Floyd Mayweather Jr. is Officially Off His Rocker

[Eddie Hardon]

Wow.

I've never seen any of that before (why would I in the UK). For the first sequence (Mr Rabbit) I was thinking, 'Floyd, read a book. Please, read a Fucking book. Learn to speak English.'

Then again, he's not always consistent. "Filthy Rich is a style, you can ride a Honda with your Friday wage packet and a few dollars in your pocket etc" then it seques to "Pop a Strap". Not if you're in that Honda. Jingle some loose change in your pocket, would be more like it.

Anyway,

Tranquil Suit's radio feed was....special. Floyd got played there - and why not? The radio chap knew his history - which impressed me. I loved that reference to Ageless Archie Moore, and Will o'the Wisp Pep confirmed the radio jock knew his stuff. I'm quite surprised the Eff word was so prevalent; it wouldn't happen in the UK.

Thanks to both for the posts. Wow.

[Tranquil Suit]

Mayweather is beginning to look every bit his age. He looks tired, and his focus seems... off. Looks like all his personal dramas are taking its toll: baby mama problems, financial problems, legal problems. He's had a busy year, it seems.

You don't say. For comparison:

This is middle of 2009, before his Marquez fight: http://youtu.be/mwNt7wv_RN8?hd=1

This is now: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/box...ory?id=6713408


I almost feel pity, looking at him now.

If this fight were happening tomorrow, I'd put all my money on Ortiz.

Well, he still has time to recover, but I don't know. Can he recover his speed and focus in time as well?
And Pacman would kill him in his current state...


For what it's worth: http://www.boxingscene.com/mayweathe...rnandez--40309



P.S. I love how in the first video, whenever Floyd makes an argument, he makes this clever face and raises an eyebrow. (like 9:45-9:55)

[atomicpoet]

I almost feel pity, looking at him now.

Wow. What a contrast. It's like night and day.

Well, he still has time to recover, but I don't know. Can he recover his speed and focus in time as well?
And Pacman would kill him in his current state...

I don't think he can return to his old form within 2 1/2 months. He's admitted in the ESPN interview that he's done hardly any training during the last 16 months.

Could he pull a Bernard Hopkins and win with sheer ring smarts? Maybe. But he won't be the Floyd Mayweather Jr. of old.

EDIT: Just saw the Ortiz portion of that interview. God, he looks like he's been coached. Who the hell dreams of being welterweight champion of the world at 9-years-old?

Also -- Mayweather was NOT in the welterweight division when Ortiz was 9-years-old. That's a bald-faced lie. The hype in this fight is so played up, it reminds me of professional wrestling.

[OZZ]

This fight is only of interest to me insofar as I am curious to see just how far Mayweather has fallen due to his lifestyle outside the ring and his deteriorating mental state.

[Eddie Hardon]

Thanks to Tranquil for the vids.

Floyd comes across like a complete knob in the first interview. I also thought his comment about Senior having plotted a strategy for Ricky Hatton to apply against Manny too rich to accept. I think it's bollocks. Senior was hardly seen by Ricky and training was set by the co-trainer with Floyd Senior turning up in the Dressing Room about 45 mins before the fight. No wonder the "partnership' ended so acrimoniously. I also realised Ricky was going to lose when he was interviewed on UK TV before the fight and he said "If I win..." IF????

Back to Floyd. The second interview was certainly a contrast with the first. He sounded Coherent. Nor did he insult the interviewer.

Perhaps Floyd will end up beating himself.