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pre-gatti mayweather was...actually alot more humble then, he talked here and there, but he wasnt nowhere near as contraversial as he is now. The fight with bruseles was still at the point where he was on boxing fans map, but not the mainstream map at all. After the gatti fight he had alot more success in the mainstream, but before, he wasnt much of a draw, he would usually win in dominant fashion and at that time, unless you were mexican, nobody was really paying much attention to 130.
The only fight that would have put mayweather over any earlier would have been if Hamed woulda got past Barrera.
Even though he was an olympian and people had been talking about him since the amatuers, he wasnt promoted like Cotto or anyone else, he didint have a nationalist fanbase sitting on his arrival...no american really does anymore.
The only fight that would have put mayweather over any earlier would have been if Hamed woulda got past Barrera.
Even though he was an olympian and people had been talking about him since the amatuers, he wasnt promoted like Cotto or anyone else, he didint have a nationalist fanbase sitting on his arrival...no american really does anymore.
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