Comments Thread For: Mayweather Rips Merchant: He Used To Be Drunk On Air

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WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. is still holding some animosity towards HBO expert analyst Larry Merchant. Over the years, the two men have exchanged verbal punches during Mayweather's post-fight interviews.

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[hhs661]

I'll drink to that

[Dedication]

I'll have what he's having, bartender

[4Corners]

Wouldn't surprise me. Go back and watch some of Floyd's early interviews in the late 90's/early 00's, Larry has always had a hard on for Floyd.

[thuggery]

yep, quoted from Dana White

"It's easy to hate Floyd, but Floyd didn't do anything wrong in that fight," began the UFC exec.

"Then, after the fight, Merchant gets in there—this babbling, senile, insane idiot. This guy has been around for way too long, he gets on there again and just embarrasses HBO."

"These fighters fight and he just goes in there and starts ripping them apart. Every time this guy does an interview, if he's not babbling some incoherent babble that means nothing and had nothing to do with the fight, he's in there talking [expletive] about the guys.

"And then, he turns around and says, 'If I was 50 years younger, I'd kick your ass.' Hey, Larry, if you were 70 years younger, you're not kicking Floyd's ass, okay? You babbling, senile moron.

"Dude, you're 107 years old. You have no business being on television anymore."

[-MAKAVELLI-]

god bless Larry....may he live and do HBO boxing forever

[WARQUEZ]

Larry's an OG.

[Check_hooks]

Even a drunk Merchant knows and has forgot more about boxing than floyd ever will

[DE100]

But hey HBO thinks its great to have someone that as the years pass sounds like he hates boxing more and more, as he talks about the fights he is watching.

[Pin Galarga]

Nothing new, Merchant was so drunk in some of the fights that He got cross eyed a few times and said some really ****** sht. Tyson told HBO very clearly that He did not want to be interviewed by Merchant anymore and walked away as soon as He saw him coming on. After a decade or more, He got his act together.. and probably got drunk after the fight and not during.
It was unprofessional and some times just ******.