Quote Originally Posted by SweetPea
Quote Originally Posted by meowza
I think a lot of Floyd's detractors hear the things Floyd says personally and get turned off by it. Calling himself the greatest fighter of all time. Better than Ali, better than Sugar Ray Robinson. Almost claiming he's immortal.
And when he says these kinds of things about himself, it just opens up all the floodgates to critique every decision he's ever made regarding his opponents.
Because in comparison to what he claims to be, of course there's no way anyone could live up to the hype that surrounds him and the hype that he creates even for himself.
People find it hard to appreciate things for what they are and only for what they are.
Floyd looks spectacular virtually every time he steps in the ring. But no matter who he beats and how good he beats them, Floyd's haters will always find some sort of ammunition against him. Because there's no way he (or any human) can live up to what he claims he is.
Meowza has Bingo.
It's always been my belief (and is continually reinforced by many things I read here) that the majority of the anti-Floyd crowd discredit his accomplishments because they "don't like him."
If Floyd did nothing but kiss ass and act politely during his interviews, I guarantee a lot of his critics would go away.
Which I've never really understood, because this isn't a nice guy competition, it's professional prizefighting. Who cares whether these guys are arrogant or say outrageous things?
I'm as big of a Floyd fan as there is on this entire board. Yet if I ever met Floyd in person, it wouldn't surprise me at all if he was a total a**hole. But I could care less, I pay $$ to watch him box, not to watch his etiquette.
I understand where you are coming from and it's a valid point but it certainly does not apply to me. I have the guys career on DVD and watch it allllll the time,I still believe he is an amazing talent who could be wasting what could be an amazing career by not fighting alot of good fighters out there. In my humble opinion,he has handpicked too many opponents,and what makes it annoynig is that at the beginning of his career,he fought ALOT of good fighters but it has levelled off way way too much! If a guy can back up his big mouth then by all means,run it! Ali did!