Comments Thread For: Mayweather: I'll Tell Haymon - Fighters Getting Too Much Money!

[REMOVE SHARK 55]

Ive heard Italian Americans and Irish Americans

What about average Joe of British decent? I'm sure he's just seen as a flat out American. Irish and Italian people can clearly trace their lineage because of their surnames.

[MisanthropicNY]

Mayweather is right about this comment. Even though he's a woman-beating hypocritical pos. He's right in this one case.

Fighters are making big money to fight poor opposition.

[PunchyPotorff]

Floyd complaining about fighters getting overpaid for fighting bums is like Hitler complaining that too many ***s are dying in WWII

Indeed. Funniest part of the interview "I took chances...". This coming from the guy who either avoided altogether, outweighed, or waited out serious threats. And juiced for many fights, on top of it all.

See, this is what happens when someone surrounds themselves with yes men and women. Everyone around him agrees with whatever wacko b.s. lines he comes up with. He then learns the sky's the limit, comes up with even more wacko b.s. Rinse and repeat.

[PunchyPotorff]

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Originally Posted by lopetego View Post
Floyd complaining about fighters getting overpaid for fighting bums is like Hitler complaining that too many ***s are dying in WWII

You're an idiot and most likely a pacf@g...... horrible comparison. You talk as if floyd didn't earn his paydays.

He certainly didn't earn that much money. Especially considering all the ducking and juicing he did.

[PunchyPotorff]

Floyd is right actually.

"Kick ass and the paydays will come."

Guys like Broner and Garcia think they're rock stars worth 8 figures. How many times did they fight this year and against who? Say what you want about Floyd, but he took a lot of risks, kept winning and knew how to market himself. He was setting records. These younger fighters don't even have a fanbase yet.

Risks? Berto? JMM? He either ducked or ran a track meet 12 rounds. That isn't risk. You believed the HBO/Showtime Floydie gushing commentary way too much.

[LOCOMEX89]

Floyd's Right

Fighters these days are wanting 7 to 8 figure paydays yet they don't sell out venues and don't get high viewership numbers.

That's the biggest problem with AL Haymon fighters while talented they are getting paid way above market value.

Say what you want to say but there's a reason why guys like Floyd, Oscar, Pac, Mike Tyson etc.....got paid more than everyone else in the history of boxing because they were global stars who transcended the sport.

These days there are very few fighters that can fill do those things and have that kind of following. Floyd's right. Fighters should take a little less now and keep winning so that way in the future as they increase their market ability they make more.

[PunchyPotorff]

300k ppv buys and a multi million dollar gate. He earned that payday.

That wasn't a payday. That was a payoff. A no risk fight, one he juiced for. He earned 1/10th that amount.

[Deevel916]

Now you have morons like Broner who turns down $4mil to face Pacquiao because he feels he's with more! He's not, and I'm even surprised he was offered that much!

[Willy Wanker]

Risks? Berto? JMM? He either ducked or ran a track meet 12 rounds. That isn't risk.

Floyd took on all comers from 1998-2004 to prove himself and wasn't getting big paydays back then. De La Hoya was old in 2007 when he fought him, but Floyd still catered to all of De La Hoya's demands as the B side.

If you only started following Floyd's career since the Marquez fight then that explains why you would say something like that.

This thread isn't about Floyd cherrypicking in his later years. It's about younger fighters who think they're worth millions when they've only beat bums and over the hill fighters.

You don't like Floyd and that's fine, because I really don't either. But if you think he didn't pay his dues to be a cash cow in his younger years then I don't know what else to say. Haymon's fighters like Broner and Garcia want to make "Mayweather money" without building a resume and making a name for themselves.

[MrClutch85]

Boxing winning isn't guaranteed when a fighter is thinking about taking a risky fight and not confident about winning they want extra money.