sense...Best line....imma get paid tonight...lol
Middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins was calling out for junior middleweights, a lower weight class. In his defense, junior middleweights were considered full middleweights once upon a time.
Why is everyone mad at Hopkins??? I dont know the whole story behind all this but its not like he specifically chose this fight right? Or am I missing something?
The only reason people were mad was that Morrade Hakkar was no real challenge for Hopkins despite being the mandatory contender. In Hopkins' defense, however, if he didn't fight the WBC's top contender to defend his title, he would have been stripped anyway. So what's the middleweight champion of the world to do?
I remember this fight was an embarrassment! Bernard should be ashamed of this one for allowing this stiff to go 12 rounds. Hakkar was the "number one contender" LOL. What an insult. This fight didn't belong on an ESPN undercard much less HBO championship boxing....
Can’t blame BERNARD for the corruption in the WBC. he should be asking Jose Suliman why Hakkar was a WBC mandatory in the 1st place. Keep that same energy with HIM. Then he said it’s embarrassing for Bernard to call out Junior Middleweights then said those same junior middleweights can beat him.Which one is it? Watch the whole telecast I remember this.
Only in America where someone who run his mouth for a living, will tell a fighter that, he got paid for NOT doing much…. Mr Larry, why don’t you just come and and say what you really wanted to say… Bernard go back to the plantation….I mean the nerve of the old piece of shyt, smh…
Larry Merchant gave the worst fight assessments (very biased) and after watching this again I’m reminded of why I’m glad he is not commentating anymore.
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He called out the Jr Middleweights, didn't get many of those fights, so he went up to Light Heavyweight instead and won even more titles.
Legend
Nah buddy he got those fights de la Hoya and Trinidad took the fights at the weight class and both lost Hopkins was much bigger he did eventually move up and did bigger things but let’s not forget
@@cesarrojas8066 That's 2 out of 7/8 that he could've fought lol. Like I said, he didn't get many. He got SOME, but that ain't many.
@@don8244 sometimes some is enough but there’s nothing wrong when you dominate a division it’s only right to step up and try to dominate another
@@don8244 He fought a Middleweight in Pavlik too.
@@TheRaveMusicArchive fought him at 170 technically "175" light heavyweight... fuck bhop
“You get payed every day on the tv for not doing much”👏👏
that was the best one
Yes, I love it!
That was a legendary thing that he said.
Larry is a millionaire talking boxing great job worst fight ever on HBO
@@Alphasports576 worse than Fernando Vargas versus fitz vanderpool? Idk bout that
Bernard destroyed hakkar, destroyed the interview while holding his daughter after a fight, guy is amazing
Know larry won the argument backed by george who said not much in the fight so larry won argument backed by George just cause you wanted bernad to win doesn't mean he won foreman said this was a terrible night backing larry so your wrong on this
Ray Heffner, They are just salty that Hopkins defended himself. He beat dudes ass and kept his body intact. Not everyone can hit as hard as Foreman or go be in as many wars as him without negatively impacting the rest of their lives.
And then he has the audacity to call out junior middleweight contenders, pointing out that they're not removed too much from full middleweight.
@@GreatMewtwo name a middleweight he ducked?
And destroyed the sport of boxing by avoiding legitimate challenges and stringing out a long, stage-managed championship reign fighting the Hakkars of the world. What a legend!
Man, Larry Merchant has the audacity to talk to Bernard Hopkins like that while he's holding his daughter. That's fucked up. You don't disrespect a man in front of his child like that. That's cowardly.
Frederick Wells I think you can tell by his demeaner and how he bit his lip when Larry cut him off that he kept his cool because he had his daughter in his hands
What is he supposed to do not ask tough questions cause his daughter is there larry has a job to do larry is at work his profession
@@Alphasports576 that’s not asking tough question that’s being rude and a fucking hater. He answered all his questions and Larry hater merchant got butthurt.
@@Alphasports576 Your response had no relevance to the comment you responded to. It’s cool tho. Some time has passed, hopefully your comprehension skills have gotten a lot better. Have a great life sport.
