Floyd Mayweather against Marcos Maidana in a rematch that is becoming the last best hope to bring a defeat to the only undefeated champion history has produced. As impressive as an undefeated champion sounds on paper, Mayweather has just as many critics as he does fans. He practically markets for opposition, as if too many people on his side would harm the Vegas betting that makes every Mayweather fight a worldwide revenue stream. Love him or hate him, he has everyone's attention because at this point in his illustrious career, no one wants to be the fight fan who missed it when Floyd got beat.
Hands down, Mayweather is the hardest fighter to hit that ever accomplished so much. Witnessing 17 years of no one laying a solid glove on a fighter is the stuff of legend, but the outcome of his fights has become quite predictable. Every Mayweather fight looks basically the same. His opponents chase and miss while Floyd feathers them with punches for their troubles.
Let Maidana tell it, feathers are all that Floyd is bringing to the fight, because he claims to have zero fear of Mayweather's punching power. Many people have claimed the same thing about Floyd's lack of power, but the knock out is simply a boxing bonus. Three judges are paid during every sanctioned fight and their services are usually needed more than they are not. Floyd could finish his career as the greatest boxer of all time without being the games greatest knockout artist, but will he even earn the respect that he already deserves if he does not lose a fight or two?
Among the many opponents that Money Mayweather has had to overcome in his career, his own greatness stands in his path as the greatest challenger of them all. Continuing to be the hardest guy there ever was to hit will secure his record, but it is no longer doing a thing for his legacy. As contradictory as it sounds, Mayweather probably needs to lose if he plans to win the heart of his critics. But does he know this? His words say one thing, but his fighting style lately tells an entirely different tale. The tendency he has shown to to stand and be hit lately either says that Mayweather's is actually listening to his own critics, or he's just losing legs from too much sex.
I was watching the Showtime pre-fight preview special a few hours ago in which Mayweather makes it clear that he doesn't care about those who criticize him because he is going to live his life as he pleases. While he's saying this, a beautiful blond Latina sits at his side as a video adornment for Mayweather's portion of the preview special. Apparently, Mayweather is running with lots of ladies in his midst, none does he claim as a wife or girlfriend, but all appear to be lovers. People like Mayweather (and Hugh Hefner) might claim to not care about public opinion, but their attempts to stimulate public opinion contradict their every word.
Everything about Mayweather is a contradiction of imagination. It doesn't seem possible that a fighter who no one believes can hit hard, has never been beaten as a pro. It is odd that he trains so intensely hard, but has his people bringing him McDonald's in the middle of a yoga workout. When most fighters shun sex during their fight preparation, Floyd seems to be taking those workout hormones and letting them have free reign. Old school fighters used to believe that "saving your mojo" instead of losing it in the throes of passion made you sharper in the ring. Maybe blissfully wobbly knees only effect guys who don't beat the heavy bag for 45 minutes straight like Mayweather does?
With the size of a Showtime undercard, Mayweather is probably in his dressing room right at this moment resisting the urge (or not) to get a little pre-fight fellatio just because he's Floyd, and he can do that. Up until now, no one has been able to argue with his methods because he has an unblemished record. Before the last fight with Maidana, Mayweather had an unblemished face, but Maidana cut Floyd and gave him the toughest fight of his career, This time around, Maidana has even less to lose than he did in the first go round. Simply looking good in the ring against this legend is the only expectation anymore; knocking him out and winning will be one of those things that happens when we all least expect it.
On that day when Floyd feels that first defeat, despite a long career of nothing but success, his story finally begins.
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