Floyd Mayweather fans like to compare him to the legendary Muhammad Ali. Mayweather himself has proclaimed himself the greatest fighter of all time. Forget fighters like Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson and of course Muhammad Ali. The disturbing thing about this is that Floyd appears to actually believe it. Ali, as everyone knows, was the ultimate trash talker. He developed it into an art form. The difference between Ali and Mayweather is that he was charming, funny and had self deprecating humor. He once said that as a youth he saw famed wrestler “Gorgeous George” and got the trash talk idea from him because he thought it would sell tickets. People would pay money to see “Gorgeous George” lose, so Ali surmised they would pay to see him lose also. Read more: http://www.boxingnews24.com/2011/06/floyd-mayweather-is-no-muhammad-ali/#more-71636
