You dont need a college prof. To tell you something that obvious. Did he also tell you its wise not to pay them? Or to go years without paying them?
Not the wisest decision, but Mayweather does what he wants because he can afford to do so. Mayweather is the last person on earth I'd worry about having money troubles.
Maybe go back and watch his semi final match in the 1996 Olympics. He Dominated. He didn't have control of the crooked judges. You wrote he lost twice in the Olympics? when was the other time? Other than that, He pretty much fought the best of the best. Could you please tell me which fight he fought that he should have fought another more deserving fighter. I have to say, a few fights may have not been against the top contenders, but then again, Marciano fought a lot of sub .500 fighters leading up to his championship fight. Get over it, He deserves being one of the top fighters EVER to step in the ring.
Save your breath the guys got a major hate hard on for fm. The last fight was the only fight of his career that anyone can say wasn't aginst a professional boxer. It's not like he fought 49 jobbers then fought Conner.
So true, the roster reads like a boxing who's who of the modern era: De La Hoya, Mosely, Pacquiao, Marquez, Canelo, and more besides.
Every name you listed here, the boxer was at the END of their career minus Marquez and Canelo. Mosley, end of career, Pacquaio, end of career and some. De La Hoya, end of career. Nothing wrong with taking one or two of those fights but when it becomes a trend then it cannot be spun, sorry
I never said he's not one of the top of all time. I'm saying he's not the absolute GOAT some here are saying. I agree with you he's definitely one of the top, but I do not think he's the best all time. And his losses were once in qualifiers and then semis iirc. He could've come back in 2000 and tried again, but didn't. Other great US boxers like Ali, Frazier, Leonard, and De La Hoya have gold. It would have been nice to see him come back and go for it but whatever that's history. I have nothing more to add to this and hopefully my post is clear on where I stand.
It's not clear, and you really have no clue. Besides, he has 6 amateur losses and still is considered undefeated. sleep on that one.
I'm getting goose-bumps thinking about that list of champion boxers he fought in fights he dominated and made look easy! I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Jose Luis Castillo, Zab Judah, Jesus Chaves, Miguel Cotto, Marcos Maidana...oh please somebody stop me One thing I give FM credit for is that he relentlessly pursued the best fighters to make the fights happen, in fact, in several instances he would have liked to have fought his opponents much sooner than they allowed the fights to happen, and it can be said that many ducked him for a long time (not the other way around). He practically had to stalk some fighters to get them to sign, I mean the man shows up to a basketball game and pops up next to Pacquiao just to say, let's get it on! Respect
please refer to them as boxing matches. They are not fights. Boxing is not a self defense system. Boxing is a sport. Boxing is not a fight.
Yeah he sort of has in a way, but he's also made people loathe boxing for a huge variety of reason. Mayweather single-handledly wrecked boxing and grew the UFC due to what he did to boxing.
Joe is correct, we should get a room. Haha. Floyd played all of you for years. Not bad for a barely literate strip club owner.
FM is not the reason some may loathe boxing, they do that all by themselves because they love to loathe so too, FM hasn't wrecked boxing at all, in fact this last fight has given it some much-needed respect, as a 6-times World Boxing Champion told me personally this past Sunday. UFC's growth had nothing to do with FM. Whoa there, please don't go that far on my behalf when I said Misery Loves Company I only meant that the two of you should commiserate with each other because you both seem so desperately unhappy about everything boxing-related. Meanwhile, FM hasn't played anyone as most who pay for his fights are adults exercising their chosen prerogative, nor does literacy or strip club ownership have any bearing on Championship boxing. Whilst I'll be the first to say that FM's personal lifestyle choices or principles might not be the same as mine, who cares? It's his boxing skill, accomplishments and record that counts to most logical people. Let’s not get all confused, boxing is not a personality or a literacy contest, reading will not define his place in boxing history! That said, for a guy who some claim is illiterate, he seems quite legible in interviews, and his arithmetic must be pretty decent with all the promotions, contracts and zeros he has to calculate. He was a high-school dropout to pursue his boxing dreams, but, heck I'd love people to call me illiterate too if I was the highest paid athlete in the world! Perhaps you've missed the irony, but, calling someone barely literate is tragic especially when they are much more financially accomplished than you! To put your comment more accurately, the only people who FM has played for years, are those who hate on him
LMAO! So true. And in three years nobody will even remember him or his boring bouts. What will there to get nostalgic about? A little guy running around the ring and never scoring kos or being exciting? TBE! LOL
In reality, like him or not, I think boxing history will remember him favorably over time by dispensing with the hating and focusing on his record, which however we rate it, 50-0 may never be achieved again in our lifetimes the latter point ensuring that he will be talked about for generations to come.
Haha. Good thing I don't, nor does what really matters in the universe, measure success by financial accomplishments. Please don't misunderstand me, I really enjoy boxing. It is no secret Mayweather wrecked the sport for many out there. I just hope he leaves and remains gone this time. Sadly though, if he announces he's coming back to fight a 400lb circus clown people will flock to the madness again. Ask any good trainer and they will gladly tell you the final decade of his career is one big asterisk. Mayweather did not go out and KO anyone anytime, rather he was a defensive dancer incapable of putting out the real hurt which brings fighters to the canvass. The true wrecking balls are the guys history remembers, which Mayweather was most certainly not. It was nothing short of an act by a con-man to take a paycheck for a fight anyone with half a brain knew he could walk through. I would have respected him if he came back and fought someone capable of beating him, such as perhaps Canelo part II (now that Canelo has matured and in the beginning his prime) or GGG. He wouldn't dare come back for a real fight though, and that's what he's known for now and forever. Don't kid yourself, Floyd could care less about those he views as suckers who bought that recent farce.
