Floyd Mayweather insists he is the greatest fighter of all time, a superstar blessed with sweeter moves than Sugar Ray Robinson and a motor-mouth to match Muhammad Ali.
"I can quit today and I'll be known as the best fighter that ever lived," he claims.
"I respect what Robinson and Ali did for the sport. But I am the greatest, and this is my time."
Many former fighters who have made such claims have been roundly mocked for their outlandish pretensions and criticised for daring to compare themselves with some of the untouchable stars of boxing history.
"I can quit today and I'll be known as the best fighter that ever lived," he claims.
"I respect what Robinson and Ali did for the sport. But I am the greatest, and this is my time."
Many former fighters who have made such claims have been roundly mocked for their outlandish pretensions and criticised for daring to compare themselves with some of the untouchable stars of boxing history.
After all, don't we all subconsiously think of ourselfs as the greatest in one form or another?
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