Larry Merchant's Sick Hatred For Floyd (video)

[1dcsailor]

No, you're just a nut-hugger. Merchant has always been professional.

So I'm nut hugging all the fighters mentioned in this thread huh? Some of the posters on this forum are sad. They can't put together intelligent responses so they have to resort name-calling.

It's alright little guy

[TheGreatA]

Anyway, my point is not that Larry Merchant isn't at times opinionated or even disdainful towards fighters. He is especially at age 80 and I do not enjoy his commentary as much these days.

I think calls for racism need a lot more solid backing than a handful of examples though when those claims can be easily counter-acted with examples of him doing the opposite.

You have to give some respect to Merchant because he has covered boxing longer than probably any other man alive. He has always been a man who never backed down, either from saying his opinion or taking on 50 lb bigger men in American football over 60 years ago. While not a fighter, he is not some guy who does not know what it's like to get hurt since he was forced to retire from sports due to injuries himself.

[Turbo B]

Some people try to see race in absolutely everything, even when it‘s not there to be seen.

[1dcsailor]

Anyway, my point is not that Larry Merchant isn't at times opinionated or even disdainful towards fighters. He is especially at age 80 and I do not enjoy his commentary as much these days.

I think calls for racism need a lot more solid backing than a handful of examples though when those claims can be easily counter-acted with examples of him doing the opposite.

You have to give some respect to Merchant because he has covered boxing longer than probably any other man alive. He has always been a man who never backed down, either from saying his opinion or taking on 50 lb bigger men in American football over 60 years ago. While not a fighter, he is not some guy who does not know what it's like to get hurt since he was forced to retire from sports due to injuries himself.

I agree and I wouldn't call him a racist. I never called him a racist but I do thing he is impartial to fighters of certain styles with his commentary.

[Alibata]

Some people try to see race in absolutely everything, even when it‘s not there to be seen.

A fact that you knew was going to rear its ugly head sooner or later... Come on we are dealing with Floyd here... You knew the race card was going to come up. It is just a given, with the way this guy acts, it was just a matter of time till he included the white race in his list of people who are trying to put him down. He can't do no wrong remember and his yes men, the *****s will always be consenting to whatever he does. If he decides to use his skin color to make himself out to be the victim, ignorant *****s raise their fist to that faster then floyd can sucker punch an opponent..

[Pocket Dogs!]

This thing about Pac and steroids have been present since 2009. Why hasn't Merchant asked Pacquiao anything about OST in any post fight interviews???? Come on fellas.

Merchant hasn't commentated on any Pacquiao fight since Pac's fight with Cotto in 2009.

Kellerman commentated in the Clottey fight (March '10), Margarito fight (November '10), and Showtime did the commentary for the Mosley fight (May '11).

[BoxingGenius27]

Merchant hasn't commentated on any Pacquiao fight since Pac's fight with Cotto in 2009.

Kellerman commentated in the Clottey fight (March '10), Margarito fight (November '10), and Showtime did the commentary for the Mosley fight (May '11).

Ya, You're right....

But last time I checked, Merchant's stance on the drug issue was "If Roach says he's clean, he's clean".

[Unknown Champ]

Wow it is clear larry was hatin, and i love me some larry

[featherFist]

criticizing people who happen to be latinos and blacks = racism

Floyd making racist statements against Filipinos,Asians = not racism

.... and we feed these fools with our tax dollars bringing them welfare and **** and these is how we are getting paid back.

All day, 360/24/7 in NSB ....

They add injury to our ailing economy!