@@johnlee5965 I will cause Larry won the argument
Bernard showing his intelligence with every answer
No he said he is working class he isn't working class he is rich working class is 30000 to about 60000a year so he isn't working class he is rich
Ray Heffner actually class has alot to do with factors other than money. Working class involves manual labour which boxing is a part of
No it does not Hopkins is defined as rich by how much he makes look it up
Ray Heffner
He breaks his hand, his career is over. He has a trade., a skill. He cant sit home and collect a check. He doesnt have employees. He has to fight. He is rich, but working class living upper class life.
@@DmanDice well now he can't talk for a year he said if fury won he would not talk for a year that might be a good thing for golden boy this guy says stuff all the time and is proved wrong
I remember this! Hopkins was right and he was actually holding back and delivered his response with respect. Merchant was an instigating jealous spectator who was constantly insulting boxers he wasn’t a fan of.
@Aero01 LOL
Nah. Merchant called it straight.
@@TheRaveMusicArchive That’s funny 😁
@@TheRaveMusicArchive Nah merchant don't no sh!t bout boxing.
@@boogsybrooks Bit like you.
larry merchant the type of guy that gets mad when a black guy moves into his neighborhood.
Diego Ramirez you already know he does
No that is George lopez who said that
I was thinking you racist
Look like he hate the smell of great BBQ 🤣🤣🤣
You are the type of guy who sees Racism in the truth...... the world would be better without you in it.
Hopkins dominated the fight but CRUSHED the interview.
+matthew conrad (MGCBoxing) LOL
Interview is comparable with a 1st round KO
I hate that they cut the end and didn't let Hopkins finish. Larry Merchant is a POS.
Larry’s IQ was outclassed. He was punching up, every round of the interview to bigger, greater opponent
Merchant has a nerve saying he got paid for nothing. Put the mic down and Lace gloves up and then talk
Larry Merchant has always been a hater. I never liked him or how he treats certain boxer's. I personally think he is an idiot.
Larry Merchant is just a commentator and doesn’t know shit about boxing. Glad mayweather put that old man in his place.
He doesn't have to box he played football at Oklahoma and was really good at what he did for a long time played football at a football power house and has a degree and worked his way to a great boxing commentary job straight facts he is a millionaire talking boxing oh yeah he won the argument
He was just a senile racist who had no business talking Boxing because he never knew what he was talking about
No he knows plenty he did that job for like 30 years cause he is good at what he does he ask tough questions what your spouse to do he is not there to kiss the boxers butts he knows more about boxing then 99 percent of the population oh yeah this made for great tv they both had good points if your objective oh yeah guy he fought was garbage like george said nothing in the fight at all he said what Larry said so george and larry were right nothing in the fight at all oh yeah I watched the fight Larry and George were right
Lmao “unless you have powers other than being a commentator” 😂
That comment really got under Larry`s skin 😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
bhop just destroyed him
No he got destroyed backed by foreman listen to foreman after he backed larry your wrong
@@Alphasports576 You are the only Larry merchant lover I know MOST people can't stand the guy.
His job is to ask tough questions not kiss boxer butts I like tough questions that is his job
@@Pittsportboy yea they jealous millionaire genius who skipped 2 grades played college football at Oklahoma and gets paid millions to cover boxing all these are facts look it up great life he has
@@Alphasports576 Um what does that have to do with him acting like a total clown during interviews ?????
"Larry, stop being ignorant" tell em B-Hop.
He said Niggard, not ignorant.
He said nicca I thought
George Foreman laughing his ass off at Bernard's last comment to Merchant was hilarious, and tells you all you need to know about how Larry's peers feel about him. Lol
"Larry stop being ignorant"..
@NotRoyJonesJr rightt
Larey skipped two grades in school he is sooo smart far from ignorant larry most of time right Larry a millionaire talking boxing better athlete then most played college football at Oklahoma at 17
Ray Heffner and your point was? He still made a fool of himself in the face of a person that’s “lesser” than him
Sounded like he said stop being a Nword lol
@@Alphasports576 Larry doesn’t know boxing and he especially doesn’t know boxing better than a actual fighter the man never boxed a day in his life
Lol, Larry got wrecked
Bernard told Larry off.
“I’ll tell you what, I’m not leaving out of here without a check tonight” 😂😂😂😂 “cmon Larry are you apart of the system or are you with the system”🤨
I'm pretty sure he says are you part of the system or are you with us saying part of the system or with the system twice doesn't make any sense. He's trying to make the distinction which he probably already knows the answer that Larry merchant is with the brass the money side of the company he don't care about the fighters at all. So whichever thing he said that's what he was meaning.
