Quote Originally Posted by skyler
Quote Originally Posted by SweetPea
I love it. For years people have been complaining about Merchant being a grouch and being too negative, now he's kissing a** too much.

Just goes to show you, if you stick around long enough, eventually everyone will find a reason to not like you.

That's not the point being made. The point being made is that he's biased. He praises a fighter who everyone knows he is fond of for the exact same thing he trys to rip other fighters apart for. I know Merchant is extremely knowledgeable, but he's extremely unprofessional, and even moreso in showing this is his clear bitterness towards any pro or former pro boxer who happens to be commentating along side him. He's extremely rude to Lennox for no other reason than being bitter.
This is so true and believe it or not, is the only reason I don't really like Merchant. I actually respect him for grilling fighters in interviews because I hate so many of these butt kissing sports interviewers, but Larry does seem extremely insecure around athletes who have a million times more money than he does who call the fight with him. Just last week during the Cotto fight, when Cotto bent over and picked his opponent up on his shoulder and Lennox mentioned that that shows strength, Merchant obnoxiously responded, "I don't see any strength in that, Lennox." Making it a point to say Lennox's name after, which as we all know is what people do when they're trying to be a d!ck. He did it at least 2 times to Lennox tonight as well, and we all know how he was with Jones and Foreman. He tries to show up these guys who are doing their best just to call a fight along side 2 people who have done it for over 30 years.