Flawed Mayweather seeks perfect ending to career
LAS VEGAS — Floyd Mayweather has lived a far from perfect life but the fighter known as "Money Man" will have the chance to cap an unprecedented boxing career on Saturday when he puts his 49-0 record on the line against Conor McGregor.
While the 40-year-old American has been a monument to perfection in the ring, his pursuit of an equally accomplished life away from it ended long ago.
But it is the fighter, not the flawed man, fans will pay thousands of dollars to watch at T-Mobile Arena when Mayweather faces the crude and charismatic mixed martial arts champion for what is being hyped as the richest prize fight of all-time.
In the buildup to the bout, Mayweather rattled off a list of boxing greats who have tried and failed to beat him including Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao and Arturo Gatti.
The police, however, have a much less flattering view of Mayweather as the boxer was accused over one 10-year stretch of assaulting five women on at least seven different occasions, including a 2010 incident resulting in a 90-day prison sentence.
Author: Steve Keating, Reuters
Full Article: http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/08/26/17/flawed-mayweather-seeks-perfect-ending-to-career
While the 40-year-old American has been a monument to perfection in the ring, his pursuit of an equally accomplished life away from it ended long ago.
 |
| Despite being at the top of Forbes list of highest-paid athletes several times, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has also sparred with the US Internal Revenue Service with reports he was forced to fight Conor McGregor to pay off a tax debt. Steve Marcus, Las Vegas Sun/Reuters |
In the buildup to the bout, Mayweather rattled off a list of boxing greats who have tried and failed to beat him including Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao and Arturo Gatti.
The police, however, have a much less flattering view of Mayweather as the boxer was accused over one 10-year stretch of assaulting five women on at least seven different occasions, including a 2010 incident resulting in a 90-day prison sentence.
Author: Steve Keating, Reuters
Full Article: http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/08/26/17/flawed-mayweather-seeks-perfect-ending-to-career
Post a Comment