WTF was with some of Mayweathers low class comments last night on 24/7?

[Gandalf]

True but still one would think a fighter has a personal limit on what he will say.....

I have never watched a Mayweather fight to see if or if not he was going to get beat....I watch them with no more interest then the undercard on ESPN FNF...

I never have and never would pay for a PBF PPV regardless of who he fights...If it is not free on stream I won't pay money for it...

Much of my dislike is not just for Floyd but the whole Mayweather family...They are all low class (Except Jeff)...Roger is a woman beater who thinks it is OK for him because his nephew is PBF and he makes a ton of money...

Floyd sits with his kids and teaches his kids to talk the way he does about other fighters....Ever bthink about teaching your kid respect..

He double talks out of his mouth...

he is always talking about money money money but yet he talks about how gangster he is and hard he grew up yet Jeff outed him telling the world Floyd grew up middle class with his grandmother most of the time....

If Floyd was honest with the shit he says would be one thing...Like Tyson was honestly a MF...Floyd plays the role...Much of what he says even about himself are lies....I have a hard time respecting liars like that....

Why all the hate if you know that's all he's doing? He's pretty much just acting. Do you got the same hate for actors who play gangsters and rapist in movies?

Exactly, that is the thing - Everyone takes him personally. Although I don't like how hardcore he's puttin it on Shane, I have the common sense to recognise he is doing it to establish the good guy/bad guy divide. It's simple business...Everyone wants to watch a fight where there is one bad guy vs one good guy. Him and Shane will probably be out partying later that night.

Miles for example, I think calling him "filth" is a bit much. Someone who regularly uses his money for good causes as well as spending lavishly I have a hard time labelling as filth.

Someone who waits around for hours after press conferences signing autographs and taking pictures for fans I have a hard time labelling filth. (When "nice" guys like Ricky Hatton duck the fuck out on fans who have been waiting for hours)

You guys remind me of my mum - She hates Samuel L Jackson forever because of the breakfast scene in Pulp Fiction it's irrational

You just need to watch the first two minutes of the episode to see how low Floyd goes. Using the f-bomb to denigrate each of Mosley's losses and then say that he is also going to 'fuck you (Mosley) up' as well. And then you factor in all the preposterous hyperbole about being the greatest ever and all the other nonsense he says. The guy has no class and no respect for anything nor anyone (except his despicable father and family). He is unlikeable full stop. I don't buy into it all being an act, Floyd obviously has always been like this. I do think it is all way too dumb to get worked up about, so in that sense it doesn't really bother me. But I will say it for what it is and that is that I think Floyd is a low quality human being and too obsessed with the shallow things in life.

It will do him good to taste defeat and then go bankrupt. He might learn a little humility and respect.

[generalbulldog]

As everyone has said, it's all a role, he's just doing some acting, although he needs to improve on his acting skills a bit.

Floyd wasn't like this early in his career, probably 7 to 8 years in his career he started acting like this to get people to buy his fights once he started to realize the humble him and nice guy role wouldn't cut it.

I've been following him since '97 or so and just watch his prefight conferences from that time up till until he started fighting on big PPV fights and it's a sharp contrast.

[Gandalf]

As everyone has said, it's all a role, he's just doing some acting, although he needs to improve on his acting skills a bit.

Floyd wasn't like this early in his career, probably 7 to 8 years in his career he started acting like this to get people to buy his fights once he started to realize the humble him and nice guy role wouldn't cut it.

I've been following him since '97 or so and just watch his prefight conferences from that time up till until he started fighting on big PPV fights and it's a sharp contrast.

Yeah, some of it might well be put on. But he is going way overboard with Mosley. I don't recall Floyd being quite this verbose in a good while and Mosley is a nice guy. I don't understand why anyone would be more inclined to buy a fight just because someone is denigrating the other opponent. It's all about the skillsets for me. I wouldn't mind so much if Floyd was able to carry it with some humour but I just don't find him very funny. Toney and Mayorga are able to do it and I don't actively dislike them. Just something about Floyd that leaves me a bit cold.

[Spicoli]

I dont think hes playing a role at all...I think hes just an asshole.Its tired,literally makes me turn the channel.Hes saying the same crap,spends the majority of the info mercial that is 24/7 speaking on what Shane does.Crazily he does what some would say his detractors to of him.I mean,does he feel like he needs to pump Shane up to the general public.Sure he does,but being a naturally gifted mental midget talking out his azz helps alot.There ya go.

