Here we go....Floyd throws shade on Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Sugar Ray Robinson

[Newzz]

FLOYD MAYWEATHER ON WHY HE CALLS HIMSELF THE BEST EVER: "I GAVE THIS SPORT MY WHOLE LIFE"
By Ben Thompson | September 02, 2014


BT: What's it like to be at the pinnacle of your craft and know that you're the best at what you do?

FM: We all are blessed in many different ways. The only thing we can do is take advantage of the gift that's given to us, use it to the fullest, and just be the best that you can be.

BT: When you call yourself TBE, The Best Ever, you're not saying that to brag and boast. You truly mean and believe that to be fact, right?

FM: I think when you're young, people can persuade you to think a certain way, if that's safe to say. You know, when you're a kid, you hear, "Ali! Ali!" But then, once you get older, you start really doing your homework. I love Muhammad Ali. Always have and always will. But then I look at the situation like, well Ali never beat Ken Norton. He lost all 3 fights. When Ali took time off and came back and fought, he lost to Joe Frazier. When I took time off, when I took my little vacation, I came back and I fought the number 2 pound-for-pound guy, which was Marquez. When Ali was older, I don't know his age, but he lost to a guy with 7 fights, which was Leon Spinks. I'm fighting guys that's young enough to be my son. I'm competing at the highest level and I'm dominating. That's what I do. I just look at Ali's career because I'm a student of the game. His defense was his movement, his legs. Once he couldn't move no more, he had to resort to the rope-a-dope. There's defense in different ways. Ali's legs were his defense. Once he couldn't use his legs, he just sat on the ropes and let a guy pound on him until the guy gets tired. One thing about me, I don't believe in taking punishment. I believe in the less you get hit, the longer you last. You know, I'm Floyd Mayweather and I'm going to get hit with good shots because this is a contact sport, a brutal contact sport. With all that being said, I love Ali. I will always love Muhammad Ali. Like I said before, his nickname is The Greatest. My nickname is TBE.

BT: I think that's the mentality of any competitive athlete. Whether it's you, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Peyton Manning, or Tom Brady, I think if you're striving to be the best, you have to want to be better than those that came before you. Do you think people lose sight of that when they get mad if you call yourself the best ever?

FM: Well me, myself, I respect all fighters. When I look at the situation of comparing Floyd Mayweather to so many different fighters, like with Sugar Ray Leonad and Sugar Ray Robinson, I just like to say that I respect them and take my hat off to all the legendary champions, but I just don't feel like I gave this sport my whole life to say there's another fighter better than me. I can't say that because I feel like we're all doing the same thing. I just feel that athletes are bigger, better, and stronger in every sport today.


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[Jello Biafra]

:bplease:

 

[Rev]

i get what Floyd is saying....but that doesn't mean it has to be said either.

 

[patscorpio]

he must feel some type of way that his career and stature is not in the ali realm of boxing

 

[MJ Freedom]

I don't think people - even his stans - take anything Mayweather says seriously at this point but in the specific case of this interview, he really didn't say anything that can really be disputed; He just stated he's the best ever and gave logical reasoning why other fighters aren't

 

[TheNig]

I don't think people - even his stans - take anything Mayweather says seriously at this point but in the specific case of this interview, he really didn't say anything that can really be disputed; He just stated he's the best ever and gave logical reasoning why other fighters aren't

Becuz he hasn't lost?

I guess....

 

[The Fukin Prophecy]

He just lost a lot of points for that blasphemy...

First off Ali didn't take time off, dude was banned from the sport for standing up against injustice...It's because of of brothas like Ali that little nikkas like Floyd have a fukking career in this country...

Second...@ comparing fighting a prime Joe Frazier to blowing up a LW 10+ pounds...What's even sadder is how Floyd neglected to make weight for that fight...

Third .... @ bringing up Leon Spinks...I'm surprised that hoe ass nikka didn't mention Holmes and Berbick...

 

[krackdagawd]

And just like that he lost my 69.99

I'll be on stream team in two weeks brehs

 

[MJ Freedom]

Becuz he hasn't lost?

I guess....

I didn't say he gave logical reasoning why he was the best, I'm saying he gave logical reason why ali wasn't the best.

 

[Black_Jesus]

Couldn't even read it.. Dont feel like being pissed the rest of the day

 

[Newzz]

He didn't have to go at Ali like that.

Ali has wins over Archie Moore, Sonny Liston, Floyd Patterson, Ernie Terrell, Joe Frazier, Bob Foster, Ken Norton (Floyd ), George Foreman, Ron Lyle, Jimmy Young, Earnie Shavers, and Leon Spinks.

Floyd talking blasphemous about The Greatest

 

[krackdagawd]

He didn't have to go at Ali like that.

Ali has wins over Archie Moore, Sonny Liston, Floyd Patterson, Ernie Terrell, Joe Frazier, Bob Foster, Ken Norton (Floyd ), George Foreman, Ron Lyle, Jimmy Young, Earnie Shavers, and Leon Spinks.

Floyd talking blasphemous about The Greatest

I'm about to be on some @HARLEM AL shyt and hope that nikka gets ko'd

 

[The Fukin Prophecy]

I didn't say he gave logical reasoning why he was the best, I'm saying he gave logical reason why ali wasn't the best.

what is this logical reasoning he gave because I read that bullshyt Floyd spewed and couldn't spot any logic...

Losing to great fighters in their prime like Joe Frazier and Kenny Norton diminishes Ali's career?

At least Ali had the fukking balls to fight his rivals and best dudes in his division...The self-proclaimed "TBE" can never say he did that...

 

[King P]

nikkas really listening to Floyd's struggle justifications as to why he's the GOAT

This is the same nikka that said he's better than Sugar Ray Leonard "Because Leonard lost to Camacho"

 

[HARLEM AL]