Mayweather Jr. Still Sees Himself as the #1 Pound-for-Pound Fighter
May 25th, 2009
By Jason Kim: Recently, I was kind of stunned to see Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs) trying to argue his case as to why he should still be the number #1 pound-for-pound boxing star in the sport despite having been out of the sport for two years. Mayweather, 32, was coming at it from the angle that he hadn’t been beaten so therefore he should still be the number #1 star in boxing.
You would think that a fighter that takes as much as two or more years off would have lost a certain amount of their ability through inactivity and the natural process of aging that goes. For a fighter like Mayweather to come back and just assume that he’s going to be recognized still as the number #1 star seems misguided because of how much a fighter typically loses of their ability when they take that much time off.
It’s like a heavyweight champion retiring for two years and still considering himself the champion even though another fighter has taken his place and won his title. The former heavyweight champion might want to consider himself as still the champion but that doesn’t mean the world does.
Most of the time when a fighter takes as much as two years off, they’re not nearly as good as they were before they left. Vitali Klitschko, who took four years off before coming back last year to recapture the WBC heavyweight title with a win over Samuel Peter, is a rare exception to the rule.
However, most of the time a fighter loses a lot when they take that kind of time off. This is why they fight a certain amount of tune-ups before they begin to start taking on better fighters. Mayweather isn’t interested in taking tune-up fights, although by choosing the much smaller Juan Manuel Marquez Floyd could technically be using him as a tune-up due to Juan’s smaller size.
Mayweather is also a fighter with a huge ego and those types of boxers often overestimate they’re ability and end up getting battered at some point in their careers. This may happen with Mayweather, because he still appears to be thinking he’s the same fighter he was when he stopped fighting in 2007 after his win over Ricky Hatton.
I expect Marquez to give Mayweather a lot of problems and make him look like a fighter that has been out of boxing for two years. However, I still think that Mayweather will win because of his bigger size which should help him when he starts to take a lot of hits.
Mayweather is used to fighting much bigger fighters than Marquez and probably won’t be bothered by his shots. If the fight is anywhere near being close then you can expect that Mayweather, boxing’s “Cash Cow”, will get the decision by the judges. No way will Marquez get the nod if it’s close, because he’s not as popular a fighter as Mayweather.
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floyd has nothing to be called p4p.his fighting stile is so borring unlike pacman that beatin the legends like barrera,morales,hatton even the top doG dela hoya.Pacman truely the p4p in this generation.Totaly dominate in terms of power styl and indorance.floyd chance to be called p4p is to beat pacman with a k.o. not a dicission coz we all know his the judges favorite.
Floyd Jr is overrating himself…as always! We all know why the Pac is the king right?
Being #1 Pound for Pound means facing the best and beating the best. Mayweather hasn’t done this in years, and although he is probably more technically gifted than Pacquiao, Pac’s got more balls, his fights are much more exciting, and he’s not afraid to go up against an opponent that he may lose to. He was the heavy underdog against De La Hoya and even though De La Hoya, I felt wasn’t the same, Manny still had the cajones to accept the fight to begin with when almost the entire boxing world didn’t give him a shot. Mayweather, if you want people to consider you the #1 P4P best, then fight against top TRUE welterweights such as Cotto, Mosley…hell even Berto or Clottey. Not JMM who’s a great LIGHTWEIGHT champ. Even if Mayweather loses against top welterweights, then at least he’ll earn the respect he’s looking for instead of hiding behind his “0″. Mayweather Pac would be a great fight however!
To become a #1 P4P Fighter, the fighter must fight against another great fighter NOT cherry picking like Mayweather.
Also, it doesn’t mean being unbeatable is #1 P4P fighter. A #1 P4P fighter makes the fight more exciting. As what I’ve seen in Mayweather’s fight on his DVD collection, he is so boooring to watch.
floyd is the past,like his father before him. his big mistake is to retire when he was in his prime and was in a winning streak. boxing is like a training camp once you miss a season you are totally out of it. he will not be the same floyd jr. he was two years ago and before that. the magic is gone, he nolonger has it, what you call the boxing mojo. once you siezed it keep the momentom until the flame burnsout cause that fire will never come around only once in a lifetime. marquez will highly defeat floyd jr. this happens in sports, ex. just observe michael vick, he was only away for less than a year. he will not be the same quarterbackrs he moot and finish. in all aspect in this world you got to keep the fires burning or defeat devours and conquer over permenantly.
“ow cum joe calzaghe wasnt p4p he ad more fights 46 or 47 i cant remember n never lost”
“mayweather has already lost to dela hoya”
“according to Mayweather’s point of view, Edwin Valero should be p4p king. 25 wins, 25kos, 0 losses obviously make him the p4p king
No, no and no. I dont agree with mayweather but the reason he believes he is p4p king is because he is a undefeated, 6 time world champion in 5 different weight classes. He also happens to be one of the best technical ive ever seen, who will no doubt make pacquiao look like an amateur if they ever fight.
Well, according to Mayweather’s point of view, Edwin Valero should be p4p king. 25 wins, 25kos, 0 losses obviously make him the p4p king. But he’s not the p4p king. I know he hasn’t faced quality opponents but earlier in Mayweather’s career, he really didn’t face any real competitors either. Yet, he wasn’t able to do what Valero has done. So, this whole undefeated thing doesn’t make someone the p4p champ. It’s how you perform. Valero has a better campaign to be p4p king than Mayweather. He’s been far more entertaining and impressive. I’m not saying Valero is better than Mayweather, but he definitely gets the job done in a stronger, more entertaining manner. I feel that Manny Pacquiao is truly the p4p king because he’s done so much, from moving weight classes and making champions look like amateurs. Even though he’s not undefeated, he definitely puts on an impressive show. He seems to come up in almost every boxing conversation. When you have the world talking about such an impressive boxer, then you know that this person is definitely the p4p king. Mayweather was the talk of the town but Manny is the talk of the world.
just wait till mayweather makes pac look like a novice but he could lose to marquez first and then it will be marquez beating pac man again
If being unbeaten is his only angle to justify such an arrogant remark then can any unbeaten fighter claim to be Pound for Pound best?
I could go through names, but its pointless because Mayweather’s justification doesnt make sense.
Fight the best and then you can claim to be the best. Simple as!!
All I have to say to Mayweathwer get ready when you get in the ring with Pacquiao because his name say it all he is just like the game PACMAN, get in his way and he will eat you up for lunch.
mayweather has already lost to dela hoya. and how can you claim to be pound 4 pound king by beating the likes of an old gatti or ricky hatton who nobody rated anyway? we all know pacquiao is the #1 end of.
why is he such a prick, he retired and now pac-man is the p4p boxer and if he is saying he still p4p coz no 1 beat im ow cum joe calzaghe wasnt p4p he ad more fights 46 or 47 i cant remember n never lost.
in order for mayweather to be logically correct he has to make his own crown and put it on his head indifinitely and never let someone remove it. anyway he personally owns it. it’s his personally property.
He probably thinks that boxing would be nothing without him. That’s how conceited he is.