But to get there Mayweather has opted to be the rogue people root against rather than the hero championed in the ring, thanks in part to legal issues and a brand that is built on overt braggadocio.
Mayweather’s smack talking and cash waving have proved to be just as lucrative as the role of villain. This role has been carved out by pre-fight documentaries such as HBO’s “24/7” and Showtime’s “Inside” series—replete with boxing bravado made up or otherwise— and very real tumult that pose serious questions on how anyone could root for a guy like this.
Deadspin’s Daniel Roberts, in a July, 2014 report, chronicled Mayweather’s issues in an exhaustive piece that includes reference to a 2010 altercation with Josie Harris that eventually led to a 90-day sentence for a “reduced battery domestic violence charge,” via ESPN.
“Money” May would eventually make it back to the ring, famously skirting any questions directed to him on domestic violence, attempting to make the discourse about his boxing legacy. But the two are, fortunately, inexorably linked.
Now whether you are in the camp that honestly believes September will see the final throes of Mayweather or one more fight exists to get him to a plausible 50-0 lifetime record, it’s clear that we have seen and heard some of the final gasps of hype.
Soon we can spend time regaling one another with Mayweather’s legacy in the ring and the atrocious allegations that linger away from the limelight.
At that point his boredom will be sated by showing offVegas winnings and keeping to his palatial estate.
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