Mayweather's talents can't be denied -- 8CountNews

By Brad Cooney, 8CountNews.com

Let there be no doubt, Floyd Mayweather Jr is one of the greatest fighters that has come along in a very long time. One must put personal feelings aside and look at just how good this guy is in the ring. You would be pretty hard pressed to find many people in the Philippines that are Floyd Mayweather Jr fans, but to not accept Floyd's boxing talents as anything less than great is crazy.

Floyd has defeated every single fighter that has ever been put in front of him. Sure there's always the argument that some of his opponents have been smaller, but at the end of the day he is undefeated and has beaten some future Hall of Fame boxers. His complete destruction over Shane Mosley has shut up some of his critics, even though his critics will never admit it. He made a sure fire Hall of Fame fighter in Mosley look like an amateur. There is no denying how good a fighter has to be in order to make a Shane Mosley look that terrible.

Everybody wants to say how hard Manny Pacquiao trains, and rightfully so, but the same can be said for Floyd Mayweather Jr. Little Floyd trains like an animal, he's non stop. I have been to the last 3 Pacquiao camps out at the Wild Card, in Hollywood, CA and have witnessed first hand how hard Pacquiao trains. I have not had the opportunity to see Floyd train first hand, but I have heard and have seen video of his training camps, and they are very intense. This hard training, and his natural ability, plus the training skills of both Roger and his father, transcends into the ring each time Floyd fights.

It's easy to bash Mayweather because of some of the things that he says, and because of some of the trouble that his uncle and father have been in. It's easy to, yet one should not confuse behavior with talent. Floyd Mayweather Jr love him or hate him is not just a good fighter, the dude is straight up awesome. Floyd is also a very smart fighter. Usually it takes him about three rounds to figure out his opponent, once that happens? It's gravy from there.

If, (and it appears as that IF is getting more relevant) , this fight between Floyd and Manny does happen, we will all get to see two of the best fighters in the world do their thing. Negotiations have hit a snag as it is being reported that Floyd wants a 60/40 split. Manny has already been quoted as saying, "I will never take less than a 50/50 split" and nor should he. We will have to see if they can get past the money issue, and make this fight happen. Hopefully for the sake of the sport it will get done.

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