By Mark Vester
He was quiet for a short while, but Floyd Mayweather Jr. came out swinging like a maniac in his first interview since announcing his retirement a few weeks ago. Mayweather, speaking with the Grand Rapids Press, went to town on HBO and their announce crew, claiming the network and the blow-by-blow crew were racist against black fighters. Click Here To Read The Earlier Brief on That.
He left the sport undefeated and recognized as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. When asked by the paper as to his thoughts on the new pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and/or who he feels should be recognized as the best, Mayweather said he was far above any of the fighters on the current pound-for-pound list - calling them "bums."
"You saw, at the age of 16, going to the National Golden Gloves after just 15 junior fights, and winning the national championship,"Mayweather said. "Then, people said I couldn't do it again without my father, and I did it again the next year, at 112 pounds, without my father. Then, I jumped straight to 125 pounds, won three national championships, went to the Olympics, took a controversial loss, went pro, won world championships in five weight divisions. I made the impossible possible. I'm so far ahead of those other bums, I couldn't even tell you."
It's not the first time that Mayweather took aim at Pacquiao. When BoxingScene.com spoke with Mayweather last February, he would tell BScene writer Brent Matteo Alderson that fighting Pacquiao would be an easy fight.
"You can't tell me nothing about Pacquiao. Pacquiao knocked a guy down three times in the first round and got a draw [Juan Manuel Marquez], so he really lost that fight. And then he got his ass whooped by [Erik] Morales," Mayweather told BoxingScene.
"Of course everybody knows I'll box circles around Pacquiao. Pacquiao is a good fighter. He goes in there and do what he gotta do. These fighters are not even on my level. That's why when I come to the fights they scream my name, Pretty Boy, because they know I'm the top dog."
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