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So before Pacquiao became the face of boxing, why wasn’t there a star to carry the sport to the masses in the early part of the twenty-first century?
Well there was.
After the Hatton fight, it was Mayweather’s time to carry the sport and assume the role as boxing’s superstar and he didn’t step up. Unlike Floyd, Manny has lived up to his super-star billing and has represented the sport in an honorable fashion by fighting the best, putting on exciting performances, and acting with dignity and humbleness in a way that seems genuine.
And I have been Mayweather guy the entire way and have rated him as the best fighter in the world since Roy Jones struggled with Tarver in their first fight in the fall of 2003 and still favor him over Pacquiao, but the bottom line is Mayweather never embraced the responsibility associated with being the symbol of the sport like Manny Pacquiao has. [more]
Well there was.
After the Hatton fight, it was Mayweather’s time to carry the sport and assume the role as boxing’s superstar and he didn’t step up. Unlike Floyd, Manny has lived up to his super-star billing and has represented the sport in an honorable fashion by fighting the best, putting on exciting performances, and acting with dignity and humbleness in a way that seems genuine.
And I have been Mayweather guy the entire way and have rated him as the best fighter in the world since Roy Jones struggled with Tarver in their first fight in the fall of 2003 and still favor him over Pacquiao, but the bottom line is Mayweather never embraced the responsibility associated with being the symbol of the sport like Manny Pacquiao has. [more]
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