I don't see Floyd-Pac being competitive after that performance

[The Shadow]

i have heard from numerous people that when meeting Floyd in the public he is nothing short of a gentleman. He takes time to sign autographs, take pictures, etc.

As he should be. After all, the fans are what has made him a multi-millionaire. Of course, that sounds like I'm discounting all the hard work that goes into the preparation for a fight, but I'm not. These guys break their butts. I also give the man credit for being a technical phenom in the ring.

Another poster mentioned biases in this thread, which I'm a bit puzzled by:
There isn't one among us - not one - that doesn't have a bias toward a particular athlete, or a general bias with any host of life events/decisions, etc. It's ridiculous. Having biases is ingrained in our own makeup. It's just part of the human condition.

Bearing that in mind, I only know of Mayweather from what I've seen on television, the internet and through magazines. I haven't met the man personally. Perhaps I'd be so astonished at what a good, morally upright man he is that I would dramatically change my opinion. But the likelihood of this taking place is remote at best. I just generally favor boxers that minimize the trash talk and do their talking in the ring. But that's just me.

Personally I'd rather a fighter be a jerk to sale a fight "good guy vs bad guy" Then a guy that always acts like a good guy but off the record is a prick. To me thats more annoying.

Point well taken, M. I completely understand where you are coming from, but I respectfully disagree. If trash-talk and being a "jerk" is what it takes to sell a fight, we'd have a ton of Mayorga's fighting each other. Perhaps I'm just an old-fashioned idealist, and believe that talent and style contrasts should ultimately sell a fight. However, marketing is an important factor. But that doesn't mean that marketing has to be reduced to fighters' trash-talk.

I just came across the following numbers, and they're really instructive, as well as a bit disconcerting:

Top Pay Per View Events in Boxing History

The truth is often a bit hard to take in.