Honest question. Whenever I hear current fighters or trainers talk about Mayweather Jr. they always seem to have alot of respect for him. Why do you think this is the case? [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZEscLZB7Ig&context=C4eef092ADvjVQa1PpcFMOU4WnqGE1FFZDNCVbziEzdVyOrt2D2o4=[/ame]
Have you seen how he trains? Put whatever distaste for his attitude, his actions out of the ring, all the bull**** outside of it that he does. Floyd the boxer is one of the most finely tuned, mentally switched on, focused, and dedicated fighters you'll ever hear of. I think he can be a pretty filthy person, but come on. Seriously. You never hear of "distractions" or him being unfocused.
basically boxers and trainers respect their colleagues when you try to get their opinion on one another in a formal interview or setting (excluding hype shows like 24/7). but there are some who would rather talk trash like mayorga, darchinyan etc...
Just saying. Floyd is gifted, you'd be petty to deny it. You can nitpick his opponents all you want but he trains for every opponent like he's going to be fighting Leonard or Robinson or any other ATG. He has no issues going to bed because he'll train, go out, train again at 2AM which I personally thought was insane but I might do the same if I didn't live in Military housing or have the kind of schedule I did just to see what it's like to work a heavy bag at that hour.
Because they know how skilled and how hard he works and how hard it is for somebody to reach that position. Then unlike most the people on this site, they have actually met Floyd and realized he's not a bad person
As the thread starter, I agree with the trainers who respect Mayweather. The follow up question is why does it seem like lately old timers like Hagler and Holmes go out of their way to diss Maywether?
As far as that goes, I think it's because they weren't as worried about how much they were getting paid. People like to say it's a myth that fighters back then weren't concerned with paydays but I think if you take into account how much higher on the sports pecking order boxing USED to be, the public in general gave a **** about who you are so they would be more apt to actually make the fights fans wanted instead of demanding massive paydays before even considering it. Being well paid was an addition catalyst for motivation to go out and prove they were better than someone. But that's my guess.