After the Ortiz fight, Larry asked Floyd the question that every fan watching wanted to know. He asked what Floyd thought about the way the fight ended, and whether or not he thought it was a sucker-punch. Mayweather went on a tirade, saying that Merchant doesn't know anything about boxing, and that HBO sports has it out for him. He said that he never gets a fair "shake" with HBO. After that he proclaimed that HBO needs to fire Merchant.

Merchant is little bit different announcer. Too many announcers in sports want to be friends with all of the athletes. They constantly try to get the players' adoration. His question to FM was though but hardly rude at all. Mayweather, like politicians generally, loves media and hype but not if media asks some though questions. That's the way i want media of sport to stay.