Dana White says senile Merchant embarrassed HBO

[tn94z]

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"It's my big beef with Merchant for years," White said. "These guys get done fighting and he jumps in the ring and just starts saying off-the-wall, weird, rude [expletive] to these guys. Who the hell would want to do an interview with him? It's probably the thing they dread worse than training and cutting weight and everything, is their interview with Larry Merchant. It's ridiculous."

Merchant drew Mayweather's ire in the post-fight interview for asking about the dubious fight-ending punch combo that, while legal, seemed dirty to many. As Mayweather criticized Merchant for what he regarded as a history of bias on the part of the 80-year-old TV commentator, suggesting that HBO should fire him, Merchant retorted, "I wish I was 50 years younger and I would kick your ass."

It was a lapse in professionalism that apparently didn't help to endear him to White, an avid boxing fan.

"I actually thought that that was very embarrassing for HBO," the UFC president said. "The guy is senile, he's out of his mind. He's up there berating Floyd, but Floyd can't say anything back to you? You've been disrespecting guys your whole career, and guess what, you can go back 60 years, you're not kicking Floyd's ass, okay? Give me a break. And what's Floyd going to do? A 102-year-old guy just said that to him."

I agree. Larry Merchant has always gotten on my nerves and for some reason the guy is getting a lot of praise for saying that. What did he expect Floyd to do when he is basically sitting there saying Floyd beat Ortiz with a cheap shot....but he forgot to mention that Ortiz PURPOSEFULLY (very obvious in the slow-mo) head butted Floyd. He got what he deserved IMO. But Merchant just doesn't like Floyd and that's what that boiled down to

[jipped genes]

Tweeti like merchant. before MMA i was a big boxing fan. he was always knowledgeable and didnt mind saying what was on his mind.

mayweaher is a *****. headbutt aside, dirty punches aside. he picks guys he knows he can beat and ducks paq.

if he signed to fight paq i might change my mind

[tn94z]

TweetI have never liked him....haha. He is knowledgeable but he is a jacka** too and I can't stand to listen to him interview a fighter. He deserved what he got from Floyd. Floyd may be ducking fighters (I don't really watch boxing any more), but with that fight and situation, he was for sure justified in his reaction, IMO

[venom27]

Tweetmayweather is a badass but that was a cheap shot he would have won that fight anyways but now he just needs to stop bein a ***** and fight paq