Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Arrested to Cap Off Terrible Week for Him Personally and Boxing as a Whole
by Nate Wilcox on Sep 10, 2010 4:33 PM EDT
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The Las Vegas Review Journal reports:
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been arrested and booked on charges of grand larceny related to Thursday's domestic violence incident with an ex-girlfriend, Las Vegas police confirmed Friday.
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The charge stems from personal items Mayweather took from ex-girlfriend Josie Harris' house Thursday morning, including her cell phone.
This caps off a week in which he posted a video making racist remarks about Manny Pacquiao and then apologized. Scott Christ at Bad Left Hook summarized what was so stupid and pointless about the remarks, they didn't accomplish anything:
This is really the first time Mayweather has talked in a while, and holy hell, could he have not come off worse. "Money" sounds insecure, at a loss for anything intelligent to say, childish, and ignorant. This is a complete waste of time. There is good trash talking, stuff that drives interest in a fight, and then there is "trash talk" that just makes you seem like a stupid 13-year-old trapped in a millionaire 33-year-old man's body. This is the latter. Mayweather has driven zero interest in a fight with his moronic ranting in this video.
Carlos Acevedo (via the Boxing Bulletin) points out that there was some informational value in the Mayweather video:
Mayweather, by revealing that Pacquiao consented to stringent drug tests, basically admitted that negotiations were, in fact, ongoing, and, most importantly, that the demands he made were merely smokescreens. If the holdup was drug testing and Pacquiao agreed to them, then what kept the fight from happening this time? Mayweather claims he is on vacation and not interested in fighting-unless, it seems, one counts women-but no longer does he deserve the benefit of the doubt from his few remaining acolytes. He is merely waiting for Pacquiao to show signs of slowing down or to lose outright.
And Jason Karp sums up why not putting together Mayweather vs Pacquaio is such a sin and a travesty, with an emphasis on the faults of Pacquiao's management:
Unlike team sports such as baseball or hockey, where an off night is swallowed up by the sheer number of games played, in boxing a fighter's prime is limited to only a hand full of fights - a window of time that can literally be measured in minutes. Every fight carries the ability to leave a disproportionally large mark of a boxer's legacy. As such, every fight must be chosen with care. This is especially true for a fighter like Pacquiao, whose interests are not only financial, but historical.
For Top Rank to select as Manny's opponent a man who is both tarnished with the stench of cheating and the suspicion of being a shot fighter is to not merely make the type of decision that has, admittedly, been made in boxing before, but in this case is to waste one of the precious few fights Pacquiao has left to etch his name into the history of boxing, and one of the final chances fans will have to view a once-in-a-generation pugilist at work. For this reason, any outrage on the part fans, regardless of precedent, is certainly justified.
All in all, boxing is making me glad I'm an MMA fan these days. We may never get to see Brock vs Fedor, but at least there are plenty of other great fights featuring those guys instead. Mayweather is just cooling his heels and Pacquiao is fighting a guy who shouldn't even be allowed to fight anymore.
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I would hardly describe this week as bad for boxing. Gamboa fights tomorrow. Klitschko and Peters are fighting, too. Mayweather’s week is kinda shitty, but if you’re a boxing fan you are definitely not complaining this week. The sport did not do the fans wrong this time.
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by Nate Wilcox on Sep 10, 2010 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
Not trying to get on your case. man; but.....
Come on now… Sarcastic comments about things you clearly have no knowledge of don’t come off well for you…. Some of us prescribe to the “A Good fight is a good fight,” mindset; and comments like this sounds as stupid to us as some old-timer boxing writer/reporter invoking MMA idiotic stereotypes…. You’re better than that….
by Karate_Kid on Sep 10, 2010 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Settle down, Kids
When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail." - Jack Burton
by donkeypunch on Sep 10, 2010 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
I'm rec'ing this because intentional or not
Saying “Settle down, Kids” to Kid Nate and Karate_Kid is very clever.
