Comments Thread For: Floyd Mayweather May Think He Will Lose, Says Merchant

[razor.thin]

Who the hell is Larry Merchant and how many boxing titles has he won or how many championship fighters has he trained? Aside from being a so-called boxing analyst and he sucks at that, this guy doesn't know shyt about boxing. I would much rather have Teddy Atlas on HBO as a boxing analyst. Atlas is someone who has boxed himself as well as trained fighters and knows the sport inside out. Merchant on the other hand is a self-absorbed relic of boxing's past. So as far as I'm concerned Merchant's opinion doesn't mean jack-shyt!

wow you sound like your hero, a complete ****ing ******.

[Calilloyd]

HBO's expert analyst Larry Merchant has once again discussed the ongoing saga to make a March super-fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. This time Merchant spoke with AOL's Fan House. Merchant has been around a long time and he's seen a lot of tough negotiations for fights. He never saw anything like the Mayweather-Pacquiao negotiations. He still doesn't fully understand the logic of Mayweather's position to demand random Olympic-style drug tests. That sole demand has destroyed the negotiations and caused Pacquiao to sue Mayweather, Golden Boy Promotions and others. [Click Here To Read More]

Larry Merchant doesn't like Floyd Mayweather. So I don't really take him seriously here.This is personal not an opionion and he actually makes Mayweather's comments about the HBO team look accurate.Larry Merchant is the same Larry Merchant that laughed when Floyd's Uncle Roger got knocked out by Rafeal Pineda. Unproffesional.

[bellybutton]

Biased view, but you can't deny that Pacquiao would be Mayweathers biggest challenge for years.

[Lorily]

Pacquiao can beat any come forward, aggressive fighter because
he is fast and has pop in his punches BUT a counter puncher is his
Kryptonite. I thought size and power would be too much for Pac
but now am convince the only way to stop Pac is a defensive minded
fighter who is patient. Floyd can beat Pacquiao, Roach knows
it and that's why he has to change Pac style up because it is tailor
made for Floyd and don't see why people keep saying Floyd is scared
of Pac?

You say previously Roach has doubts and here Roach knows Pac can't beat Floyd and thats why he has to change Pacs style. I've never heard Roach say he was worried or that he thought Pac would lose.
Of course he has to change Pacs style. Floyd is skilled, granted... but he is also skilled in other ways that Pac has not had to deal with.
Floyd is also skilled in... using his elbows on the inside, holding in his last few fights (ODLH, Hatton) and especially skilled in pushing down on head (way down) then letting up before the ref can call break and hitting his opponent (check almost all his fights esp. against Gatti). Floyd frustrates his opponents and gets them to rush in - usually in desperation. These are the things Manny needs to avoid.
Changing a boxers style does not equal fear, it equals intelligence.

[WESS]

My point is, why would Manny be concerned with fighting a smaller
Floyd coming in a lil heavier than usual but want to move up to 154
and fight a naturally bigger guy in Yuri Foreman? The tests are not
****** to demand considering they find out if you are taking after
the fight instead of before. Shannon Briggs just got caught using
enhancements in his come back after the fight. The had to change
his win to a no contest. If you are being tested randomly before then
there is no room for anyone to cheat before the fight to get caught
after.

Like I've said before, "the system ALWAYS works until it fails"

[go1nbanana]

As bad as Guzman fights Manny cant beat him.As bad as Campbell fights Manny cant beat him either.If they were in the same weight division Manny would never beat Dirrell.Anyone who moves Manny cant beat them

an amateur boxing analyst at its best

[Lorily]

Larry Merchant doesn't like Floyd Mayweather. So I don't really take him seriously here.This is personal not an opionion and he actually makes Mayweather's comments about the HBO team look accurate.Larry Merchant is the same Larry Merchant that laughed when Floyd's Uncle Roger got knocked out by Rafeal Pineda. Unproffesional.

Floyds Uncle Roger... the one would couldn't train his nephew for the Baldomir fight because he was in jail for 6 months for knocking 2 teeth out of his kids grandmother, that Roger?

[AndyShitHot]

My point is, why would Manny be concerned with fighting a smaller
Floyd coming in a lil heavier than usual but want to move up to 154
and fight a naturally bigger guy in Yuri Foreman? The tests are not
****** to demand considering they find out if you are taking after
the fight instead of before. Shannon Briggs just got caught using
enhancements in his come back after the fight. The had to change
his win to a no contest. If you are being tested randomly before then
there is no room for anyone to cheat before the fight to get caught
after.

Because both fighter's should weigh in at the contracted weight, Floyd has already failed to do this once against a smaller fighter. Manny has nothing to gain by fighting Floyd at 154, by fighting Foreman at 154 he can win another title in another weight class to add to his legacy. Also as Floyd is a WW, shouldn't the fight be at 147? That way the fight would be for Manny's WW title. The only reason for Floyd to want to weigh in any heavier would be to hold a further advantage against his already smaller opponent.

Also if the current system for drug testing is so crappy why have people not brought up these arguements before? All these question marks seem to have arisen this past week. And surprisingly all by Floyd Mayweather fans.

[SkillspayBills]

Larry Merchant is basically a BoxingScene poster who managed to get a job announcing.

[Calilloyd]

Floyds Uncle Roger... the one would couldn't train his nephew for the Baldomir fight because he was in jail for 6 months for knocking 2 teeth out of his kids grandmother, that Roger?

I only talk about boxing, alt. Don't respond to my post until you raise your IQ level. Roger accomplished more in boxing than you ever will in life.