Oh and Floyd.....you aint no motherf'n Ali son

[Dizaster]

Just my opinion, but if he'd played the likeable ODLH type, he'd probably be twice as rich as he is now.... Fact is, he plays the douchebag because the douchebag is close to his heart...

You could name 100 top fighters right now who wouldn't be a wanker like Floyd even if you offered them the same money he's getting..

Of course Floyd plays it up, and he knows it promotes fights and earns him money,,, but a lot of other things promote fights as well and earn you money... I just think there is a good reason he chose to play wanna be gansta bling bling douche over any other role.. Because that's mostly who he is....

That being said, I would watch him probably no matter what because he is a sensational boxer.. Phenomanol and even more than I want to see him win with his superiour skills, is see somone with even MORE superiour skills beat him....

Either way, being a douche doesn't make me want to watch him, his boxing does.... At some stage if he had some class deep down, he'd accept that is what people are watching him for as well... Other fighters who don't do it all in the ring, can let their mouths sell fights... Floyd is one of the few boxers who can let his ring performance speak entirely for itself and doesn't need this shit outside the ring...

He can keep telling himself he's playing the role to make the extra cash, but fact is...

[Caine3078]

Just my opinion, but if he'd played the likeable ODLH type, he'd probably be twice as rich as he is now.... Fact is, he plays the douchebag because the douchebag is close to his heart...


He can keep telling himself he's playing the role to make the extra cash, but fact is...

I have to disagree with this. Floyd was not always like this. Floyd really only started this during the DLH pre-fight. He didn't play the bad guy role in other fights. Did he talk trash about some other fights yea he did but nothing on this level. When he tried to get a fight with Shane previously he wasn't playing the bad guy role. I think Floyd tried the clean cut route and it wasn't working for him so he took on the role of the bad guy and we all know in this day and age people love to hate. So he took that and fed into it, became the bad guy and thats the floyd you see today.

[Hornfinger]

Floyd's the man, he can do and say what the fuck he wants. It amuses me.

[ono]

Floyd's the man, he can do and say what the fuck he wants. It amuses me.

Here Here.

[DaxxKahn]

Why all the hate if you know that's all he's doing? He's pretty much just acting. Do you got the same hate for actors who play gangsters and rapist in movies?

Exactly, that is the thing - Everyone takes him personally. Although I don't like how hardcore he's puttin it on Shane, I have the common sense to recognise he is doing it to establish the good guy/bad guy divide. It's simple business...Everyone wants to watch a fight where there is one bad guy vs one good guy. Him and Shane will probably be out partying later that night.

Miles for example, I think calling him "filth" is a bit much. Someone who regularly uses his money for good causes as well as spending lavishly I have a hard time labelling as filth.

Someone who waits around for hours after press conferences signing autographs and taking pictures for fans I have a hard time labelling filth. (When "nice" guys like Ricky Hatton duck the fuck out on fans who have been waiting for hours)

You guys remind me of my mum - She hates Samuel L Jackson forever because of the breakfast scene in Pulp Fiction it's irrational

You just need to watch the first two minutes of the episode to see how low Floyd goes. Using the f-bomb to denigrate each of Mosley's losses and then say that he is also going to 'fuck you (Mosley) up' as well. And then you factor in all the preposterous hyperbole about being the greatest ever and all the other nonsense he says. The guy has no class and no respect for anything nor anyone (except his despicable father and family). He is unlikeable full stop. I don't buy into it all being an act, Floyd obviously has always been like this. I do think it is all way too dumb to get worked up about, so in that sense it doesn't really bother me. But I will say it for what it is and that is that I think Floyd is a low quality human being and too obsessed with the shallow things in life.

It will do him good to taste defeat and then go bankrupt. He might learn a little humility and respect.

Well put...Anyone who takes it as personal would be crazy the guy is just someone who will never effect you in any way (Unless you bet it all on him for the Mosley fight)...But How low will one stoop to sell themselves no matter what the role?

Where does it go past showmanship and become the loss of your dignity?

I guess everyone has a price right?

Yet if you are rich upon what one could possibly spent rationally why still do it? Greed?

Maybe Floyd is insecure?

Or just Scum like Sr and Roger?

How about seeing Floyd on 24/7 in 15 year training his son with no teeth in his mouth....Sr still hanging on....

Why does he need so many body guards? No fighter in history other then Ali and the Muslim faction had so many bodyguards....All for show....

[generalbulldog]

ANd yet on fight night his haters will be tuning in to watch him, maybe even buy his fights. Even if you guys don't, you know you'll be trying to catch a free stream or something.

I'll be watching this in the theaters. Should be a cracking fight and money well spent.