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

[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.

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[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.

[Gandalf]

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.

I know it's not tiddlywinks, but Floyd annoys me when he says stuff like that and that's the only kind of thing you ever hear him say. Mosley gets 'fucked up' because takes on EVERYBODY. And there is Floyd who picks and chooses and ducks and dives and has the audacity to call himself the greatest of all time? He is not a SRR nor an Ali, not by a long shot. Neither is he a Cotto, or a Mosley, nor even a Pacquiao. The guy is a sham in that regard. These are fighters who will fight proper opponents fight in fight out (though I do have some reservations about Pac). Floyd openly admits that he doesn't give a hoot about legacy and only money. You know what, I believe him when he says that. I don't believe being a complete cretin is the way to build a fanbase nor influence people. I don't like ODLH, but he didn't need to build up his fanbase by 'pretending' to be a vile excuse for a human being. I don't believe it is all an act.

[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.

I know it's not tiddlywinks, but Floyd annoys me when he says stuff like that and that's the only kind of thing you ever hear him say. Mosley gets 'fucked up' because takes on EVERYBODY. And there is Floyd who picks and chooses and ducks and dives and has the audacity to call himself the greatest of all time? He is not a SRR nor an Ali, not by a long shot. Neither is he a Cotto, or a Mosley, nor even a Pacquiao. The guy is a sham in that regard. These are fighters who will fight proper opponents fight in fight out (though I do have some reservations about Pac). Floyd openly admits that he doesn't give a hoot about legacy and only money. You know what, I believe him when he says that. I don't believe being a complete cretin is the way to build a fanbase nor influence people. I don't like ODLH, but he didn't need to build up his fanbase by 'pretending' to be a vile excuse for a human being. I don't believe it is all an act.

Then he's got you hook, line & sinker. I've seen how Floyd Mayweather is when dealing with his fans and other people when he came to London and it was a stark contrast. This was a guy who very clearly did care about his fans, he spent ages signing stuff for people who'd waited hours to catch a glimpse of him. I'm amazed that for such an astute guy you haven't caught onto this. Shane Mosley is a nice guy (apart from being a drug cheat of course ), why doesn't he have the following & exposure Mayweather does??

Also given he's fighting Mosley, it would be tough to say he hasn't got a legacy that stands up with the best. It does as does Manny Pacquiao's.