Mayweather Did More Damage to Boxing Than the UFC Ever Did

[djtmal]

Read the March 30, 1991, Los Angeles Times story about Sugar Ray Leonard admitting to physically abusing his
wife, including hitting her with closed fists, and to using ******* and alcohol then get back to me about bringing him home to meet your family.

He waited 5 years to fight Hagler after going into the ring and acting like he was going to fight him. Took him 8 years to give Hearns a rematch. Guess you aren't holding those against him like you do Floyd.

Yes, boxing, horse racing and baseball were huge when SRL was fighting. That changed when Floyd was in his prime yet he still managed to set records even though the sport didn't occupy the same space in the sports hierarchy it once had enjoyed. That just shows how he elevated the sport at a time it was in decline.

You probably need to learn a little more about the history of the sport before you post again. It's clear you lack the knowledge necessary to have an opinion on this subject that is valid.

So I guess Srl was only a private ahole, and Floyd is a public/private one. So what did Floyd go to the can for. Boxing still thrived when Srl left and Oscar rose up. Oh yeah Oscar was a druggie too but boxing was still front page.

The difference is, Floyd don't own up to nothing. He got flunkees like you defending all the f**kery.

Srl, may have waited 5 years to fight Hagler, but Hagler was undisputed middleweight, hadn't lost a fight in 12 years. Hadn't come close to hurt or stopped in a fight.

Floyd on the other hand took about 7 years to fight a Manny who had already been stopped by Marquez.

[djtmal]

Dude, there is more than one way to fill an arena with fans. Don't you understand that?

Yes, Floyd didn't sell seats initially. I've posted that dozens of times. He found a way not only to sell seats, but sell more of them at a higher price point than any other boxer in history.

That isn't bad for the sport, it's only bad for those boxers and their fans who expected to ride off those coattails without doing the work.

We will never know what happened if he lost because he didn't. You can wish, hope and pray all you want that he loses but he didn't. If he comes back and loses no one cares because he is old and coming back from retirement.

It would be like Norris or Camacho beating SRL. A loss has no affect on his legacy or marketability whatsoever.

Its like anything you Floyd boys dont get. Its not what you do but how you do it. Floyd was good for the marketability of himself not for boxing in general. If being the bad guy and flashing a lot of money was so sure fire a lot of these guys would do it, but who wants to sell their soul to make a buck.

Floyd had a good career cherrypicking his way to the finish line. Took his foot all the way off the gas ducking Thurman and cherrypicking Berto. Looks like he is cherrypicking Tanks career in similar fashion that boy will be marinating on his own in a minute.

Norris, definitely gets full credit for beating Srl. Srl gets major props for fighting a young thorough lion like that toward the end of his career. Thats the difference Floyd could have silenced the doubters by fighting Thurman but ooops I guess Berto picked up the phone first.

[Luilun]

Fighting has beens with a name to keep a zero paid off judges to get two gift wins using steroids while accusing others . But what he did to boxing by keeping a zero hype has caused todays boxers to cherry pic to keep the zero by fighting smaller or has beens to keep the zero has hurt the sport. Can you imagine If Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns Roberto Duran did this crap avoiding each other to keep a zero

[Larry the boss]

UFC may have drawn away more fight fans from boxing, but the rot was already set with Mayweather's drawn out pansy, boring purist style of boxing. I'd say around 2010 after the Mayweather Pacquaio fight is when casuals were like, "**** this, I have better things to do" and moved to UFC.

This is the guy who once walked to the ring with Justin Beiber. He was so thirsty for fame back then, he just went with the latest craze, whether he was into his music or not. This explains why he's fighting Logan Paul, a famous YouTuber with millions of subscribers and views.

He did the numbers. Fight someone insanely popular to stay current and hope their popularity propels you back into the limelight. What a desperate, repugnant cliche he's become.

Anyway, not content with making boxing boring and sterile, and being an egomaniac, he makes a mockery of the sport that gave him so much by fighting UFC fighters and the latest insult is probably the worst of all.

It's embarrassing that this site actually has his avatar on their forum heading. Anyone who is a fan of Mayweather at this point is a mental deficient.

lol..............

[El_Maldito_Rey]

Floyd elevated the hype/promotion end of the sport but the sweet science part was the problem once you bought the seat in the arena or purchased the ppv.


Ali, Srl, even Oscar; those guys put on great fights more often than not even when they lost; Floyd created a character people for the most part loathed; he didn't promise you a great fight he just wanted you to buy his ppv which imo watered down the ppv format

People for the most part paid to see Floyd lose so all Floyd had to do was make sure the opponent wasn't much of a threat. Being undefeated for Floyd was a major part of the gimmick.

Floyd fights never delivered on the hype and the buildup that the Money May character lead you to believe on the 24/7's and all the promotion. Unless you just love to see Floyd in one sided affairs, you always walked away with a bad taste in your mouth.

Honestly without the Money May character these fights would have only been WCB worthy:

Floyd vs. Guerrero
Floyd vs. Ortiz
Floyd vs. Madonna 2x
Floyd vs. Berto
Floyd vs. Lightweight Marquez

This is true. Floyd knew how to sell a fight. Never delivered on it though.

Look at the biggest fight ever, Mayweather vs Pac, all it was, was Mayweather running, back peddling and hugging. No drama, no action, no anything. Just Mayweather being Mayweather making sure he kept that "0".

That fight plus his circus fights are what ruined boxing.

[PRchamp]

With Mayweather being such a huge PPV star in the sport. There isn’t more than 5 Mayweather fights that have any replay value to them at all.

Mayweather-Hatton was entertaining. But what other Mayweather PPV you want to rewatch or show to some fans who are boxing casuals? Not a lot, the Ortiz fight was a ****** ass ending. Canelo fight was aight

[djtmal]

This is true. Floyd knew how to sell a fight. Never delivered on it though.

Look at the biggest fight ever, Mayweather vs Pac, all it was, was Mayweather running, back peddling and hugging. No drama, no action, no anything. Just Mayweather being Mayweather making sure he kept that "0".

That fight plus his circus fights are what ruined boxing.

Yes Floyd doing the bare minimum is all it was about. That type of hype with that type of letdown kills the sport imo.

[Kagami Taiga]

I mean the fact that Floyd still sucks up all the oxygen is attributable to his haters. This is supposed to be a hard-core boxing website yet a anyone wants to talk about is Floyd. And its not his fans making these threads either! Lmfaooo. Floyd mastered the art of gaining attention. You guys need to focus on actual active boxers. This obsession you have with Floyd won't hurt him 1. And 2 All it does is make him money.

[El_Maldito_Rey]

I mean the fact that Floyd still sucks up all the oxygen is attributable to his haters. This is supposed to be a hard-core boxing website yet a anyone wants to talk about is Floyd. And its not his fans making these threads either! Lmfaooo. Floyd mastered the art of gaining attention. You guys need to focus on actual active boxers. This obsession you have with Floyd won't hurt him 1. And 2 All it does is make him money.

If he would go away and not talk about putting on these circus acts, then maybe nobody would talk about him.

[The Big Dunn]

If he would go away and not talk about putting on these circus acts, then maybe nobody would talk about him.

That isn’t true. The Floyd threads get made regardless of whether he has an exhibition or not.

There are threads about his clothes, girlfriends, kids, watches, shoes , cars etc.

One of you ***************boys even made a thread about his hair plugs.

You really gotta hate a mofo to make threads about his watches and his hair plugs.