Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. is an American professional boxing promoter and former professional boxer. He competed between 1996 and 2015 and made a one-fight comeback in 2017. During his career, he won fifteen major world titles including The Ring in five weight classes, the lineal championship in four weight classes (twice at welterweight), and retired with an undefeated record. These Floyd Mayweather quotes will motivate you.
Best Floyd Mayweather Quotes
- “I don’t feel that no fighter has the mental or physical agility to match Floyd Mayweather.” ~ Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
- “I feel like everybody is against Floyd Mayweather. I don’t get any respect.” ~ Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
- “Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.” ~ Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
- “It’s gone, boxing’s gone. What is there in boxing? Who is there to talk about, who is there that people go, “Yeah I want to fight him?”, and fans go “I wanna see that fight”? There’s Floyd Mayweather, and he is 38, 39, he’s maybe got one fight left. What else is there? He’ll have a last fight or two and a couple of guys will get a few million dollars, but way less than I’m gonna be getting in future. This sport is getting bigger all the time, and I am making it bigger.” ~ Conor McGregor
- “No athlete works harder than Floyd Mayweather.” ~ Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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“That guy [Floyd Mayweather] is throwing his money around like there is no tomorrow.” ~ Larry Holmes
- “Everyone still wants to see [Floyd] Mayweather and [Manny] Pacquaio fight. When the talks start though, it always seem like it is all about Mayweather, and I think the people hate that.” ~ Larry Holmes
- “I throw a lot more punches than Floyd [ Mayweather]. He’s very efficient with his punches and when he throws he lands a very high percentage but he’s not exceptionally busy every round.” ~ Chris Algieri
- “Las Vegas is the boxing capital. During a Floyd Mayweather fight weekend, you can shop, party, stay out late and do anything you want. The city of Las Vegas has everything.” ~ Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
- “Floyd Mayweather is bigger than the sport. That’s the thing. Because you can go to somebody who don’t even know what boxing is and say, “Floyd Mayweather.” They’ll go, “Oh, I know Floyd Mayweather. I’ve heard that name.”” ~ Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
- “Any fight that Floyd Mayweather is in is going to be entertaining, regardless. People come to see an icon, a living legend, a superstar.” ~ Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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“Come December 8th his ass gone be hurt. He aint fought 43 Floyd Mayweathers.” ~ Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
- “I say to Floyd Mayweather Jr., don’t be a coward and face me in the ring, mano a mano, and shut your big, pretty mouth so we can show the world who is the true king of the ring.” ~ Manny Pacquiao
- “You look at boxing being an international, world-famous sport, right up there next with soccer, and there’s only two fighters the people want to see fight. Two little fellows, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather.” ~ Emanuel Steward
- “I’m not going to say that I’m the best, we respect our champions. Floyd’s been doing this a lot longer than me, he’s been a lot of mega fights and I won’t dare say that I’m better than Floyd Mayweather.” ~ Andre Ward
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“I think that Floyd Mayweather is the best boxer that’s ever lived; like actual technical boxer.” ~ Ronda Rousey
- “I’m not going to say that I’m the best, we respect our champions. Floyd’s been doing this a lot longer than me, he’s been a lot of mega fights and I won’t dare say that I’m better than Floyd Mayweather.” ~ Andre Ward
- “I am very happy that Floyd Mayweather and I can give the fans the fight they have wanted for so many years. ” ~ Manny Pacquiao
- “I can’t watch a [Floyd] Mayweather fight. I don’t find it exciting. I used to watch boxing in the [Michael] Tyson era when it was exciting. Now it’s all bob and weave, a punch here and there. It is not entertaining.” ~ Usain Bolt
- “I laugh when Floyd Mayweather says that if he went back in time he would beat us all. I’ll tell you this: if he was in the same era as Hagler and Hearns and Leonard and me, I don’t think he would be such a big name. There is too much talk” ~ Roberto Duran
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“Bob Arum is Manny Pacquiao’s boss, Floyd Mayweather is his own boss.” ~ Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
- “Hopefully in 2011 the fans will get to see some fights that they want to see. Manny Pacquiao Vs. Floyd Mayweather needs to happen, and so does David Haye Vs. Wladimir Klitschko. The fans deserve to see fights that they want to see and not just the fights that the promoters want to see.” ~ Emanuel Steward
- “Most people should be talking about how Floyd Mayweather is a great undefeated future Hall of Famer that’s his own promoter and that works extremely hard to get to where he’s at. Instead, all you hear is hate and jealous remarks from critics who criticize me and, you know, most of the time, the people that criticize me can’t do what I can do.” ~ Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
