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

[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.

[JazMerkin]

It's clearly an act to just wind people like Daxx & Miles up to see him get beat. He played the nice guy for years & it got him nowhere.

I have to say the funniest thing is people saying he's going 'too far' with this stuff, talking about 'fucking Mosley up'. Er... this is boxing not tiddlywinks, of course they're going to talk like that.

Even though all the 'hate' is clearly for the cameras, it still ratchets up interest in this fight. I can't wait for Saturday.