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BT: Well I've kept you on forever, bro. I don't want to hold you up, but before you get out of here, let me get your thoughts on Floyd Mayweather's performance against Robert Guerrero since you were front and center for all the action.
PM: I thought it was stellar. To be right on the ring and just see what's he's doing that close to the ring, it gives you much more appreciation. You know what it is, man. People, boxing fans and boxing media, are so one-track minded. They're just looking for 1 or 2 things, like power or this...there's so many subtle things that Floyd Mayweather does that if people would actually just relax and watch the fight instead of looking for something to criticize, if they would relax and watch the fight, you'd see the greatness in front of you, you know what I'm saying. I'm a grown ass man and I'm not trying to kiss nobody's ass, but that's the best fighter that ever lived, man. I mean, you can tell me anything you want, but he would disarm Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Leonard, and those are great fighters, but he would disarm them all. That's what he does. He disarms you. First he kind of gauges you and then he completely disarms you, and once he disarms you, you're through.
BT: You can almost see the moment when fighters quit against him.
PM: Yeah! Because he disarms you. It's to the point where he's reacting to everything you're doing. It's to the point where you don't even want to throw a punch. I mean, it got to the point where everything Guerrero threw, Mayweather had an answer for it. You're not just missing anymore; now you're missing and paying every single time...every single time. Virtually you don't want to throw any punches, you know what I'm saying. It's kind of crazy. Having said that, you gotta give Miguel Cotto some respect for that, man. I knew that was the best fighter I ever fought in my career, but he's a rough customer for making Floyd have to dig in a little bit, but again, Floyd showed his greatness because that's the thing about Floyd. He's not just talent, he's character too. I always tell people, at this level, it's hard work, it's talent, but it's character. It's all those things. You have to have a combination of all three things and Floyd has them all. It's just the talent is so in your face that people only see that and they complain like, "Oh, he's just running," because part of the talent is that speed in his legs, that speed in his hands, but it's the talent is just blowing at you in your face to the point where it's like, wow, there's so much talent that you actually forget to look for the subtle things. That's why you have to pay attention, you know what I'm saying. He does so many things well and he's got character. Right now, nobody is gonna match him. I couldn't even tell you a fighter that would even give him a good fight. I saw Canelo April 20th, I called the fight, and I saw Mayweather May 4th, I called the fight. I saw them both right up on the ring the past 2 weeks apart. I thought Canelo had a better chance before I saw these past couple of weeks. What I saw these past couple weeks, I'm like, yo, don't put Canelo anywhere near Floyd. Not right now, dude. Don't do it to him. I like Canelo. Don't do it to him. I'm telling you, it won't be close.
PM: I thought it was stellar. To be right on the ring and just see what's he's doing that close to the ring, it gives you much more appreciation. You know what it is, man. People, boxing fans and boxing media, are so one-track minded. They're just looking for 1 or 2 things, like power or this...there's so many subtle things that Floyd Mayweather does that if people would actually just relax and watch the fight instead of looking for something to criticize, if they would relax and watch the fight, you'd see the greatness in front of you, you know what I'm saying. I'm a grown ass man and I'm not trying to kiss nobody's ass, but that's the best fighter that ever lived, man. I mean, you can tell me anything you want, but he would disarm Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Leonard, and those are great fighters, but he would disarm them all. That's what he does. He disarms you. First he kind of gauges you and then he completely disarms you, and once he disarms you, you're through.
BT: You can almost see the moment when fighters quit against him.
PM: Yeah! Because he disarms you. It's to the point where he's reacting to everything you're doing. It's to the point where you don't even want to throw a punch. I mean, it got to the point where everything Guerrero threw, Mayweather had an answer for it. You're not just missing anymore; now you're missing and paying every single time...every single time. Virtually you don't want to throw any punches, you know what I'm saying. It's kind of crazy. Having said that, you gotta give Miguel Cotto some respect for that, man. I knew that was the best fighter I ever fought in my career, but he's a rough customer for making Floyd have to dig in a little bit, but again, Floyd showed his greatness because that's the thing about Floyd. He's not just talent, he's character too. I always tell people, at this level, it's hard work, it's talent, but it's character. It's all those things. You have to have a combination of all three things and Floyd has them all. It's just the talent is so in your face that people only see that and they complain like, "Oh, he's just running," because part of the talent is that speed in his legs, that speed in his hands, but it's the talent is just blowing at you in your face to the point where it's like, wow, there's so much talent that you actually forget to look for the subtle things. That's why you have to pay attention, you know what I'm saying. He does so many things well and he's got character. Right now, nobody is gonna match him. I couldn't even tell you a fighter that would even give him a good fight. I saw Canelo April 20th, I called the fight, and I saw Mayweather May 4th, I called the fight. I saw them both right up on the ring the past 2 weeks apart. I thought Canelo had a better chance before I saw these past couple of weeks. What I saw these past couple weeks, I'm like, yo, don't put Canelo anywhere near Floyd. Not right now, dude. Don't do it to him. I like Canelo. Don't do it to him. I'm telling you, it won't be close.
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