Simple answer to a simple question: He is getting respect because he deserves it. I am by no means a Zab fan(I dislike the guy) but I'm not going to let that blind the fact that he had a good fight and had he let his hands go more,like he did in the second& fourth,who knows? I personally and like Starr said,95%(I'd say 98%) thought he was going to get koed but he won the first few rounds easy and also,why the hell was there no knockdown scored in the second(or first,can't remember)when Floyd's glove hit the floor clearly from a punch!!
Don't let blind hatred take kudos away from a guy who lost to a journeyman and now went 12 with P4P Mayweather.
P.S. No, I do not like Zab,he is still a jerk and it was an intentional low blow. I just respect him for his performance last night,that's all.