Floyd Boring?

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

he only does just enough to win. this is very safe for him but it does get boring

Floyd had KO'd 4 out of 5 guys before he started fighting bigger men. Is it fair to say that FMJ does "just enough to win"?

[ELPacman]

Is Floyd Mayweather Really A Boring Fighter?

31.10.07 - By James Slater: Boring -verb; make somebody feel disinterested by being dull. Is the above verb an appropriate one for boxing's current pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Junior? Many people say Mayweather is a boring fighter. But is he really a fighter that "makes people feel disinterested by being dull?" I say no.

Let's face it, how can any fan say they are disinterested by "Pretty Boy" when they are almost constantly talking about him? Either love him or loathe him, Floyd Mayweather brings out an opinion and an emotion from almost anybody with as much as a casual interest in the sport of boxing. How then, can the man be described as dull?

Okay, let's not get too technical. Many fans feel Mayweather bores them in the ring, and it is to his overly cautious approach when fighting that they point to with regards to the disinterest they feel from the welterweight champion. But here, too, are these fans exaggerating when they call the unbeaten star a bore? If someone is truly bored by a fighter, they will simply cease to watch him - and, more importantly, they will cease paying to watch him. This has never looked like happening in Mayweather's case. On the contrary, his fights do huge numbers. Case in point, his super fight with Oscar De La Hoya - which was a boxing match nearly everyone both saw, and then talked about. Why haven't boxing fans stayed away in droves for Mayweather fights if he has been, and is, so boring? If anything, Mayweather has seen his fights get bigger and bigger.

That is simply something that doesn't happen to a dull and boring fighter. The same thing is going to happen with "Pretty Boy's" next fight, too - the one with a certain Mr. Hatton. How many fans does that fight make feel disinterested? Absolutely none, that's how many.

No, Mayweather is not a boring fighter, at least not in the conventional meaning of the word. A truly boring fighter by definition, would be someone like Johnny Nelson, for one example. This guy was safety first in the ring and never drew much verbal interest, either negative or positive, from the fans - they simply didn't care. Floyd Mayweather is nothing like Nelson, surely? What we really have with Mayweather is a controversial, not easy to understand, boxing master. To the fans who say they get bored watching him fight, I say fine; if watching a master at work as he produces a masterpiece is not your thing then so be it. And Floyd has given us some masterpieces during his career, hasn't he? With his uncommon boxing brilliance, he has dazzled both his opponents and those amongst boxing fans who can appreciate, well, a masterpiece.

It's not Mayweather's fault if he is capable of winning fights so easily he makes the other guy look like nothing, and it's not his fault he can win fights without being truly tested to the limit - therefore giving us fights with, according to his critics, no drama. Agreed, Floyd is not the guy to go see if you want a toe-to-toe tear-up. But neither was Willy Pep, or, most of the time at least, was Muhammad Ali. But who calls those two guys boring? And before anybody says it was Ali's out-of-the-ring antics that kept us all so enthralled a lot of the time, isn't it the same thing with Mayweather (barring the political stance, of course)?

The bottom line is, Floyd Mayweather keeps the boxing fans both talking and coming back for more. Just look at the number of comments that are left on articles written about him on this very website. Floyd also gets the fans debating. For if you either wish to see him triumph or fail in the ring, you have an opinion as to which outcome will occur come fight time. If a truly and utterly boring fighter were doing his stuff, the exact opposite would be the case and there would be nothing but empty seats and virtual silence.

Mayweather, however, be it from his supporters or his detractors, evokes interest. And excitement. The reigning pound-for-pound king is not boring, and we'll all miss him when his fine career finally reaches its end.

Actually, he is terribly boring.

[ELPacman]

If he was that boring would we all keep watching his fights. Just because he doesn't KO every opponent does not mean he's boring. He's good to watch because he really is so skilled at what he does.

The only thing i don't like is when he lies saying he will go toe to toe and he will not run even though he always does.

Still good to watch though.

Id rather watch PBF ANYDAY than watch Spinks v Taylor again.

To be honest, I've only watched Mayweather-Gatti LIVE because of Gatti, and Oscar-Mayweather LIVE because I was hoping Oscar would KO Mayweather. All the other matches I've caught on replays or only seen clips because there is nothing in each rd of his fights that stands out, ever. He puts me to sleep, and I only get excited listening to his press conferences in which he BSes about he's going to fight man to man, and bull**** like that until he's in the ring. At least I let that **** wear off me before I shell out $50 on his garbage.

[Vladimir303]

Actually, he is terribly boring.

