Double Standards

[eazy_mas]

well it normal thing but I wanted to ask guys one thing.

If you reached the p4p king then naturally your benchmark is to become GOAT and if you not want to do that then **** away and do something else.

Because if you not strive to become the best what the ****ing hell are you trying to prove? why are you still fighting? why are you there?

If I started a pro career in boxing I would fight the best avaible guy out there.

from prospects to contender to champion and elite once i reach that part I start to own the game of boxing and make my own rules to the game

[Kball15]

People say they hate Floyd Mayweather for consistantly claiming he is the greatest, the best of all time etc etc.
Yet at the same time, they praise Muhammad Ali, (who couldnt go 5 minutes without proclaiming his own greatness) for being a personality, and being good for the sport.
Floyd and Ali's methods for rising their stock as the greatest fighter of all time are exactly the same, yet one gets praised and the other gets ridiculed.

Ali always admitted that Ray Robinson was greater then himself, and called his greatest rivals, like Joe Frazier, great champions.

Mayweather doesnt do any of that.

But i personally like it cause it gets him mainstream attention.

[Chicago]

Right and im not saying FLoyd is the greatest, I just think its hypocritical that people discredit and hate him and praise ALi.

Yep, exactly.

[Unseen]

People say they hate Floyd Mayweather for consistantly claiming he is the greatest, the best of all time etc etc.
Yet at the same time, they praise Muhammad Ali, (who couldnt go 5 minutes without proclaiming his own greatness) for being a personality, and being good for the sport.
Floyd and Ali's methods for rising their stock as the greatest fighter of all time are exactly the same, yet one gets praised and the other gets ridiculed.

at the time ali had less competition to be called great. now there are many more people that have boxed. to this day people still think of ali as the best boxer ever.

[PeROxiDE]

Ali was hated at the time, just as Mayweather is now. In years to come when Floyd is retired and no longer shoots his mouth off he will most probably be held in the same regard, or at least somewhere near. I see no hypocrisy here at all.

[ThePurpleHaze]

I'm not really a fan of PBF, but like others have said until someone proves he's not he has every right to say whatever he feels. I don't like hearing it, and neither do I like hearing it from Ali, but eh was it not true/is it not true? I don't hold double standards, if I met Ali or PBF it would be mixed emotions of respect of skills but lack of respect for humility/the person. I think it's more of an act than anything...same with Ali...just fishing for attention and it works so why not do it?

Off the subject but a really good documentary about Ali's history/impact/life is Ali 65 from ESPN CLASSIC

[Easy-E]

at the time ali had less competition to be called great. now there are many more people that have boxed. to this day people still think of ali as the best boxer ever.

No.
Ali was part of the greatest crop of heavyweight fighters in history.

[Easy-E]

Ali always admitted that Ray Robinson was greater then himself, and called his greatest rivals, like Joe Frazier, great champions.

Mayweather doesnt do any of that.

But i personally like it cause it gets him mainstream attention.

Ali has consistantly claimed he was the greatest fighter of all time.

[ben41193]

well it normal thing but I wanted to ask guys one thing.

If you reached the p4p king then naturally your benchmark is to become GOAT and if you not want to do that then **** away and do something else.

Because if you not strive to become the best what the ****ing hell are you trying to prove? why are you still fighting? why are you there?

If I started a pro career in boxing I would fight the best avaible guy out there.

from prospects to contender to champion and elite once i reach that part I start to own the game of boxing and make my own rules to the game

I agree completly man, Whats the point of doing the sport if u dont wanna be the best

[eazy_mas]

I'm not really a fan of PBF, but like others have said until someone proves he's not he has every right to say whatever he feels. I don't like hearing it, and neither do I like hearing it from Ali, but eh was it not true/is it not true? I don't hold double standards, if I met Ali or PBF it would be mixed emotions of respect of skills but lack of respect for humility/the person. I think it's more of an act than anything...same with Ali...just fishing for attention and it works so why not do it?

Off the subject but a really good documentary about Ali's history/impact/life is Ali 65 from ESPN CLASSIC

well i have mixed feeling to but i dont take it personally because they didnt do anything bad to me so why all the hate.

but i gotta respect there talent this is one thing people cant put in there mind. If a person is a got skills and able to win his oppenet but he is jerk then it doesnt mean he is going to lose because he is a jerk.