@@phillglover1163 yeah basically trying to hurt another man’s earning potential by putting him down. Larry Merchant was such trash.
That's like is you done or is you finished 🤣🤣🤣
@@elsprigochalm2608 Ahhhhh! Put some respek on my name Larry!😂 Best comment
I hollered, Larry Merchant always gave blk boxers a hard time, that is why Floyd cussed his A$$ out.
The fact none of these fighters slapped the taste of Larry's mouth, is a miracle.
Jesus, Bernard is a fuckin' legend for that comeback after he just had a fight.
"It seems to me like you get paid everyday for 'not doing much' "
HBO should have been a shame of Larry Merchant that's why Showtime kicking their ass
These old crows are long gone now
Larry got OWNED
Larry is a millionaire and a former college football player at Oklahoma he won foreman said this was a terrible night backing larry George and larry won nobody wants to see fights like that hurt the sport bernard got beat by larrybacked by foreman
Ray Heffner, Have you seen the fight? It was a great night for Hopkins, he retained his undisputed title and did it without a mark on his face. He would’ve knocked him out if Hakkar’s promoter didn’t stop the fight. Some people can do nothing wrong and still be treated like they did everything wrong. If he lost every round took a beating and stopped him in the last round like Mike Weaver did to John Tate they would revere him. That would be an actually terrible night for the man. He’s was just doing his job to keep his titles.
Xavier the Boxing Nerd Larry come off like an idiot for the simple fact that he said “I can assure you that it won’t happen again” like he’s the one cutting Hopkins a check. And then said “Well you got paid for not doing much” the job of an interviewer is to ask questions, granted he is a commentator as well but his opinion wasn’t warranted in that moment, Hopkins didn’t ask for Merchants opinion on his performance nor did it matter. That was his way of trying to get the last word off, and he still failed cause you’re interviewing Bernard Hopkins 😂
I think we’ve found Merchant 👀🤣🤣
“Larry don’t be ignorant.”😂😂😂
"Larry, stop being a ???"
Larry is lucky he never got punched in his face!!! Very unprofessional and very disrespectful
Civilized people don’t assault someone over opinions or words. This isn’t 8th grade.
This never gets old,,,🥊🥊🥊🥊
Bernard is slick with his words. LOVING IT!! LOL!
“I don’t know what kinda degree you got but I got paid tonight.”
I was never a bhop fan but the man was right every step of the way .
I Love it when I heard Bernard say it live on TV and to this day it was still excellent he was just doing his job , such a excellent come back at Merchant !!!
Big George laughed his ass off at B-Hop’s last comment at 3:07
Yea and backed larry by saying tonight was a bad night for boxing so you have to create energy by talking worst fight I ever saw in my life
Hopkins put him in his place
They Had A Problem With Bernard Hopkins Fighting Smaller Fighters But They Have No Problems With Trying To Make Mayweather Jump Up To 160 To Fight GGG When Mayweather Fights In 147 Smh HBO Ain't Shit But A Bunch Of Hypocrites
Neno Belliard mayweather made JMM move up 2 divisions and fought a small 140lb Hatton and guerrero. Floyd never fought a prime killer in his career. Ducked ton of fighters and faced many fighters past their peak. GGG would go down to 154lb to fight him but Floyd don't take risky fights.
King Loco canelo the guy who can't cut off the ring and has feet like wet cement. He had one good win coming into that fight which was against Trout. He didn't impress much in that one.
I agree
Shut up
@@MultiKadafi First off that is not entirely true. Mayweather is great because he fought who he had to fight and beat them all. He fought Maidana, Zab Juddah, and Hatton in their primes (Just to name a few). As much as I like GGG he would not go down in weight to fight anyone. GGG has stayed is whole career in middleweight and that is not going to change. If you do not like Mayweather that is fine but weather you like it or not he is one of the best ever.
dude he threw 419 punches but landed 29 punches dude that's So Bad
Hakkar didn't even connect.
“You get paid everyday on the tv for not doing much” hahahahhahahaha
No lies
Bernard a real dude that came from real poverty .he talks from the heart .. very real.
Hopkins is a fucking living legend. A hard hard man and excellent fighter.
