Why Floyd Mayweather Jr. is The Most Influential Boxer Of All Time (and How He Ruined the Sport)
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You failed to mention the Pretty Boy era of Floyd's career. The vast majority of the 26 KOs he accumulated happened during that era. Not even the filthiest of casuals can say Mayweather vs Augustus or Mayweather vs Gatti were boring fights. The only reason he fought "boring" in the Money Mayweather era was because he had already broken his hands several times, and he couldn't physically punch like before. Great video all around.
I was thinking about making a video of the Pretty Boy Era but yeah his transition to Money Mayweather is what I really wanted to highlight.
@@tjlovesfights Would love to watch that video. Not very talked about.
So thats the "only" reason he became unbearably boring to watch? Lol
@@vCuda Pretty much, he had an aggressive defense style when he was younger, and as he aged it was just defensive. But I mean, come on, watching his opponents throw combos and hit nothing but air is more satisfying than a lot of KOs.
@@vCuda yea, that and the fact that he moved up in weight 4 divisions
Past Boxer : Warrior , killer
Now Boxer : Businessmans
Yeah boxers became smarter
Past boxers. Can't even talk properly anymore while getting ripped off by shady promoters.
You have an ass backwards mentality
Boxers always been businessmen
Why you think boxers work hand in hand with mafia to fix fights in the past?
@@bunnyman6321 not really, more like they were surrounded by and promoted by businessmen/mafia that would use them to make money
Boxing really is a horrendous and dangerous sport, and I've always believed the fighters should get paid as much as possible for stepping into the ring.....and Floyd mastered this. But, it does come w/ some collateral damage in getting in the way of the fights fan want to see.... Don't hate the player, hate the game
Love your content brother. Support from Yuma, Arizona!
@TomoThatDude i guess they want a gladiator fight
@JumboTronPrime then don't fight then. if you're THAT worried about your health then why even fight in the first place? you're telling me they placed you in a squared circle just for you to run away and dodge 90% of the time? sure you're a great "boxer" but you're boring af
@@russmayos3694ironically humanity hasn't changed much in that aspect
You can have both. You can get paid ENOUGH while not maximising profit and also fight regularly if you get paid that much. There should simply be seasons to fights that would make it soooo much more easy for everyone to do they thing
I agree for the most part. But i wouldn't say Floyd is the most influential boxer EVER, perhaps the most influential modern boxer. I can't imagine the amount of people that started to box or just to watch the sport after watching Ali or Tyson. These guys made boxing a mainstream sport and stablished what most people's expectations are for a boxing match: hard bouts with heavy punches and iconic knockouts.
Tyson went to prison for drugs he’s not influential stop it
Even Jack Dempsey the great heavyweight champion was more influential than Floyd Mayweather Jr. For it was Jack Dempsey that made boxing big time, one of his title fights even ended up putting a town into bankruptcy.Jack Dempsey was the first really big crowd draw. Because they had paid him so much for that title fight. Also because of Jack Dempsey the rule change was brought in, if a boxer was knocked down the other boxer was sent to a neutral corner. As Jack Dempsey used to stand over a downed opponent and rain punches down upon them rising to their feet.
@@Buggaibale He went to prison over rape allegation and he is one the most influential boxers ever even in countries were boxing wasn't a big sport people would tune in to watch Tyson
@@Buggaibale so if you do a crime, suddenly you're not influential? not defending tyson at all but everyone knows who mike tyson is.
you can believe that it's a shame that mike is one of the most influential considering his past, but that's an opinion. tyson's impact on boxing/sports is undeniable and will forever be undeniable.
@@TyFRFX True Floyd will probably be unknown with the next generation and people will still be talking about Tyson like they do now
Boxers wanting to protect their undefeated records might be a more recent thing but everything else you mentioned at the beginning I can't blame Mayweather for. Super fights have and were postponed before and have even fallen through multiple times in the past. Also the decline of Boxing around the 2000s I would put the blame more on the bad state of the heavyweight division in general and the Klitchko brothers dominating.
That's a reasonable argument as well.
The most reasonable take. it’s like people forget the heavyweight division decline
Boxers wanting to protect their 0 came after Mayweather retired "undefeated".
