Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr.is an American former professional boxer and current boxing promoter. Widely considered to be one of the greatest boxers of all time, undefeated as a professional, and a five-division world champion, Mayweather won twelve world titles and the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He is a two-time winner of The Ring magazine's Fighter of the Year award, a three-time winner of the Boxing Writers Association of AmericaFighter of the Year award, and a six-time winner...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth24 February 1977
CountryUnited States of America
Hard work, dedication!
Some pay to see me win, some pay to see me lose, but they all pay.
I'm not scared of any opponent. I fight who I want to fight.
I fight myself. I don't fight to break Ali's record or Sugar Ray Robinson's record. I fight to please myself. I know in my heart where I'm rated. I didn't fight in Ali's era. This is my era.
Well, my mother and certain other people in my life - a lot of important people - have said, "Floyd, nobody is perfect except for god." And I always knew that; I just wanted my victories to be flawless. I didn't want to get hit at all. I wasn't gonna make any mistakes. And that's the problem with me growing up and being around a trainer that wants his fighter to be perfect.
In the end, you have to protect yourself at all times.
I don't talk about my personal life - or what I do with no females. Just know that I love women. A lot.
There's no blueprint on how to beat me.
But it's me taking a stand for something that means something. And it's for the fighters who are up and coming. It's sort of the same stance Martin Luther King and Malcolm X made, so we could have freedoms, so everybody could tell the world that we're equal. The only thing I'm saying is that we are equal. So if you're not on nothing and I'm not on nothing, then let's go take the test. That's all I'm saying.
It's about having personality...it's not about being the bad guy, it's about entertaining people.
A true champion can adapt to anything.
If anyone has followed my career, they know that there's been a lot of obstacles and a lot of ups and down through my career. But day in and day out, and in the square circle, I went out there and always did my best.
When I was younger, my dad did want me to be perfect, so that's probably why that's installed in me to this day. I want to be perfect at whatever I do. I can't help it. It's just installed in me.
You know, as a young child, I lay in my bedroom and I swore to myself then: 'I'm not going to smoke and I'm not going to drink.' And I said I'm not going to just say that when I'm a kid. I'm going to stick to that as an adult. I kept that in mind my whole life.