Floyd Mayweather Jr. refused to back off earlier comments declaring himself a better fighter than Muhammad Ali. Mayweather said he respects Ali’s great career and the things he did outside the ring. But he said he believes he has done as much in boxing as the legendary former heavyweight champion ever did, without the losses that Ali suffered in his career.
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”He called himself The Greatest and I call myself TBE (The Best Ever),” Mayweather said. ”I’m pretty sure I’ll get criticized for what I said, but I could care less. I could care less about the backlash.”
Elite athletes are supposed to be confident in themselves so it is perfectly fine with me that Floyd considers himself “The Best Ever”. He is by no means disrespecting Muhammad Ali, he is giving him the praise he is due. But with that said he can honor legends but still believe he is the best!
”I just look at Ali’s career when he fought Leon Spinks and lost to a fighter with seven fights,” Mayweather said. ”There were some other fights he lost and he’s still known as The Greatest because that’s what he put out there. It is what it is.”
A lot of people disagree with Floyd’s comments, but again it is just his own opinion which he is entitled to. Current heavyweight champion, Wladimir Klitschko, told a group of reporters in New York on Tuesday that maybe Mayweather shouldn’t be so boastful.
”I think probably, I heard this comment from Mayweather that he’s better than Ali or greater than Ali,” Klitschko said. ”I think people call the king the king, not the king (who says) `I’m the king.’ So people make others somebody that he is or that he’s not. So that’s people’s opinions”.
Klitschko himself is also entitled to his opinion and that’s fine but the real issue here is everyone wants people, especially athletes to keep it real but then they do, everyone wants to have a fit about it. Floyd can think what he wants the same way the rest of you can.
