Why Haters Hate On Floyd Mayweather Jr
I remember a few years back on a Monday morning at the water cooler a lot of my co-workers were talking about a fight that took place over the weekend.
One guy said I wish Gatti knocked out that cocky bastard. That cocky bastard that he was referring to was none other then retired former pound for pound champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Floyd did not get knocked out in fact he utterly dominated Arturo Gatti on pure speed and accurate precise power punches for every single round in such an embarassing beat down that his own corner threw the towel.
Prior to this fight Floyd said in a press conference that he was an A plus fighter and Gatti was just a C level fighter. Floyd made Gatti look like a F-level fighter that night and this was Floyd's official coming out party.
His first pay per view fight and the doors all began to open to all big mega fights and pay per view matches to enhance Floyd's name and status.
Floyd "Pretty Boy" Mayweather is undefeated with a perfect record of 39-0 (25KO's).
He was the number one pound for pound champion up to his retirement after defeating Ricky Hatton in 2007 and ever since his retirement everyone has been mentioning his name to the point of even begging him to return to the ring and face off with the current number one pound for pound champion Manny Pacquiao.
So the question that needs to be answered is why do so many people hate on Mayweather? It's simple we are a society of haters. We hate when someone is more successful, stronger, faster, famous, wealthy, better looking, talented than we are.
Look at all the haters who hate on Floyd Mayweather and those are the same guys who are begging Floyd to fight their idols/favorite fighters.
If you hate the guy so much then why are you begging him to come back so bad? Shouldn't you be happy that he was supposedly retired for almost 2 years?
With all the rumors spreading like wild fire about Floyd's return to the ring this summer, the haters are literally rejoicing in the fact that they will most likely get to see Pretty Boy fight again.
Some people may say that they can not stand the way Pretty Boy behaved in front of cameras on the HBO 24/7 episodes.
But an intelligent individual would be smart enough to understand that Floyd was just playing the role of the villain in order to sell the fight.
He himself said he had to do that for Oscar and Ricky both had such a hard core massive fan base that he knew it automatically made him the villain, so he embraced that for marketing purposes.
If you want to see a more REAL, authentic, humble, true interview of Floyd, then I would suggest watching his appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno after the Oscar De La Hoya fight. There Floyd was more himself.
He was humble, soft spoken and explained that HBO 24/7 did not want to use the footage of him doing his annual Turkey Drive for the homeless, or his charity work for battered women's shelters.
Jay Leno even asked him about the strange beef he had with his father and Floyd responded with, "I think everyone in this room should give my dad one big hug."
Speaking of the fight with Oscar De La Hoya many Latinos complained that Floyd's robe and trunks were offensive since they were in the red, white, green colors of the Mexican flag.
But in reality he was wearing them in honor and respect for the Cinco De Mayo holiday being celebrated that weekend. He expressed that he had many Latino friends, employees, fans.
Latinos should have been more offended that Oscar himself did not even wear the Mexican flag colors and Oscar uses the Mexican holidays to exploit his people and try to make the most money off them by losing all his super mega fights.
So back to the subject of haters. I personally would not call myself a hater. If I see someone doing something big, someone being successful, I give him/her props.
I study them and learn from them so I can be just like them or even better. I give props where props are due, but at the same time I keep it real.
Haters are often times weak losers. Haters usually still live at home with their mom. Haters usually do not have a real job or are making any decent income. Haters do not get the fine beautiful women, most haters do not even get ugly women.
Basically haters are really mad at their selves and so the best they can do is hate on others who are superior to them. Do you ever see the Michael Jordans and Brad Pitts of the world ever hating on anyone? NO you don't.
Are you a hater? It may be time to stop the hating and time to start doing something with your life. I stopped hating a long time ago.
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Confessions of a LeBron James hater
After LeBron James dragged the Cavaliers to another NBA Finals win with another outlandish performance Tuesday night, plenty of people were inquiring about the LeBron James haters. What would the haters say now, his supporters asked? Why were they so quiet? Surely they would at last admit defeat?
But here’s the thing: There are at least two kinds of LeBron James “haters.” There are those who “hate” in the modern, Internetty sense, which is to say they are critics more than haters. They criticize James for not being Michael Jordan, for not being clutch enough, for taking too many shots, for not hitting enough game-winning baskets, for not winning enough Finals. I suppose these are the “haters” everyone was wondering about Tuesday night, and yeah, it wasn’t a great night for them, what with James going for 40 points, 12 rebounds, eight assists, four steals and two blocks in another win.
But there are also “haters” in the more traditional sense, those who simply root against James at every opportunity, from preseason to regular season to postseason to Finals to offseason cornhole matches. I would put myself in that category. Why? That’s the puzzling part. I sat around for an hour Tuesday night trying to figure out a reason, and I came up with virtually nothing, other than he’s just too big, too strong, too smart and too talented. He is sui generis, and so is my rooting interest against him.
Maybe this “hate” has roots in the Wizards-Cavs stuff from the mid-2000s, when James seemed imperious, humorless, and overly taken with himself. And maybe those roots expanded during “The Decision,” with its Miami Super Team aftermath. But that LeBron seems almost entirely gone. He appears more self-aware now. His interviews are charming enough. His return to Cleveland was admirable. His play is just about flawless. MVP or not, he’s the most terrifying force in the NBA, with the possible exception of Matthew Dellavedova.
What this means, though, is that there is probably nothing James can do to satisfy my brand of “hating,” in the same way Alex Ovechkin can never quite satisfy Mike Milbury. (Oh no, I’m turning into Mike Milbury. Send help. And shoe polish.) The sports-fandom key has been yanked out of my soul after years of sportswriting and general life apathy, but the “root against LeBron James” button still flashes red every other night.
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