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Mayweather being Mayweather has the special privilege of being able to fight anyone he wants because there's nobody who doesn't wants to fight him. He can carefully pick and choose opposition. He can fight all the high reward fighters without any trouble of getting them in the ring with him. Most of the time those high reward fighters tend to be okay to pretty good.
Most other fighters don't have the options Mayweather has. When the high reward fighters isn't available, most fighters fight the low risk fighters until they're lucky enough to land a high reward fighter, which isn't often. They only fight the high risk fighters when the reward is good, which again doesn't come often because it takes a while for the low reward/high risk fighters to build their name.
What does Maywether do when he runs out of draws to fight? He retires or goes on vacation. He skips the interim fights other fighters take so it looks like he always fights okay opposition. Other fighters face criticism for not fighting the low reward/high risk fighters when they fight the interims. Mayweahter avoids it by going on vacation.
And now that he has the Showtime guarantee, what doe he do instead of vacationing? He behaves exactly the same way anyone else does. When he runs out of draws, he fights the low risk Khans and Guerreros of the world until something better comes along.
To a certain extend, he's not unlike Sturm. Obviously Sturm's opposition hasn't matched Mayweather, but there's a parallel. Sturm's opposition is actually much better than the opposition of those middleweights who like to criticize him. Same goes with Mayweather. His opposition is actually better than of those who criticize him. This is because everyone wants to fight Sturm. His options are unlimited. He'll fight okay opposition. Okay opposition that would never get in the ring with the high risk fighters that criticize Sturm.
Most other fighters don't have the options Mayweather has. When the high reward fighters isn't available, most fighters fight the low risk fighters until they're lucky enough to land a high reward fighter, which isn't often. They only fight the high risk fighters when the reward is good, which again doesn't come often because it takes a while for the low reward/high risk fighters to build their name.
What does Maywether do when he runs out of draws to fight? He retires or goes on vacation. He skips the interim fights other fighters take so it looks like he always fights okay opposition. Other fighters face criticism for not fighting the low reward/high risk fighters when they fight the interims. Mayweahter avoids it by going on vacation.
And now that he has the Showtime guarantee, what doe he do instead of vacationing? He behaves exactly the same way anyone else does. When he runs out of draws, he fights the low risk Khans and Guerreros of the world until something better comes along.
To a certain extend, he's not unlike Sturm. Obviously Sturm's opposition hasn't matched Mayweather, but there's a parallel. Sturm's opposition is actually much better than the opposition of those middleweights who like to criticize him. Same goes with Mayweather. His opposition is actually better than of those who criticize him. This is because everyone wants to fight Sturm. His options are unlimited. He'll fight okay opposition. Okay opposition that would never get in the ring with the high risk fighters that criticize Sturm.
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