The better side of Mayweather

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I have never minded Floyd Mayweather Jr's silly antics before fights i know its all just BS to hype the fight anyway, to my knowledge he has always given opponents respect after the fight. He gave Hatton a lot of respect, he gave Gatti a lot of respect. But to be honest i don't really care what he does outside the ring as long as he don't kill anyone or do anything extreme, i'll always be a fan of him inside the ring and thats what boxing is all about. Of course its good to have a nice guy like Kelly Pavlik but it doesn't really matter to me, as long as they do there job inside the ring thats all that counts IMO.

Didn't Mayweather have some legal issues for domestic violence and hitting some females in a club? Do those qualify as extreme?

Yeah he had some legal problems with that.

Apparently a lot of my favorite fighters to watch in the ring could use some help when it comes to putting their hands on women.

[frozensolid_702]

I have never minded Floyd Mayweather Jr's silly antics before fights i know its all just BS to hype the fight anyway, to my knowledge he has always given opponents respect after the fight. He gave Hatton a lot of respect, he gave Gatti a lot of respect. But to be honest i don't really care what he does outside the ring as long as he don't kill anyone or do anything extreme, i'll always be a fan of him inside the ring and thats what boxing is all about. Of course its good to have a nice guy like Kelly Pavlik but it doesn't really matter to me, as long as they do there job inside the ring thats all that counts IMO.

Didn't Mayweather have some legal issues for domestic violence and hitting some females in a club? Do those qualify as extreme?

Yeah he had some legal problems with that.

Apparently a lot of my favorite fighters to watch in the ring could use some help when it comes to putting their hands on women.

To call Floyd Mayweather Jr. a wife-beater, is the same thing as calling Kobe Bryant a rapist.


Neither accusation was remotely close to the truth, and I'm pretty sure that the Kobe Bryant rape charge went a lot farther in the judicial system than the supposed Floyd Mayweather domestic violence charge.

[Dizaster]

Didn't Mayweather have some legal issues for domestic violence and hitting some females in a club? Do those qualify as extreme?

Yeah he had some legal problems with that.

Apparently a lot of my favorite fighters to watch in the ring could use some help when it comes to putting their hands on women.

To call Floyd Mayweather Jr. a wife-beater, is the same thing as calling Kobe Bryant a rapist.


Neither accusation was remotely close to the truth, and I'm pretty sure that the Kobe Bryant rape charge went a lot farther in the judicial system than the supposed Floyd Mayweather domestic violence charge.

In regards to celebrities and wealth blessed people, that usually means it's true without a doubt, and just proves that the celebrity/wealth blessed person has great lawyers and a lot of money to get a charge like that dropped..

However I agree with your point regarding Mayweather and a part of me hates him, apart of me knows he would be a decent person..

How he could be even relatively normal with a father like good old Roger is beyond me though..

[donnydarkoIRL]

I've heard from many sources that on a persoanl level, one to one, Floyd is as amiable a fellow as one could meet.

[Wayne]

I've heard from many sources that on a persoanl level, one to one, Floyd is as amiable a fellow as one could meet.

I've said it before here. On the Detroit leg of the De La Hoya-Mayweather promotional tour Floyd was as nice a human being as you could meet. He stayed well after Oscar had left, stayed so long, in fact, I had to leave so I could get home. There were no major newspapers around, just guys like me covering the presser for websites and such mixed in with a bunch of fans. A Mexican kid came over with a glove signed by Oscar and asked PBF to sign and at first he said he couldn't because Oscar had already. The boy looked crestfallen and said he didn't have another. Floyd considered a second and said, "Give it here," and signed it for the boy. That showed he had a bunch of class to me.

[donnydarkoIRL]

I've heard from many sources that on a persoanl level, one to one, Floyd is as amiable a fellow as one could meet.

I've said it before here. On the Detroit leg of the De La Hoya-Mayweather promotional tour Floyd was as nice a human being as you could meet. He stayed well after Oscar had left, stayed so long, in fact, I had to leave so I could get home. There were no major newspapers around, just guys like me covering the presser for websites and such mixed in with a bunch of fans. A Mexican kid came over with a glove signed by Oscar and asked PBF to sign and at first he said he couldn't because Oscar had already. The boy looked crestfallen and said he didn't have another. Floyd considered a second and said, "Give it here," and signed it for the boy. That showed he had a bunch of class to me.

I've heard in the gym he's always the motivation. He spurs everyone on and makes it fun to be there.

I like that in a fighter.

[GRBOXINGFAN]

I've met Floyd a couple times. He actually is nice and soft spoken. He's the type of guy who looks you in the eye and pays attention to what you are saying even if you're a nobody. He grew up in the gym and now I've heard takes the time to give young guys tips and such. When he gets around his entourage is when he can act cocky. His "Boyz" beat the crap out of Bouncer the other year at a local bar. It turns out Floyd had went to Middle and High School with the bouncer.

His pre fight talk is not anything crazy. He hasn't said anything more outrageous than a dozen other guys of this era. I think Roy Jones has been more disrespectful to opponents than Floyd and never gets sweated for it.

Floyd has done a lot for Grand Rapids. He gives to charity both his money and his time. He picked up the $162,000 tab for the Golden Gloves National Tourney this May. He'll be in town this weekend throwing a big multi venue event with Music and such. I won't be attending, but could probably get VIP if I wanted to hang with his crew, which i don't, not my thing.

People forget how bad he got robbed in the Olympics. He was dominant and was robbed in the semis. I think this really hurt him as much as it hurt Roy Jones. Both these fighters have used it as motivation, you have to take it, no ones gonna give it to you and once you have it everyone is gonna try to steal it. Floyd will fight again. He retired because Oscar wouldn't give him a 50-50 split. It was a blow to him, he had worked so hard to be boxing's top draw and here it was and he still could not get a 50/50 billing with Oscar. Even as a fan of Floyd's, I can still be objective and admit that Oscar is still the bigger draw. Floyd should have took the split he was offered.

[Wayne]

Yeah he had some legal problems with that.

Apparently a lot of my favorite fighters to watch in the ring could use some help when it comes to putting their hands on women.

To call Floyd Mayweather Jr. a wife-beater, is the same thing as calling Kobe Bryant a rapist.


Neither accusation was remotely close to the truth, and I'm pretty sure that the Kobe Bryant rape charge went a lot farther in the judicial system than the supposed Floyd Mayweather domestic violence charge.

In regards to celebrities and wealth blessed people, that usually means it's true without a doubt, and just proves that the celebrity/wealth blessed person has great lawyers and a lot of money to get a charge like that dropped..

However I agree with your point regarding Mayweather and a part of me hates him, apart of me knows he would be a decent person..

How he could be even relatively normal with a father like good old Roger is beyond me though..

Yeah, that would be impossible considering Floyd Sr. is his father and not his uncle Roger.

[wesrman]

To call Floyd Mayweather Jr. a wife-beater, is the same thing as calling Kobe Bryant a rapist.

Kobe couldnt rape his way out of a wet paper bag.