Was Floyd classless in what he said to age 80 Larry Merchant tonight?

[MOULINYAN KILLA]

He knew he was gunna get asked about Manny so decided to end it all with his outburst.

Well played.

[The Hammer]

Good article from another website:

Does Little Money even know much about boxing's history or traditions? It's doubtful. There's no doubt boxing is his life. You can't argue with that. As someone recently said, his daddy and uncle probably had him throwing punches in the crib while holding his rattle. But, has that experience given him a better appreciation for the sport or its fans? It doesn't appear so. Rather, he has a condescending attitude, one that allows him to place himself above all others, not just in the sport, but life in general.

For example, Mayweather thinks 42 wins makes him better than Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali! Little Money ignores the fact that he has never faced the tough opposition they had to face, such as Carmen Basilio, Gene Fullmer, Jake Lamotta, plus seven other hall of famers for Sugar. He's never had to face anyone like Joe Frazier or George Foreman, or fight through a bout with a broken jaw.

In the aftermath of the controversial ending of Saturday night's contest at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV against Victor Ortiz, Little Money proved to have little sense by verbally attacking veteran announcer Larry Merchant. Little Money obviously feels people should kowtow to him because he is 42-0, and has earned millions, and that includes Larry Merchant and HBO. As a result, he foolishly spouted out insults that Larry doesn't know anything about boxing, and that HBO should fire him.

Well, let's look at the facts. First of all, Larry is a senior citizen, and for that fact alone, he deserves a little respect. Larry is an elder statesman, who has been involved with the sport of boxing for many more years than Little Money is old. Contrary to what little Money says, Larry not only knows a lot about boxing, he has also witnessed its history and greatness.

ESPN's Dan Rafael has described Larry Merchant as, "The greatest television broadcaster of all time." High praise from a well respected boxing analyst. Dan is not the only one who feels that way. As they say, Larry has earned his stripes. Long before Little Money slithered into existence, Larry was working as a sports columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News, New York Post and Los Angeles Herald Examiner. He earned the Sam Taub Award for Excellence in Boxing Broadcast Journalism from the Boxing Writers Association of America. He also earned BWAA's James J. Walker Award for meritorious service. He has authored three books. He was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame, and is an inductee into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

Now, let's see what Little Money doesn't know. He doesn't know how to behave with properly with any dignity. He doesn't know what humility means. In fact, he doesn't know the meaning of a lot of words, with the exception of a few often repeated expletives. He doesn't know that certain things are against the law. He doesn't know that most fans don't really care how many luxury cars he has, or how many square feet there are in his house. He doesn't know that money can't give you class. In fact, Little Money is really the one who "Doesn't know s**t!".

[DET. IRONSIDE]

I wanna see the fight. I'd PAY to see Larry Merchant get the **** kicked out of him by Floyd Mayweather.

Then the funeral the next day...amazing.

[eazy_duzzit10]

So all of you calling Mayweather "classless", let me ask you this: if someone was constantly criticising you, refusing to give you credit for a victory and showing obvious hatred towards you for over a decade, would you accept that? Would you let someone treat you like **** just because they're old? I guarantee that not many, if any, would be able to that from someone over such a long period of time. Dissing someone because they're coming with their kids? Cmon you work for HBO doing interviews, so do that, be an interviewer and be professional. Merchant can ask the hard questions but give the man some credit and give him a chance to speak and thank people. After a tough training camp and a hard-fought win (well that's debatable in regards to the most recent fight), the last thing someone would want is for someone to downplay their victory. 42 victories, there's gotta be something he's doing right

[turkas]

I love how everyone calls him a racist even though he works just fine alongside Emmanuel Steward and Roy Jones Jr. all the time.

[tibbar]

FLOYD CALLED HIS FATHER "***GET" in front of the camera, that demonstrate the mindset of the imbecile im not surprise with his outburst, its not the first nor it will be the last until somebody really puts him in his proper place. CLOSE THREAD

[JOM'S]

he should have been more respectful, but floyd was not out of character, he is the type that will do such a thing...

just to add, I have read that although merchant said he will kick floyd a_s if he was 50 years younger, he knew that he wont beat up floyd but would have tried his best...

[fitefanSHO]

With his ugly verbal assault against HBO's Larry Merchant, Floyd Mayweather effectively closed whatever remained of the gap between boxing's historic civil discourse and the kind of gutter level trash talk that permeates most boxing message boards these days. All that was left for Floyd Jr. to do was call Merchant a Victor Ortiz "nuthugger" and a "*******."

[go1nbanana]

He felt troll's remorse for behaving like a vile gangster with his cheap shot of Ortiz and knew Merchant was gonna call him out on it.

So he basically sabotaged the interview so he wouldn't have to answer for his criminal antics.

Larry owned him anyway.

LIKE the way you put it

[coghaugen]

Some would say a disgrace to boxing