Floyd Mayweather continued his media rounds ahead of his fight with Shane Mosley, and as usual has some unique opinions to share with the world at large.
He started the week off by insinuating that Mosley wanted the fight because of losing a lot of money in his recent divorce. He then claimed that Mosley was looking for a last payday before he retires and that Mosley ducked him for years.
This may or may not be true, but over the last few years, Floyd has been the one who has avoided the best opponents while Mosley took on the toughest fights available. Whether Mosley did avoid Mayweather in the past or not, it seems poor excuse for Floyd's own recent fights, being overweight against the diminutive Juan Manuel Marquez in particular.
Whether Mosley is short of cash after separating from his wife and turning down big money fights in the past, he isn't known for his money troubles. One of the two fighters in the upcoming all Golden Boy fight was robbed of millions, then conned out of millions, and also owed millions to various companies. And it wasn't the man who took on both Margarito and Cotto at their best.
Speaking to the Grand Rapids Press, and seemingly his favorite journalist David Mayo today, Floyd said:
“I told Shane Mosley that all roads lead through Floyd Mayweather and that everybody makes their biggest payday with me,” Mayweather said. “I think it just took him 12 years to see that this is true.”
Walter Harper, Pittsburgh PA: "Mayweather is the biggest draw? Maybe against some of his opponents, but de La Hoya and Hatton were both bigger draws than him, and Pacquiao is probably a bigger draw now."
Although he might not always be the draw himself, a lot of Mayweather's opponents did make their biggest pay days when they fought him. Now if De La Hoya has fought Hatton when he was undefeated, it might have been a different story.
As for Pacquiao, its difficult to really quantify which is the bigger draw definitively. Opponents always play a role, as well as competition near the date of the fight and numerous other things. Either fighter can claim to be the biggest draw, their upcoming fights will give one or the other a claim, but again unless the difference in sales is huge, the data is open to interpretation.
James Kepkee, Greensburg PA: "Does Mayweather really expect people not to hate him when he uses every excuse he can to talk trash to his opponents? Mosley is a respectful guy and never says a bad word against anyone, and then Mayweather makes comments about his divorce to the newspapers and then cries when noone likes him."
It does seem odd for Floyd to say these things on the one hand and then gripe that he's unpopular afterward. Perhaps he doesn't really believe the things he says and is just trying to hype the fight, or maybe he lacks the ability to empathize and doesn't really ever see how he comes across. From what I've heard Floyd is a nice guy in person, so long as the cameras aren't rolling, and its only when people are watching that his antagonistic alter ego comes out.
Source: examiner.com
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