My guy B-hop kept it thorough, and put larry merchant in his place 💯💯💪🏾💪🏾
Extremely disrespectful interviewer. A legendary boxer who just won a fight, stands with his young daughter and has to listen to these attacking, trolling questions
I dont get what Merchant expects Hopkins to do in all seriousness. Give up his title so he doesnt fight this guy? Mandatory fights are a part of boxing. If that guy earned a mandatory, he SHOULD get his shot. Just another example of Larry trying to be holier than thou
Very intelligent man. Love to hear him speak
How is he so fast with the answers ? :o
because Bernard knew he was in the right
Larry is disgusting with his hate for black fighters
+Reggie Kray You're the racist.
+Don Simpson You are racist!
The Truth
as a non white person, larry is just racist thats all. negative attitude
Larry if you have powers other than being a commentator !!!! Larry is the most insulting speaker ever....and he is nothing else than just a speaker !!! So is jim lampley....behind his microphone......the only one in there who has the right to speak is George Foreman....
Seeing Larry Merchant and Jim Lampley out of boxing was one of the greatest things to happen to the sport
Say it again!!!
Boxing eas better with merchant and lampley in my opinion
Ratings say otherwise.
Lampley wasn’t bad. Certainly a whole lot better than Jim Gray.
And now we’re stuck with idiots like Mora and Mannix
Love Big George laughing at Larry Merchant being embarrassed. hahaha
Because old Larry used to enjoy clowning him too.
His baby is beautiful👧🏽 She looks like a babydoll🎀
"Larry, stop bein' ignorant!"
This was when I fell in love with Bernard, and is the best example of how no member of the hbo commentary team had a clue about how boxing works and I’m including George Foreman in that
1:28 “Larry stop being ignorant!” *I see this video earns its likes early*
George’s laugh at the end
Lol at george foreman He knows Hopkins is speaking the truth
I wish Larry merchant interviewed day garcia after his fight with Rod Salka
man hopkins is slick, it was a mismatch but what was merchant thinking he was supposed to do!
BHop held his own but Larry a legend for calling out the bullshit. Larry should have called out HBO first for paying for that trash ass fight, but Hopkins deserved that for toying with a bum for 12 rounds and wasting everybody's time. Hopkins went on to do much bigger and better things. I'll always respect Larry for not being easily impressed and keeping it G-real with fighters
Lol...he threw Larry in the middle of the intersection
Bernard Hopkins is the kind of guy to get four knockdowns in one round after the fight.
most...awkward...laugh....ever!!! @ 2:33 😂😂😂
true!
So true lol
Kinda demented
2observant bro
Hopkins was very articulate when angered....
Larry always acts like he fought 1000 fights with a broken arm in all of them.
And everyone has to somehow live up to his expectations.
At 2:12, "Isn't it embarrassing for the middleweight champion of the world to be calling out junior middleweight champions?" Why didn't Larry Merchant ever ask that question to GGG when he called out Mayweather and Pacquiao, two small welterweight, and never called out Andre Ward or Sergey Kovalev?
We both know why lol
You guys realize Larry was already retired by then right?
Gone from HBO, but he would still pop up in interviews and as an announcer for other promotions, which made you wonder if he was retired or dismissed, offering his bias opinions. And he wasn't retired when GGG big middleweight ass was calling out small welterweights such as Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, and he never criticized GGG for that.
@@william629Merchant never interviewed GGG.
Bernard really responds more intelligently with Floyd and Floyd thinks he's responding like Bernard.
Larry sure did think he was on to something and he was a verbal ass whooping lol
I hope that little girl with her hand on daddy’s chest is healthy and happy today! 😍
When the fight isn't the main event.
This was Classic!! 🔥
I ain't leaving outta here without a check tonight 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪
Hello
What was Merchant’s contribution to the Sport?
Merchant called it like it is man
Foreman's laugh at the end
People take this way too personally, they were both right in their own way. Hopkins didn't want to give up his WBC title and Merchant prefers big fights to take precedence over mandatories. Neither disagreed Hakkar was a weak opponent.
Straight up disrespectful by Larry Merchant
Hakkar did not belong in the ring, but a mandatory is a mandatory. Merchant was always an idiot. He always wanted to see fighters fight others outside of their weight class. He begged Mayweather to fight a smaller Manny for over a 8 years, but here has saying a 6 pound difference is too much.
