By Edward Chaykovsky
Retired former five division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26KOs) is not happy with the recent events in boxing.
He believes fighters are asking for too much money to step in the ring.
Now a full-time promoter, Mayweather has his own stable of fighters and many of them are even demanding some significant purses to step inside the square circle. There have been a few incidents where Mayweather has had issues with his own fighters over compensation.
Mayweather has been the most financially successful fighter in boxing history. He made $300 million for last May's mega-fight with Manny Pacquiao - which generated over 4.6 million pay-per-view purchases.
Mayweather's monetary success was largely in part due to his adviser/manager Al Haymon - the brain behind the Premier Boxing Champions series.
Haymon has a big reputation for securing large purses for his fighters and compensating them very well. But some feel that he overcompensated a lot of the fighters and now many of them are greedy. Haymon is having issues, reportedly, with several of his PBC talent - who refuse to fight unless they receive outrageous sums of money.
Mayweather wants to get boxing back in check and squash what he believes is a growing trend of fighters demanding more money than a fight is worth.
"I took chances but I want these fighters to stop complaining about money. These fighters keep coming to me, keep coming to Al Haymon - 'Al we want this, we want that.' I'll tell Al, I will go on record and tell Al - we're paying these fighters too much. These fighters are getting paid too much. Listen, go out there and kick ass, do what you're supposed to do and the paydays will come," Mayweather told a group of reporters after his company staged a show in Las Vegas on Saturday night.