Floyd Mayweather Jr.

[cvt]

I didn't feel like saying everything again. He hasn't been fighting the top flight guys in recent years, as evidenced by his last 4 opponents and his scheduled bout with Arturo Gatti. He gives the sport a bad image by beating women, assaulting bouncers, and generally being a bad person. He is a braggart who lacks the credentials, not the skills, to back up his taunting of his opponents. He is simply a black eye for the sport.

i see...well then...i agree...lol!

but as far as him calling gatti a C+ fighter...i don't think that gatti IS a C+ fighter...and i don't think floyd really thinks that he is. that's just a persona/trash talk that goes on. gatti is a solid fighter with power and tons of heart to keep mayweather busy. floyd knows this...

as for his outside ring antics. i totally agree. i don't like them. he doesn't need the whole 'gangsta' persona. in my honest opinion he could be as big of a star as oscar de la hoya..sporting coca cola and american express cards...but for some reason he has some anger issues (whether they are related to his father i don't know) and unless he cleans it up a bit he'll never be a good ambassador for the sport...

...Sugar ray robinson wasn't a saint outside the ring but the oozed of class all the time, ali was a trash talker but he was charming...Floyd is just a gifted athelete that was a huge chip on his shoulder.

but i'd like to think that floyd has fought the top guys in his division aka hernandez, manfredy, and coralles. his time to fight the top guys at jr welterweight will come...he's just feeling out the pool...no need to go jump in a pool with your eyes closed before finding out that there is water in the pool to begin with...lol

[Mr. Ryan]

i see...well then...i agree...lol!

but as far as him calling gatti a C+ fighter...i don't think that gatti IS a C+ fighter...and i don't think floyd really thinks that he is. that's just a persona/trash talk that goes on. gatti is a solid fighter with power and tons of heart to keep mayweather busy. floyd knows this...

as for his outside ring antics. i totally agree. i don't like them. he doesn't need the whole 'gangsta' persona. in my honest opinion he could be as big of a star as oscar de la hoya..sporting coca cola and american express cards...but for some reason he has some anger issues (whether they are related to his father i don't know) and unless he cleans it up a bit he'll never be a good ambassador for the sport...

...Sugar ray robinson wasn't a saint outside the ring but the oozed of class all the time, ali was a trash talker but he was charming...Floyd is just a gifted athelete that was a huge chip on his shoulder.

Ray Robinson did one thing that Mayweather doesn't, he fought the best guys possible, and ducked no one.
True, Arturo Gatti is no C+ fighter, he is a B fighter. He isn't an A, like Kostya Tszyu or Winky Wright. If Floyd is the best in the world, then he should fight the other claimants to that throne, right. Fighting B class fighters is not the way.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has the looks and the skill to be an Oscar De La Hoya, but his woman beating and unwillingness to pay child support and things like that make him a terrible ambassador to the sport. In the wake of the falls of Oscar De La Hoya and Roy Jones Jr., there seems to be no clear Tiger Woods type guy to fill the vacancy left by the 2 most recognizable faces in the sport. Floyd Mayweather is not that guy.

[Alpha Male]

Ray Robinson did one thing that Mayweather doesn't, he fought the best guys possible, and ducked no one.
True, Arturo Gatti is no C+ fighter, he is a B fighter. He isn't an A, like Kostya Tszyu or Winky Wright. If Floyd is the best in the world, then he should fight the other claimants to that throne, right. Fighting B class fighters is not the way.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. has the looks and the skill to be an Oscar De La Hoya, but his woman beating and unwillingness to pay child support and things like that make him a terrible ambassador to the sport. In the wake of the falls of Oscar De La Hoya and Roy Jones Jr., there seems to be no clear Tiger Woods type guy to fill the vacancy left by the 2 most recognizable faces in the sport. Floyd Mayweather is not that guy.

Who cares? You seem to be the only one obsessed with his personal life. I could care less about what he does outside the ring. His personal life will have no effect on his legacy. He still would beat anyone from 130 to 147. Give it a rest man or find a more legitimate argument.

[Mr. Ryan]

Who cares? You seem to be the only one obsessed with his personal life. I could care less about what he does outside the ring. His personal life will have no effect on his legacy. He still would beat anyone from 130 to 147. Give it a rest man or find a more legitimate argument.

This is funny. Floyd Mayweather wants to be the face of boxing, a sport already with a bad image, and thats not a problem? I also have attacked what he does in his professional life, so why not comment on that? I feel like Mayorga here, sticking my chin out to Vernon Forrest.

[Mr. Ryan]

And for the record, I'm not obsessed with his personal life. The only thing I'm obsessed with is *****.

[cvt]

[QUOTE=asian_sensation]Ray Robinson did one thing that Mayweather doesn't, he fought the best guys possible, and ducked no one.
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but i believe that mayweather has tried to fight the best possible opponents. when koysta is asked about floyd he kinda dances around the subject...when zab is questioned about PBF he says they are friends..blah,blah,blah...in the mean time floyd is calling out all these fighters...like oscar, mosley, koysta, etc.

in my view..what floyd is doing is smart. he's a natural lightweight..not a welterweight. he tested the waters with 3 solid guys then he's jumping in with a big name "B" class fighter. big bucks, big exposure. it's smart. then the demand for koysta will come (because seriously..besides hardcore boxing fans..who knows PBF and Tszyu?).

again as an ambassador i think he really isn't it...right now. he really needs to clean up his image and mentality. he's like a hormonal kid right now...lol

besides you can't compare SRR's resume with PBF...'suga' lived in an era where the doller was secondary to pride, honor, and respect...those days are gone.

[czars_salad]

Not to be downgradin Weather and B-Hop, but where did these guys learn to fight? Excellent boxers, but they should also learn to brawl fo the crowd. Gatti will look bad this June bcuz of Weather mainly becuz Weather will beat him, but people won't get their money truly worth it. When they pay tickets to see gatti, people expect blood baths and exchanges. Weather wont trade wit Gatti though that fo sho!

it will be a merry-go-round circus

[FISTIC ART]

Lights Out

My word on this topic is that alot of people buy into the pre hype ,,and that what they want to get your money for the pay per view,,,i hate when people say this will be a great fight,,,this is gonna be a clinic,,Gatti is not a C+ fighter he's a D- if that,,,pretty boy can pound anyone in that division , he'll anihilate hatton,,old azz tzou,,,and vivian harris,,,i like cotto but this is war nicca,,and any day ill eat ya food,,, Gatti is gonna git tore up in front of his peoples ,,,fans,,wife ,,kids an dog,,,only reason they say he got heart is cuz the nicca dont move and gets tagged with everything,,,ma grandma could stand in with gatti,,jus throw the jab grandma he aint gonna move,,,,now the nicca can take a beating but if thats what anyone thinks boxing is standing there taking a whoopin has no idea about the sport,,Mayweather u aint gonna read this,,,but imma say it anyways knock that bum out,,,do a dance,,,and les go git dem stripper bytches,,mata fact jus stand in wit him anyone he's knocked out have been bums like him,,,trade wit his azz show him that heart cant do shyt for you when u aint got a lick of talent,,Gatti jus get payed and take anotha azz whoopin,,,leijas was a diffrent level ma man.z,,,an u know mayweather is gonna bring dat big ole heater............

[RODHOOK]

Hey, i was not sad to see the ******* floyd retire.