Anybody notice with Mayweather?

Everyone wouldn't be all stirred up about Floyd if he wasn't so arrogant. Take away the arrogance, and you have a great boxer but not a love/hate boxer. I think he does a lot for the PPV sales. The days of the "aww shucks" champs like Marciano are over and Floyd is just doing what he wants and I'm sure I'd play the bad guy too if it meant pocketing the kind of money that he does. You need 2 clashing personalities in the sport, it seems. People like the hero and villan. Two heroes can be good, but the press coverage is less exciting. Two villains can be a bit "much." A guy as good as Floyd would have trouble playing the nice guy, I think.

 

I like Floyd, he attracts alot of publicity for boxing, not to mention being one of the slickest boxers I have seen.

 

wrong all wrong, mayweather plays his roles very well.either you love him or hate him, either you want him to win or you want him to lose.pbf could careless e know he will win.fans against him does not bother him, **** the have to buy tickest and pay per view as well.

so this is why hes becoming a bigger and bigger draw.people want to see floyd thats all there is to it, either to show is masterful boxing gift or run.people want to see him win or lose that depends on if you are a fan or not.

but if mayweather pisses you off or makes you wish you could slap the **** out of him or you wish he would knocked the **** out, then 9 times out of 10
he is doing his job and doing it well.

thats how i see it.

 

One thing I notice on Floyd, he tries to be different than any boxer. I think he is imitating someone. He wants to be unique by acting a bad guy or tries to be outrageous in this sport, but obviously doesn't fit him naturally. Muhammad Ali is the only one I know who came that out genuinely. Oh I guess I said it who PBF tries to be like. :tired

 

Mayweather is generating more interest and drawing more fans to see him either win or lose. I agree withe the few saying he is doing a decent job. It's all about the money, money comes first then his legacy. Right now he is generating more money than he would by playing a nice, polite guy. It's not all an act though he does hang around nightclubs, and his friend fiddy cent. :think

There has been some naturals over the years though, with Ali being the best of em. Then you got guys like Naseem Hamed, Hector Camacho or nowadays Ricardo Mayorga. Mayorga fought his best since a few years ago when he knocked out Six Head Lewis and Forest at 147. And he's been knocked the hell out twice since then. But the guy can still sell fights with his outrageous behaviour.

 

its called marketing, people love when there is a good guy bad guy situation. It sells, people want to see good prevail so they will continue 2 tune in 2 see if it can happen. THis is all marketing, FLoyd not really like that

 

Hamed was the greatest showman since Ali.

 

True:good

 

...Yeah, Hamed was definitely one of the best when it comes to being a showman.:happy

 

the problem i see with the way pbf goes about his playing the role, it is a one and done. tyson lost, but waas still a draw. once pbf loses, his act will not play the same.

 

I noticed that awhile ago.

He would be better to play the smiling nice guy like Oscar, as he did when he was on Jay Leno after he beat Oscar, but I don't know if his ego can stand it.

 

thats cause when he was nice, everyone still hated on him. I remeber a post fight interview with larry merchant after he knocked out angel manfredy (haha i love how angel tried to say it was a bull**** stoppage), larry was asking him questions floyd seemed very humble and polite, Then, being the ******* that larry always is (and god bless him), says 'your only quick in the ring floyd.' lol - i mean that was ****ed up but really funny. And I am a huge mayweather fan, but i can see why he hates larry and eveyone else for that matter.

 

Common Erratic, we all know this is just marketing, nothing more nothing less. ANd him on Jay Leno proves it. Floyd is not the person he portrays in 24/7, and in the media, he jsut does that for ratings, and to get more people to buy his fights. The more buys equal more money.
People need 2 see that. People on here say how much of a ***** he is etc. they cant stand him etc. But there arses are buying the fights, and thats all that matters to Floyd. Trust this is marketing. Somebody has to b the good guy and somebody ahs to be the bad guy always. If everyone was just complimenting each other it wouldnt b as anticipatin, or intriguing rather. I mean people would have still watched, but it wouldnt have had the "buzz" surrounding it now

 

Tyson was also a great showman. He could really sell his fights.

 

exactly what I think. He's hated because his act is forced like **** and his so-called thuggish ruggish persona screams PHONY.