Floyd Mayweather: Why Money Is the Best Thing in Boxing Today

Floyd Mayweather is arrogant, obnoxious and often downright offensive. His part in preventing a super fight between he and Manny Pacquiao—and yes, both sides are to blame for the continue failure to make the fight a reality—is reprehensible.

All things considered, he's a really easy guy to dislike.

And that's why he's the best thing in boxing today.

Like him or not, his ability to evoke a response is unparalleled. He's a performer, and it helps that he's arguably the best boxer in the world.

If he were a professional wrestler, he'd be an expert heel. If this was an action movie, he'd be the well-crafted villain that foiled the hero character with well-laid plans and snappy, egotistical one-liners.

Boxing needs personality, or at least its better with it. Muhammad Ali was one of the finest fighters in history and a truly important political figure in our country's history, but at the end of the day wasn't it his personality that we look back upon so fondly?

His brash, outspoken persona. His complete lack of fear. His ability to live inside his opponent's head.

America ate it up.

Mayweather is no Ali, but at least he brings some pizazz to the proceedings. Pacquiao is incredible to watch, but he's a bit bland outside the ring.

The clinical domination of the Klitschko's has made the heavyweight division incredibly boring.

Like him or hate him, you can't deny him—Mayweather's showmanship makes you care, even if you only care because you want to see him get his face smashed in.

With MMA and the UFC more rapidly eating away at the popularity of boxing, personalities like Mayweather are necessary for the sport to thrive. Once he stops backing up his words in the ring, then enough will be enough.

But for now, he's arguably the best in the ring, and indisputably the finest performer outside of it.

Boxing will take it.

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