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by SSreporters on Sep 10, 2010 6:05 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
Are you mad because he’s mocking casual boxing fans like me that are only aware of Pacman and Money? Or are you mad because he’s putting boxing down?
Those are the only two I know too, mainly because they’re mentioned on here a lot.. come to think of it, my friend James Toney told me about the Klitschko sisters as well and how they have been ducking him forever. So I guess that makes five in total.
by Horselover Fat on Sep 10, 2010 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions
You know more than me.
I had no idea there were only two Klitschko sisters.
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by RearNakedSpank on Sep 12, 2010 2:37 AM EDT up reply actions
Exactly.
Some of the pieces I’ve read from Kid Nate about boxing sound like they’re written from an unacquainted casual point of view (I’m not saying that to be disrespectful either, sorry if it appears that way). There are plenty of great fights to look forward to in boxing, Mayweather/Pacquiao is just the biggest that possibly will never happen (like Fedor/Brock or Randy).
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by MilesHackett on Sep 10, 2010 4:31 PM EDT up reply actions
oh I make no pretense
to follow boxing closely. In the 80s and 90s I was a fan, but haven’t been in ages.
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Don't you think it's problematic then..
..for you to state “but at least there are plenty of other great fights instead [in MMA]”? If you admittedly don’t follow boxing beyond the most commercially promoted fights, then how can you say what you said? There are tons of great boxing matches that no one hears about, just like there are great MMA fights outside of the UFC.. you just have to look for them.
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by MilesHackett on Sep 10, 2010 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Great.
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by MilesHackett on Sep 10, 2010 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions
That depends on what "world" you're referencing.
In the boxing/sports world, certainly. Would you say even the greatest UFC fights have a lasting impact on the “world at large”? I don’t think I would.
I’m not trying to argue semantics with you, I’m just wondering what you mean. lol
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by MilesHackett on Sep 10, 2010 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions
If it helps, I'm writing this from an unacquainted casual point of view.
I don’t mean anything earth-shattering, I just mean that it enters the popular culture from time to time, whereas only the true cream of the crop of boxing does the same (although when it does it’s usually to a larger extent). Just a recent example I noticed earlier, I hear MMA referenced in Hip-Hop from time to time.
I just feel that boxing is in a comparatively ill state of health. Brock/Randy and Fedor may never happen, but Randy – Brock has if you will. I’m not trying to insult the sport itself, I really enjoyed the Martinez – Burns fight recently, it’s just frustrating to follow all that goes on. I don’t understand the scene.
I hear MMA referenced in Hip-Hop from time to time.
There are alot of sports references in general in hip hop, and plenty of boxing ones (although what that means is certainly up for interpretation). Check my sig. You have to know who Cintron is to appreciate the wit of the line.
RA the Rugged Man talks about boxing quite a bit, on and off the wax.
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by The Lethal Haze on Sep 10, 2010 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions
MF Doom seems to be a MMA fan, he has some lines here and there.
by Horselover Fat on Sep 11, 2010 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions
Thanks for clarifying.
I appreciate the honesty in your response. I understand exactly where you’re coming from with regard to not being acquainted to the boxing “scene” (as you called it), but I think the only way you can improve that situation is by exploring it for yourself (whether its by reading news, critical pieces or watching recent fights).
Only in the last few years have I really invested a lot of time in passionately investigating boxing — in fact, almost every night I watch a fight I’ve never seen before and score it to see how my card compares to the official ones.
Sure, boxing’s presence has arguably dwindled in contemporary pop culture, but that’s not indicative of the quality of fights the sport as a whole is producing outside of the spotlight.
The absence of a rich, marketable and talented heavyweight talent pool has certainly impact the sport’s popularity post-Mike Tyson, but there are epically relevant fights happening in the lighter classes that warrant more attention than they receive.
It’s comparable to the problem that the WEC has; the promotion consistently hosts great events with fights that deliver, the problem is that they’re in weight-classes that the casual fan just doesn’t care about/demand more technical appreciation from the spectator.
