A Spoiled Floyd Mayweather Jr. Hurt Boxing

[javelin_fangs]

I hope I got my point across. I don't think Mayweather hurt boxing because he was boring, I think he hurt it because after the De La Hoya he finally became a mainstream star and retired when there were lots of fights (EVENTS) that would have put boxing on the fronts of sport pages across america. He was on dancing with the stars and his fight with Hatton did 875 thousand buys. I guarantee Pacquioa-Hatton won't do over 700 thousand. Floyd is a star now and right now he will do bigger numbers than anybody in the sport in the US market.

So, let's just say this rumor about him having a serious shoulder injury were true. Do you not cut him any slack at all for letting that heal so that he could participate in these major events at 100% or at least close to it rather than just fight because people like you want to see the fight NOW and don't give two ****s if he's healthy enough to be fighting?

[Burner]

Thats what Ive been saying,

Mayweather vs. Baldomir and Mayweather vs. De La Hoya did more damage to boxing than good. Thats why Floyd is universally considered "boring" by casual fans. Thats why MMA stans use Floyd as an example of how "boring boxing is".

It doesnt matter if WE appreciate his style because we're hardcore fans because we don't keep the sport in the mainstream, casual fans are the reasons fights are on PPV and when you promise an all action fight with a climatic ending and you step in the ring and do absolutely the opposite, then you got a lot of pissed off customer who aren't satisfied with their service.

Proof of this was the 1.7 million peolple that DIDNT buy Hatton/Mayweather. Fights like Hopkins/Wright and Mayweather/De La Hoya/Baldomir shouldn't be PPV fights.

Floyd aint boxed in 2 years.

PPVS like Cotto v. Jennings......is whats KILLING the sport.

[Sin City]

None of this bothers him. He ain't ever gonna fight the the top guys at WW.

that's my beef with him.. and that's why I'll never be a fan of his.
the writer of this article almost completely expressed my views on Mayweather.
he has let us down, turned his back on us, and acts like an ungrateful little bastard child.
when the whole U.S.A. was watching, he turned his back on boxing and gave us the finger..
How you can say you love boxing and be a Mayweather fan is beyond me.
Fans of his aren't fans of the sport.. They are just fans of him.

[Sin City]

I don't think hes really jumping on him for fighting them, I think hes focusing on the fact that Floyd was telling the public in his prefight hype how he was going to destroy them and then when the fight actually takes place,

plays,

"tag, you're it".


Casual fans get turned on by prefight hype, and when they feel lied to and cheated out of their monies,

they don't return.

The common line after he beat DLH, "I'll never pay to see that guy fight again".

and most didn't.

that is so funny because it's true.. I heard lots of people say that and the numbers for Hatton v. Mayweather showed it. There weren't many returning customers.

[Sin City]

Yeah but that has alot more to do with Mayweather's size. You can't expect him to hurt or stand up to DLH or Baldy

You can't expect Pacquiao to hurt or stand up to... o, wait never mind.

[Ch@mpBox@PR]

that's my beef with him.. and that's why I'll never be a fan of his.
the writer of this article almost completely expressed my views on Mayweather.
he has let us down, turned his back on us, and acts like an ungrateful little bastard child.
when the whole U.S.A. was watching, he turned his back on boxing and gave us the finger..
How you can say you love boxing and be a Mayweather fan is beyond me.
Fans of his aren't fans of the sport.. They are just fans of him.

I agree.

They are just fans, because they think, talking **** and acting childish, to make your self look like a bad ass and all gansta is cool.

[Ch@mpBox@PR]

You can't expect Pacquiao to hurt or stand up to... o, wait never mind.

[El Dominicano]

You can't expect Pacquiao to hurt or stand up to... o, wait never mind.

Anyone would have hurt DLH that night. Mayweather would have K.O'd him

[Dave Rado]

That’s just who Mayeather has become, a melodramatic pre-Madonna that overrates his own greatest and overdramatizes his experiences in boxing. [details]

Pre-Madonna? Didn't he mean prima donna? Or has he made up a new word?

[Sin City]

Anyone would have hurt DLH that night. Mayweather would have K.O'd him

Mayweather had his night to KO Oscar and he didn't and considering Manny Pacquiao's small size I would say Oscar's condition leveled the playing field out to how Mayweather fought him.