Floyd "Money" Mayweather speaking some real shyt about the sanctioning bodies and biased fans

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FLOYD MAYWEATHER EXPLAINS 147 AND 154 TITLE DEFENSE AGAINST MAIDANA: "WE REALLY NEED TO GET THIS STUFF UNDER CONTROL"
By Ben Thompson | September 02, 2014


BT: Floyd, it seems people tend to give more credit to fighters coming forward swinging punches, whether they actually land or not. Do you think the technical aspect of boxing has kind of been lost or forgotten about by casual fans, or even judges for that matter? In other words, are people less educated about the sport today than they were in the past?

FM: I think it's just biased fans. It can even be my fans. It's not just in contact sports. Kevin Durant can go to Staples Center, score 50 points, and he's still going to get booed because the fans are biased and the fans are against him. Jealousy comes with the territory. You gotta realize, the fight before last, I fought Canelo, and Canelo is a very, very good fighter, a future Hall of Famer; strong, young kid. When I fought him, two of the judges gave me 8 or 9 rounds, but the fight was a majority decision? You have to realize, even with me or the fight game period, I mean, I'm fighting the biased fans, I'm fighting the critics, but I'm built for this.

BT: Isn't that frustrating for a fighter though, to have a solid performance like that kind of tainted by a scorecard that seems totally different than how the fight actually played out?

FM: Like I said before, these type of things just happen. There's other things I don't like that goes on in the sport of boxing though. For instance, I respect Canelo telling Lara, "No, I'm not fighting you for the WBA title because Floyd Mayweather is the WBA champion and the WBC champion." I never lost the WBA belt at 154. I'm the champion at two weights; I have the WBC and the WBA at two weights right now. I don't understand the sanctioning bodies. We really need to get this stuff under control. This is the reason why boxing is not where it can be at. We really need to get this stuff under control and I'm trying to help out.

BT: I take it that's why you felt like you should be defending all of your titles in one night. Is that something where not just you, but other fighters are going to have to take a stance when it comes to dealing with the sanctioning bodies?

FM: Yes. It's no different than when I fought Shane Mosley, and I respect Shane Mosley. When I fought Shane Mosley, he was the WBA champion, but when I beat him, he was like, "I'm relinquishing this. I'm getting rid of this belt." You can respect a champion for that. You can take your hat off to guys for doing stuff like that. Whereas the kid from DC who lost, I don't really know his name, the Peterson brother who got knocked out [Lamont Peterson], he's a good fighter, a really good fighter, both brothers, but he wants to parade around here with the belt? I mean, I respect him as a fighter, but I don't respect moves like that. If a guy beat me, I'd be like, "Yo, I'm getting rid of this belt. Let me go back to the drawing board and come back and beat a guy for the belt." One thing about Floyd Mayweather, I never fought for a vacant belt. Not saying that I wouldn't, but I haven't. Every belt that I got, I went out there and beat a guy and I earned it the hard way.


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I agree 100% with everything he said....especially about Lamont Peterson.

 

[Jello Biafra]

All of the sanctioning bodies are ridiculous and it just has gotten worse with the "super" and "silver" versions of titles that are already claimed by people who went out and fought to win them.

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

Canelo is definitely an old school fighter

 

[patscorpio]

that peterson shyt though..he may have not fought for a vacant title but dude did win a paper title though..its similar to what happened with zab judah when he decided to fukk up against baldomir but zab kept his ibf title cuz baldomir didnt want to pay the sanctioning fee...and he actually fought zab for that paper title..if he was against shyt like that he should have never fought zab for it

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

that peterson shyt though..he may have not fought for a vacant title but dude did win a paper title though..its similar to what happened with zab judah when he decided to fukk up against baldomir but zab kept his ibf title cuz baldomir didnt want to pay the sanctioning fee...and he actually fought zab for that paper title..if he was against shyt like that he should have never fought zab for it

Upsetting Zab Judah
Baldomir defeated Unified Welterweight Champion Zab Judah on January 7, 2006 in a mandatory challenge for Judah's title. The fight took place in Madison Square Garden, and with his pressure style and hard right hands Baldomir won a unanimous decision (115-113, 114-113 and 115-112). Baldomir was crowned World Champion, after 6 months of preparations in Los Angeles with Amílcar Brusa. After the fight, he said "This is a tribute to [Argentine boxing legend] Monzón" who had died eleven years earlier on January 8.

Baldomir failed to pay sanctioning fees imposed by the WBA & IBF when he beat Zab Judah for the WBC title, so, nominally at least, Judah remained the IBF title holder, while the WBA championship reverted to another boxer, Luis Collazo. (The SHOWTIME broadcast mentioned that Baldomir chose not to pay the sanctioning fees for the other organizations, out of loyalty to the WBC, which gave him the opportunity to fight for a world title by naming him the mandatory challenger to Judah.) He would have liked to pay all of the fees, but he would have lost money if he did (the fees were more than he was being paid for the fight). Despite this separation of the three title belts, Baldomir was universally regarded as the true Welterweight Champion since he defeated Judah, the recognized champion.

And who did Floyd fight next? Floyd fought Zab first because that was where the money was at. Plus, Baldomir wanted more money, and Floyd wasn't going to give him that at that point.

 

[patscorpio]

And who did Floyd fight next? Floyd fought Zab first because that was where the money was at. Plus, Baldomir wanted more money, and Floyd wasn't going to give him that at that point.

im well aware of that...doesn't mask the fact he fought for a paper title from a champ similar to zab's situation

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

im well aware of that...doesn't mask the fact he fought for a paper title from a champ similar to zab's situation

Similar to Zab's situation? It was about money. Also, it wasn't the first time Floyd had fought for a paper title. When the money is right, he will do it. The point he was making is that sanctioning bodies are out of control.

 

[Skip b]

im well aware of that...doesn't mask the fact he fought for a paper title from a champ similar to zab's situation

The fight was already set in stone, not to mention he went to fight Baldamir next..............



Why dont you defends the bullshyt WBO titles they awarded Manny after his L's........................

 

[patscorpio]

The fight was already set in stone, not to mention he went to fight Baldamir next..............



Why dont you defends the bullshyt WBO titles they awarded Manny after his L's........................

not really....we're trying to wean you off floyd and manny since thats all you actually talk about 90% of the time in here

 

[Big Boss]

All of the sanctioning bodies are ridiculous and it just has gotten worse with the "super" and "silver" versions of titles that are already claimed by people who went out and fought to win them.

man they got all kind of names for these belts

 

[InvictusAeternusEternus]

Floyd never defended the IBF title but actually dropped it a month or 2 later

 

[Skip b]

man they got all kind of names for these belts

Diamond belts, fighter of the decade belts after you get





@patscorpio

 

[HamAndEgger]

 

[mr. smoke weed]

that peterson shyt though..he may have not fought for a vacant title but dude did win a paper title though..its similar to what happened with zab judah when he decided to fukk up against baldomir but zab kept his ibf title cuz baldomir didnt want to pay the sanctioning fee...and he actually fought zab for that paper title..if he was against shyt like that he should have never fought zab for it

I think floyd was referencing Peterson getting knocked out by Lucas and keeping the IBF

 

[LeVraiPapi]

that peterson shyt though..he may have not fought for a vacant title but dude did win a paper title though..its similar to what happened with zab judah when he decided to fukk up against baldomir but zab kept his ibf title cuz baldomir didnt want to pay the sanctioning fee...and he actually fought zab for that paper title..if he was against shyt like that he should have never fought zab for it