@@can-ws8hn and pressure from fans and how fans discard someone just because they lost one fight
@@vince11harris Exactly
I don’t think Floyd ruined boxing but he definitely showed a lot of young and up and coming fighters to make money and take fights where you have a good chance to win. After these guys fights the fans are not going to be the ones visiting them when they are eating out of a tube at 50. That’s just my take
Nah.. He was a skimmer and a gey but a good boxer, I give him that but he's gey. He influenced this new generation to dock a fight. Buy the judges and the commentators just overall scumbag. He is the only Greatest Gey boxer in history. Even the OGs don't respect him.
The thing is at least floyd still fought the greats of his era. Look at the lw division theze days, literally so many amazing top guys like loma, haney, garcia, tank and teo etc almost all ducking eachother when there’s so many super fights to make
@@TheFightHubb no he didn't
@@thirtythree504 bro what are you talking about, he beat Pacman, canelo, cotto, maidana, shane mosley, victor ortiz and de la hoya etc
@@TheFightHubb all out of their prime. Floyd is a great no doubt, after his defense his greatest skill was his timing. Took fights at the right time, slipped at the right time countered at the right time etc. The man is a genius. In my humble opinion of course.
I am a MMA fan first and foremost and when i started getting more into boxing in these last 3 years i got frustrated very quickly that allot of the top guys just aren't willing to fight each other
The thing is the best have been fighting the best. Inoue moved to Bantam and literally fought all the best and is now fighting for undisputed against Paul Butler soon. Jermell Charlo just went undisputed at 154 this year, he has been fighting the best in the division hence why he has every belt. Shakur Stevenson just fought the 2 best at 130 and got 2 belts. Josh Taylor went undisputed at 140 last year, he fought all the best dudes at that division besides Zepeda. Canelo just went undisputed at 168 beating all the champs at 168. I feel like people think this is happens in a few divisions like 147 because Spence hasnt fought Crawford yet, but Spence litterally has been fighting the best welters for years the guy only needs one more belt. Mainly this narrative that the best don't fight the best comes from 135 though because its brings in the casual audience with fighters like Tank and Ryan Garcia so people think this happens in every other division without actually watching in other divisions .
its shittier for boxing fans but as a fan of fighters it's the price u pay for the boxers to have a good life if they become champion. Because in boxing the boxers themselves are the product whereas in the UFC everything is branded around the UFC so they don't care about if fighters lose bc that's just part of their business, but then UFC fighters are just employees
Not that they're not willing to fight, it's the promotional companies that don't want to risk their cash cows.
@@MLEZZZ it's mostly the 130, 135, and 140 that dont want to fight eachother.
@@realtalkboxing. Josh Taylor fought most the top dudes at 140, the only top guy he didn't fight at 140 is Zepeda. The only reason people are saying this is because Teo and Ryan Garcia moved to 140 this year, and 130 Shakur Valdez has been the biggest fight that people were asking for and it happened, those were the 2 best dudes in the division. Valdez also robbed Conceicao so I think Conceicao is better at 130 but Shakur is literally fighting him next week. Dont act like people are asking for Shakur vs Joe Cordina, people don't even know who Cordina is.
I honestly think the “CZcams boxing community” it’s good for boxing because it’s bringing young fans back to the sport and the “old man sport” stigma not really a thing but as a person who box myself. I do enjoy and appreciate the videos you’re making and I also like your opinion in things. Keep doing the good work, I been sharing your videos with my guys at the boxing gym.
I think someone being able to come back and avenge a loss is more impressive than being undefeated.
avenge a loss against tomatoe cans is always impressive in the sport of Boxing
He def ruined the sport. The obessesion with being undefeated and making as much money as possible are his worst influences. We're not getting any of the money that boxers make, so this shouldnt matter to us. I just want to see the best fight the best.
Has nothing to do with Mayweather and everything to do with how the champ belts are set up
Lol being undefeated and generating over a billion dollars is ruining the sport? 😆
The boxing promoters, network, sanctioning organisation's and organisation's who are supposed to enforce vada rules ruin boxing. 🙄 damn casuals.
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@@NykGaming it's not really a comeback since he is not the person you originally replied to.
I remember the Mayweather vs Pacquiao fight. "The fight of the century". My family and some friends who weren't into boxing tuned the event because it was promoted as something great.
It got a lot of exposure even to the mainstream public.
Sadly, none of the people I knew where satisfied with the fight, they were like "that's boxing?" "He's just running" and labeled it as a boring sport which broke my heart.
