Floyd Mayweather: ‘Most of these fighters nowadays, all they do is complain about the money’

Floyd Mayweather

FLOYD MAYWEATHER is operating as a mentor for Adrien Broner. Mayweather was famously undefeated and, although Broner has suffered a couple of losses, Floyd still has a lot faith in him.

โ€œI gradually moved up. Because thatโ€™s the way youโ€™re supposed to do. He made a big jump and Iโ€™m going to be honest, [Marcos] Maidanaโ€™s one of the hardest hitting mother******s I ever fought and Adrien Broner can vouch for that. For Adrien Broner to get knocked down by Maidana and hop up and continue to fight,โ€ Mayweather said, โ€œI just want to tell Adrien Iโ€™m proud of him. Through all the stuff that heโ€™s been through heโ€™s still able to go out there and perform.โ€

He also had no gripes withย Bronerโ€™s outspoken behaviour. โ€œI donโ€™t want to be controlled,โ€ he said. โ€œNo athlete out there should be controlled and told what to say.โ€

He advised, โ€œIf youโ€™re the best, you say youโ€™re the best.โ€

He expects a good fight from Broner against Adrian Granados in February. โ€œWe will see the best of Adrien Broner. The guy that heโ€™s fighting is not a pushover,โ€ Floyd said.

Mayweather had some general thoughts on boxing today. โ€œMost of these fighters nowadays, all they do is bitch and complain about the money. โ€˜We want what Mayweather got.โ€™ Well, youโ€™ve got to take the same road Mayweather took. I fought 17 times in a year and a half. Thatโ€™s the reason why I fought for the world title and I fought the best guy at the weight,โ€ he admonished.

He indicated little temptation to return to fray himself. โ€œThen once you get to a certain point, a certain pinnacle, where you accomplish everything that want to accomplish, then youโ€™ve got to say what next. Then you want to see everybody around you win and accomplish certain things. Because thereโ€™s nothing else I can really do in the sport no more,โ€ he said.

Share Page