Floyd Mayweather: Give the Man a Break
Boxing doesn't like Floyd Mayweather very much. Mayweather is a brash, loud-mouthed punk who struts his stuff literally dripping a million dollars worth of bling. What makes it worse is that Mayweather can back it all up - he is undefeated and has met some of the best in the world. Fans buy his PPVs hoping to see the man get beaten, and come away disappointed. At least the last loud-mouthed punk we all wanted to see lose, Naseem Hamed, would catch plenty of leather on the way to his string of knockout victories. With Mayweather, there is rarely the pleasure of seeing him get cleanly clocked, making our ire all the worse. Many boxing journalists dislike him so much that they put aside their jealousy of Oscar de la Hoya and vocally backed the Golden Boy when the two met in 2007.
So when Mayweather signs on to do a wrestling event, they all cry: "Mayweather why aren't you in the real ring in a real fight? Why aren't you in there with Miguel Cotto?"
What a bunch of crybabies. This is what I say to boxing pundits and whining fans everywhere: I don't like "Pretty Boy" Floyd anymore than you do, but give the man a break!
Since June 2005, Mayweather has fought Ricky Hatton, Oscar de la Hoya, Carlos Baldomir, Zab Judah, Sharmba Mitchell, and Arturo Gatti. All these were ranked, world class opponents. His last easy opponent was almost three years ago. If "Money" Mayweather had decided to take the traditional road of the fighter taking a break, and signed to fight an easy opponent for a "tune-up," all the same people would be complaining about him fighting a cream-puff instead of Miguel Cotto. Do these people realize how dumb they sound?
If there is anyone in the top ranks of boxing who deserves a break, it is Floyd Mayweather. The man has earned it. If he wants to collect an easy payday from the WWE instead of fighting a real-but-hapless opponent on HBO, let him. That he is wrestling instead of boxing is not a disgrace, as there is a long history of boxers zipping over to wrestling for a quick and easy paycheck at some one-time exhibition event. Even the great Muhammad Ali did it. Rather than gripe about how he should be doing this or is wasting his talent on Dancing with the Stars, just shut up and give the man a break.
Published by Rich Thomas - Featured Contributor in Travel
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5 Comments
Post a CommentI think thats a good decision of pretty boy to go in wrestling rather than to face manny pacquiao in the ring.absolutely he will be knockout by pacquiao, the first time of his defeat.
Mayweather just wanted to try something different, nice article.
Great article. I like your approach and your style.
interesting article - i don't know much about the subject, but i liked how you wrote it so even someone like me could understand and enjoy!
I agree, but people need somebody to hate. Floyd knows this, he's a business man, and a good one. ESPNC showed some of his early fights last week, and even after 10 fights or so he was saying in interviews how people didnt need to like him, if they hated him they would buy tickets anyway, etc. Of course, it was also funny hearing Mayweather referred to as a "pure puncher" by Al Bernstein. Yea, he had lots of power at 130, but was never a "pure puncher". Anyway, I think he has already established his case as the best of his generation, but to further cement his status in the upper echelons of the all-timers, he needs to fight Cotto, while both are still undefeated, and win. If it happens, hopefully next year, I will try my hardest to be there!