If you’re a Kobe fan, you can probably guess who he wants to end his career like. These two have been big fans of each other for a long time and in a recent interview the Black Mamba likens himself to this outstanding athlete.
Find out who it is & what he had to say after the jump…
Via ESPN:
Kobe Bryant often is compared to some of the greatest players in NBA history.
But in what he describes as “the last chapter” of his storied career, Bryant hopes to mirror someone who has never played professional basketball — Floyd Mayweather Jr.
The 35-year-old Los Angeles Lakers star, who is attempting to bounce back from Achilles surgery, compared himself to Mayweather in a recent interview withSports Illustrated.
“Maybe I won’t have as much explosion,” Bryant told the magazine. “Maybe I’ll be slower, maybe I’ll lose quickness. But I have other options.
“It’s like Floyd Mayweather in the ring. There’s a reason he’s still at the top after all these years. He’s the most fundamentally sound boxer of all time. He can fight myriad styles at myriad tempos. He can throw fast punches or off-speed punches, and he can throw them from odd angles.”
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