Why is Floyd Mayweather able to attract so much attention?

**ykdadamaja** · 08-01-2017 07:02 AM

If there EVER was a boxing "heel", like Wrasslin' with Ric Flair, it has to be Floyd.

**Gandalf** · 08-01-2017 04:18 PM

Brocks comment about the IQ might well be on the money. The only Floyd fights I have been interested in were the Hatton and Pac ones. Both sly moves really. One was getting Hatton up to 147 and having the dodgiest referee in the world. The other was waiting a decade until deciding to pounce on Pac. Pac doesn't have his legs or the ability to sustain an attack. The arm was a nice excuse, but his output or legs never came back even when 'healthy' again.

Floyd is boring, he cherrypicks, and this latest pantomime is the icing on the cake. We could have him go to the toilet and say he is fighting the turd of a lifetime and it would make 50 million from the fanboys who cannot wait to get a look and those wanting to see him lose saying 'This will be the turd that gets him'.

**powerpuncher** · 08-01-2017 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by Gandalf

Brocks comment about the IQ might well be on the money. The only Floyd fights I have been interested in were the Hatton and Pac ones. Both sly moves really. One was getting Hatton up to 147 and having the dodgiest referee in the world. The other was waiting a decade until deciding to pounce on Pac. Pac doesn't have his legs or the ability to sustain an attack. The arm was a nice excuse, but his output or legs never came back even when 'healthy' again.

Floyd is boring, he cherrypicks, and this latest pantomime is the icing on the cake. We could have him go to the toilet and say he is fighting the turd of a lifetime and it would make 50 million from the fanboys who cannot wait to get a look and those wanting to see him lose saying 'This will be the turd that gets him'.

As Ron pointed out, people like you who have such a hatred for him just grows his popularity. Only 2 fights of his you have been interested in? The best fighter in the world? He has fought tons of good fighters. The hatred is just out of control.

There are definitely fighters I don't like but my hatred doesn't cloud my judgement. For example, I've never been a Pacquiao fan, and I can give way better examples of him cherry picking than Floyd has done, but I don't create threads about it because I don't really care.

**Gandalf** · 08-01-2017 05:14 PM

Originally Posted by powerpuncher

Originally Posted by Gandalf

Brocks comment about the IQ might well be on the money. The only Floyd fights I have been interested in were the Hatton and Pac ones. Both sly moves really. One was getting Hatton up to 147 and having the dodgiest referee in the world. The other was waiting a decade until deciding to pounce on Pac. Pac doesn't have his legs or the ability to sustain an attack. The arm was a nice excuse, but his output or legs never came back even when 'healthy' again.

Floyd is boring, he cherrypicks, and this latest pantomime is the icing on the cake. We could have him go to the toilet and say he is fighting the turd of a lifetime and it would make 50 million from the fanboys who cannot wait to get a look and those wanting to see him lose saying 'This will be the turd that gets him'.

As Ron pointed out, people like you who have such a hatred for him just grows his popularity. Only 2 fights of his you have been interested in? The best fighter in the world? He has fought tons of good fighters. The hatred is just out of control.

There are definitely fighters I don't like but my hatred doesn't cloud my judgement. For example, I've never been a Pacquiao fan, and I can give way better examples of him cherry picking than Floyd has done, but I don't create threads about it because I don't really care.

Hatred? How absurd. What on earth does hate have to do with disliking cherry picking and a completely boring style? I hardly think Floyd is growing in popularity because of 'people like me'. I don't think anyone is going to read my posts and think 'God, I'm just going to have to spend 100 dollars on that farce because that Gandalf chap thinks it is a load of toss. I am just not having that!' Though it would fit in with Brock's IQ of 90 prognosis of the situation. Yep, in the last decade about 2 fights have interested me. I wasn't interested in Guerrero, Berto, Marquez, Ortiz, Maidana, Baldomir, none of them. The others were slightly more intriguing, but typically you had a damaged older guy or a green fighter in Alvarez. It's not hate to say that half of the fights were complete hand picks and that the others had very serious question marks surrounding them. The last time Floyd fought someone slick was in 2006. He goes with the style that won't give him problems. And of course lots of money too. Maybe there are very legitimate reasons for not being overly enamoured with Floyd Mayweather, but to resort to the 'Oh, you is just a hater' argument is a very weak one.