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it means that you were ****ing wrong. And I proved it.
Are you an American? No. Please don't lecture me about what Americans on the street think about Floyd. What a joke.
Look, I'm not a gay *** concerned about what Floyd does in his personal life. I don't care what any of my sports favorites do or what their personalities are like. People who do tend to be a bit unhinged and soft.
Your statement was not originally this. And Hatton vs. Floyd was boring? Not from anyone I talked to.
Again, just stop making **** up. Stick to the facts.Comment
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Because I enjoy watching him box.
Don't really care about the **** he talked selling a couple of fights in which he played safe and got the win against bigger guys. Same goes for the 'disrespecting former great fighters' bit, I don't take it seriously when he says he's the G.O.A.T. In moments of candidness, Floyd has expressed respect for contemporaries and the greats who came before, so I don't doubt there's a thoughtful, humble student of boxing under the persona.
And the majority of fan encounters I've heard of were positive. Not that I really care, because I just want to watch him box. He creates such beautiful lines when he punches men in the face. But I won't deny it's nice to hear back from fans who met a Floyd who isn't the jerk he's made out to be (or has made a persona out of).
But you're talking about treating fans like **** as in not giving them **** for their buck, I guess? Maybe if so many fans weren't so obsessed with tuning in to see 'life and death' or someone getting their head knocked off every single time and actually tuned in for the sport? I dunno. I love the guys who appear to have that selfless, fans-first thing going on...but I've been too ashamed of demanding exhibitions of blood and guts as my punter's right ever since Benn-McClellan. Wars will always happen in boxing, so when they come along, I get on the edge of my seat and dig it like everyone else. But I lost the attitude of being disappointed if the night didn't end in a knockout or two guys pissing blood long ago. I don't throw or take the punches, so if a boxer puts his own interests above 'pleasing the fans' (how many of whom are really down at the end of the day, anyway?), it doesn't lessen my respect for him. In one sense, it actually emboldens it.
There will always be fighters who represent the sport in a 'fan friendly' way, anyway. For every Mayweather, there will always be a St. Pacquiao. So I don't worry about it. It balances out.
Just not interested in allowing boxing politics, boxing economics, boxing bureaucracy, the transitory ***** of the day, whatever, to color my judgement of a boxer who's ability and in-ring temperament I always admired.
Is that fair enough?
And does it really matter if a few people don't join the uber-trendy '**** on Mayweather Jr.' wagon? I don't buy that the negative energy directed at him on here is all righteous. Or that a cut of his detractors don't want to see him toppled for their own misanthropic subjective reasons and won't only be satisfied when that happens. It's all too deep-seated and hysterical for that.
I hope to see him fight Pacquiao and especially Cotto still. In some ways, I now wish Cotto had outclassed Tony like everyone said he would (although, I picked Tony to win as he did), because what seemed to be such a great underdog moment of vindication for Margarito now has a negative cloud hanging over it. And ever since that fight it's not as clear-cut who the best 147lb guy is for Floyd anymore. Pac has leaped up in weight and emerged as a credible potential opponent, Margarito became moot after the cheat scandal and being badly beaten by Mosley, who Cotto beat. It's a bit of a mess now. But I still think Cotto is the defining test out there for Floyd, all told. And I'd be surprised/disappointed if Cotto didn't beat Clottey in accomplished fashion. So just maybe that possibility isn't completely dead yet.Comment
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Looks like I accidentally closed this thread down.
Sorry, guys. Carry on with your bad-tempered exchange of views.Comment
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I thought everybody who somehow didn't know about this **** got hip to it within the last few days.
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