Even if the Pacquiao/Mayweather super fight isn’t booked, we’re still getting to see them compete against other high level competitors. The same thing’s happening in MMA too with GSP/Silva, we won’t get to see it for a while, but we’re still seeing both guys competing against the best in their respective divisions.
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by MilesHackett on Sep 14, 2010 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions
my headline referred to the boxing in the big picture sense
saying “oh yeah sure our two biggest stars had bad weeks but we’ve got some good fights coming up” doesn’t make this a good week for boxing.
If Fedor was fighting Mike Kyle and Brock was taking the year off it really wouldn’t matter how good a fight the Bellator heavyweight champ was having this weekend.
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and i edited the text
to be clear that I was talking specifically about Manny and Floyd and Brock/Fedor.
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I hear casuals talking about upcoming MMA fights more than boxing fights
I understand the solid core group of fans will always find good fights, but it seems like the other ring of boxing really does only know Pacman and Mayweather, whereas there’s a few more names out there in the outer ring of MMA
They might know the name
but I don’t think any of them could identify a face, or has ever seen a fight
One of the only boxers the general public actually are cognizant of posts a hate-filled rant on the internet then gets arrested for allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend, this is definitely a bad week for boxing.
by KAN0 on Sep 10, 2010 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
c'mon
that’s like saying “sure Brock Lesnar got arrested but we’ve got a killer Shooto card coming up”
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by Nate Wilcox on Sep 10, 2010 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
This would be considered a bad week for Floyd
Not boxing
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by II SMASH II on Sep 10, 2010 5:09 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
How many of them are on TMZ?
How many of them would the average American recognize on the street. Maybe not a bad week for a boxing fan, but it is a bad week for public perceptions.
The hardcore boxing fan doesnt care about Mayweather. Mayweather is a myth that he himself created by simply getting in front of uninformed reporters and casual fans and saying “I’m the greatest!!” over and over for years til people actually believed it. Real, hardcore fans think Mayweather is a joke, and for 10 years the guy couldnt draw flies if he was dead by the side of the road. He barely sold 2000 tickets in his own home town, thats why he started his Mayweather tradition of taking on fighters in their own towns: because he couldnt draw fans to see him fight any other way. Hardcore fans and boxing scribes dont even consider him the amongst the best of the past 25 years, Tommy Hearns would have gone through him like shit through a goose.
Could you imagine the hitmat feeding him those jabs
then banging him with that right???? I love watching hearns old fights!
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She claims Floyd then began “dragging me on the floor and twisting my arm back … in attempt to try and break it.”
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Floyd attempted a Keichi Sasahara 2010 on her!
He DOES love MMA!!!
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 10, 2010 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Typical Boxer
Taking the “Grappling is for girls” rhetoric a little too literally.
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by grizzlyatoms on Sep 10, 2010 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions 10 recs
Floyd taking a page out of the “Paris Hilton Mugshot Guide to That’s Hot” Manual.
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 10, 2010 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Paris always seems enthused when a camera of any sort is pointed in her direction
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by Barack Lesnar on Sep 10, 2010 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
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by xFenixKnightx on Sep 10, 2010 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
eh-eh eh-eh
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by Earl Montclair on Sep 10, 2010 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Floyd takes a judge's decision.
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by MilesHackett on Sep 10, 2010 4:42 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
Tread softly with that stuff my friend
The banhammer shows 0 mercy or remorse for spousal abuse
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by II SMASH II on Sep 10, 2010 4:46 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I just HATE this guy
Unfortunately I can’t say anything negative about his skills as a boxer, but as a person and a representative of the sport of boxing, I just hate him.
I told someone at work that Money got arrested for grand larceny and their response “Oh. Yeah.”
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Did you match that video ma am?
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by II SMASH II on Sep 10, 2010 5:08 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I watched nothing. Should I? I can’t stand Mayweather. I hope he gets real jail time.
"Girls are mean." Lisa Ward
The video I posted in the Shine fights thread yesterday
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by II SMASH II on Sep 10, 2010 5:29 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
If really tried to break her arm
The judge should make an example out of him. Lock that motherfucker up.
