Floyd Mayweather Takes Another Shot at MMA In front of His Struggle That Weekend

Despite being two different competitions, boxing and mixed martial arts always seem to wind up in the same conversation simply because they finally are the two most recent beat activities in the world. Several MMA fighters have dabbled in boxing through the years, and subsequently a few boxers have tried their hand in MMA with limited success. Boxing king Floyd Mayweather has never appeared to be a large fan of MMA for starters reason or still another. It could be MMA's growing interest on a national level that draws pay-per-view customers from his sport, or it could be he is not a lover. In a 2009 meeting before his fight Juan Manuel-Marquez, Mayweather said MMA "is for beer drinkers, boxing is for everybody." He didn't stop there, but, and chose to bring a line in the sand when comparing boxing to mixed martial arts (via LasVegasSun.com ): In boxing, we all know that's dominating. Black fighters and Hispanic fighters is dominating in this sport.A And this is not a racial statement but there's no white fighters in boxing that is dominating, so they had to go to something else and start something new. Lately, MMA was brought up to Mayweather during an interview with number Jim Rome during his program on Showtime.A It's been four years since the time when Mayweather had made these controversial remarks about MMA, and he appeared to have a much more passive approach when talking about the sport in 2013. "I don't really know too much about the (UFC) Octagon, but everyone lives their life they way they stay it," Mayweather said about MMA.A "I am a boxer.A Born a fighter, I am going to die a boxer." Going into his fight this week-end against Robert Guerrero, Mayweather opened the can of worms about MMA one more time, however, when talking about his opponent's style inside the ring. All through an on Showtime's All Access unique, Mayweather took a go at MMA while describing his opponent's particular form of fighting. "From what I see, he is just a, very dirty fighter," Mayweather reported about Guerrero.A "There is nothing sharp about his combat game.A Robert could be real, real great if he was a MMA fighter." Floyd Mayweather on All Entry It seems Mayweather remains no fan of MMA or the expertise needed to compete inside the cage, as evident by his latest remarks in regards to the sport. Regardless of his feelings in regards to the game, Mayweather's fight this weekend against Guerrero will air unopposed of every other important MMA fight card, with the UFC plan slowing down until May 18 when the advertising results with UFC on FX 8 from Brazil. Damon Martin is a Featured Author for Bleacher Report.

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