"Anthony Joshua, a Worthy Gold Medalist" by Erislandy Savon
"Judges Never Get it Wrong" by Mauricio Herrera
"Never Let Your Dad Touch Your Hair" by Adrien Broner
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"My 30 Second Message To a Global Terrorist" by Manny Pacquiao
"How I Developed an Iron Chin" by Amir Khan
"Why Trash-Talk is Repugnant" by Tyson Fury
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"How to Make $1.4 Million" by Peter Quillin
"Why Youth is Everything in Boxing" by Bernard Hopkins
"Keeping An Uninjured Body in Sports" by Sergio Martinez
"My Career's Most Challenging Opponents" by Adonis Stevenson
"How to Take a Loss Like a Man" by Juan Manuel Marquez
"Stay Focused!...Stay Focused!...Stay Focused!" by Virgil Hunter
"Keeping the Fans Happy" by Andre Ward
"Why Sportsmanship is Everything in Sports" by Floyd Mayweather Jr
"How to Stay Loyal" by Alex Ariza
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"Why Patience is Important in Negotiations" by Saul Alvarez
"My Tough Fight with Rod Salka" by Danny Garcia
"The Art of Body Punching" by Erislandy Lara
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"Funny Titles for Boxing Books That Would Never Sell" by Philantro
Ha ha ha...that was funny. I am just keeping the thread alive for now so it can wake up again...
"I Rejected Protection for Sergio's Knees Since They were Solid" by Freddie Roach
"Fighter Skin Care 101" by Jorge Linares
"My Four-Times-Great-Grandmother was Mexican" by Gennady Golovkin
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I thought it was decent for his fist role .....i think he may have found his calling. I am not a great critique of acting skills, but i found what he did convincing enough to warrant a "decent" approval ratings. What do you guys think?
He didn't have much exposure in the film, but did an amazing jump between two buildings if I remember correctly. However, that jump was probably a stunt or cgi.
He did okay, no major mistakes, but Ronda Rousey was really cool as the only female in the movie. She looked stunning and acted much better than I expected.
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You can blame "the system" for failing Floyd and many others out there for not getting the proper education skills that all kids deserve. Or you can blame his parents, whatever. Fair enough.
However, a big problem with this country is people deflecting the blame of their problems onto the government and their parents and everyone but themselves.
I don't think many people here understand how difficult it must have been for Floyd to grow up in the Mayweather family. For example, his uncle and closest family friend, Roger Mayweather, was only a boxer whose net worth is merely $20 Million.
How many books can you get for $20 Million nowadays, really?
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I would say that Sergey hits much harder than Gennady. Sergey's right hand cross technique seems to be as close to perfect as you can come, because I cannot think of any other fighter who hits it better.
Sergey would probably put most heavyweight fighters to sleep with his right hand cross, in my opinion. The only thing missing in his right hand cross is speed, because there are other fighters who hits it faster.
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Apparently Mayweather came on 105.1 and tried to read a page of Harry Potter, but he struggled significantly...in fact it was downright shameful. Anyone got a recording of this? I follow Bloodstainlane on Twitter and he tweeted about it. Just wanted to see if anyone had any footage.
I am overbearingly shocked to hear that my bro TBE cannot read. I passionately believed that TBE meant "The Book Expert" or "The Book-reading Elite". :crying:
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in retrospect, Is a win over Margarito more meaningful than wins over Jose Luis Castillo, Diego Corrales, Shane Mosley, Genaro Hernandez, Canelo Alvarez, Ricky Hatton, Oscar De La Hoya, or Cotto?
FLOYD'S BEST WINS ARE:
Diego Corrales in January 2001 at 130lbs, and
Jose Luis Castillo in December 2002 at 135lbs.
A fight against Antonio Margarito in 2006/2007 at 147lbs, would have been better than his two best wins.
...and so would a fight against Kostya Tszyu in 2004/2005 at 140lbs
...and so would a fight against Paul Williams in 2008 at 147lbs
...and so would a fight against Manny Pacquiao in 2009/2010 at 147lbs
...and so would a fight against Sergio Martinez in 2011/2012 at 154lbs
...and so would a fight against Gennady Golovkin in 2014/2015 at 154lbs
Floyd had all the chances to become a top10 ATG, but he wasn't interested, instead settling for a top40-50 position.
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I think Al haymon cares about all of his fighters. I think he does everything in his power to help them out with anything and make sure they can succeed in life. He would never do anything to hurt any of them.
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I don't know exactly how you define "all of his fighters", but do you mean active fighters? Al Haymon worked a lot with Oscar De La Hoya, who isn't an active fighter, but I cannot see that Haymon did everything in his power to help him. In fact it seems like Haymon viciously tried to hurt and destroy Oscar in a malicious, greedy and repulsive way. So why wouldn't Haymon also do this to the active fighters?