LMAO. Just like I thought somebody would something like this.

See post 18 for further clarification.

[pbftxrs316]

Good article.......but for the dip****s who continuasly trash Mayweather.....this is too something too complicated to understand.

They probably read the Title of the thread and answer immediately with a "YES MAYWEATHER IS BORRING" Robot response.

i am laughing my ass off right now from this comment. plain and simple, this comment just pawned the **** out of every hater on this sight.

and cortdawg, you and me have always senn eye to eye when it came to floyd. you have given me a lot of props for my wonderful posting as i have given you just as much props for your posting and this one is no exception. you write an amazing post and gave actual decent arguments and yet, posters responded with."they watch to see him lose." after reading comments like this i opted only to respond to you and vladimir as you both pawned the living **** out of the haters and i must admit, this post was long overdue by you my friend, but nonetheless, you finally posted it with amazing points.

now, the backlash i will get from my responses to you and vlad is that all floyd nuthuggers stick together and how me, you, and vlad are gay and yada yada yada, but at the end of the day, you owned the **** out of these hating pricks with this post. hell of a job, one of the greatest i've read from you.

[pbftxrs316]

Floyd had KO'd 4 out of 5 guys before he started fighting bigger men. Is it fair to say that FMJ does "just enough to win"?

dios, you know how much i love your posts just like tha horseman and dlt. you give great facts and many haters on here just cannot take it. what else can we do but just owning them with actual decent posts?

[Williamb45]

i am laughing my ass off right now from this comment. plain and simple, this comment just pawned the **** out of every hater on this sight.

and cortdawg, you and me have always senn eye to eye when it came to floyd. you have given me a lot of props for my wonderful posting as i have given you just as much props for your posting and this one is no exception. you write an amazing post and gave actual decent arguments and yet, posters responded with."they watch to see him lose." after reading comments like this i opted only to respond to you and vladimir as you both pawned the living **** out of the haters and i must admit, this post was long overdue by you my friend, but nonetheless, you finally posted it with amazing points.

now, the backlash i will get from my responses to you and vlad is that all floyd nuthuggers stick together and how me, you, and vlad are gay and yada yada yada, but at the end of the day, you owned the **** out of these hating pricks with this post. hell of a job, one of the greatest i've read from you.

dios, you know how much i love your posts just like tha horseman and dlt. you give great facts and many haters on here just cannot take it. what else can we do but just owning them with actual decent posts?

Oh cmon man, you are not only nuthugging floyd, but ur also nuthugging the nuthuggers of floyd. Keep it up you might have a nuthugger of your own one day.


PS I don't think he is a boring fighter, but i also don't think he if very exciting (he was till he moved up to ww). I think alot of people watch his fights because he is p4p #1 and he is the man to beat. Any boxing fight would follow its best athelete. Even if spinks was p4p #1, I think he would be followed as well.

[joepal]

Is Floyd Mayweather Really A Boring Fighter?

31.10.07 - By James Slater: Boring -verb; make somebody feel disinterested by being dull. Is the above verb an appropriate one for boxing's current pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Junior? Many people say Mayweather is a boring fighter. But is he really a fighter that "makes people feel disinterested by being dull?" I say no.

Let's face it, how can any fan say they are disinterested by "Pretty Boy" when they are almost constantly talking about him? Either love him or loathe him, Floyd Mayweather brings out an opinion and an emotion from almost anybody with as much as a casual interest in the sport of boxing. How then, can the man be described as dull?

Okay, let's not get too technical. Many fans feel Mayweather bores them in the ring, and it is to his overly cautious approach when fighting that they point to with regards to the disinterest they feel from the welterweight champion. But here, too, are these fans exaggerating when they call the unbeaten star a bore? If someone is truly bored by a fighter, they will simply cease to watch him - and, more importantly, they will cease paying to watch him. This has never looked like happening in Mayweather's case. On the contrary, his fights do huge numbers. Case in point, his super fight with Oscar De La Hoya - which was a boxing match nearly everyone both saw, and then talked about. Why haven't boxing fans stayed away in droves for Mayweather fights if he has been, and is, so boring? If anything, Mayweather has seen his fights get bigger and bigger.

That is simply something that doesn't happen to a dull and boring fighter. The same thing is going to happen with "Pretty Boy's" next fight, too - the one with a certain Mr. Hatton. How many fans does that fight make feel disinterested? Absolutely none, that's how many.

