WHAT CAN THEY SAY NOW FLOYD?

Floyd Mayweather Jr. is one of the more contraversial figures in my favorite sport, boxing. Just reaching his thirties he is regarded as the best pound for pound fighter in the sport. He has beaten champions and is one of the best athletes on the planet. Highly conditioned, and a tactician he methodically beats opponents all the while building up a fan base of people who want to see him lose.

As a frequenter of boxing websites and forums, for the past few years I have witnessed people whining asking who has he fought, he has no power, he will get beat etc. Then when he does fight someone of note, or beats who they said he wouldn't there is an excuse.

Myself I was not impressed with his victory over Oscar De La Hoya. What impresses me about Mayweather Jr. is how he constantly comes into his recent fights as the smaller man. He has brittle hands which are less effective now that he has moved up in weight, yet he still makes these bigger more powerful men look stupid.

Now he has signed on to face Ricky Hatton. Your typical slugger, not tremendously talented in the defense department, but a fighter who will rough you up, and is just a tough guy on the inside. As a fan, I do want to see Floyd tested, but part of me knows that he will box Ricky Hatton for 12 and win a UD.

Anyway I just want to say that I am proud to be a fan of Mayweather. He says alot of things that we are thinking and has made the best of his abilities. If he beats Hatton they will say he was overrated, a bum, etc., simply because Mayweather beat him. Its boring and its old. Calling any man who risks his life in the ring a coward is cowardly itself.

I'm sick of these armchair fighters talking shit, not even having a fist fight in their existence. The next time you want to talk shit over the internet about a boxer, go to your nearest boxing or MMA gym find a guy your size and tell him that what he does for a living is cowardly and that he's nothing. See what happens.