Floyd Mayweather Admits He Does Not Enjoy Boxing Anymore

Mayweather Jr admitted that he does not enjoy the sport of boxing anymore like he did in the past. The undefeated American made the revelation during the open media workout in preparation for the big bout against Manny Pacquiao in May in Las Vegas. “I don't enjoy it like I once did. It is at a point where it is business," Mayweather said via sportal.com during the open media workout."It is my job. I go to the gym. I train. I know what I have to do. There was a time when it was fun but I am at a point now where I am really over all of that stuff." Mayweather’s admission comes a bit of a surprise weeks before the $300 million showdown against Pacquiao, which is considered one of the best fights to be made in the sport.

Mayweather will earn $180 million for the fight and the boxer nicknamed “Money” will assuredly enjoy the biggest payday of his colourful career. Pacquiao will also earn big and reportedly will get more than $100 million as well. During the open media workout, Mayweather also admitted that this is an important fight for his career but stated that it won’t define his legacy saying that his previous 47 wins is as important. He also promised that his battle against Pacquiao will be enjoyed by boxing fans. “Our names are way bigger than five years ago. You have the two best in the world fighting each other, at the pinnacle of their careers. And our styles should work. It'll be exciting,” Mayweather added. Meanwhile, at the Pacquiao training camp, the Filipino stated that he’s ready to go to battle against Mayweather with less than two weeks before the big bout. In various interviews, Pacquiao said that he is happy with how they are working in the training camp mentioning his trainer Freddie Roach, assistant trainer Buboy Fernandez and conditioning coach Justin Fortune as the key guys for a successful camp. The Mayweather-Pacquiao bout will be held on May 2, 2015 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Two Blueprints for beating Pacquiao - Mayweather

I think that fight boosts the idea of Mayweather that he can stop Pacquiao. Going toe to toe against Pacquiao just doesn’t make sense and is a certain way for Mayweather to get knocked down. Also the idea of Mayweather winning on points just doesn’t run very well to his mind even if he can defend very well, the high volume of unpredictable punches that Pacquiao usually unleashes in fights makes this scenario to become very, very distant and is another way for Floyd to lose. For Mayweather to win on May 2nd, he must stop Pacquiao, period. Unless the judges favor Mayweather, I don’t see him winning this fight on points, and I think Mayweather knows well this too. Pacquiao will be just too much to keep up with. There is no other way but to stop Pacquiao sooner or later. And this will be the best statement for the number 1 pound for pound king of boxing. Otherwise I really see big trouble coming for Mayweather. His record 47-0 will be put on real test.

The blueprint in beating Manny Pacquiao (57-5-2) seems to be out there available in his 5 defeats in the past. The one blueprint that seems to stand out of them more is also his most recent one: it is in the 4th fight against Juan Manuel Marquez in 2012. In that fight an impatient and reckless Pacquiao got knocked out and stopped in the 6th round by Marquez. I believe this is the general idea that runs into Floyd Mayweather Jr’s mind and of course to his training team. I believe this is also the main focus of his training, and that’s why he has gone into all these different types of training: to make him become stronger. Why else would he hire Pacquiao’s former strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza and spend so much time in strength training? I think the reason is obvious. And, yes, Ariza might know a few things about Pacquiao, but the real reason is this: Strength. Feeling the hatred that Pacquiao appears to have about him, makes Mayweather to expect a full attack from round 1. Mayweather also expects Pacquiao at some point in the match to become impatient and reckless just like he did against Marquez. Pacquiao dropping his defenses while fighting has happened a lot of times but not all his opponents could capitalize on that. Mayweather believes he has the necessary skills to do it. He may also use as an advantage his bigger size even though that bigger doesn’t mean stronger. There is also another blueprint that Mayweather may put in use and it comes not by the defeats of Pacquiao but by the victories of Mayweather. Mayweather has another good example that might help him with this idea and it comes from his fight against Ricky Hatton in 2007. While Ricky Hatton obviously is not Pacquiao still the way he started that fight against Mayweather and the way he fought was somewhat similar with Pacman’s style. Hatton created problems in the early rounds and made Mayweather very uncomfortable but began to lose strength and stamina as the rounds passed and when finally he dropped his defenses for a desperate attack on round 10 he got easily knocked down and lost the fight.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. Wears Philippine Flag Shirt

Foyd Mayweather Jr had a public workout session on Tuesday in Las Vegas which was attended by hundreds of journalists all over the world. For the event, Mayweather surprisingly wore a shirt with an image of him printed on a Philippine flag-inspired design. He will be facing Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao in their much-awaited megafight on May 2.