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We see it said here all the time that Bob is keeping Manny from floyd. But who really stands to lose more here? Manny has lost several times, and is still a marketable fighter. When floyd does lose, there goes his entire marketing campaign. Since we always see Haymon keeping his fighters out of harms way, why aren't people questioning Haymon protecting Floyd? Don't come with that crap that floyd is his own boss. He's not and has even said he needs to talk to Al about his fights. If anyone is protecting their fighter, it's Al protecting floyd.
Yes, Al Haymon wants easy fights for Floyd now, but when Floyd will be on Haymon's network next year the strategy might be different. Look for example how he protected his fighters last year when they fought on Showtime, but as soon as they are on Haymon's network now they immediately got more difficult fights.
That is because now Haymon himself has to pay them and it seems that he will now force them to difficult fights as soon as they are on Haymon's network.
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This pretty much. Imo Haymon is smart enough to know Floyd is coming to the end of his career and he can't rely on him forever so he's moving in his own direction. Plus the Showtime deal didn't work out as expected financially, Floyd doesn't provide the leverage that he used to.
However, Haymon is still using Floyd as his leverage at Showtime, and next year Haymon will likely put Floyd on his own PPV TV to maximize his own profit.
But Floyd doesn't need Haymon anymore, and should therefore leave him, in my opinion, because Haymon has burnt his bridges with HBO and is burning his relationship with SHO at the moment, giving them only mismatches.
Floyd is much better off fighting on HBO or SHO, than on Haymon's own PPV.
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It wont change for Floyd fights.
Al Haymon might very well set up PPV fights on his own channels, or he might put Floyd on NBC and sell one minute commercials between the rounds. Al Haymon is probably planning to put his best fighters on NBC, and give his fighters percentage of the income from the commercials.
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Answer D doesnt make sense. Haymons money directly correlates with how much money Floyd makes. And its PPV. WHile it might be tied to HBO and Showtime it's not like a gift fight to boost HBO and Showtime ratings.
Haymon's money so far has been percentage on Floyd's income, but that has totally changed now when he is running his own shows where he will also receive money from many other channels, for example from commercials.
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Lol y'all really be so concerned about what Floyd and Haymon. So many rumors and speculation. Mind your own business.
Al Haymon is now a public figure and a power player in boxing, so he must accept that other people will discuss his actions in public. Why are you so concerned about people talking about Al Haymon's business?
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Hardcore fans watch boxing on tv and attend live events when possible.
Casual fans don't go to fights and don't watch fights unless they are out and the fight just happens to be on.
I agree, casual fans are just looking for some entertainment and sometimes it happens to be boxing.
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Mayweather don't need Network TV Exposure, he is already at the very top of the sport as far as making money and being known.
Floyd would love exposure on Network TV. You can be sure that he will be exposed there.
I think Haymon use Mayweather as a Negotiation Ploy...AND WHY NOT! He helped May weather become the Highest Paid Athlete In The World, that should be his SELLING POINT to not only other fighters but Networks as well!
I don't think Floyd has gained much from Al Haymon's duck strategies. Floyd would have been greater with a better manager.
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Casual Boxing Fans
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I don't think Al always has Floyd's best interest at heart. I think Al Haymon is looking out for himself at all times. Al seems to do good for his fighters also though. Al will do whatever he deems will benefit himself the most like any other rational human being. Mayweather pretty much helped to make Al Haymon what he is today in the scheme of boxing imo. Mayweather praised Haymon, Mayweather became top earner for the sport, other boxers followed Mayweather to Haymon, and now Haymon has a huge roster. Haymon might actually look out for Floyd since Floyd helped him as much if not more than Al helped Floyd.
I think you are naïve if you expect Al Haymon to "help" Floyd now. The most probable is that Al Haymon will skin Floyd badly. Look at Al Haymon's track record. He has skinned almost everyone he has worked with as far as I can see. Why would his business with Floyd be different?
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I doubt it, he already did all he can do for mayweather. He focusing on his own brand etc.
Yes, Al Haymon is now focusing on his own brand, PBC. He will use all his best fighters to build value in his brand. The question is why he created his own brand PBC?
One thing is that this new brand seems to be using WWE as the benchmark, but it is still too early to know for sure.
Mayweather was used as a leverage to milk showtime and hbo for all the possible money he could of with all his fighters so he could make his power moves now.
Yes, Al Haymon is known for milking and skinning his partners and the people he works with. HBO suffered, GBP suffered, and now he is unashamedly milking SHO.
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You are a complete and utter moron if you believe for 1 second Mayweather is going to fight on NBC next year.
So your answer is not A, but is it B, C or D?
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