There is a long list of people that Floyd “Money” Mayweather should be angry at, but HBO boxing announcer Larry Merchant should not be on it.

Sure, he could be mad at Victor Ortiz, all of the media that has criticized him over the years (including myself) and even Manny Pacquiao.

He should even be angry at himself, but that’s for another article.

The point is, there are plenty of people that Mayweather could be angry at, but Merchant should not be one of them.

After the controversial ending to his bout with Ortiz that ended with a “legal sucker punch,” Merchant took his place in Mayweather’s corner to ask him about the fight.

They watched the replay and when Merchant started asking him the tougher questions about the fight Mayweather got upset about Merchant never giving him a “fair shake.” He proceeded to cuss at him and tell him that HBO should fire him.

It was a heated interview that featured the now famous line from Merchant:

"I wish I was 50 years younger and I would kick your ass."

Criticism has flown all around for everybody that was involved in the controversial fight and for good reason. It was ultimately a black eye on boxing, no matter how entertaining the controversy was.

Merchant gave his thoughts on the fiasco on the Mason and Ireland show on 710 ESPN Radio Los Angeles, according to ESPNLosAngeles:

"I'm in a long line of media people that he feels have not given him as much credit as he gives himself," Merchant said. "The fans saw what they saw: A sucker-punch ending a fight. Now, was Mayweather within his rights to throw it? Absolutely. Should he have? In my opinion, no. It was a legal blow, but that's not the way great champions do it. And the kid, Ortiz, has blame on him as well."

"But now I'm interviewing Mayweather, and I think he's absorbing the boos in the crowd, which are getting more explosive, more inflammatory, and he understands he's not going to get all the credit he deserves again. And that's what I think set him off, in my opinion."

During the brief post-fight interview, Mayweather called Merchant a name at one point and drew a pointed response from the 80-year-old broadcaster, who said he would thrash the boxer if he "was 50 years younger."

Asked about his own response, Merchant said he had no idea where it came from.

"It was spontaneous combustion," he said. "You're getting personally insulted as well as professionally insulted, and I was just trying my best to ask the questions that everybody wanted answered. And suddenly he assaults me that way, and I just, you know, went off."

Rants aside I do believe that Merchant gave Mayweather a fair shake.

Think about it, he was just doing his job and asking the tough questions.

Mayweather set himself up for those questions and criticism with the way that he ended the fight, so he shouldn’t have gotten upset.

Now I understand that asking Mayweather not to spout of is like asking the sun not to come up in the morning, but he was still the one in the wrong.

Mayweather has a lot of people to be upset at, but Merchant shouldn’t be one of them.

At least not in this fight…