Jeff Mayweather

Jeff Mayweather (born July 4, 1964) is an American Former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 1997, and held the IBO super featherweight title. Quotes At the beginning of his professional career, Floyd came off as brash, cocky, arrogant, If you saw or heard him, more often than not he was talking trash. I know that turns off a lot of fans because at the Hernandez fight I heard some of them saying they hoped he lost. Actually, he was acting like that because he felt it was the right way to go. He wanted to make a lot of noise. We sat down and had a long talk, I told him he was rubbing people the wrong way. When you blow your own horn, people want to see you fail. In boxing, to make a lot of money, you have to win and either be a good guy or a bad guy. I told him, 'You don't have to be the bad guy.' Since then, Floyd has changed, and the best part of that is that people will be able to see he's changed and grown. It's not about Floyd being another Oscar, Oscar's nice, but everything's rehearsed. For the most part, Floyd's been pretty good with the media, but Top Rank suggested we do a rehearsal with Floyd for some interviews like they did with Oscar. I know the media can make you or break you, but I said 'no way.' We've never rehearsed Floyd and we never will. Why be Oscar? Be Floyd. Top Rank has all the avenues, but we've had our conflicts, Like with something as simple as a fan club, Top Rank said to wait for a while. I said, 'Why wait?' I don't believe in waiting. Image-wise, Floyd's on the right track now, We had a deal with one clothing company and, of course, we're looking for bigger deals with someone like Puma or adidas. It's hard in a way because of the sport of boxing, but we've got to start somewhere and we've got a couple of deals in the works. We want to work with companies that are marketing items to people Floyd's age, and that, in turn, will bring another wave of people to boxing who might not otherwise follow the sport. I think it's very important to do Smiley's show, I'm reaching out to Smiley's people and I want to get Floyd on there. Will Mayweather's star begin to shine? May 20 1999 External links Category:1964 births Category:Boxers from the United States Category:African Americans Category:People from Michigan Category:Living people