Tension brewing around Pacquiao-Mayweather Jr. mega-fight

Tensions appeared to be rising around the long awaited welterweight world title fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather jr, with the fighters’ camps reportedly at odds over a proposed doping penalty. Pacquiao adviser Michael Koncz told the Los Angeles Times on Thursday that he was “a little puzzled and dismayed” that Mayweather wouldn’t agree to the $5 million penalty Pacquiao had proposed should either fighter test positive for a banned drug. Mayweather Promotions chief executive Leonard Ellerbe, however, told the newspaper that the drug testing protocol for the May 2 fight in Las Vegas had been “rigorously negotiated” by Pacquiao promoters Top Rank. In comments to ESPN.com, Ellerbe called Koncz an “idiot.” “If this moron didn’t convey his fighter’s wishes when the negotiation was going on that’s their problem,” Ellerbe said.

 
“This is a lame-ass attempt to generate publicity.” Drug testing was an issue in attempts to put a Pacquiao-Mayweather fight together in late 2009 and early 2010. Mayweather wanted random Olympic-style blood and urine testing, but Pacquiao objected to some of the protocols and the deal disintegrated. Mayweather later accused the Filipino ring icon of using performance-enhancing drugs, a charge which Pacquiao denied. Pacquiao sued Mayweather over the accusation and the two settled out of court. Drug-testing differences have been just part of the long and winding road to the May 2 match-up between the two fighters widely considered the best pound-for-pound fighters of their generation. The bout has required rival telecasters Showtime and HBO to work together to produce a fight considered a lock to break all records for pay-per-view viewers and revenue. Pacquiao, a two-term Congressman from Sarangani province in the Philippines, is 57-5 with two drawn and 38 knockouts while Mayweather is 47-0 with 26 knockouts. Last week, the US Anti-Doping Agency said both fighters had agreed to undergo Olympic-style random drug testing prior to the bout. Mayweather has submitted to USADA testing for all of his bouts since 2010. Both fighters must provide USADA with their whereabouts and make themselves available for blood and urine tests for drugs including human growth hormone (HGH) and the blood-boosting erythropoietin (EPO). Pacquiao first suggested the reciprocal fine for a failed drug test as extra insurance that a doping issue wouldn’t scupper the fight that fans worldwide have clamored for. But Ellerbe charged the arrangement was an attempt to “put a $5 million price tag if Manny tested positive.” “It will cost Manny a lot more than some $5 million if he comes up positive,” Ellerbe said.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (born Floyd Joy Sinclair; February 24, 1977) is an American professional boxer. He is currently undefeated as a professional and is a five-division world champion, having won ten world titles and the lineal championship in four different weight classes. Mayweather is a two-time Ring magazine Fighter of the Year (winning the award in 1998 and 2007); he also won the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) Fighter of the Year award in 2007 and the Best Fighter ESPY Award in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2014. Mayweather is the WBC, WBA and Ring welterweight champion, and the WBC Super, WBA, and Ring junior middle weight champion. He is also rated as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world by many sporting news and boxing websites, including Ring, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, BoxRec, Fox Sports, and Yahoo! Sports.

Mayweather topped the Forbes and Sports Illustrated lists of the 50 highest-paid athletes of 2012 and 2013, and the Forbes list again in 2014, listing Mayweather as the highest paid athlete in the world. Mayweather's father contends that Floyd is not telling the truth about their early relationship. "Even though his daddy did sell drugs, I didn't deprive my son", the elder Mayweather says. "The drugs I sold, he was a part of it. He had plenty of food. He had the best clothes and I gave him money. He didn't want for anything. Anybody in Grand Rapids can tell you that I took care of my kids". Floyd senior says he did all of his hustling at night and spent his days with his son, taking him to the gym and training him to be a boxer. "If it wasn't for me he wouldn't be where he is today", he maintains. "I basically raised myself," Mayweather says. "My grandmother did what she could. When she got mad at me I'd go to my mom's house. My life was ups and downs". His father says he knows how much pain his incarceration caused his son, but insists he did the best he could. "I sent him to live with his grandmother", he says. "It wasn't like I left him with strangers". Boxing became Mayweather's outlet – a way to deal with his father's absence.[citation needed] As the elder Mayweather served his time his son – with speed and an uncanny ring sense – put all his energies into boxing, dropping out of high school. "I knew that I was going to have to try to take care of my mom and I made the decision that school wasn't that important at the time and I was going to have to box to earn a living", Mayweather says.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

Statistics
Real name	Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Nickname(s)	Pretty Boy Money TBE (The Best Ever)
Rated at	Super featherweight (130 lb) Lightweight (135 lb) Light welterweight (140 lb) Welterweight (147 lb) Light middleweight (154 lb)
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Reach	72 in (183 cm)
Nationality	American
Born	February 24, 1977 (age 38) Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	47
Wins	47
Wins by KO	26
Losses	0
Draws	0
No contests	0

Mayweather is officially set to face Manny Pacquiao after years of hardship and turmoil from negotiations on May 2, 2015 inside MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.[146] Pacquiao and Mayweather agreed to split the purse 60-40 (Mayweather earning the majority 60%) after years of disagreement during negotiations and the purse being the main factor.