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I am NOT a Mayweather fan, lol...
However, some of the hostility leveled against the man is now
bordering on the excessive, both in this forum and in the boxing
business generally. Sometimes it's not what is said, but when.
Assuming it wasn't staged (lol), Floyd had every right to be quite
irritated at Kellerman, BHop and (to lesser extent) at Shane, and I'd
feel bad about any boxer being so disrespected. Ganged upon, even.
Max was asking slanted questions, and near about everything
except the just-concluded action in the ring. Whether touching on
the weigh-in problem, or the 'selection' of the much lighter Marquez,
or whether he would fight Mosley "who was of (Mayweather's) same
weight class", the questions were obvious setups to put Floyd on
the defensive... so Floyd became defensive. Bernard did rudely butt
into Mayweather's interview, uninvited. Shane at least had been
waved over by Floyd.
As naturally-underweight an opponent as JMM was, it was Marquez'
own fault if he agreed to fight so much heavier than his native weight;
and it's not like JMM wasn't able to fight gamely once in the ring.
Coming out of a 2 year "retirement", almost any boxer would need a
tuneup, and that's what this bout was --whatever promotional hype
was tossed around to sell it as something more.
Finally, whatever else we may dislike in Floyd, he showed superb skill
in the ring against JMM, and answered any questions about ring rust.
I expect he'll be even sharper for his next fights, if any.
Floyd's no Mr. Popular. He's quite an arrogant, incoherent little ****.
He's quite prone to making grand boasts of his greatness while ducking
the best opposition out there. We have every right to dislike him for it,
but my point is: maybe we should also dislike --just as fervently-- the
sort of treatment apparently heaped on Floyd just moments after he'd
put on a damn boxing clinic, towards a UD win.
h.
However, some of the hostility leveled against the man is now
bordering on the excessive, both in this forum and in the boxing
business generally. Sometimes it's not what is said, but when.
Assuming it wasn't staged (lol), Floyd had every right to be quite
irritated at Kellerman, BHop and (to lesser extent) at Shane, and I'd
feel bad about any boxer being so disrespected. Ganged upon, even.
Max was asking slanted questions, and near about everything
except the just-concluded action in the ring. Whether touching on
the weigh-in problem, or the 'selection' of the much lighter Marquez,
or whether he would fight Mosley "who was of (Mayweather's) same
weight class", the questions were obvious setups to put Floyd on
the defensive... so Floyd became defensive. Bernard did rudely butt
into Mayweather's interview, uninvited. Shane at least had been
waved over by Floyd.
As naturally-underweight an opponent as JMM was, it was Marquez'
own fault if he agreed to fight so much heavier than his native weight;
and it's not like JMM wasn't able to fight gamely once in the ring.
Coming out of a 2 year "retirement", almost any boxer would need a
tuneup, and that's what this bout was --whatever promotional hype
was tossed around to sell it as something more.
Finally, whatever else we may dislike in Floyd, he showed superb skill
in the ring against JMM, and answered any questions about ring rust.
I expect he'll be even sharper for his next fights, if any.
Floyd's no Mr. Popular. He's quite an arrogant, incoherent little ****.
He's quite prone to making grand boasts of his greatness while ducking
the best opposition out there. We have every right to dislike him for it,
but my point is: maybe we should also dislike --just as fervently-- the
sort of treatment apparently heaped on Floyd just moments after he'd
put on a damn boxing clinic, towards a UD win.
h.
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