When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail." - Jack Burton
From this guy
When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail." - Jack Burton
You got me
I’ve seen him before but never the booty segment. Fuckin creepy
When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail." - Jack Burton
"Now we can do dis da easy, or da hawd way"
When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail." - Jack Burton
by donkeypunch on Sep 10, 2010 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
One thing I thought I should throw out there. I dispise floyd, but this say woman who’s claiming he hit her. Made a similar claim back in 2003, which she later recanted. She told police that she made the story up because floyd had left her for another woman. Maybe we should wait this out before jumping to conclusions.
or maybe she recanted but she was scared and in an abusive relationship
as is the case often with this shit.
I will sum it up by saying:
Floyd Mayweather is a cunt dragon, and should be sentenced to be fluffer on an interspecies erotica set.
I’ve got big walnuts. Gorilla nuts.
by Austin Martin on Sep 10, 2010 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Floyd Mayweather is a cunt dragon, and should be sentenced to be fluffer on an interspecies erotica set.
Rec’d
When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail." - Jack Burton
Yeah, sure.....
and Roethlisberger didn’t rape those chicks….
by Brandon Starr on Sep 10, 2010 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions
Joran Van Der Sloot?
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by Barack Lesnar on Sep 10, 2010 6:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh come on
I probably hate him more than anyone, but dont let the hate blind the facts. Hes been arrested and charge, not convicted. She made a similar claim before and then denied it. If theres evidence and hes convicted than let the mud slinging continue.
The mudslinging shall proceed as planned.
by Brandon Starr on Sep 10, 2010 6:49 PM EDT up reply actions
he's a racist dick anyways, so who cares?
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by Austin Martin on Sep 10, 2010 6:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Just when I thought that he wasn't like Floyd Sr. and Roger and stayed out of trouble.
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Any tax on that bail? You have to explain these things to PBF
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by Barack Lesnar on Sep 10, 2010 6:42 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Even though Margarito’s return isn’t exactly the best thing for boxing, at the very least Pacquiao is fighting someone. Who’s Floyd fighting next? And when?
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by Monday Morning Martial Artist on Sep 10, 2010 6:31 PM EDT reply actions
Bubba, 6'5 240 lbs, Block C.
4 years, 4 coaches, 7 league road wins, 0 playoff games, 1 GM. Fire Mo Johnston.
HA!
I’d say Bubba is closer to 280. 24 inch bi’s, 56 inch chest, presses about 450, 470 on a good day.
If Tyson was getting fucked UP in prison, PBF will be getting just straight fucked while locked up. unless he finds the biggest group of guys that aren’t in for life and pays them a couple mill a person to be his bodyguards, or gets PCed the whole time.
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by Austin Martin on Sep 10, 2010 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions
What an awful time to already be nicknamed "Pretty Boy"
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by pdl on Sep 10, 2010 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Mayweather was not charged with domestic assault, which is no surprise since he didn’t land anything of note and just danced around Harris for 1/2 an hour.
cage potato ftw
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by milk72 on Sep 10, 2010 8:07 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
lmao
Cage potato when news breaks…… they break balls.
by the-gentle-way on Sep 10, 2010 8:48 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Truly a HIGHLIGHT in CPs auspicious history.......
made me LOL ;)
I will always back the Englishman - from Hardy to Daley to Hathaway - because we are an island nation and I am an ex-pat living in California. Lee Murray comes from the same village as me. Where I live now Fabricio Werdum is a neighbor, as is Bruce Buffer. I am also a Diaz fan!
Mayweather is just cooling his heels and Pacquiao is fighting a guy who shouldn't even be allowed to fight anymore.
That’s about it Nate – good story, well said mate.
I will always back the Englishman - from Hardy to Daley to Hathaway - because we are an island nation and I am an ex-pat living in California. Lee Murray comes from the same village as me. Where I live now Fabricio Werdum is a neighbor, as is Bruce Buffer. I am also a Diaz fan!
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