No, Mayweather is not a boring fighter, at least not in the conventional meaning of the word. A truly boring fighter by definition, would be someone like Johnny Nelson, for one example. This guy was safety first in the ring and never drew much verbal interest, either negative or positive, from the fans - they simply didn't care. Floyd Mayweather is nothing like Nelson, surely? What we really have with Mayweather is a controversial, not easy to understand, boxing master. To the fans who say they get bored watching him fight, I say fine; if watching a master at work as he produces a masterpiece is not your thing then so be it. And Floyd has given us some masterpieces during his career, hasn't he? With his uncommon boxing brilliance, he has dazzled both his opponents and those amongst boxing fans who can appreciate, well, a masterpiece.

It's not Mayweather's fault if he is capable of winning fights so easily he makes the other guy look like nothing, and it's not his fault he can win fights without being truly tested to the limit - therefore giving us fights with, according to his critics, no drama. Agreed, Floyd is not the guy to go see if you want a toe-to-toe tear-up. But neither was Willy Pep, or, most of the time at least, was Muhammad Ali. But who calls those two guys boring? And before anybody says it was Ali's out-of-the-ring antics that kept us all so enthralled a lot of the time, isn't it the same thing with Mayweather (barring the political stance, of course)?

The bottom line is, Floyd Mayweather keeps the boxing fans both talking and coming back for more. Just look at the number of comments that are left on articles written about him on this very website. Floyd also gets the fans debating. For if you either wish to see him triumph or fail in the ring, you have an opinion as to which outcome will occur come fight time. If a truly and utterly boring fighter were doing his stuff, the exact opposite would be the case and there would be nothing but empty seats and virtual silence.

Mayweather, however, be it from his supporters or his detractors, evokes interest. And excitement. The reigning pound-for-pound king is not boring, and we'll all miss him when his fine career finally reaches its end.

Slater is a nuthugger par excellance. Obviously this article was made while Floyd's cakk was in his mouth.

Nobody disputes that Floyd is an interesting personality. What they find boring though is his style of fighting. Watch his last two fights, and the word boring suddenly gets a new dimension, it makes you wanna kill somebody.

There are debates about him mainly because of these: Floyd has a horde of delusional nuthuggers ready to say anything about him just to build him up. But since there are also many objective fans out there, they rightfully try to rebut the nuthuggers outlandish claims. But Floyd fans being more stubborn than the Trinidiots, they defend their man to the death. Before you know it the ensuing thread reaches 20 pages in less than hour. This is the ONLY reason why Floyd gets discussed in the messageboards.

[Jim Jeffries]

Floyd had KO'd 4 out of 5 guys before he started fighting bigger men. Is it fair to say that FMJ does "just enough to win"?

He's also KO'd 4 of his last 11 opponents. Real exciting.

[Wiley Hyena]

i am laughing my ass off right now from this comment. plain and simple, this comment just pawned the **** out of every hater on this sight.

and cortdawg, you and me have always senn eye to eye when it came to floyd. you have given me a lot of props for my wonderful posting as i have given you just as much props for your posting and this one is no exception. you write an amazing post and gave actual decent arguments and yet, posters responded with."they watch to see him lose." after reading comments like this i opted only to respond to you and vladimir as you both pawned the living **** out of the haters and i must admit, this post was long overdue by you my friend, but nonetheless, you finally posted it with amazing points.

now, the backlash i will get from my responses to you and vlad is that all floyd nuthuggers stick together and how me, you, and vlad are gay and yada yada yada, but at the end of the day, you owned the **** out of these hating pricks with this post. hell of a job, one of the greatest i've read from you.

Well, maybe it was an "amazing" post, a spectacular post owning all who see the truth. But, the problem is the truth. And, the truth is that Floyd is justly criticized on grounds that his fights are boring because...they are. Can't help it. Floyd is further justly criticized on grounds that he cherry picks opponents. He is a businessman first, a boxer second, and a fighter third.

The good news is that with Ricky Hatton, it's a fair bet that Floyd has finally picked the wrong cherry. Floyd's recent outburst is one of the worst I've ever seen from that boxer. If it's true that Hatton and his fans have gotten under Floyd's skin as that outburst would suggest, then boxing fans may actually get their money's worth this time. It would be good for boxing if Hatton ripped Floyd a new *******, and it's that possibility that brings viewers to watch Floyd's fights. A Hatton win would show that fighters come first, not businessmen. Boxing is starving for a boxer of the grade of say Roberto Duran. There will never be another Duran, but in Hatton, a new chapter might be written where bull**** will be exchanged for real boxing action and the fighters that give it their all to the sport. Kelly Pavlik has already taken big steps in that direction. Hopefully, Hatton can finally turn the page. The sooner the better.