How Floyd Mayweather Jr. Conned Boxing

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How Floyd Mayweather Jr. conned Boxing

September 24, 6:29 PMIndianapolis Fight Sports ExaminerDennis "dSource" Guillermo

No mistake about it, Floyd Mayweather Jr. is one of the best boxers in the planet, pound for pound. He is also one of it's biggest "con artists".
Floyd is so good at it, he can sell a fight with a smaller guy, come in overweight and still convince a lot of people from fair-weathered fans, casual fans, experts, wannabe experts, boxing connoisseurs, pretenders and haters alike that it was a great fight. Floyd is so good, he has not only sold ice cubes in Alaska, he was able to trade in his old box air-conditioning unit for a 2010 GT Mustang- just in case all his other "whips" get repossessed.
Floyd handpicked, not only a guy that's smaller than him and who would pose little threat for him to retain his self-proclaimed "Pretty Boy" looks unblemished, he also chose a slower, older, methodical orthodox counter-puncher that was simply tailor-made for him to run over. And if those weren't enough, he made sure he came in bigger and not stress himself out making the proposed 144-pound catch-weight. Floyd was so big during fight night, he refused to be weighed or let alone allow anybody to talk about weight. It's like a car salesman selling you an overpriced convertible without allowing you to see the Carfax vehicle history report or even allow you to check under the hood.
Shoot, sounds ****** right? But heck the "experts" at Yahoo sports bought it. Just like that, they ranked Floyd Mayweather Jr. on top of their Pound for Pound rankings. I guess Mayweather's pummeling of Marquez was more impressive than Mosley beating up the bigger Margarito or Pacquiao going up in weight and destroying bigger fighters like David Diaz, Oscar Dela Hoya and Ricky Hatton. Yahoo writer Kevin Iole would even back up the list by saying the Carfax report on the used car was insignificant because despite the faulty transmission and the 200,000 miles on the engine, the vehicle was still worth every penny it's overpriced MRSP. Iole wrote,

And while it’s true that Marquez was a smaller man, size had little to do with the outcome of this fight. One would expect, particularly at the highest level of the sport, that the smaller man would be quicker and faster. Instead, however, it was the bigger man who had the quicker hands and feet, the faster reflexes and the superior boxing sense.

Say what?! So if Shane Mosley picked a fight against Ricky Hatton, a victory over Hatton would be the ultimate accomplishment because Mosley is definitely faster and.... you know what, I won't even finish my sentence. This is an ignorant and insightless statement for an accomplished writer. Since when was Marquez fast? Marquez's greatness was always based on his tactical ability and his cup-of-tea was against come-forward fighters like Pacquiao and Juan Diaz. He has always been slow so if Floyd "out-quicking" him surprised you then I guess it's time to "give all your boxing writing equipment to me and Imma' pour gasoline on it and throw it in the garbage cause you aint gon' need it no way" Roger Mayweather style.
If such things came from someone like Max Kellerman, the longtime boxing analyst who prides himself to be a hardcore, scientific follower of the sport, then you'd understand it. But I guess a lot of boxing experts lose common sense after watching people beat each other up in the ring for so many years-perhaps the trauma to the brain can also be sustained by simply spectating. Or then again, perhaps these people have their blinders on or simply sipping the Mayweather Kool-Aide.
Get it straight. Number One versus Numero Uno wasn't about greatness. Maybe for Marquez and Mexico it was in their pursuit to fight the former best fighter of the sport who was bigger and stronger. But for Mayweather, if it truly was for greatness, why not go for the champ in his division and take away Shane Mosley's belts. Or why not the current Pound for Pound king Pacquiao?
Floyd himself said it, he doesn't fight for belts and all these other accolades. He fights for money. And until he shows up against a REAL challenge, don't get it twisted and think its anything more than the money. Amazingly, other than selling this fraud of a match-up he was also able to fool a lot of people that what he accomplished last Saturday had anything to do with "greatness" as well. Former UFC champ Rampage Jackson just called in and said "I pity the fools". (Rampage is playing BA Baracus aka Mr.T in the upcoming movie A-Team and for those who don't get it, it's a figure of speech)
It takes a special kind of salesman though to pull such a thing off. So my hats-off to Floyd Mayweather Jr. for perfectly executing the sale because something tells me that if Pacquiao retires after beating Cotto then comes back in 2 years against Ivan Calderon and whoop him, people won't be singing the same praises about him.



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[lyricalether]

ohhhhhhhhhhhh quitcherbitchin....all of u....accept the obvious..may is on top

[We want Floyd]

If Floyd read this article, he'd probably be giving himself a pat on the back. I think the author of this article is giving Ugly Boy way too much credit for his "marketing skills".

It's not so much that Floyd is a helluva salesman, it's just that there's a serious lack of IQ in our society, specifically, American boxing fans.

[arraamis]

This is getting old and it hasn't even been a week ......

Good or bad - Floyd is Floyd ....... That's just the way it is.

Let's move on - and hope Pac\Cotto\Mosley vs Mayweather is next. I think that's the best that can happen out of this whole fiasco.

[mccready]

I don't think it was a great fight. What it was, was a great performance by a welterweight against the undisputed lightweight champ, who jumped up two divisions all of a sudden, who is older, smaller and slower.

Granted, it was hyped way beyond recognition. It should've been billed as a tune up. But the fact that Marquez was ranked in the top 3 on the p4p lists somehow made that impossible/unwelcome.

Regardless of who he had in front that night, floyd's speed and accuracy alone after 21 months without a pro fight are beyond impressive. that's where the "great" part of the performance comes in.

[Fights]

Something tells me that if Pacquiao retires after beating Cotto then comes back in 2 years against Ivan Calderon and whoop him, people won't be singing the same praises about him.

Hahaha. Nice.