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Floyd is NOT the actual "bad guy" braggart" that some of you are accustomed to seeing. He has used that persona only for the past few years as a marketing (genius) ploy to become a house hold name. He learned from the best like Ali, Tyson, and Hopkins and knew that for a black man to become a star in the U.S. he has to be a tough guy. A white boxer can become a star simply because the majority of U.S. is white. A latino can become a star like Oscar De la Hoya by being a nice guy simply because there's like 30 billion latino people all over the world. But history shows that the most talented black people rarely become stars. Look at Pernel Whitaker I doubt he'd be a draw in today's boxing world. Only a guy like Tyson a perennial criminal could get huge ratings and huge $$$ in the U.S. and thus Floyd Mayweather took on this bad persona.
Now his goals are achieved. He has "arrived" as the most dominant PPV heavy hitter in the world today in boxing. He now rivals only Oscar de la Hoya and has surpassed everyone else including Pacquiao and as such he must be feeling that he no longer needs to put on that fake front.
The true Floyd is sensitive and caring as you saw by tonight's interview with how bad he felt about the ill comments he made about the HBO crew.
He knows that now that he's such a huge star he will continue to dominate PPV charts without having to rely on the bad boy persona, he's now famous enough to be a huge star without that so he has simply doffed the fake facade.
Welcome back, Floyd.
Floyd is NOT the actual "bad guy" braggart" that some of you are accustomed to seeing. He has used that persona only for the past few years as a marketing (genius) ploy to become a house hold name. He learned from the best like Ali, Tyson, and Hopkins and knew that for a black man to become a star in the U.S. he has to be a tough guy. A white boxer can become a star simply because the majority of U.S. is white. A latino can become a star like Oscar De la Hoya by being a nice guy simply because there's like 30 billion latino people all over the world. But history shows that the most talented black people rarely become stars. Look at Pernel Whitaker I doubt he'd be a draw in today's boxing world. Only a guy like Tyson a perennial criminal could get huge ratings and huge $$$ in the U.S. and thus Floyd Mayweather took on this bad persona.
Now his goals are achieved. He has "arrived" as the most dominant PPV heavy hitter in the world today in boxing. He now rivals only Oscar de la Hoya and has surpassed everyone else including Pacquiao and as such he must be feeling that he no longer needs to put on that fake front.
The true Floyd is sensitive and caring as you saw by tonight's interview with how bad he felt about the ill comments he made about the HBO crew.
He knows that now that he's such a huge star he will continue to dominate PPV charts without having to rely on the bad boy persona, he's now famous enough to be a huge star without that so he has simply doffed the fake facade.
Welcome back, Floyd.
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