Why do people hate Floyd so much?

[The Big Dunn]

beating women would be a great place to start and finish the discussion of why floyd mayweather is "hated."



i understand that you have love for this guy that makes you completely irrational, but at least try and be objective.

NE, why do the same people that bring up Floyd's DV never use DV as a reason to hate other very prominet ATG fighters, like Ray Leonard for example?

[PAC-BOY]

NE, why do the same people that bring up Floyd's DV never use DV as a reason to hate other very prominet ATG fighters, like Ray Leonard for example?

He isnt an ATG though. Nor should be compared to them.

[djtmal]

Responding to a poster isn't a prima facie indication that the responder is bothered or upset.

I am fine with people not liking Floyd the boxer or Floyd the individual. The issue is the utterly ******ed things people come up with to denigrate his career.

We know these things are ******ed because the instant a fan of Floyd analyzes a fighter using the same criteria, NSB sounds off about it and how unfair it is.

What are some of the things said in this denigrating category?

[The Big Dunn]

He isnt an ATG though. Nor should be compared to them.

Of course he is. Now you don't have to like it, but lets not pretend otherwise.

[Fists_of_Fury]

He isnt an ATG though. Nor should be compared to them.

He beat #48

[The Big Dunn]

What are some of the things said in this denigrating category?

Take the "never fought an ATG in his prime" that we roll around NSB from time to time.

When discussing Floyd, we leave out the facts about the guys that chose not to or waited to fight him. We make up ridiculous things like "the offer was a duck move" and we place blame in one direction.

When a Floyd fan brings this up about other guys, then suddenly we have factual discussions that clarify why a fight didn't happen. No point-finances, logistics, politics, etc-is left out of the discussion.

There are other which we have discussed before.

I get it, people want to knock Floyd down because they do not like him. I get he isn't going to get the benefit of the doubt that others get. But creating ridiculous criteria and false narratives is a little much.

[HandsofIron]

Honestly, all I wanted was for Floyd to fight/go toe-to-toe, that's it and I'd call him one of the greatest.

I put him in the same league as Oscar De La Hoya, great boxers that could of been so much more.

[uppercut510]

because he was confident in himself and his ability and made it known... not the best thing to do for someone of his HUE

[Sweet Jones]

Most of the clowns using his domestic violence issues to hate his boxing career are the same ones that love Lampley. You got Floyd haters that love Tyson, a damn rapist! Floyd haters that like Valero, who killed his wife. Monzon fans... but it's the domestic violence doe. Tons of boxers committed domestic violence.

They hate that Floyd beat their favorite fighters. They said he would duck, Floyd signs to fight, they pick Floyd's opponent by T/KO usually, Floyd wins a wide UD, then they bring up excuses to diminish the win, and move on to the next guy hoping Floyd would lose. The same type of clowns have been exposed in the Mayweather hit list thread.

Lots are just racist. I always got accused of being just for being a Floyd fan. I am far from that "demographic" .

We should ask those folks if they have the same 'hatred' for the fighters on this list (from 2011) who engage in the same violence against women as Mayweather does (shout out to poster Fights. for the thread: LINK,

[QUOTE][/Here are boxers who punch their wife/girlfriend/woman:

Ali
Aaron Pryor (added by Rick Grimes)
Archie Ray Marquez (by -Boxzilla-)
Arturo Gatti
Carlos Monzon
Dereck Chisora (by -Boxzilla-)
Diego Corrales
Edwin Valero
Evander Holyfield
Floyd Mayweather
George Foreman (added by PED User)
Ike Ibeaubuchi
Jack Johnson (info by Mr. Fantastic)
Jake Lamotta
Joe Louis (added by Zizou3)
Joe Frazier (added by GrandpaBernard)
Jorge Barrios (by -Boxzilla-)
Julio Cesar Chavez (added by GrandpaBernard)
Marvin Hagler
Michael Dokes (added by PED User)
Michael Spinks (added by Mr. Blobby)
Mike Tyson (info by The Gambler1981)
Paul Spadafora (shot pregnant girlfriend)(by -Boxzilla-)
Ricardo Mayorga (by spyvsspy)
Rid**** Bowe
Roger Mayweather (added by PED User)
Sugar Ray Leonard
Sugar Ray Robinson
Tim Austin (added by PED User)
Trevor Berbick (by MARKBNLV)
Yuriorkis Gamboa (Grabbed neck)

commentators:
Jim Lampley (by -Boxzilla-)
Teddy Atlas (beat up his sister)(by MARKBNLV)

Who else?
WHY? QUOTE]

Would be real curious to see how many of these fighters are these posters have in the past or are currently prepared to discredit, personally and more importantly, as fighters, because of it.

[Deletrious]

1. Floyd intentionally played the heel role in order to sell his fights. Ancient promotional technique. Why is Floyd PPV star while a other excellent black HOF boxers, e.g. Tim Bradley, are unknown? Playing the role of the heel.

2. He's also not that great a guy in real life. Went to jail for an altercation with baby mama or gf, whoever.

3. Didn't always face the best opponents. I think over all he faced as many top guys versus easy fights as any other star, but it's something you could argue.

4. Boring fighter. If you're a boxing purist, sure you can appreciate how good he was, but he didn't put on much of a show for casual fans. The older he got the more he relied on clinching, which really the refs shouldn't even be allowing. Boxing purists should be upset by the clinching as much as anyone.

5. Doping allegations. Mayweather insisted on a doping company that was essentially in his pocket, rather than the universal VADA standard. He determined when doping began as he controlled when he would announce his fights, giving him an easy way to cycle doping periods.

6. Racism. For some people could be an issue, racism sure seems to come up a lot in boxing forums, youtube.

I had a seventh as well but I forgot it. Personally I don't dislike him as much as I once did, but I can still see a lot of reasons people may feel that way.