America has never been fully behind Mayweather

LOL, Every excuse except the OBVIOUS one that black Americans face from their fellow countymen. They hated Jack Johnson and EVERY other boxer since. And after knowing the history and reading about it, they still deny it exists. They've been exposed after promoting themselves as superior, fighting is a basic ability (self defense) and now THEY and Everyone else knows, they cant fight.:headbang: :boxing: goodbye boxing scene:ghost:

Talked a lot of trash and then would fight a cautious, defensive, clinching fight. One of those fighters (like Hopkins and Ward) who try to take the "fight" out of the fight. For a fighter whose 49-0, he might have the shortest highlight reel of all tine. lol

As good as he is in the ring, he's just not really a likeable character out of the ring. You can say it's public persona, maybe it is, but if you throw enough sh*t, some sticks. The way he acts and that flash lifestyle rubs people up the wrong way if you don't have the kind of charm, intelligence or likeable personality traits to go along with it because then you just look plain arrogant. Most people don't like that. In the eyes of most people he is just an arrogant, flash, unintelligent, charmless, woman beater and really...he is those things. I'm sure he probably has some decent sides to him too but if all you project to the public is the other things, don't expect to be liked. Still, people watch him fight because they like him or hate him. Whatever he does gets people emotionally involved one way or the other and he knows that. I don't think it's all persona either. I think he is everything you see, maybe he just amplifies it when the cameras are on. He's a 100% egomaniac, that much is true.

In other words. Errybody wan' see a slick brotha fall :sad2: :afro: Idk....same thing happened to Ali and Ray Robinson. Maybe Floyd just has a bad aura I honestly don't know. But when people say " they don't like woman beaters and that's why" I can't help but think of the love ben rothlisburger enjoys. I also remember Floyd has been fighting for 20yrs so it's not like this is something new

They didn't like him as pretty boy when he was stopping people, they didn't like him when he stopped Ricky hatton, didn't like him fighting cotto a week out from jail. They didn't like him beating gatti the way he did. Damn sure didn't like him when he took a plea deal for domestic abuse. I think the only time I heard the crowd on Floyd's side was when he was cheated outta a gold medal at the olympics and even that was exiguous. The day he debuted and stood over the mullet man ****y af the crowd didn't like him..... In other words. Errybody wan' see a slick brotha fall :sad2: :afro:

They didn't like him as pretty boy when he was stopping people, they didn't like him when he stopped Ricky hatton, didn't like him fighting cotto a week out from jail. They didn't like him beating gatti the way he did. Damn sure didn't like him when he took a plea deal for domestic abuse. I think the only time I heard the crowd on Floyd's side was when he was cheated outta a gold medal at the olympics and even that was exiguous. The day he debuted and stood over the mullet man ****y af the crowd didn't like him.....

If only he was from the UK

We all know why...

He's got a unique case. Defensive-minded boxers rarely become huge in this sport. It will never happen again. He retired at a young age and fans interpreted it as avoiding prime fighters in his division. Came back, retired again, fought once a year, became an object of curiosity. Fans hated his style and wanted to see him lose. Had nothing to do with being genius in the business. It all worked for him unintentionally. There'll never be another case like his. Show me a defensive fighter who got any potential in making it as huge as Cotto, for instance. None. Never.

He's smart. He has his fan base, but he tends to fight guys who have much larger fan bases of their own. Guys whose fans will travel, and buy tickets, and show up to the fights. He couldn't give a damn about being the crowd favorite, as long as the arena is sold out.

how on earth can you support a boring fighter? :dunno:

He played the villain for too long. And then he got in trouble hitting women. Americans don't like a woman beater. Myself, I DGAF what a guy does outside the ring, most of them aren't good dudes anyways. I judge sports figures by what they do on the field of play for the most part. Floyd chose his path, it led him to greatness and more money than he could have gotten if he had played nice guy. I am from Grand Rapids. I know he plays a character, but he's also probably not a dude you'd want to know. He's a genius in the ring and I've been a boxing fan long before he started winning Golden Gloves titles out of Pride Gym. He's probably a childish jerk, but he's a master in the ring and boxes more perfectly than anyone we've ever seen. Don't worship the personalities, you'll always be disappointed. The nice guys are probably jerks too. McGregor is at least as much of a ****y brat as Floyd has ever been, no really idea what either are like as persons.

It's because his fighting style and not having a built in fan base unless you count black Americans which there aren't as many as other minority groups. He's never resonated with white Americans.