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Patrick Blennerhassett

The question is not what’s not to like, but what is to like about Floyd Mayweather?
The 44-year-old, who will go down as one of the greatest boxers of all-time, has spent the last chunk of his career fighting for cash, lining his bank account and laughing the whole time as viewers cannot seem to pull away from his aggravating shtick.
He’s never been much liked as a boxer due to his frustratingly boring defensive strategy, nor as a person given that he has shown throughout his career that he is out for himself and couldn’t care much about anything else. There is good reason why his nickname is simply “Money”.
After retaining the World Boxing Association title against Andre Berto in 2015, Mayweather then fought UFC superstar Conor McGregor in what was a great trash-talking promotional escapade. This made their boring, slow-moving fight even more anticlimactic, as Mayweather simply held guard until McGregor got tired, and that was that.

Then there was Japanese kick-boxer Tenshin Nasukawa, the cash grab of all cash grabs. Some of this late career money-grubbing would be understandable if Mayweather wasn’t already stinking rich and posting photos of his uber expensive watches on Instagram on a daily basis.
What makes Mayweather the most legitimately loathed boxer is his transgressions outside the ring, which include domestic violence against women. A boxer hitting anyone outside the ring is a violation of the sport’s ethics, and plain disgusting. Mayweather, in most people’s minds, is unredeemable. He is, and always will be, a villain through and through.
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We all know his game, his sleight of hand. He’s turned a career of great fights, now years and even decades ago – against other greats like Oscar de la Hoya and Arturo Gatti – into one of the most extended swan songs in sport. Mayweather has retired multiple times – more than any other major athlete, but whenever he comes out of his McMansion to fight, we cannot help but watch and are always worse off for it.
Let us not forget his absolute sleeper of a tilt against Manny Pacquiao in 2015, which was hyped as the biggest boxing match of all time and was almost impossible to watch after a few rounds given it was so stupefyingly bland.
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Celebrity boxing, having its moment in the sun, is about as cringe as cringe can get for fans of the actual sport. The Paul brothers have elevated it to mainstream attention, and now fight fans are hoping actual fighters can help disperse with this circus act and send it to the archives of modern history.
This was not the case on Sunday in Miami, because a draw means Paul can somehow spin this as a win, and “I lasted eight rounds with the greatest boxer of all-time” is all we are going to hear for months on end until he books another fight.

There isn’t much point in recapping the fight, because for an average viewer, watching an elderly person complete a puzzle would be more entertaining. It was lacklustre, and barely held the attention even during its best moments.
Before the fight, Mayweather said that he may have retired from fighting, but he hasn’t retired from entertainment and from making money. That surely is true for the latter, but there was nothing even remotely entertaining when it came to the action in the ring.
As Paul said if he won, his “kids’ kids” would be talking about the fight. Thankfully, no one will be talking about this fight in about three or four days and we can all try to get the few hours of our lives back that we lost.
Fight fans now wish for nothing more than to never hear from Mayweather or Paul again, but this is sadly not the end of either of them. Hopefully, former UFC champion Tyron Woodley can throw one nail in the coffin in August against younger, louder, somehow even more annoying brother Jake. Maybe then this foray into celebrity boxing, where social media stars are elevated momentarily into the mainstream, can finally starts its descent back into obscurity.


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Former world welterweight king Floyd Mayweather (L) and YouTube personality Logan Paul face-off during their weigh-in event in Miami, Florida on June 5, 2021. - Former world welterweight king Floyd Mayweather said May 4, 2021 he will face off against YouTube personality Logan Paul in an exhibition bout at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium on June 6, 2021. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)

Jun 3, 2021; Miami Beach, Florida, USA; Professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. looks on after the face off with YouTube star Logan Paul at Villa Casa Casuarina. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports

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Former professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Jnr and YouTube star Logan Paul face off at Villa Casa Casuarina. Photo: USA Today

Logan Paul poses for a photograph during a press event, Thursday, June 3, 2021, in Miami Beach, Fla. Paul will fight Floyd Mayweather in an exhibition boxing match at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. Sunday. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

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Floyd Mayweather signs gloves at the opening of the Mayweather Boxing + Fitness gym in Torrance, California, U.S., November 16, 2019. Picture taken November 16, 2019. REUTERS/Rory Carroll

Mar 27, 2021; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Tyron Woodley punches Vicente Luque in their welterweight fight during the UFC 260 event at UFC APEX on March 27, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Bottari/Handout Photo via USA TODAY Sports

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on April 27, 2021 shows Floyd Mayweather Jr. (L) looks on while taking on Marcos Maidana during their WBC/WBA welterweight title fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 13, 2014 and Logan Paul (R) mocks and imitates KSI after the official weigh-in at L.A. Live Xbox Plaza on November 08, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. - Former world welterweight king Floyd Mayweather said April 27 he will face off against YouTube personality Logan Paul in an exhibition bout at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium on June 6. "Logan Paul and I are going to fight at Hard Rock Stadium. Mayweather Promotions, Fanmio and Showtime will team up to give you an epic event," Mayweather wrote on Instagram. (Photos by AL BELLO and Victor Decolongon / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

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Floyd Mayweather paid US$4.8 million for this decade-old Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita supercar – just one of many supercars that the boxer owns. Photo: @floydmayweather/Instagram

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Filipino professional boxer Manny Pacquiao in training in front of media at the Wild Card Boxing gym in Los Angeles, California in 2019. Photo: EPA

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JULY 20: Manny Pacquiao blows a kiss to the crowd as he celebrates his split-decision victory over Keith Thurman in their WBA welterweight title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena on July 20, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

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Retired boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jnr sits with UFC president Dana White at an NBA game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Boston Celtics in 2019. Photo: Instagram/Floyd Mayweather Jnr 

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