Why People Love to Hate Floyd: An in-depth look into Troll-ology

By Boxing News - 08/09/2013 - Comments

floyd2By Brian H: I’m going to keep it as real as possible, and if this offends you, then you may need to look in the mirror. We live in an era where there is a flood of haters, trolls, nay-sayers and doubters. These pathetic gremlins have always existed, but have been multiplied and enhanced by the distance and anonymity that the internet provides.

You can tell who they are by the constant misery in which they spew – usually from the privacy of their darkened rooms and / or random mobile location where they feel the safest. In order to fully understand, you have to know the psychology of a troll. Haters and trolls will ignore all logic, dismiss every fact, and aimlessly detour conversations from the real stats in order to gain the attention in which they seek. So, by now, you may be asking “how does this apply to Floyd Mayweather Jr.”? Well, allow me to explain.

It’s simple. Real men and women have always valued and embodied the Money Team chant, “hard-work and dedication”. When you work hard for something, anything really, then the greatness of others only inspires you. You shouldn’t feel the need to tear down the next man, unless envy resides in your heart. The “next-man” in this scenario is 44-0 and has fought all of the toughest competitors of his era (Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley, Miguel Cotto, Arturo Gatti, Ricky Hatton, Juan Manuel Marquez, Diego Corrales, etc). This man has never lost a fight in his entire professional career. Not even that, he’s never been knocked down, and honestly, I’ve barely seen him have a mark on his face. Take a moment and think about what you just read. Visualize these concepts. This man is a professional fighter who has been in the ring with other trained monsters who had ill intentions for his immediate physical health. How many power shots have you seen him actually get hit with? Since I’ve been following his career, I can only think of maybe seeing him get hit with 15-20 hard shots, and that’s being generous. Ok, now go back to your mental image of Floyd at the end of a fight. Without even knowing you, I know what you see. A sweaty, but smiling Floyd, arms raised – with Lil Wayne, or Justin Bieber, or 50 Cent, and One or both of the Watson Brothers behind him – crowd roaring with a mixture of reverbed cheers and boos. But what’s missing? The only absence is the physical marks and bruises that usually accompany a man that just fought for 12 rounds against a guy that would touch you in more bad ways than Uncle Jake.

You haters are thinking about the Miguel Cotto fight, and how Floyd was bruised, yea yea. That’s another argument, for another day.

Let’s get back to the topic. Why do these leeches enjoy hating on Floyd’s skills? Well, besides the obvious, (attention), they enjoy praying on the downfall on someone they feel is greater than themselves. If they didn’t have that fundamental insecurity, they could be inspired by another person’s genius, and not intimidated by it. They would see that “Money May” is just an extreme version of himself that he developed for entertainment purposes, similar to Wrestling Personas. But aside from all of the outside the ring antics, you cannot deny his skills, craftiness, maturity, ring generalship, movement, timing, rhythm, defense, offense, comfortability, and confidence. Sure, he may seem materialistic, narcissistic, and arrogant at times, but he’s a fighter. Fighters are trained to think like this. You can’t go in the ring thinking you’re average; simply destined for mediocrity. What kinda ish is that? So, say what you will, but before you leave a negative comment, reflect on your own heart. You may find that you too only Love to Hate.

By the way, Mayweather is going to once again be victorious on September 14th – as always.



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