I have a lot of respect for Floyd and everything he has accomplished but he has done more harm than good to the sport.
Floyd’s a runner plain and simple
Sound like a causal the game is to get hit and not get hit back fight was promoted best defensive fighter vs best offensive manny wasn’t pressing the fight , Also explain how the runner landed more.
@@fantomtongue4087 Sound like a causal the game is to get hit and not get hit back fight was promoted best defensive fighter vs best offensive manny wasn’t pressing the fight , Also explain how the runner landed more.
Yeah everyone was talking about that fight. I was in middle school at the time and we were all talking about that fight for weeks leading up to it and for days after. But everyone agreed that Pac Man was the real winner
How was Floyd running and he was punching the crap outta Manny?
y'know I used to think CZcams boxing was a joke, but now I respect it as the one thing keeping the sport alive outside of Fury and Wilder.
Atleast those guys fight each other instead of only choosing fighters far bellow their level to keep up records.
Yes I agree
Why the fuck is your channel so good, literally every aspect of your videos is incredible, major respect bro
floyd didn't necessarily ruin the sport because floyd was just being himself. floyd actually fought the best fighters even tho haters try to discredit him like he didn't. what killed boxing is the fact that guys want a money Mayweather without going through pretty boy phase. floud fought the best. these guys wanna get paid and become big names without doing that
That’s a great way of putting it 💯 agree
TRUTH.
Then you have manufactured hype job chemical freaks that people think are real boxers
Bingo! This was all happening before Floyd. I'd argue it was social media that changed boxing. He's a different way to get eyes and popularity where you can make money without having to fight the best. Jake paul is a great example making 40 million off his last fight
good way to put it
I mean he still ruined it though. The way he came at the sport still helped in its ruin/destruction. Being himself or not, some blame still rests on his shoulders. Good point though.
Everyone blames Mayweather but never talks about Top Rank and how Bob Arum been corrupting the sport since the 70’s
Facts
very underrated channel, u deserve a lot more subs and views. slowly becoming one of my favorite boxing channel
Found your channel the other day and I’ve watched your videos on boxing and Im so glad someone is commenting on the poor state of boxing. Im a boxing casual (I’m a UFC fan) so don’t know the whole picture but you’re explaining it very well and I’ve learned that boxing is deep in quicksand with promoters, broadcasters, belts etc, keep it up 👍
Credit to the heavy boxers (especially Anthony Joshua, because he started this) for the best fighting the best. Heavy weight boxing is popping off again because the best are always fighting. AJ might have lost his belts but he keeps improving, I want to see him fight Fury and Usyk again.
Influential, that’s Ali and no one ever close. I’m in my early 30’s and still saying that.
Dude your videos have to be one of the most interesting takes in boxing. They are really interesting
Hella enjoy your videos man, glad I found your channel.
Love him or hate him but Floyd was a genius when it came to promoting his fights. He knew that fans came to see him lose and made himself a villain to sell tickets. One of the greatest ever who still holds the records to beat most world champions!
Beating world champions means nothing when when a single weight class has minimum 4 titles
@@thirtythree504 man talking as if he beats world champions everyday, internet clowns are special
Facts
@@thirtythree504 It wasn't like that in the pretty boy era. You don't know boxing
Imagine beating the most world champions and never being undisputed, this is the definition of cherry picking.
Great work love your channel bro good stuff
I don't think Floyd himself ruined the sport but the way people/fighters misunderstood what being undefeated means did imo, not taking risks, imitated or coping how floyd thought, etc.
I do think that the boxer being the promoter can work if done right, sometimes the promotion itself does jack all with them and were left wondering "man if only".
As for YT Boxing, it's just armatur boxing but with people that have a big following in some way, that's how I see it, some of those guys in that scene have been boxing way before this sub genre accorded.
Well I remember when tank and floyd had a beef because floyd told him he was not taking any hard fights. Floyd earned his position.
Floyd sucks
Oscar de la Coker was the one that started the businessman first and boxer second approach
Mayweather just took it to the next level
Yup; Oscar and his pantyhose
oscar ALWAYS gave fans the fights they wanted fuck you talking about?
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I think its fair to say floyd is the most influential boxer for the current state of boxing however I dont believe he is the most influential boxer for boxing as a whole. That of course I would personally give to Ali. In fact I believe Ali is probably one of the most influential athletes of all time even outside of boxing.
