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Witness greatness one last time: The underappreciated legacy of Floyd Mayweather

September 11, 2015 by Archived posts 12 Comments

By Daniel DeMarco |Copy Editor| Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s last fight is taking place Saturday, Sept. 12; at least that’s what he says. But let’s take his word for it and really appreciate this as the last time we’re going to see Mayweather in the boxing ring. I’m not particularly a fan of Mayweather as a person and I make no excuses for his domestic crimes, but from a sports vantage, he is undoubtedly the best boxer of his generation and, to me, severely underappreciated. Casual boxing fans have never liked Mayweather; I know because I’ve sat in rooms full of them during his fights listening to their vocal disappointment and futile opinions of him as a boxer. It’s like … [Read more...] about Witness greatness one last time: The underappreciated legacy of Floyd Mayweather

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Benny Leonard, Boxing, Daniel DeMarco, fight, Floyd Mayweather, Gene Tunney, Jack Johnson, James Corbett, Manny Pacquiao, Mayweather, Pernell Whitaker, Ray Leonard, Showtime, sports

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