Comments Thread For: Larry Merchant Has No Grudge With Floyd Mayweather Jr.

[Weebler I]

Roy Jones has gotten into it with him on air a few times for trying to tell him stuff when Roy was the one to actually take punches in the head.

So did Lennox Lewis, but it was the pre-fight boasting and lack of respect that Larry was taking him to task on.

If you're a fan of the fighter in question you're not going to like it, but Larry asks questions the neutrals (i.e. the majority) want to hear.

is merchant acting in his capacity as a fan when hes commentating? is that his job to tell us how boring a fighter is? really? i honsetly dont care what a majority of fans think. a majority of ppl think justin beiber is a great singer, do i frikkin care. merchant's job is to call a fight not tell us over and over how this fighter is boring while this other fighter is exciting. all of that is subjective, and i honestly dont care for his opinion.

I think it's primarily the lead commentator's place to call the fight (usually Lampley) and for the other co-commentators to offer subjective opinions. That's how it works in most sports anyway.

I don't agree with Merchant all that much but I do think he is a good post-fight interviewer.

[Kagami Taiga]

Does that make the people who give awards for excellence in journalism fools to? Merchant hasn't changed his style, people have just changed how they think an interview should be conducted.

once again, im not speaking about interviews. i thought i just said that. why ur asking me a question about interviews i dunno.

[4Corners]

Merchant has had a hard on for Floyd since the late 90's/early 00's. Just go back and watch the interviews. What happened after Mayweather-Ortiz was a long time coming....

[JAB5239]

once again, im not speaking about interviews. i thought i just said that. why ur asking me a question about interviews i dunno.

So if it wasn't an interview than how did Merchant "cast the first stone"?

[edgarg]

If an interviewer doesn't ask the hard questions, he isn't doing his job properly.

I don't particularly like the guy but he's not scared to bring the questions to fighters if they've fought dirty or not measured up to their pre-fight boasts. He acts as a good intermediary between the general public and the boxers themselves.



And why? because many of them have been boring, that's just the reality.

Merchant's not saying anything the vast majority of boxing fans haven't said about FMJ's major bouts. Mayweather just didn't like someone telling him how it was instead of kissing his a$$ like those leeching yes-men who hang around him do.

Then whenever Merchant actually praises Mayweather, he doesn't even listen and blows up on him.

You are very right.It was Merchant who drew my attention to Mayweather in the beginning. Until then I never bothered watching him. One night, during a fight, Merchant said "I don't know any other good fighter who can stink up the place the way Mayweather does, with people walking out of a quarter filled arena" etc. and then the camera watched Michael Jordan and another celebrity walking out during a round, and a few others too.

From then on, I always remembered his name, and yes, true enough his fights were genuine sleeping pills. And then he took disgusting advantage of the desperate Corrales. Because of that sham of a fight, I've decided that I don't care for Mayweather.

[Kagami Taiga]

So did Lennox Lewis, but it was the pre-fight boasting and lack of respect that Larry was taking him to task on.

If you're a fan of the fighter in question you're not going to like it, but Larry asks questions the neutrals (i.e. the majority) want to hear.



I think it's primarily the lead commentator's place to call the fight (usually Lampley) and for the other co-commentators to offer subjective opinions. That's how it works in most sports anyway.

I don't agree with Merchant all that much but I do think he is a good post-fight interviewer.

no its the other commentators job to explain what exactly is going on, to color it is in other words which means to explaing what the fighter is doing and why hes doing it and what it means. its not the other commentator's job to continuoulsy tell us how boring said fighter is. i mean honestly if this was any other sport, merchant wouldnt even have a job. he gets paid to watch these fights and commentate on them, but we must hear his opinion on why the fight is boring? no thank u.

[Kagami Taiga]

So if it wasn't an interview than how did Merchant "cast the first stone"?

ive watched every single floyd fight. if u dunno what im talking about then i suggest u do the same. if u are unawares then mebbe u shouldnt be commenting on it. while ur at it watch roys fights to, because merchant certainly knew how to bad mouth him too.

[edgarg]

Oh look at the irony of this now. Nowadays, it takes several seconds for Larry to deliver his speeches.

If you ever reach the age of 80, I hope you remember your sneering at an old man because he was old.

[edgarg]

Lol Julio Gamboa. Yet another mistake. Gotta love boxingscene.

I like Mayweather-Alvarez, probably the only one. I think new england likes it too and _Original_. We're the only posters I can think of who likes the fight. But we won't be the only fans who'd buy that PPV

What about "Mayweather made other compelling ......" instead of 'Merchant made....". You'd think that Marley would at least proof-read his own work........eh?

[Drunk Punch]

We deserve a decent interview after the Floyd fight... I find Merchant super annoying. I find Kellerman almost as annoying with his dramatic pauses in between every word like he's having some profound moment, when really he's just talking slowly for American audiences. Just get a semi-articulate ex-boxer in there like Lewis or Tarver or RJJ, it would be a much better experience.