But I understand im also biased because Ali is my hero
Its not even a question. Ali is the most influential figure in sport period this side of Jesse Owens or someone like that, and I heavily dislike the guy personally
@@ShrimShim why do you dislike Ali, if you care to share?
@@SR-hz8rp Ofc! Couple of points: 1) interpersonally seemed like a super arrogant and unlikable dude, so he was just never my favorite as a younger guy looking back on OGs 2) Ali is the main reason my dude Larry Holmes gets basically no credit. Between the actual fight where the entire narrative was Ali's age (and Ali fans forever holding a grudge from seeing Holmes batter their fallen icon). I maintain personally that no matter when that fight happens, Holmes has the style, size and grit to get the job done. Due to circumstances however, Larry will never get his proper due from that victory, or indeed the scope of his career which i believe eclipsed Ali, and if not for 2 poor decision losses to Spinks that would be an ironclad claim. 3) Ali basically set the precedent that would eventually kill boxing; the idea that personality is more important than skills or the actual fights. No boxer before Ali used circumstances outside the ring to sway the outcome inside the ring the same way as Ali,* and he was the MASTER of that concept, which I personally despise from boxing, new and old.
*My bad I forgot about Primo Carnera 😅 That was a lil different tho less about his personality and more his uh cultural background I guess you might say?
@@ShrimShim most boxers even after Ali knew how to mind fuck their opponents before a fight, I think Ali learned from the ogs and went with jt and did it better, in basketball it's the same thing Micheal Jordan trash taking to get inside the head of his opponents, to Me a boxer is arrogant when he barks and talks shit but can't seem to back it up, Ali for his time was like a God at roasting, its kinda cringe now but him saying it made it cool
great content! continue exposing the boxing industry!
I might not ever stop saying this but you have the best boxing videos for casual/hardcore boxing fans in my opinion
2:06 that “???? Profit” meme is such a fantastic touch. 👌🏼
The only thing that I think you could blame Mayweather for is the sacredness of the undefeated record. Sanctioning bodies share far more of the blame as to why superfights don't happen because it's literally their job to make boxing a sport. And then to your point about Mayweather being too boring for casual audiences, how do you explain him being the most watched fighter? He was watched way more when he wasn't getting knockouts than when he was. And then finally, exhibitions and gimmick boxing predates Floyd. Muhammad Ali popularized them.
My guy comes out with another banger 😤
I disagree with Floyd being the reason people say the sport is boring. People watched Floyd more than any other boxer. Pacquiao's style fit the description of what casual fans want and even Manny didn't out sell Floyd. Even now with Floyd retired he's still doing numbers participating in exhibitions. If anything he brought a lot of exposure to the sport. If people really thought he was the reason for boxing being boring, people would have eventually stopped watching him. But he's still watched today.
Boxing popularity has been declining for decades. He doesn't draw crowds, he loses them.
A big part of the problem is that you genuinely have the organization thinking people don't like the "brutality". The actual organization doesn't do a good job promoting its own stuff. They would rather promote someone like Floyd because it's "a safe bet" as the sport for years has lost interest and expects people to pay more for it.
Boxing won't really resurge until the organization behind it changes significantly.
@@coldeed Floyd doesn't lose crowds. The numbers speak for themselves. They don't promote Floyd because it's safe. They promote Floyd because he is the biggest draw. People for whatever reason pay to see him. That's the entertainment industry.
Now I do agree that boxing does a terrible job at promoting their fighters. Usually fighters have to promote themselves. I don't think the reason is people not liking "brutality." Pacquiao in that same era was a big draw. All his fights were brutal. I think boxing doesn't showcase their fighters enough. The fighter has to make themselves the draw.
Boxing will never be like how it was in the 80s and 90s. Way too many issues with the sport. Fighters don't fight as often. They like to delay fights. I already mentioned the lack of promotion. Fighters don't want to fight the best like they should. It will never be the same.
Keep making these videos brodie🛸
All the things you listed (Except for the CZcams boxing) where problems before Floyd Mayweather. Although he didn't help the situation the majority of the blame has too go too the boxing organisations (WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO) they have been slowly killing the sport since at least the 90s with their greed.
Pretty boy Floyd was winning and dominating the lightweight division before he became MONEY mayweather. He fought Augustus, corrales, Castillo, gatti. I know that he was hated for picking some fights but it only happened when Manny came into the spotlight but still he fought marquez, Mosley, cotto, young Canelo, freakin maidana. Remember, he fought and defeated 23 champions.
