By Dallan O’ Donnell: In a status update on his Facebook page, unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. had a damning view on last night’s 24/7 episode saying he wasn’t pleased with this week’s episode.
He added that he and his team are providing “Bentley Weiner with exciting content which she (the producer) is not using.” He also stated that “we really needed the producers from Mayweather – Hatton 24/7 to come back to HBO to give the fans and viewers more excitement.” Mayweather as we know created the television series that is 24/7 and of course has been involved in many of the better episodes. I agree with Floyd, 24/7 hasn’t been great all series and if we look back it hasn’t really been too great in quite some time but the one thing I don’t agree with is blaming the poor producer.
She can only work with what she’s been given! So is it the producer or the stars of the show that are lacking and causing the show to be a little boring? We know what to expect from both Mayweather and Cotto. Mayweather is loud, brash and does a lot of trash talking whereas Cotto is quiet, going about his own business, not feeling the need to hype the fight anymore, which some viewers may find boring unless you are a fan of Cotto (which I happen to be) then most people will find him non-entertaining. So really what Floyd is asking for is impossible. He wants there to be excitement and entertainment in every episode of 24/7.
Mayweather wants record breaking viewing numbers. But he can’t. The reason? All the fighters before that have been featured on 24/7 like Marquez, Mosley, Ortiz now Cotto they all have one thing in common: They are not Ricky Hatton. Mayweather wants there to be excitement like there was in that series. But nobody carries themselves as well as Hatton. He was more entertaining to watch than Floyd!
There hasn’t been a fighter like Hatton with the same charisma since the Manchester brawler called it a day. So while Mayweather is complaining about lack of entertainment maybe he should consider giving Ricky a call to bump up these viewing numbers again. Who do you think is to blame? HBO? The show’s producer or both camps? Give your opinion in the comment section and I’ll attempt to reply to as many as possible or follow me on Twitter @dallan09 for a debate.
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