Floyd is jealous of Manny...

[zhubin]

What is truly amazing is how some people completely miss the point about Floyd. What Floyd understands (as did Oscar before him) is that boxing is as much a business as it is a sport. We may not like this point...but it's the truth. I know how much we love to wax poetic about boxing being only about what happens in the ring, the best taking on the best, etc...but the brutal reality is that 99% of professional boxers come into this sport poor and leave it poor (both financially and physically). It's a sport filled with shady, blood sucking promoters who could care less about a fighter other than how much money they can make off of them. So while some people think the important thing is to be "loved" by the public...for a fighter who makes his living getting his body battered...the important thing should be that they have something to show for it financially at the end (and good health is a bonus). ANY fighter would kill to be in the position that Mayweather is in. You think Pac wouldn't trade being a beloved champion for being the richest athlete in sports?! Dream on. I have NOTHING bad to say about an athlete because he doesn't allow himself to be used by promoters and has nothing to show for it. And lets not forget...some of us boxing fans LOVE to watch Floyd fight. Just as some love all action brawlers...some of us love brilliant technicians. The fact that Floyd has so much success in and out of the ring should be celebrated not derided.

[cyclone]

What is truly amazing is how some people completely miss the point about Floyd. What Floyd understands (as did Oscar before him) is that boxing is as much a business as it is a sport. We may not like this point...but it's the truth. I know how much we love to wax poetic about boxing being only about what happens in the ring, the best taking on the best, etc...but the brutal reality is that 99% of professional boxers come into this sport poor and leave it poor (both financially and physically). It's a sport filled with shady, blood sucking promoters who could care less about a fighter other than how much money they can make off of them. So while some people think the important thing is to be "loved" by the public...for a fighter who makes his living getting his body battered...the important thing should be that they have something to show for it financially at the end (and good health is a bonus). ANY fighter would kill to be in the position that Mayweather is in. You think Pac wouldn't trade being a beloved champion for being the richest athlete in sports?! Dream on. I have NOTHING bad to say about an athlete because he doesn't allow himself to be used by promoters and has nothing to show for it. And lets not forget...some of us boxing fans LOVE to watch Floyd fight. Just as some love all action brawlers...some of us love brilliant technicians. The fact that Floyd has so much success in and out of the ring should be celebrated not derided.

Well said.