Its true that today's fighters are following his footprints(lightweight-welterweight) but it's quite disrespectful to compare his legacy to today's fighters.
Yup
Hey dude, love your content, you always give clear and thorough explanations. Just wanted to ask, how many videos and how much time did it take you to blow up and was it random or do you know how to manipulate the algorithm or something? Like for example that Ryan Garcia and Tank video did 1.1mill as of now and I'm just curious if you did something or if it just happened by chance.
So yeah
1) How long and how many vids did it take you and
2) Did you do something to promote your videos?
And also 3) how long does each one take to make?
Just focus on taking a good concept and making it the highest of quality. I didn't promote the Ryan Garcia vs Tank video at all. CZcams' algorithm really works to push high quality, long form content. My videos usually take 10 hours (research, recording, and editing). Good luck
@@tjlovesfights thanks brother 🙏 I'm actually in uni now but I'm a massive UFC fan and I'm thinking of making a channel talking about UFC, I'll probably start doing something next summer (yeah it's gonna be long I know..) but I'd absolutely love to get into CZcams and create content like you do for boxing. Good luck to you too your content is freaking amazing man. Oh btw what software do you use?
When it comes to CZcams boxers I would say the one with the most potential is definitely deji he might be able to learn a lot and might want to be more of a technical boxer I just hope these CZcams boxers are able to give more real boxers a chance to fight and show those skills too it would make more younger boxing fans want to study it more and see what other fighters have to offer
I would like a video on cuts the boxers take for weigh ins and why there isn't a weigh in right before the fight
There are lots of undefeated fighters/Boxers but "Manny is one in a billions." Stats, Fighting Style and Spirit, Mentality, overall greatness the People's Champ 🐐🤜
Every one is one in 8 billion now 😂
What are you on about
@Extinguish Idiot's ok but one of his loss was a very clear robbery, and my man give his opponent a face job after he was done with them
@Extinguish Idiot's Juan Marquez owns him
I love these videos great content
He was also the greatest boxer in skill that's why he was able to influence the sport so much in business and media
I never understood how casual fans of boxing say how boxing is "boring." Yet they will and have tuned in, time after time, to Mayweather fights in RECORD numbers. Seems like a contradiction. Which begs the question is it really "casual" fans making these claims or is this an idea sports media have perpetuated and the fans are just "echoing"?
Floyd broke a glass ceiling. Showed everyone that a "boring style" defensive wizard could become the PPV GOAT.
Finally, feels good to see people get educated on floyds negative impact on the sport. Theres always been ducking but its never been as bad until after floyd
Stop hating outside the club
Floyd taught fighters how to market themselves. The reality is the fighters who try to imitate him aren’t good enough to do it.
Floyd Mayweather undefeated record holds leverage compared to the undefeated champions of today, 50-0 has 26-0 in world title fights (over 50% of his career) beat 22 world champions in 24 fights (2 rematches Castillo and maidana) close to 50% of his resume, nobody today is doing what Floyd did, Floyd beat 16 consecutive world champions, not even Canelo (who is considered the best today) could’ve done that, he took 2 losses trying to even win vs 16 world champions.
great video once again :)
Very interesting video!
Yooo let’s go another banger.
Omfg I’ve been waiting for someone to call this shit out 😮💨 you have earned yourself a subscriber
You give me jxmyhighroller vibes, just with a lot less graphs XD
He did some good to boxers, even though he personally didn't care about it. His defensive style proved that you can be an elite boxer and preserve your health. And of course, the money part is described well enough in the video itself.
For us, fans, neither their health nor their paycheck matters, we just want to see competitive entertaining fights as frequently as possible.
The verdict is final and not subject to appeal: he did *bad* to boxing.
How can an opinion be final? Is it Floyd’s fault that fans call somebody trash after one loss? To say that Floyd ruined boxing is bs. I would argue that fans played a huge percentage of why boxing is the way it is. Y’all just don’t wanna accept the blame
@@vince11harris do fans call anyone trash after one loss? If only in promoters imagination.
Or, it can happen also that fans start questioning the previous opposition of the fighter. And usually it's completely relevant. Like in AJ case, for example
@@razor23Ukraine teofimo Lopez, Regis prograis, lomachenko, wilder,kambosos, jermell Charlo. I can go on and on dude
@@vince11harris sorry to ask this (im kinda new to boxing and all) but how did mayweather became popular?
