Floyd Mayweather: A World Ambassador for Peace

he got into a street fight...damn...i didnt know that one.

all im sayin is his actions are not becoming of gangster or wannabe gangster...nowhere near it...have you heard what really is going on in the world starting at age 10...this man by no means is a wannabe gangster.

 

It is not nice to talk bad about the dead but Chico had only fans because of the way he fought in the ring. Nobody admired his outside of the ring "acheivements" to say the least.

 

I am not lying nor insulting him. There is a thread on the board RIGHT NOW about Salvador Sanchez. We talk about dead fighters all the time.

Fact is, people ignored what he did outside the ring to cheer for him in the ring. Hell, Chico, who I admired greatly as a fighter, died doing something that could have seriously injured someone else and does ALL the time. PBF has done something bad out of the ring, but he has done many good things outside of it too, and if Chico can be forgiven his trespass, so should PBF. How is it any different? Because Chico was more exciting, but not as good, as PBF he should get a pass? Not for me....This is all assuming that what the other poster said is true.

But my question is, why talk about how bad a person PBF is (which happens all the time on this board) but admire Chico?

 

If I have heard about what is really going on in the world? Dear poster, I was not born in the reachest country in the world - U.S and did not even grow up in such. I was born and grew up in the 3rd world, the one that U.S only can view on TV.
Anyway, if you think that PBF should be and capable of caring the status of the Peace Ambassador of the World, good luck with that.

 

Forgiven is one thing awarded a World Peace Ambassador is another.

 

Floyd's definately not without his faults but so are many other fighters

De La Hoya - Allegedly sexually assaulted a women and then gave her hush money, never mentioned his illigitimate kids on 24/7(Floyd had no problem showing off his illigitimate kids to the cameras)

Roy Jones Jr. - Fights chickens, connected with steroids

Diego Corrales - Went to jail for beating his wife

Gerald McClellen - Vicious dogfighter(even bought dogs form the pound and tied up their paws and put a mussle on them so that his dog could practice killing animals

Tommy Morrison - Lied about not having AIDS

Hopkins - Spent time in the clink for armed robbery

Duran - got his nickname by punching out a defenseless horse

Hatton - Gluttoness alchoholic

Oneil Bell - Threw a machete at sparring partner

James Butler - punched out opponent after their match was over during a charity event, killed Kellerman's brother

Holyfield - Abused HGH, has 9 illigitimate kids.

Tyson - too many transgressions to name

 

Well thats another issue all together.

 

hang this man!

 

And who of the above was awarded World Peace Ambassador???

 

you cant be serious comparing these two actions....Benoit did not just commit any murder...it was his wife and his 7 year old kid....Corrales doesnt compare at all.

 

i see but Chris just cant be compared to anyone his actions were beyond anything Corrales has done.

 

None, however several of them have received some prestigous recognition

De La Hoya has a high school named after him

Holyfield carried the olympic torch in 96

Tyson recieved an honorary doctorate from an accredited university

Remember, Adolph Hitler once was named Time magazine's man of the year(I'm dead serious about this). If that can happen, then why can't Floyd be a World Peace Ambassador?

 

It seems to me that PBF angers people with what he does inside the realm of boxing (in his fights and his media appearances etc. to promote them and his brand), whilst people like Chico did bad things outside of boxing. So, people dislike things PBF says in interviews, such as badmouthing other fighters; having a disagreeable attitude (which some label wannabe gangsta); talking up his own greatness too much; etc. They also dislike how he acts in the ring, choosing the wrong opponents for them; not clearly establishing himself in each division where he fights; fighting too defensively and exhibiting too little action.
Chico in the ring is thought of as acting heroically, fighting with bravery, even recklessness, and fervour, giving always a great show to the fans. In the other parts of his boxing career, though I'm no expert, I don't know of him acting too big-headed, or too offensively so as to make anyone think him the arrogant loudmouth they see Mayweather to be.

Outside of boxing Chico may have done very bad things, and Mayweather may have done very good things, and the same can go for other fighters, but this is a boxing forum, and so I think people writing as boxing fans write mostly with regards to what the fighters do in the realm of boxing, rather than trying to pass judgement over them with the snippets we know of their personal lives. In short, most judgements on boxers round here are as boxers, not as human beings in the round, and I think that's reasonable. Perhaps someone can establish somewhere else the "General Moral Character Judgements" forum, but to me, this ain't it.

 

You do know about Floyd's run ins with the law don't you? Part of supporting a boxer isn't simply as "Is he good in the ring". Who they are out of the ring also tells you what kind of person they are.

 

But the person who prompted my post DID talk about PBF's outside the ring demeanor and seemingly dismissed all his good accomplishments to focus on the bad. Thus my post and my question.