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Originally Posted by Geddy Lee
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Both guys still need to fight. Both pick joke opponents....
This is why people get disgusted with Mayweather; he has the audacity to suggest the opponents he picks are the guys that his fans actually want to see. He billed this Ortiz fight exactly as such. His camp damn well knows there's only one fight left that anyone cares about, but Mayweather continues to plug his ears and sing lalalalalala in the face of all frustrated fans....
You bring up a lot of good points re: Mayweather but I disagree with a couple.
These guys aren't interested in instant fan gratification, they're interested in maximizing the amount of money they can get from boxing before they retire. Floyd made $35 million this fight, do you think he gets that for fighting Victor Ortiz after the epic matchup with Pacman?
Of course Mayweather knows who people want him to fight, but do you really expect him to bill Ortiz as a joke opponent? Do you really expect him to not promote the guys he's fighting against because clearly Pacquio is the opponent everyone wants?
There's a pretty big financial incentive for them to do exactly what they've been doing. Take shots at each other in the media building the hype and fame while cashing in as many times as possible. Then the epic match gets even more buys because of the buildup. Those people you mention who are disgusted with Floyd are gonna buy the ppv b/c they really want to see Floyd get beat by pacman. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the drug test/blood thing was just a work to delay the fight and build more hype.
Maybe I'm just being cynical and Floyd really wants nothing to do with pacman, if they never end up fighting I'll eat my words.
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Mayweather is potentially the most talented fighter of all time but he's a pathetic excuse for a superstar ambassador of the sport. Boxing needs his star power and matchmaking potential more than ever, but he doesn't give a ****.
I think your bias is creeping in here. Boxing is going downhill for reasons outside of Floyd mayweather's behavior. Money available in other sports means our top athletes have less dangerous avenues to become rich. UFC cannibalizes a lot of would-be boxing ppv buys. If Floyd was acting like an ambassador he'd have lower PPV buys and the sport would get even less attention than it already does.
There are several good reasons to dislike Floyd and you've pointed some out, but most (maybe all?) of what he does in public is solely designed to generate PPV buys. It might lose some would-be fans but it's pretty damn effective.