Is Mayweather Punch Drunk Or Just Really Dumb?

[Damn Wicked]

He is probably much like I or any of you would be with a camera in your face. You have to speak differently in a situation like that, much differently than you would most of the time so he puts thought into what he is going to say so he doesnt make an ass of himself.

Yet he still makes an ass of himself.

[Damn Wicked]

I'm surprised that anyone here has any shadow of a doubt.

Mayweather has always shown himself to be pretty underwhelming with regards to mental acuity.

[Ray*]

He takes his time to answer some questions because the guy is a dumba** lol. Of course boxers brains would not be the same as a normal person, but TBE is just a plain plank.

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

a typical black dude, they all talk like him, and I dont want to be racist and say all black people are dumn. so yeah they all like mayweather.

look at them

[alexguiness]

It is like watching a illiterate child trying to read Shakespeare...in Latin

[Vadrigar.]

He's an awful ****ing ****** when it comes down to it. I'd love to listen to him talk about boxing if he was able to talk about it. But he's unbearable to listen to. Half-baked theories and arguments that anyone could dismiss immediately if they were allowed to respond to him.

That **** about Virgil Hunter is just the latest example. 'He can't be a good trainer if he didn't fight' and 'he's never been in a crunch moment'.

Angelo Dundee's 'You're blowing it kid' furing Leonard-Hearns is probably the No.1 'trainer crunch moment' people think of in the entire history of the sport. Also trained Ali through his biggest fights. Never fought himself. Or how about Ray Arcel? 20+ world champions. Never fought.

It's this sort of dumb **** that makes him impossible to listen to. Especially as he is totally incapable of handling it when someone contradicts him or points out an obvious gap in his reasoning.

What about cus d'amato? I don't think he boxed.

[iamboxing]

I've been noticing that more lately myself. Seeing him with less boxers really brings it out more. I've seen him flow a whole lot better in more casual situations so it could be a lil nerves too in some of these situations, but I can't believe anyone in the boxing business for two decades doesn't have some brain damage. And that brain damage could for sure effect ones speech among other things. Even if they are among the best defensive fighters in the history of the sport.

Can you blame him though...anything he says is published by every boxing news site

[iamboxing]

It is like watching a illiterate child trying to read Shakespeare...in Latin

Mayweather may not be articulate but that doesn't mean he's not intelligent. You don't make 100s of millions and being one of the biggest PPV draws boxing has ever seen without being smart. This thread reeks of prejudice.

[iamboxing]

LOL@people equating rapport and conversational skills with intelligence. You've run out of relevant things to hate him for, like what he's famous for... BOXING and going after his speech patterns. Start a thread about the hats he wears next.

[!! Shawn]

I think maybe Floyd enjoying the drink a bit.

He has never been very quick trying to make a point, he was just good running his mouth.

And in interviews I think he is self conscious that people now know he cant read, so he trys to sound articulate, which he isn't.

But even tonight, when you the video of him in the gym talking boxing with Jack, he sounds just fine.

But when he tries to pick his words, he gets flustered.