@@russmayos3694 cuz he's the best boxer to ever step in the ring
Beat a lot of popular boxers and used a rich pretty boy persona
It’s crazy that these CZcamsrs ((caauully walking in) are getting paid more than pro boxers who take it as a life long career.
MORE THAN WWE?
Potentially yes
Solid video
He ruined it. I think he’s the best ever, phenomenal athlete. But the obsession with being undefeated and scrapping every cent possible to the point where a super fight can be dragged on for 4-5+ years has destroyed the sport. The only time boxing is relevant now is when a big fight actually happens (which is years between each other) or when big CZcamsrs fight, which pretty much says everything
He didn’t do sh*t,, he was undefeated, what other boxers do today has nothing to do with Floyd mayweather
And how was it his fault that the pacqiaou fight wasn’t made?
@@cbryson5k nah floyed made being undefeated a big deal, before him most fighters didn't give a damn if they lost but now if u lose you basically sacrifice a career that u trying to build up, this could be Ryan
@@cbryson5k yea man u being intentionally ignorant of how much of an impact floyd has made in boxing as a whole, when u are as famous as him and see how he does it by just using a basic formula, it would be no wonder why boxing is what it is today
@@johnlexin7748 ok but Those fighters are not Floyd Mayweather jr. ok everyone is their own person funny how everything that goes wrong is Floyd's fault but when Floyd does something wrong he admits it and apologize yall may not like feeling guilty for your own mistakes but dont blame Floyd for yours
I say CZcams really boxing started with the exhibition bout between Mike Tyson vs Roy Jones Jr. After that fight, we saw not only CZcamsrs, but also Rapper and Co doing it to.
Every else I agree with.
I’m glad you mentioned his style is not appeasing to the casual fan. Anyone who understands boxing and knows what they watching mayweather is arguably the most skilled fighter ever. Mayweather is a technician of the highest level. Boxing is a sport and the goal is to win no matter how boring it could be. Everyone wants to see a brawl
Okay, so people have gotta be able to separate Floyd's amazing skills, and career accolades from his impact on the sport itself. Floyd is an AMAZING fighter and one of, if not THE BEST, defensive fighter of all time. Floyd is also unique because his career has two separate fighting styles and personas. "Pretty Boy" Floyd and "Money" Mayweather . Both having distinctive pros and cons. But ultimately, I believe Floyd's influence on boxing hurt the "Fan's" experience and not the fighter; Which ultimately hurt THE SPORT as a whole. First, the fans are denied seeing the best fights because fighters are so afraid of losing their UNDEFEATED status due to Mayweather promotions making such a big deal over it. This made young fighters TERRIFIED of LOSING, not necessarily of fighting eachother. This robbed the FANS of amazing fights like we got back in the day. It also drove up fighter's prices and purse bids. Which made fights harder to be made. But on the flip side, this let fighters have more control over their careers and how much they got out of the sport. So Ulimately Floyd was a FIGHTER'S fighter but ended up short changing fans. It's just the nature of the game.
You hit the nail on this one
I agree with pretty much everything except your second point, that makes absolutely no sense, we should be wanting the new fans to see their is more to boxing then just big strong dudes knocking eachother out, if anything it’s promoting what boxing really is which is very technical and much more cerebral than those people think.
Exactly; this guy is full of shit. People can't accept the evolution of the sport.
Willie Pep moved a lot and people loved him when Floyd move they call it running.
"we should be wanting the new fans to see their is more to boxing then just big strong dudes knocking eachother out" we already do. it's very rare for a fight to be like hagler hearns or a gatti ward type of fight and we have technicians like lomachenko that exists dude. also, you're kind insinuating that heavy handed fighters like mike tyson or george foreman are just dudes who have power and there's no strategy or technique to what they do. at that level you can't just get away with power.
@@bunnyman6321 if the "evolution of the sport" is running, not taking risks, being boring, clinching, making money above all else, then the sport is evolving backwards. take mayweather's cock out of your mouth bro
Boxers deserve all the money they get, instead of getting exploited like in the UFC where the fighters are the one who generate the majority of profit but get small potatoes in comparison to what the higher ups pay themselves (for doing what amounts to nothing btw).