As much as Bhop schooled Larry, Larry made it entertaining
Larry is a fucking savage lol
Lol, Bernard shut him down
+Matthew Anthony Race-bating bitch
Matthew Anthony lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣
larry a bum
Yeah he's so savage because he insults fighters in a room with thousands of people around. Let me see him do it when it's just the two of them.
Larry Merchant was talking nonsense! He's not an athlete, and has the nerve to criticize a man's opponents or claim he is doing "nothing" All of the WORK that goes into being a professional fighter demands a commitment that must won't ever fathom, especially not Larry . Bernard is fighting who's there. Plus, Larry doesn't get to tell anybody what to say and not to say with his old- fashioned prejudice ass. There's nothing embarrassing about winning a fair fight in one of the HARDEST sports in history. Combat sports are no easy hustle, and anyone who excels in that field deserves respect if nothing else.
Bernard is 100% right. He doesnt fight and they strip him. Larry has zero comments to reply. Then he wants to fight all the players...guess what politics come in and say this and that and money comes to play! Exactly, junior MW are middleweight. 5lbs non sense...Best line....imma get paid tonight...lol
Damn Larry been old since he was young
Can someone explain this to be what did he mean by embarrassing?
Middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins was calling out for junior middleweights, a lower weight class. In his defense, junior middleweights were considered full middleweights once upon a time.
brooo Bernard destroys that old acorn with ease.
Man I miss HBO, DAZN just doesn’t have the same chemistry 🧪 Smh 🤦♂️
Boxing needs a Larry merchant
Larry marchant a kind of guy who gets mad when a black fighter gets a smiling cheque
1:08 Even his daughter looked at larry like "wtf you mean embarassing?" 😂😂😂
Why is everyone mad at Hopkins??? I dont know the whole story behind all this but its not like he specifically chose this fight right? Or am I missing something?
The only reason people were mad was that Morrade Hakkar was no real challenge for Hopkins despite being the mandatory contender. In Hopkins' defense, however, if he didn't fight the WBC's top contender to defend his title, he would have been stripped anyway. So what's the middleweight champion of the world to do?
@@GreatMewtwomove up and fight the best guy at the next weight
"Larry, stop being ignorant"😂😂
I remember this fight was an embarrassment! Bernard should be ashamed of this one for allowing this stiff to go 12 rounds. Hakkar was the "number one contender" LOL. What an insult. This fight didn't belong on an ESPN undercard much less HBO championship boxing....
Would hate to get into a fight or an argument with Hopkins, he's great at both
Merchant talked mess for having NEVER to have fought in his entire LIFE.
Can’t blame BERNARD for the corruption in the WBC. he should be asking Jose Suliman why Hakkar was a WBC mandatory in the 1st place. Keep that same energy with HIM. Then he said it’s embarrassing for Bernard to call out Junior Middleweights then said those same junior middleweights can beat him.Which one is it? Watch the whole telecast I remember this.
Only landing 28 punches out of 159 is crazy.
😂😂😂😂😂Larry was the best
I was so happy when Floyd Mayweather shut Larry Merchant up once and for all!!!😊😊
Not just a counter puncher, a counter answerer too and merchant just got out pointed 🥊😎
This is why I loved Larry Merchant.
On his best day Larry couldn't beat a FEMALE pro athlete, he is a worthless POS
Why?
George agreed a 10000000000% with the champion ✊🏿
“I’m not leaving here without a check tonight” - B-Hop 🇺🇸
This is how Larry should've questioned Roid Jones after his "mandatory defences"
Jones already told I talk tonight 🤣
He did actually
“I can assure you it won’t happen again” you can’t assure SHIT !
Who ever decided that Larry Merchant is a good addition to boxing???
Only in America where someone who run his mouth for a living, will tell a fighter that, he got paid for NOT doing much…. Mr Larry, why don’t you just come and and say what you really wanted to say… Bernard go back to the plantation….I mean the nerve of the old piece of shyt, smh…
Larry Merchant gave the worst fight assessments (very biased) and after watching this again I’m reminded of why I’m glad he is not commentating anymore.
Proud of my actual First Name, BERNARD! Made Merchant look like a bitch! That was hilarious!
Larry always keepin it 💯 lol