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It never really got mentioned a whole lot during his career, people tended to focus on his natural assets like his quickness. But I always felt he had one major advantage and I have never really discussed it before but subconsciously I always felt it inside.
It was the fact that he was bred to be a fighter only. I have watched a few documentaries on him over the last couple of days and it really became crystal clear, he literally did nothing but box as a child. 99.9% of top fighters have a similar story, started boxing or martial arts normally somewhere between the ages of 6-10, showed promise early, eventually started taking it seriously and eventually success followed. But Floyd is different, he is a creation of his Father's shortcomings from his own career and his desire to be the best even if it was in the form of his son, he is the creation of a whole family packed with knowledge but they all ultimately came up short from being the best.
With Floyd Jnr there was never going to be any mistakes, unless he was born with no physical talent, he was always going to be special. It just so happens that he also possessed lots of physical gifts. He was more prepared than anyone else, he started earlier, his repetition was greater, he lived in the gym, he did nothing else from the age of 4. The Mayweather's literally created a monster, as I said he had the gifts, they gave him the knowledge, and the rest was hours and hours of work, and the last part was that he kept that work ethic going all the way through.
It is probably why he is such a flawed person, and still acted like a teenager in his mid 20's. Big parts of his personality never developed when they should have, when it came to life he had to pick things up on the fly, they didn't teach him to be a well rounded person, but you can't deny that he was far ahead in terms of his boxing acumen.
I was one of those guys who always wanted to see Floyd lose because I don't like too much domination in any sport, it makes it boring, but you also have to give those individuals or teams credit where credit is due when they do come along.
It is remarkable that fighters like Castillo, and Maidana, were even able to push him close, because all these guys, even guys like Mosley and Oscar weren't equipped with what Floyd was equipped with, they didn't have the knowledge and preparation, which basically started from 0, and I think that was his major advantage.
It was the fact that he was bred to be a fighter only. I have watched a few documentaries on him over the last couple of days and it really became crystal clear, he literally did nothing but box as a child. 99.9% of top fighters have a similar story, started boxing or martial arts normally somewhere between the ages of 6-10, showed promise early, eventually started taking it seriously and eventually success followed. But Floyd is different, he is a creation of his Father's shortcomings from his own career and his desire to be the best even if it was in the form of his son, he is the creation of a whole family packed with knowledge but they all ultimately came up short from being the best.
With Floyd Jnr there was never going to be any mistakes, unless he was born with no physical talent, he was always going to be special. It just so happens that he also possessed lots of physical gifts. He was more prepared than anyone else, he started earlier, his repetition was greater, he lived in the gym, he did nothing else from the age of 4. The Mayweather's literally created a monster, as I said he had the gifts, they gave him the knowledge, and the rest was hours and hours of work, and the last part was that he kept that work ethic going all the way through.
It is probably why he is such a flawed person, and still acted like a teenager in his mid 20's. Big parts of his personality never developed when they should have, when it came to life he had to pick things up on the fly, they didn't teach him to be a well rounded person, but you can't deny that he was far ahead in terms of his boxing acumen.
I was one of those guys who always wanted to see Floyd lose because I don't like too much domination in any sport, it makes it boring, but you also have to give those individuals or teams credit where credit is due when they do come along.
It is remarkable that fighters like Castillo, and Maidana, were even able to push him close, because all these guys, even guys like Mosley and Oscar weren't equipped with what Floyd was equipped with, they didn't have the knowledge and preparation, which basically started from 0, and I think that was his major advantage.
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