I think the boring boxing problem comes because of the current rules and how these fights works. Floyd to his credit just merely made those rules work to his advantage, getting the most money with the least risk to himself and his business. He's pretty damn smart on and off the ring, leaving nothing to chance. Coupled that with his talent and hardwork resulted to his success.
Perhaps a tweak to the boxing rules could make it exciting again. Maybe if the rules favoured aggression and knock outs more than points? Thats something for people who know more about the sport than I am to figure out.
The other thing is when Floyd became Money Mayweather he didn’t get knockout due to his hands and also fighting boxers who outweighed him by 20 or more pounds
Floyd is my favorite boxer of all time, and I agree with the money part and undefeated part, but top fighters Ducked him when he was Pretty Boy Floyd.
Bottom line, at the end of the day he will have the most money with the best health. People calling him boring don't understand boxing at all and are just there for a big punch, because it's easy to understand and you know people love easy stuff these days. I hope he makes another billion fighting no talent hype machines.
As a pure sport, I think it’s inarguably his impact is mostly negative, but as a money making venture and entertainment spectacle, his influence has been very good
If a sport can’t thrive when the star players have the ultimate say in how or why they play, the sport needs to reconfigure how it operates.
Study your history young man, Floyd has nothing on Ali, Tyson, and even Pacquiao brought in a whole hemisphere to the sport....not to mention the influence of early heavyweight champs they were pretty much treated as royalty worldwide...its like saying Britney Spears did more for music than Beethoven
the first time i know and watch floyd fight was against Canelo. And as a casual myself back then i found the fight to be very interesting and i become fans of him. He didn't even clinch in that fight and just dodging all Canelo's punch and that was super exiting to watch
When you're the challenger you beat the champion or make excuses. The marcos Maidanna back to back fights derail your arguments about ducking. He literally granted the rematch because Macro was dogging him in the first 3 rounds. So much so that casuals had marcos winning. The best way to describe Floyd is adaptable some fights are won outside of the ring and the win is what's most important.
Do you have twitter?
There is legit no correlation between KSI vs Joe Weller and the MayMac bout... huge reach
Legend said"
A brute man wanting a brawl fight!!
So basically, he was too good at winning and too shrewd a businessman? None of the points made in this video are actually criticisms.
way to dumb down his argument lmao
I agree! It was OVERMARKETED. Even cars today are overmarketed and ruined with bad designs.
Garcia , Haney , Shakur and somewhat Tank are the Floyd model , fighting tomato cans and be " great boxer "
Shakur not really a good example
@@SpongeBobJellyFishes yeah he got some belts vs world champions but so did Tank even more tougher competition, but between them never gonna happen , also Garcia and Haney way too big for 135 lbs taking the easy record , and still ducking Loma !? Bruhhh they sold their soul for riches couldn't give a shit about boxing
@@casteltheghettomonk4392 i know right, honestly i think teofimo beats a lot of the guys in 135 but hes been pretty much outed after 1 loss
@@SpongeBobJellyFishes Teo problem is his dad and attitude dude thinks he's a rapper , some dumb confidence issue , he got humbled vs George I hope he stays humble and focus
Jaime Munguia & JermAll Charlo just to add 2 more
Good video
He knew he could walk the walk and talk the talk. After him boxing is now padded record galore
Floyed helped boxing he brought more eyes to the sport (=money) he showing that boxer can take control of their destiny. He showing how the 🌭 are made...Floyed broke the fourth wall. That is a plus. Retired boxer can now make money bcz of what floyed did. Don't be short sighted floyed is a Genius he created a whole new lane where "everybody can eat👏🏿
He bought more eye to the sport and made people not want to watch another boxing match not so helpful at all
@@makhtar6029 you missed the whole point. Inane you are.
@@makhtar6029 not his but support others so you closed minded like that damn god bless the people around you so sad i could imagine how you treat them
Ali is the most influential of all time hands down, mayweather might be the most influential of the modern era though
I agreed Floyd definitely change the game especially with the money but also really hurt the game
Floyd is rumored to be fighting Deji now lol
What happen to talking about Pretty Boy???????
