Pacquiao better than Floyd, veteran commentator says

[Lady Fan]

Mr. Merchant is totally correct. The Pacman is the better fighter and this will become clearly evident in their upcoming showdown. I believe another spectacular and shocking knockout victory by the Pacman over Mayweather will catapult him into boxing immortality. JAT

[S A M U R A I]

MANILA, Philippines – As the debate regarding who is more superior between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. rages on, a well-respected boxing commentator bared that he is siding with Pacquiao.

In an interview with The Ring, Larry Merchant, who provides color commentary for most of broadcaster HBO’s high-magnitude boxing matches, cited Pacquiao’s willingness to face top opposition.

“When I look at Pacquiao, I see that he fought [Erik] Morales three times, [Marco Antonio] Barrera twice, [Juan Manuel] Marquez twice and then moved up to fight the top guys at 140 and 147 pounds at whatever status they had at the time. That to me says a lot,” Merchant said.

It was reported that during his stint at welterweight, the brash Mayweather avoided top contenders and instead fought mediocre foes. He is facing Marquez — a lightweight —in his return bout on July 18.

Pacquiao, on the other hand, has repeatedly moved up in weight to face bigger guys like David Diaz, Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton — and destroyed all three in shocking fashion.

This, Merchant believes, is what made him pick Pacquiao as the better man.

“If you look back at the record, though, I think it shows that Pacquiao is better. I want someone willing to take risks, someone who moves me,” he said.

“I think Pacquiao is better than Mayweather.”

The 77-year-old boxing sage, however, pointed out that him picking Pacquiao doesn’t necessarily mean that the current pound-for-pound king will beat the former pound-for-pound boss — which just makes a Pacquiao-Mayweather showdown more intriguing.

Good stuff, Larry.



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[marsman]

Merchant is a clown. He's trying to have his cake and eat it too. He loves Pac and always hates on Floyd but he wont say Pac will beat Floyd so he can cover himself both ways. I remember in the Oscar fight when Roger & Floyd kept saying in the corner that Oscar will wear down by the mid rounds and then we'll jump on him. Merchant was ripping them and saying how can you depend on that and its a ****** strategy. Then the fight went just like they said and he had to give them props. In the Hatton fight, Ricky came out fast and Merchant was all over Floyd. Saying that Floyd hasnt fought someoen this good in a long time and now Floyd cant deal with whats coming back at him. This went on for alot of rounds despite Floyd outclassing him and the next thing there was a KO. Dude just hates Floyd. Infact, he hates Floyd, Hopkins, RJ and so on but he loves Pac, and all the hispanics

Larry is an old bum who really is partial to anyone who isn't black. I hope Floyd K.Os Pacquia infront of that **** head. "LARRY MERCHANT IS JUST A COMMENTATOR, HE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BOXING"

[THE REED]

we''ll see what pacman brings to the table, but we're not overlooking juan manuel, we take one step at a time and thats how you grow.

****s this we ****? you arent doin a damn thing

[syphillis]

Funny ****, fast forward to 0:55...

[S A M U R A I]

we''ll see what pacman brings to the table, but we're not overlooking juan manuel, we take one step at a time and thats how you grow.

We?



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[THE REED]

****s this we ****? you arent doin a damn thing

We?

Yeah.... WTF, this dude aint doin **** but sittin on a computer.. LOL @ we.

[WhoreUs]

Larry is an old bum who really is partial to anyone who isn't black. I hope Floyd K.Os Pacquia infront of that **** head. "LARRY MERCHANT IS JUST A COMMENTATOR, HE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT BOXING"

yeah he's only been covering boxing since before you were born.



it's not a matter of race. larry merchant is a fan and an employee of hbo.

he cares about entertaining fights and fights that are competitive.

floyd is boring and his choice of fighting style and choice of who he fights don't make competitive fights.

[WhoreUs]

Yeah.... WTF, this dude aint doin **** but sittin on a computer.. LOL @ we.

we want you to shut up , reed. lol

[deanrw]

****s this we ****? you arent doin a damn thing

Reed be careful. That is the real Floyd. He was referring to himself and Roger.

Or it could be some delusional fan who now thinks he is an extension of Floyd and is communicating with Floyd via an unearthly telepathic connection.