The "All Things Mayweather/Pacquiao" Express!!!!!!

We all say that because we are skint. I would trade financial positions with Floyd in a heart beat. Would you?

 

Complete Interview:

"I believe in the less you get hit, the longer you last. You know, I'm Floyd Mayweather and I'm going to get hit with good shots because this is a contact sport, a brutal contact sport. With all that being said, I love Ali. I will always love Muhammad Ali. Like I said before, his nickname is The Greatest. My nickname is TBE...I just don't feel like I gave this sport my whole life to say there's another fighter better than me. I can't say that because I feel like we're all doing the same thing. I just feel that athletes are bigger, better, and stronger in every sport today," stated undefeated pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather, who explained why he calls himself The Best Ever. Check it out!

BT: What's it like to be at the pinnacle of your craft and know that you're the best at what you do?

FM: We all are blessed in many different ways. The only thing we can do is take advantage of the gift that's given to us, use it to the fullest, and just be the best that you can be.

BT: When you call yourself TBE, The Best Ever, you're not saying that to brag and boast. You truly mean and believe that to be fact, right?

FM: I think when you're young, people can persuade you to think a certain way, if that's safe to say. You know, when you're a kid, you hear, "Ali! Ali!" But then, once you get older, you start really doing your homework. I love Muhammad Ali. Always have and always will. But then I look at the situation like, well Ali never beat Ken Norton. He lost all 3 fights. When Ali took time off and came back and fought, he lost to Joe Frazier. When I took time off, when I took my little vacation, I came back and I fought the number 2 pound-for-pound guy, which was Marquez. When Ali was older, I don't know his age, but he lost to a guy with 7 fights, which was Leon Spinks. I'm fighting guys that's young enough to be my son. I'm competing at the highest level and I'm dominating. That's what I do. I just look at Ali's career because I'm a student of the game. His defense was his movement, his legs. Once he couldn't move no more, he had to resort to the rope-a-dope. There's defense in different ways. Ali's legs were his defense. Once he couldn't use his legs, he just sat on the ropes and let a guy pound on him until the guy gets tired. One thing about me, I don't believe in taking punishment. I believe in the less you get hit, the longer you last. You know, I'm Floyd Mayweather and I'm going to get hit with good shots because this is a contact sport, a brutal contact sport. With all that being said, I love Ali. I will always love Muhammad Ali. Like I said before, his nickname is The Greatest. My nickname is TBE.

BT: I think that's the mentality of any competitive athlete. Whether it's you, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Peyton Manning, or Tom Brady, I think if you're striving to be the best, you have to want to be better than those that came before you. Do you think people lose sight of that when they get mad if you call yourself the best ever?

FM: Well me, myself, I respect all fighters. When I look at the situation of comparing Floyd Mayweather to so many different fighters, like with Sugar Ray Leonad and Sugar Ray Robinson, I just like to say that I respect them and take my hat off to all the legendary champions, but I just don't feel like I gave this sport my whole life to say there's another fighter better than me. I can't say that because I feel like we're all doing the same thing. I just feel that athletes are bigger, better, and stronger in every sport today.

 

Exactly. Tbh Floyd use to do it too and pacturds bashed him for it, now they are all over arums dick when he does it. Pathetic.

 

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Arum is doing this to hype his crappy PPV he has coming up using Mayweather and acting like the fight it going to happen

 

Bradley having to sign to Top Rank TWICE. Or any fighter having to sign to Top Rank to fight Pacquiao or someone having to sign to Golden Boy to fight Floyd? Chavez Jr had to sign an extension to fight Golovkin. Bradley had to sign an extension to fight Pacquiao. How is this any different?

 

They have wanted that for 5 years now... not going to happen

 

I thought Bradley was already with top rank. I may be wrong though.

 

Lol at Robinson and Leonard not outpointing FMJ. Mayweather has a style which is very similar to James Toney though Toney was just too lazy to fully realize his gifts. Toney was destroyed by RJJ,completely outclassed. Jones' style is rare, akin to SRR and SRL who would similarly outwork FMJ.

Floyd is not the best ever, although skillwise he is up there with the best. He has his limitations such as no punching power, low offensive output, afraid to fight any real threats (09'-10' Pac, prime Mosley, Margarito, prime Cotto), lying and contradicting himself. These limitations, particularly #3 prevent Floyds claim from being taken seriously.

 

Oh, it was a "little vacation"? I thought he was just avoiding the other top fighters at the time

 

blasphemy.

floyd isn't a fraction of the man ali is.

 

Oh hell naw. Hearns and Leonard outbox AND would knock him out or stop him and Duran outworks him and could stop him just as much. Punchers chance only? Ahahaha that's a good one!

 

not going to happen.

pac accused of peds.

floyd accused of being a bookworm.




not gonna happen

 

at least give an explanation.

**** thread.

 

Neither is defensible, but one is especially egregious considering that supposedly for the last four years, the only thing stopping the fight was the drug test. We all knew at the time that was a lie, and so another roadblock was put into place : the money split. We all knew that was a lie, too, because another road block has been put into place about which promotional team Manny has to fight with.

Why didn't Foyd make that explicitly clear from the get-go that he refuses to work with Arum? This excuse has only conveniently popped up in the last year because there's no other excuse to hide behind now.

 

Possibly.