The Only Reason Mayweather's At Where He's At Is...

[Pullcounter]

is because of the way he acts.

If not, he'd be Shane Mosley or at best Roy Jones Jr....... just another awesomely talented black fighter without an X factor lost in the shuffle.

Despite being one of, if not, the most talented fighters ever and probably more entertaining than Oscar, Roy never could compete with De la Hoya's popularity and overall sales. Why?

After Shane Mosley beat De La Hoya in a better action fight than De La Hoya-Mayweather, he was playing to a sparse crowds where he couldn't fill up the MSG Arena against his #1 contender (RIP Vernon Forrest). Why?

Mayweather was fighting in front of a sold out MGM Grand (of course Hatton had something to do with it) and selling what Shane sold against Oscar in the second fight, not even the first.

Unless you're The Heavyweight Champion, Mexican, Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, or Filipino, that humble, no charisma **** is not gonna cut it, if you want to be among the most popular athletes (in boxing) you have to be a character.

Mayweather tried the humble act for a while (and you could tell earlier in his career that it hard for him) and it didn't work, now he's being an exaggerated version of himself and it works and continues to.

floyd can play the villain in the ring and during the promotion, but like an immature 5 year old he confuses his in ring and promotional persona, with his real life personality.

personally, I don't even think it's a act. that is just how floyd is... a scummy, low-life and ignorant douche bag.

[Doctor_Tenma]

Despite being one of, if not, the most talented fighters ever and probably more entertaining than Oscar

You must be joking.

I can tell you right now, and im REALLY not being biased when i say this, hope you believe me, that Mayweather's career set, is no where near as exciting as DLH's, and ive seen most if not all DLH's fights, these are the Mayweather fights ive seen..

Mosley
Baldy
Castillo 1+2
Marquez
Hatton
DLH
Judah
Mitchell
Bruseles
Gatti
Corley
N'dou
Chavez
Sosa
Hernadez
Corrales
Burton
Gerena
Juuko
Manfredy

All preference DK. I find Mayweather more entertaining to watch, especially at the lower weights.

[Doctor_Tenma]

soy gone soft

What up man

[Pretty Boy Greg]

If he was a genuinely nice guy, didn't have numerous body guards and a posse with him at all times, and seemed to genuinely care he could have been a crossover superstar.

You can be entertaining, fun, the "villian", and trash talk without being a genuine **** in reality. The way he is may have gotten him to where he is, but it's also what is holding him back from true superstardom.

are u kidding me dude? he already is a huge superstar!!! he's already reached Oscars stardom and probably surpassed it... he appeals to the mainstream and thats why everything he does is under a microscope.... more people know who floyd Mayweather is than Albert Pujols, Packy, Roger Federer, Sidney Crosby, & Usain Bolt... just saying..

Good Thread TS!

[The Gambler1981]

Probably, but it's the price he had to pay.

Floys almost 0 wittiness to be an 'entertaining, fun, villain', that'd be too much to ask of him. His fans like to deny it, but it's not an act, it's actually an exaggerated version of himself. That's why even in his personal pictures and videos all he has to offer is diamond encrusted **** and his big boy toys.

Yea Floyd doesn't have that in his bag but he certainly knows how to bug the fuck out of people.

I still don't get how he has made it work other than the fact he has jsut been around a long time doing his thing and has managed to get on a lot of peoples last nerve and the fact that no one can shut him up or make him conform just bugs them even more.

I think it is kind of an act because I don't think he wants to be hated but that is the price of doing business for him and he certainly is not a real villian.

[Dynamite Kid]

All preference DK. I find Mayweather more entertaining to watch, especially at the lower weights.

At the lower weights yeah, but Oscar's whole career exciting to watch imo, infact if i had to recommended a career set, it would be his.

[onechance87]

What up man

Just chillin..U know

[Heru]

To be honest with you, ive seen most of Roy's fights, and i think Roy Jones could be pretty tedious to watch, there were too many lulls in the action cause he was strictly a counter puncher who never wanted to lead, what you ended up with, was a lot of times when your jaw would be on the floor and you would think, holy ****, that was amazing, but then other times where you thought, many this is tedious, there is too much waiting on Roy's part.

I would say Oscar's fights were more entertaining than Roy's to.

I find Oscar more entertaining too, but from what I've seen on the boards many would disagree. That's why I added 'probably', instead of just 'he's more exciting'.

Oscar didn't like to lead much at all though, especially when he was against the higher level of opp.

[onechance87]

are u kidding me dude? he already is a huge superstar!!! he's already reached Oscars stardom and probably surpassed it... he appeals to the mainstream and thats why everything he does is under a microscope.... more people know who floyd Mayweather is than Albert Pujols, Packy, Roger Federer, Sidney Crosby, & Usain Bolt... just saying..

Good Thread TS!

Floyd is a superstar no doubt,But the difference is people love oscar and
seem not to like floyd.Oscar can come back and still get a million ppv buys.
Thats how big oscar is.

[The Gambler1981]

Floyd is a superstar no doubt,But the difference is people love oscar and
seem not to like floyd.Oscar can come back and still get a million ppv buys.
Thats how big oscar is.

How long did Mayorga last solely on playing the bad guy?