The truth about Floyd Mayweather Jr.

[Truth]

You know whats annoying about boxing. It seems like with every great fighter, theres a way to make them look bad. Its always he came a great time...scubby boobi had just left the division. And he made sure he ducked Piggi Wiggi. Its like c'mon man, can't anyone just be great? Theres always some story with every career or with every fight. The bottomline is, Floyd is undefeated and I don't see him losing to anybody except father time. He'll dominate manny in my opinion. Just being honest.

[Xyei]

Agree 100 percent. Look at him in his post fight interviews. I like Mayweather as well as Pacquiao. I don't understand why people can't be fans of both and why they care so much about what Floyd says on 24/7.

I really like Manny as well. It's funny how you feel like you have to chose between the two around here. It seems so divided.

I've followed Floyd for longer so I like him a bit more than Pac and that makes me a nuthugging ***** and Pac hater in NSB. :jerk:

[Truth]

cuauhtemoc1496, that was a good article. my bad, i jumped to conlclusions and didnt read the rest. Now I read the rest of it, I agree with alot of what you said.

[jrosales13]

Either or, I was thinking about Cotto was well but I just remembered the video of Floyd shaking Marg's hand and promising him that fight.

In retrospect, it makes no difference, Floyd makes easy 12 round work of Cotto or Marg.

I can't agree with that. You have to prove it in the ring.

If Tyson never fought Douglas/Holyfield or if Jones never fought Tarver or Tito never fought Hopkins. Every body would of said in retrospect Mike, Tito and Roy would of won that fight.

You have to win it in the ring you don't win it on paper. We don't know what would of happened in those fights. Floyd probably would of won but at the same time he could of lost. We just don't know and he put himself in that position of my doubting him going unbeaten in that stretch.

[El Protagonista]

I really like Manny as well. It's funny how you feel like you have to chose between the two around here. It seems so divided.

I've followed Floyd for longer so I like him a bit more than Pac and that makes me a nuthugging ***** and Pac hater in NSB. :jerk:

Exactly. I'm sure if more Pacquiao fans have followed Mayweather's career as long as most have they wouldn't take his trash talk serious and they would appreciate him more.

[El Protagonista]

I can't agree with that. You have to prove it in the ring.

If Tyson never fought Douglas/Holyfield or if Jones never fought Tarver or Tito never fought Hopkins. Every body would of said in retrospect Mike, Tito and Tarver would of won that fight.

You have to win it in the ring you don't win it on paper. We don't know what would of happened in those fights. Floyd probably would of won but at the same time he could of lost. We just don't know and he put himself in that position of my doubting of him going unbeaten in that stretch.

While I still believe those would have been easy fights for Mayweather, I do agree with you here. This has always been my gripe with Mayweather.

[El Diablito]

I remember reading an interview that Leonard Ellerbee gave in Ring magazine, he was instrumental in re-marketing Floyd to broader audiences which is why he appeared on Dancing with the Stars and took on the "Money" personae. That reminds me of another interview with Madonna in Playboy where she helped Deion Sanders invent "Showtime" personae and Dennis Rodman become well, Dennis Rodman.

Controversy sells and even Floyd said so himself in a recent Boxingscene interview - he makes good TV so all of his nonsense really just helps him make more money. I wonder if Shane who is a legend in his own right would have had bigger fights and more financial success if he did some of the same as opposed to being just the nice guy that he seems like.

[ILLuminato]

he doesn't want to be liked he wants to make money

but he is always very sporting after the fight even with guys that bad mouthed him like corrales

i think floyd felt that Arum should have made him a star. when it didn't seem like it was happening the way he wanted he took it upon himself to play the bad guy role and it helps him sell fights

i mean floyd got booed in his pro debut performance as I remember for show boating fans have never really liked him

floyd is a perfectionist in the ring and alot of people don't like perfection they want something tainted because they find it easier to relate to them than someone like floyd or roy jones who are SO gifted that it kind of breeds contempt

thats why people like boxers like Kelly Pavlik blue collar humble guy who has worked hard to get where he is at

some people forget that guys like floyd and roy have worked that hard aswell the fact that they seem to have GOD GIVEN TALENT puts them in a different catergory especially when criticism is flying around

i respect what floyd has done in the ring and the fact that he's doing the very best to provide for his family

all that greater than ali talk. it's just to sell a fight even though he probably really believes it lol

I can' take seriously the ones who think Floyd Mayweather acts real on 24/7....even the *****s

[gratz_the_king]

If Floyd were white he'd be considered the greatest fighter on the planet...mostly by white fans of course

im a white american, and i agree with this 100%


my fellow white people would rather cheer for bumbling idiots like pavlik and mma fighters as opposed to the greatest fighter of this era (and possibly of all time) just because of the skin colors

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

cuauhtemoc1496, that was a good article. my bad, i jumped to conlclusions and didnt read the rest. Now I read the rest of it, I agree with alot of what you said.

I was about to say, I gave tons of props to Floyd...haha

I can't agree with that. You have to prove it in the ring.

If Tyson never fought Douglas/Holyfield or if Jones never fought Tarver or Tito never fought Hopkins. Every body would of said in retrospect Mike, Tito and Roy would of won that fight.

You have to win it in the ring you don't win it on paper. We don't know what would of happened in those fights. Floyd probably would of won but at the same time he could of lost. We just don't know and he put himself in that position of my doubting him going unbeaten in that stretch.

Yes you are right but I think when you are at the level Floyd is at, it's hard to argue the contrary.