The Mayweather "Boxing Business School"

[Chollo Vista]

"I've set the model of showing fighters how they should conduct their business. I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment". - Floyd Mayweather

Can you imagine if Ali said:

- "Frazier lives too far"
- "Until Foreman is a PPV star, we can't fight"
- "Until Liston is his own boss, we can't fight"
- "We're not in the sport of boxing to see who the best is"

Don't get me wrong, there were times when there was Diva like antics.

- SRL tried to prolong the fight against Hagler. But guess what? Hagler made 3 concessions and the fight got made.

- Roy Jones Jr and Dariusz M couldn't fight because Dariusz wouldn't come to the states. RJJ had a tough time making the Hopkins rematch. But other than this, when RJJ got in the ring, 9/10 he ended the fight in exciting fashion. He didn't dance around the ring in hopes of not taking punishment so he can preserve his career.

Other than these minor hiccups, for the most part, the sport has gotten it right. Kathy Duva said it best:

"Don King and Bob Arum and Dan Duva hated each other and let me tell you, I lived through it," she said. "No one hated each other with more passion than those three men during the late Eighties and in the Nineties. But when they said they had a deal, they had a deal. And the fights got made, because in the end, they wanted the sport to thrive."

Now we have promoters that can't get it right because the business isn't right.

We have networks that can't get it right because the business isn't right.

Of course we have the fighters that can't get it right because the business isn't right.

So many fighters are taking the road of "if it doesn't make business sense, we can't fight".

You look back in the 70's, 80, and 90's and you can count on one hand how many times a fight couldn't get made due to business negotiations. Now a days, it happens every other month.

Too many fighters taking those Mayweather business courses.

[Tago Nang Tago]

my favorite hypocrite moment was when he was in line to fight cotto and since the fight was at 154 he tried to convince people that this was a "new" "born again" version of cotto and that technically he was undefeated since margarito cheated and pacquiao forced him at a catchweight. that was hilarious.

[Djanxx]

Eh who cares?

[The Problem Child]

Meanwhile, Canelos mother be wildin out in the pacific ocean

[Eff Pandas]

It was a whole different boxing universe back then. You can bet that if Ali was around today he'd be much more like Mayweather was than people wanna believe. Ali would be talking about PPV #'s left & right. And he'd be killing PPV **** too. Ali was great at hyping & bragging about any & everything.

[MASTERBX]

The Mayweather "Boxing Business School"

Become the best of your era and make the most money doing it.
I wish more boxers subscribed to his business philosophy.

[eco1]

Eh who cares?

well i do. Froid almost destroyed boxing all ny himself

[A.K]

If you think about it every sport is more business oriented and softer today. For instance nfl players holding out for bigger contracts and retiring early due to health concerns. Nba taking hand checking out and calling soft fouls in the playoffs while players are making all time high pay checks, and that's another issue paydays in sports wern't that much back then where as players would have to work side jobs if they weren't playing and fighters would fight 12 times a year just to make a living. Now you got a lot of self entitled athletes, but I dont blame them I would do the same its all about money at the end of the day so why not if you deserve it.

[big_james10]

"I've set the model of showing fighters how they should conduct their business. I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment". - Floyd Mayweather

Can you imagine if Ali said:

- "Frazier lives too far"
- "Until Foreman is a PPV star, we can't fight"
- "Until Liston is his own boss, we can't fight"
- "We're not in the sport of boxing to see who the best is"

Don't get me wrong, there were times when there was Diva like antics.

- SRL tried to prolong the fight against Hagler. But guess what? Hagler made 3 concessions and the fight got made.

- Roy Jones Jr and Dariusz M couldn't fight because Dariusz wouldn't come to the states. RJJ had a tough time making the Hopkins rematch. But other than this, when RJJ got in the ring, 9/10 he ended the fight in exciting fashion. He didn't dance around the ring in hopes of not taking punishment so he can preserve his career.

Other than these minor hiccups, for the most part, the sport has gotten it right. Kathy Duva said it best:

"Don King and Bob Arum and Dan Duva hated each other and let me tell you, I lived through it," she said. "No one hated each other with more passion than those three men during the late Eighties and in the Nineties. But when they said they had a deal, they had a deal. And the fights got made, because in the end, they wanted the sport to thrive."

Now we have promoters that can't get it right because the business isn't right.

We have networks that can't get it right because the business isn't right.

Of course we have the fighters that can't get it right because the business isn't right.

So many fighters are taking the road of "if it doesn't make business sense, we can't fight".

You look back in the 70's, 80, and 90's and you can count on one hand how many times a fight couldn't get made due to business negotiations. Now a days, it happens every other month.

Too many fighters taking those Mayweather business courses.

You wasted 300 words to say "I don't like Floyd Mayweather."

[big_james10]

my favorite hypocrite moment was when he was in line to fight cotto and since the fight was at 154 he tried to convince people that this was a "new" "born again" version of cotto and that technically he was undefeated since margarito cheated and pacquiao forced him at a catchweight. that was hilarious.

That hypocrisy helped him sell 1.5 million PPVs against Cotto three years after Pacquaio only managed to sell 1.2 million PPVs with Cotto (when Cotto was closer to his prime) and three years before Canelo Alvarez was only able to sell 600,000 PPVs with Cotto.

Floyd's hypocrisy worked damn well!