An appreciation of Mayweather's discipline

[p4pking]

He does it quite literally all the time

[X]

i have no comment at all on the guy's personality or predelictions as I have never even met him and I certainly don't believe stuff that's reported in the media.

What I can see is that he is ferociously committed to fighting and his dedication to training must be laser like. He is 36 now and he has won his last few fights by incredibly wide margins, but he doesn't seem to have been tempted to cut any corners in training. We never think he is likely to tire or get gassed (and it was his conditioning that won him the De La Hoya fight IMO).

The fact that the best fighter on the planet is so relentlessly focused on his training should be an example to every fighter out there

I do wonder what someone with such tunnel vision and focus, which has been such an integral part of him for decades now will do when they do stop boxing. What can he replace it with? As a retired good-class amateur, I know that training for training's sake - with no fight at the end of it - just isn't the same.

[Beanflicker]

Floyd's a special athlete. I've said it before, if you take into account every attribute: pure athleticism, virtuoso skill, boxing IQ, discipline, heart, ect, I don't think there has been anyone in the history of boxing who has the same quantity of these together that Mayweather has. The only one comparable is SRR.

[zhubin]

Not sure how his life and finances will pan out after he retires. He doesn't strike me as someone who will fall into drug/substance abuse...which is one of the the biggest reasons high profile athletes fall apart after they retire (both physically and financially). As flashy and excessive as he may be...something about him tells me he wont piss it all away. Obviously i can be very wrong. But clearly in regards to his craft and body...he is one of the all time great athletes.

[Master]

Floyd is very good and I think the discipline and desire he has will continue after boxing and he will be a success at whatever he does most of the time. I do not think he is worth the extortionate money and contract that he is on. What he has achieved is no different to Pernell Whitaker did when he beat Julio Ceaser Vasquez other than get paid better for it.

[p4pking]

Any boxer is worth everything they make and usually more! Some guys sell a lot more tickets than their ability might suggest they should, but the numbers still don't lie and if there is a demand to watch them fight that's all there is to it. It's an incredibly dishonest business, but the fighters themselves are never taking home more than they should.

[Master]

Floyd was talking up the mexican people and fighting on their specific holidays, he is a business man at heart.