WBC/WBA welterweight and junior middleweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (47-0, 26KOs) raised quite a few eyebrows over some of the comments that he made in his recent interview with Stephen A. Smith, which aired on ESPN First Take.
While he has a lot of respect for fighters like Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Robinson - he says none of the fighters from the past were better than him.
"No one can ever brainwash me to make me believe that Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali was better than me," Mayweather said. "No one could ever brainwash me and tell me that. But one thing I will do, I'm going to take my hat off to them and respect those guys because those are the guys that paved the way for me to be where I'm at today."
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While he has a lot of respect for fighters like Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Robinson - he says none of the fighters from the past were better than him.
"No one can ever brainwash me to make me believe that Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali was better than me," Mayweather said. "No one could ever brainwash me and tell me that. But one thing I will do, I'm going to take my hat off to them and respect those guys because those are the guys that paved the way for me to be where I'm at today."
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