Why should fighters not get the most money they are the ones who’s putting their bodies and lives on the line to produce the entertainment it’s only right they get paid what they are truly owed
I think the most influential fighter in history was Joe Louis. He was the reason so many thousands and thousands of young impressionable, oppressed people of colour during the 1900s came to the ring to make a statement and prove they're worth to the overarching cultural racism dominated by people of lighter skin. The art of boxing was so influential, especially for those people. One of those boxers happens to have been a young boy, Sugar Ray Robinson, undoubtedly the most perfect fighter to ever have been recorded wearing boxing gloves. Not to mention Ali, the widely regarded greatest fighter to ever live, talked about Joe in high regard and was even inspired by him as well. Truly Joe Louis in my opinion is an amazing person, a hard worker and a good role model for any person no matter their colour, shape or size.
If Basketball has jxmmyhighroller then boxing has TjLovesFights. I fucking love ur content bro
I have just finished watching the Canelo VS GGG III today. I mean...I don't know why, but I did find most of the matches were kind of boring...(except the last one of course). It is not like I dislike Boxing by any means, it is just that I think the MMA did kind of offer a little bit more action and KOs that I found exiting to watch.
Babe wake up TjlovesFights just posted a new video
Can’t wait for fury vs Joshua how u think that fight will go?
Fury 5th round KO
his impact didn’t ruin the sport even with these youtubers who can’t fight it’s good to see the sport growing
in todays boxing we see a bunch of undefeated boxers too which is more detrimental than it seems like. false perceptions but to the casual they would think the padded boxer is better than the 3 loss champion who faced real competition just by the look of their records. to be a top boxer, you faces other top boxers and to be the best you have to defeat them or hard to beat.
What's crazy to me is why do alot of Fighters from 2000's to last year Complained that The older Boxers don't give a fuck about them that the only Boxer who embraced them with open arms and helped them get recognition and advice was Floyd, they always say that Floyd was the only one who shouted them out since the beginning and that the Ogs of boxing the ones that everyone praises and likes are their biggest haters
CZcams boxing is not that different from any boxing promotion. It's just from a different medium. It's up to you if you wanna see non-boxers fight or not.
Is yt boxing really bad for the sport? Like I m new to boxing and still learning many things but yt boxing is what made me interested in the sport. After watching some fights I wanted to see what pro’s fight looked like so watched canelo vs ggg 1 and 2 followed by many other fights. I don’t understand why the community hate yt boxing like they r not claiming to be best in the world.
It's got its pros and cons but I think for the most part it helps
I don't think YT boxing is bad, but it rubs a lot of people the wrong way when 99.9% of boxers make barely any money when they first start out. So it must be annoying to see youtubers getting huge paydays for having 1 fight
@@garrettohyeah7365 that’s because they’re giving us what we want. Plus their entertaining. These fighters following the may plan have killed the sport
@@seancelestino7699 there no cons. Literally non. Low end pro boxers are dogshi. Influencer boxing brings WWE/UFC personalities and unlike normal boxing where u watch solely for the main event now. Influencer boxing is interesting throughout cause u expect a scrap and knockouts or lots of swinging. Honestly am intrigued what the cons are for you. I had picked up boxing for 2 years when I was 17 to keep myself healthy . Low end Pro’s ain’t all that
Lol Floyd didn't start any of this... all of this had it's forms in the proper times... he damn sure ain't helping things tho lol
The obsession with being undefeated and the A side came from the Mayweather business and marketing model.
No it didn't. It been like that. After 2 losses promoters drop you.
@@bunnyman6321 What do you mean? Did Don King drop Mike Tyson after he lost to Holyfield twice? No he didn't.
@@ChattinBoxingWYB That's a rare occasion. You're just a casual fan with no inside knowledge. For most boxers if you lose twice you out.
Tyson is rare breed; fighters today don't even have star power like Tyson so of course he didn't get dropped 🙄.
@@bunnyman6321 Boxers of old lost many times, Jack Johnson, Sugar Ray Robinson, John L Sullivan etc and they didn't get dropped by their promoters. Back in the old days, it wasn't about losing, it was about who you lost to and how you came back from defeat.
@@ChattinBoxingWYB Except thus isn't old times. Hate to break your heart but the sport changed from that and it's not going back that way.
Be in the present not ancient times.
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Modern boxers focus too much on Floyd's undefeated record and his earnings. They seem to forget he literally had to fight everyone to get to the position of Money Mayweather. Fighters like Lopez, Garcia, Davis, Charlo and Benavitez have yet to fight each other. They lack the old school mentality that the best should only face the best.
It's like boxing became wwe lite with the selling of the fight and not the fight itself