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Floyd Mayweather works in the solitude of his own gym, which by his standards does not mean privacy. The fight with Miguel Cotto is six weeks away. But HBO's "24/7" programming begins in three weeks, and for boxing's last rock star, the show and fight remain indistinguishable, professionally and personally.
We know Mayweather is boxing's last big rock star, because no less an authority than Rolling Stone magazine is about to declare him as such, in what is planned as an 8,000-word Mayweather Manifesto before fight week, complete with a cover shot under the working headline, "The Last Rock Star."
And regardless how it's framed, the cover of Rolling Stone is pretty heady stuff. The thought of Dr. Hook's celebratory song gives way to sing-song left hooks as Mayweather sizzled his workout paces last week. He is 35 now, says he probably will fight through 37, maybe a half-dozen more times. Chronology says he has to be almost finished. But through 42 professional opponents, Father Time has yet to work the opposite corner.
"I don't really look at the age as a factor," Mayweather said. "I feel that I'm still looking strong, I'm sparring with a lot of young guys – tough, strong, big guys; guys that are pressing me and pushing me, things that I need to prepare for a fight of this magnitude. Do I think age is going to play a factor? At this particular time, I can't say. Once I go out there and that bell rings, then we'll have to see."
http://www.mlive.com/mayweather/inde...p_through.html
We know Mayweather is boxing's last big rock star, because no less an authority than Rolling Stone magazine is about to declare him as such, in what is planned as an 8,000-word Mayweather Manifesto before fight week, complete with a cover shot under the working headline, "The Last Rock Star."
And regardless how it's framed, the cover of Rolling Stone is pretty heady stuff. The thought of Dr. Hook's celebratory song gives way to sing-song left hooks as Mayweather sizzled his workout paces last week. He is 35 now, says he probably will fight through 37, maybe a half-dozen more times. Chronology says he has to be almost finished. But through 42 professional opponents, Father Time has yet to work the opposite corner.
"I don't really look at the age as a factor," Mayweather said. "I feel that I'm still looking strong, I'm sparring with a lot of young guys – tough, strong, big guys; guys that are pressing me and pushing me, things that I need to prepare for a fight of this magnitude. Do I think age is going to play a factor? At this particular time, I can't say. Once I go out there and that bell rings, then we'll have to see."
http://www.mlive.com/mayweather/inde...p_through.html
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