Legendary boxing analyst Larry Merchant is in critical condition at an L.A-area hospital after being rushed there Thursday night, TMZ reported Friday.
The 92-year-old suffered and health emergency and was taken to the hospital around 6 p.m., per the outlet.
It is not yet know what caused the issue or what a prognosis may be.
Merchant is a longtime staple of HBO’s boxing coverage — he appeared on the network’s “World Championship Boxing,” “Boxing After Dark” and its pay-per-view telecasts — and has been referred to as “the greatest television boxing analyst of all time” by the likes of ESPN’s Dan Rafael.
His greatness wasn’t contained to the small screen, either.
The Brooklyn-born Merchant also was a columnist for The Post from 1965-75, had roles in “Rocky Balboa” and “The Fighter,” wrote three books and served as a writer on the HBO documentary series “Legendary Nights.”
In 1985, he was awarded the Sam Taub Memorial Award for Excellence in Boxing Broadcast Journalism by the BWAA.
Merchant famously traded verbal jabs with Floyd Mayweather Jr. after his 2011 knockout of Victor Ortiz.
“You never give me a fair shake … They can put somebody else up here to give me an interview,” Mayweather said to Merchant. “HBO need to fire you. You don’t know s–t about boxing. You ain’t s–t … All of these boxing experts—how can you be a boxing expert if you never had a fight before?”
“I wish I was 50 years younger, I’d kick your ass,” Merchant responded.
Merchant, born Larry Kaufman, retired from broadcasting following the Dec. 15, 2012 telecast of HBO’s World Championship Boxing after 35 years in the business, though he has since provided commentary for various Top Rank shows.